When Paradise Burned Down

Starting Wednesday, the electric cooperative United Power will officially cut the cord from Tri-State Generation and Transmission, the multi-state utility that has kept the electrons flowing to the Brighton-based company for about 70 years. The departure follows years of conflicts between the cooperative and Tri-State over the power supplier’s rates, what critics considered an over-reliance on coal and restrictions on how much power members like United Power could generate on their own. United Power, Tri-State’s largest member, sued Tri-State over the addition of new members it believed were being used to stack the deck for Tri-State leaders.

This month, several Denver-area histories serve as summer tour guides. “The Scenic History of Denver Cemeteries: From Cheesman Park to Riverside,” by Phil Goodstein (New Social Publications) “The Scenic History of Denver Cemeteries: From Cheesman Park to Riverside,” by Phil Goodstein (New Social Publications) Of the first dozen people buried in Mount Prospect, Denver’s first cemetery, two were hanged for murder, five died from gunshot wounds, and one committed suicide.  No wonder the early city fathers wanted the graveyard to be far from the city center. Mount Prospect was expanded to include a Jewish section.

By design, Denver Health and other safety-net hospitals run on margins that most facilities would blanche at, getting paid less to care for their communities’ most vulnerable people. It works, until it doesn’t. Since 2022, Denver Health has been in one of those crisis periods, necessitating millions in bailout funds from the state and donations from other health care organizations after providing more than $260 million in uncompensated care.

There was always a football field where Bo Nix allowed himself to dream. Nix watched the games, and then carried his passion into the grass behind his house in South Carolina and Alabama, mimicking the plays, running and throwing, his goals gently coming into focus without him really knowing it. “It was always Auburn.

BOULDER — Deion Sanders’ new Lambo was parked lovingly between the 41 and the 44 at the CU Indoor Practice Facility on Saturday. Three yards and a cloud of eat my dust. “Definitely a great thing to see,” Jubi Louis told me as we admired the 2024 Lamborghini Huracan, matte black with sweet white drip and the Nike swoosh on the side.

Dear Amy: My friend “Tina” and I have been friends since college and are now in our 50s. When we met we were members of a campus religious organization, however as the years passed we both drifted away from our religious affiliations. I now would call myself agnostic. Recently, Tina had a difficult break-up with a significant other.