Elaine Tassy

Cuddling, holding hands: New films explore ways for Black men to heal and resist stereotypes ‘Dark and Tender’ showcases ways to push back against historical images of Black men being portrayed as violent, brutish and oversexualized.

A documentary about Black men platonically cuddling is screening tonight in Aurora. Yes, you read that right. www.cpr.org/2026/02/06/d...

Wondering about this mild winter? Third-graders get the answers from a meteorologist. A few fun facts about the rest of the snowy season:  This winter, we’re likely to get less snow than last year.  Last December was the warmest of

If these third graders from Golden keep it up, I might be out of a job! www.cpr.org/2026/02/02/w...

A Ute Mountain Ute spiritual leader reflects the importance and private nature of vision quests, sun dances, and sweat lodge ceremonies Too few people practice it for numbers to show up in national religious studies.

On a five-day reporting trip to Southwest Colorado, I was honored to sit down with one of the elders and learn about some of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe's spiritual traditions. www.cpr.org/2025/12/02/u...

Farming program yields robust crops on the grounds of former army post and Indian boarding school Participants grow fresh produce for personal and professional reasons.

Where there was once a federally run Indian boarding school that stripped Native kids of their identity, there's now a teaching farm growing blue corn and other produce in Hesperus, Southwest Colorado. www.cpr.org/2025/10/31/1...

These elementary schools in Southwest Colorado are trying to save the Ute language The only problem: No one is fully fluent.

On the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute reservations in Southwest Colorado, elementary schools are trying to teach the Ute language, although there aren't any fluent speakers. One elder also worked on a Ute on-line dictionary. www.cpr.org/2025/12/15/u...

Thinking about taking a pottery shard from Mesa Verde or Ute Mountain Tribal Park? Don’t Drop it right now, before something bad happens to you.

Ever think about picking up a piece of pottery from a historical site like Ute Mountain Tribal Park? Don't even try it! www.cpr.org/2025/12/17/m...

Thank you, we've corrected that.

Visitors to Southwest Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park can now hear from its direct descendants A shift away from non-Native voices can be heard during an audio tour and a visitors’ center film at the park.

Laguna Pueblo's Thelma Jean (TJ) Atsye's voice leads the audio tour at Mesa Verde National Park. She's the voice and face of the place, and she knows it! www.cpr.org/2025/12/11/m...

Yes you did eat that last cupcake.

Danielle SeeWalker, artist who won settlement from Vail, plans trip to West Bank to paint mural Denver multi-disciplinary plans to use money from First Amendment rights violation case to work with with Palestinian artists

Danielle SeeWalker gets the last laugh on the whole Vail artist residency thing . . . www.cpr.org/2025/11/24/a...

From the Denver Mint to the Money Museum, Coloradans say goodbye to the penny Well, except, technically, ‘the United States has never made a penny.’

Tell the penny buh-bye. www.cpr.org/2025/11/20/o...

His Cheyenne ancestors were pushed out of Colorado in the 1800s. Now he’s among the leaders of Colorado’s Indigenous land back movement Hundreds of years after most of Colorado’s Indigenous tribes were forcibly removed from the state, a movement emerges to bring them home.

“Don't just acknowledge it. Tell me what you're going to do about it. It's stolen.” www.cpr.org/2025/10/13/c... vis @zialcita.bsky.social

New shelter for people experiencing homelessness opens Monday in Aurora It will offer a tiered system for housing, as well as services to get people experiencing homelessness back on their feet.

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I-70 and Chambers in Aurora, a new shelter is opening on Monday with beds for over 600 people. www.cpr.org/2025/11/14/n...

Autopsies and toxicology reports detail how six dairy workers died, but not what led up to the incident Each of the victims’ autopsy reports notes that they died of “sudden death due to acute hydrogen sulfide exposure.”

The autopsy and toxicology reports are now in for the Keenesburg Six, but they don't answer many questions about the accident at Prospect Valley Dairy Farm in August. www.cpr.org/2025/10/31/a...

We went ghost hunting just in time for Halloween. Here's what we found Ghosts of miners emerging from a shaft in Lafayette, a Victorian woman near the Senate at the State Capitol, a rose-scented hotel specter and more.

I went on a ghost hunt around the Denver metro for a Halloween story, and found out that Denver Library's main branch basement, and room 320 of the Oxford Hotel, have friendly ghosts. www.cpr.org/2025/10/27/g...

Some Prospect Valley Dairy Farm victims have been buried but families are still waiting for answers Five men and a 17-year-old boy died in what’s being called a containment accident in Keenesburg.

