Author: HAP FRY Special to the Gazette
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Denver’s Florence Crittenton prepares teen moms for self-sufficient futures
For a first-time visitor, there is a lot to process at 96 South Zuni Street in Denver, where the omnipresent kinetic energy and stimulation can best be described as electric. On this particular mid-December Thursday, there are no fewer than 20 volunteers from the American Waterworks Association, eager to ensure Christmas packages are distributed to…
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‘Heat in the kitchen’ nothing new for Emily Francis, incoming mayor of Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS – If ever there was a time for Emily Francis to flinch at work, it may have come while working as a prep cook at the Back Porch Cafe. One of her primary responsibilities at the Fort Collins eatery was to debone the turkeys. The only problem with the assignment was that she…
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Fort Collins is now a USDA regional hub: ‘It began to make sense’
FORT COLLINS – SeonAh Kendall was initially caught off guard when she got word that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had named Fort Collins as one of its regional hubs. That Fort Collins was being lumped in with larger metropolitan cities – Kansas City, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Raleigh, N.C. – as a selection…
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A ‘profound initiative’: UNC will open Colorado’s third medical school
By HAP FRY Special to The Gazette GREELEY – A trip to Carter Hall on an early fall Friday morning to visit the offices of Dr. Andrew “Andy” Feinstein can reveal that the University of Northern Colorado president has the wherewithal to reconfigure space in the most unlikely places. Take an upstairs attic in Carter…
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To AI, or not to AI, that is the question for Colorado educators at national test scoring
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CLEVELAND • Dan Robinson felt a sense of relief as he sat at The Corner Alley in downtown Cleveland on a Monday evening in mid-June. Robinson was an English professor for over 30 years at Colorado…
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To AI, or not to AI, that is the question for Colorado educators at national test scoring
CLEVELAND • Dan Robinson felt a sense of relief as he sat at The Corner Alley in downtown Cleveland on a Monday evening in mid-June. Robinson was an English professor for over 30 years at Colorado State University. He retired in 2022, but still makes an occasional cameo in academia, such as the one he made…
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The rebirth of the iconic Mishawaka Amphitheatre in Poudre Canyon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BELLVUE — Louie Kucera is jazzed up and feeling content. He’s got a few beers to spare and the rest of the week off. More importantly, the Fort Collins resident is on a shuttle and making…
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Colorado muralist Kendall Kippley succeeds by being true to herself
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Kendall Kippley’s world is large, vibrant and full of color. She lives in landscapes, cascades and concepts with lots and lots of water that she seeks to bring to life. More often than not, Kippley…
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Peer supervisor
Terrell Keith, who suffered through alcohol and substance addiction as a teenager, is now a peer supervisor at Larimer County’s Acute Care Facility for mental health and addiction treatment in Fort Collins, the state’s only such facility that is county-owned and funded by taxpayers.
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Meat-packing firm in northern Colorado agrees to $4 million child labor settlement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save GREELEY • The nation’s largest meat packing processor, JBS USA Food Co., which is one of Colorado’s best-known employers, has agreed to pay $4 million to assist individuals and communities affected by unlawful child labor practices…