21+ hour, 23+ min ago  (800+ words) Colorado lawmakers from both parties are backing a bill that would reshape how the state handles defendants found incompetent to stand trial and unlikely to regain competency, aiming to fill long-standing gaps in treatment and placement. Sponsors of Senate Bill…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (896+ words) A static picture of a creek just doesn't adequately convey erosion to second graders, but Marty Trujillo knows taking kids to see a giant felled tree lying in the bed of Fountain Creek and shadowed by its receding banks will…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (725+ words) There's a quiet epidemic hurling through Colorado, and it's not one that makes the news. Until something tragic happens. Daily it shows up in the emergency rooms and the therapist's offices. We see it at empty dinner tables all over…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (402+ words) That evidence comes from a landmark new analysis by the'Common Sense'Institute (CSI), which examined homelessness data across all 50 states to test a core assumption made by many'that homelessness is primarily a function of the cost of housing. If that premise…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1620+ words) Facing hundreds of millions in budget shortfall, Colorado lawmakers are searching for ways to fund mental health services in a state that, advocates say, has consistently ranked among the worst in the nation for mental health outcomes. Several proposals this…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (338+ words) Seeing the world from a different perspective adds insight into how we interpret our lives. For Temple Grandin, it meant first understanding why she saw the world in such a unique way. Born in 1947 in Boston, Grandin arrived at a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1680+ words) CA'ON CITY " Jay Valusek stared at "that damned railing" for hours that bled into days after his beloved 28-year-old daughter jumped in 2018 from atop the metal edge of the Royal Gorge Bridge to her death 956 feet below. Valusek's vision blurred…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (392+ words) Keep your eyes and ears open. People are there-ready to make a difference in your life. Let them in, and you will remember them for a lifetime. We have all had these experiences, and here are a few examples from…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (826+ words) Addiction rates for Americans continue to remain high and are climbing for certain substances following a spike in usage during the pandemic, but the number of people seeking help to stop abusing drugs and alcohol is abysmal in comparison, statistics…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (806+ words) Had my daughter lived she would've just celebrated her 25th birthday. She died of a vicious form of cancer just days before her first birthday. She was our only child at the time. Twenty-four years later, I still have no way…...