Here are some updates on the six who died at the dairy farm in Keenesburg, including what was said on the 911 call. www.cpr.org/2025/10/10/p...

ICE scrutiny means scrapping outdoor, public events for Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations around Colorado Colorado Hispanic groups are exercising caution during their celebrations, including switching to indoor events or less public activities.

Hispanic Heritage month started this week. The way it will be celebrated this year across Colorado is being impacted by ICE raids. www.cpr.org/2025/09/15/h...

CrimeCon 2025 draws thousands to Gaylord Rockies in Aurora Annual convention brings together true crime buffs, but also gives support to victims.

In case you missed CrimeCon, held here in the Denver metro last weekend, I went and here is my report: www.cpr.org/2025/09/06/c...

OSHA investigating death of 6 workers at dairy farm near Keenesburg The Denver office of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health could have assisted, but was closed by federal budget cuts in the spring.

Still trying to learn more about the tragic death of six men at a dairy farm near Keeneburg. On Monday I'll have another story. This one is from this week: www.cpr.org/2025/08/28/o...

In the studio, Mike Lamp, bespectacled, wears a blue hoodie with a whale design.

In the studio, Mike Lamp, bespectacled, wears a blue hoodie with a whale design.

The steadiest of Eddies is retiring.

Longtime CPR News Morning Edition Host Mike Lamp will sign off September 12th-- his 64th birthday.

Mike is unflappable, humble, and has a voice that soothes like baby powder. Before he leaves, he'll join Colorado Matters to discuss his TV and radio career.

Here’s what we know about the six people who died at a dairy in Keenesburg Among the dead are a 17-year-old high school senior at Highland High School in Ault.

Today I went to Keenesburg, CO to try to find out more about the six men killed at a dairy farm there last Wednesday. www.cpr.org/2025/08/25/w...

As classes near in Elizabeth, a book ban hangs over the town’s schools School officials say they have returned “sensitive” books to the shelves after a federal court order, but the issue is far from settled as a trial nears.

Elizabeth School district in Colorado banned 19 books last year. This spring, they were court-ordered to put them back. This month I showed up at two of the schools to see if they did put them back, but I was intercepted. www.cpr.org/2025/08/14/e...

A supervisor at Woodgrain Inc. told three employees: "You look like a bunch of monkeys trying to f*** a coconut." They agree the statement was made, but, duh! It's not racist! OK...https://www.cpr.org/2025/07/01/woodgrain-inc-lawsuit-black-employees/

Prison visits now a right for incarcerated people in Colorado under new law Polis signed into law the legislation introduced by State Rep. English and Rep. Bacon.

Prison visits are now enshrined as rights in Colorado, after legislation was signed this month by Gov. Polis. www.cpr.org/2025/06/05/p...

Doulas who work with new parents in recovery are having a hard time accessing health insurance reimbursements. www.cpr.org/2025/05/23/r...

Denver Pride Parade fundraising plummets as companies retreat from DEI The Center on Colfax is struggling under the Trump administration to raise money for the parade and other LGBTQ programming.

Fundraising for Denver Pride parade and other activities offered at the Center on Colfax have dropped by about two thirds, a trend also happening in other large cities. denverite.com/2025/04/10/d...

Denver’s poorest neighborhoods have more stink-producing factories, new study finds Many of them are within Denver’s “inverted L.”

Are you in the inverted L? Do you smell something? A recent study found that if you are, you could be: denverite.com/2025/03/31/p...

At Eldora, skiers with adaptive needs ‘dance’ down the mountains on mono-skis, other accessible equipment Eldora's adaptive ski program gives people with disabilities that make skiing difficult a chance to enjoy the winter sport, with much of the program's equipment coming from Denver.

I visited Ignite Adaptive Sports at Eldora Ski Resort. It's for people who use chairs, are amputees, and/or have any physical, emotional or adaptive barriers to skiing and want to ski or snowboard, 18 miles northwest of Boulder. www.cpr.org/2025/03/25/e...

CU regent receives community support while facing potential censure, backlash for stance on anti-marijuana campaign Wanda James, who owns a dispensary, spoke out against a CU Anschutz anti-marijuana campaign she considered racist.

My goal of using the words "kerfuffle" and "hullabaloo" in the same story has been reached in this account of the Regent/Dispensary Owner Wanda James situation. www.cpr.org/2025/03/14/c...

There's a typo in this post, I should have said since 2007.