Peyton and Eli Manning showcase musical theater talents at Denver school for new “ManningCast”...

The Denver Post (Television) 9/3 9:25A John Wenzel

Peyton and Eli Manning aren t exactly known for their musical prowess, but that didn t stop the NFL icons from dropping by Kent Denver School s Anschutz Theater earlier this year to film a cheeky musical for the new season of their ManningCast...

Opinion: As wildfire risk rises in the West, the backcountry becomes more dangerous for hikers and...

The Dever Post (Opinion) 9/3 6:33A Zeke Lloyd

More frequent wildfires in the West can turn hiking through beautiful, high-elevation country into a dangerous game for hikers. In July, seven friends from Idaho, Colorado, Washington and Montana took off for a week of backpacking in southwestern...

Editorial: Mayor Johnston, not this tax, not this time

The Dever Post (Editorials) 9/3 5:20A The Denver Post Editorial Board

Mayor Mike Johnston has a plan to infuse our tax dollars into the housing crisis to help build affordable housing in a city that has become all but unobtainable for middle-class Coloradans. But we have to agree with Denver city council members...

Denver Beer Co. expands to Phoenix with a new brewery, different name

The Dever Post (Lifestyles) 9/3 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi

Denver Beer Co. is preparing to fly south this winter to start a new brewery with a new name. The company is expanding to Phoenix under the moniker Formation Brewing., said CEO Robert MacEachern. Construction is currently underway on an existing...

Asking Eric: Estranged mom struggles with son’s wedding invite

The Dever Post (Lifestyles) 9/3 12:30A R. Eric Thomas

Dear Eric: I’m attending my estranged son’s wedding. As the mother of the groom, I’m unsure of what my responsibilities are. More importantly, his wife-to-be is Buddhist. I have absolutely no problem with this, what I’m unsure about is the gift...

These Front Range animal shelters changed my family’s life, twice

The Denver Post (Pets) 9/2 2:00A John Wenzel

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and...

Opinion: Labor Day is an opportunity to reflect on Colorado’s long fight for workers’ rights

The Dever Post (Opinion) 9/2 1:01A Jim Martin

Labor Day signifies more than just the end of summer, a day off from work, the start of a new academic year, or consumerism. It’s a day dedicated to the social and economic achievements of “all” American workers. It’s a national tribute to the...

Asking Eric: Husband’s grudge against mother-in-law affecting family

The Dever Post (Lifestyles) 9/2 12:30A R. Eric Thomas

Dear Eric: I, a 45-year-old female, have been married to my husband, a 45-year-old male, for eight years. He has never called my mom by her first name or any other name like Ma . When we visit my mother, he ll walk past her without a word. I feel...

Giving up pets to seek rehab can worsen trauma. A Colorado group intends to end that.

The Denver Post (Pets) 9/1 8:46A Thomas Peipert

Simon Rubick had lost almost everything to decades of alcoholism and drug addiction. In 2022, he found himself without a vehicle and without a home, which forced his two teenage children to move in...

The Book Club: “West With Giraffes” and more short reviews from readers

The Denver Post (Entertainment) 9/1 2:00A The Know

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all...

Colorado sheepherders have been exploited for decades. The government has done little to stop it.

The Denver Post (Pets) 9/1 2:00A Sam Tabachnik

ROUTT NATIONAL FOREST Ignacio Alvarado can still feel the presence of sheep as he winds his way through the rolling hills north of Craig. The sounds are ingrained in his mind 30 years later the low...

Opinion: America survived Watergate and it’ll survive the November election, too

The Dever Post (Opinion) 9/1 1:01A Jim Prochnow

Today’s political turbulence is a stark reminder that this nation has successfully endured the shenanigans of those occupying political office and those vying for that privilege. In that regard,...

Asking Eric: Ex-friend left behind dead cat

The Dever Post (Lifestyles) 9/1 12:30A R. Eric Thomas

Dear Eric: Before a summer trip to visit family in 2019, a friend’s cat passed away. She wrapped the kitty in one of her husband’s T-shirts and buried it in the desert backyard, maybe two feet deep. Around the day she was leaving, she discovered...

Opinion: Colorado ballot measures, again, pit Front Range voters against rural Colorado

The Denver Post (Pets) 8/31 2:01A Krista Kafer

Tell me you don’t like rural Coloradans without telling me. That’s what two initiatives will ask the state’s urban-suburban majority to do this November; tell rural folks they’re not welcome in their own state, that their ways are passé,...

Letters: Colorado’s minority rule, a special session and the GOP chairman

The Dever Post (Letters to the Editor) 8/31 2:01A DP Opinion

Does the state now abide by the minority rule? Re: Will vote to remove GOP chair hold up? Aug. 27 news story, and Governor again calls special session, Aug. 16 news story I always thought that Colorado was an exceptional place for free thinking...