Local government orders mandating residents wear masks have become a political flash point in Colorado’s ongoing coronavirus pandemic response.

For many years, Guy and Heidi Burgess have organized a series of projects dealing with difficult, intractable conflicts, and they developed an incredibly rich website of resources. They recently collected the following series of statements about conflict and the coronavirus, including the following.  Here’s a list of the statements with links to each one.  They … Continue reading The Coronavirus and the Constructive Conflict Initiative →

The ABA Journal recently published an article entitled Bar Exam Does Little to Ensure Attorney Competence, Say Lawyers in Diploma Privilege State, describing the experience in Wisconsin, the only state that currently has the “diploma privilege.”  Under the Wisconsin rules, in-state law school graduates can become licensed without taking a bar exam.  These graduates must … Continue reading The Coronavirus Crisis Provides an Opportunity to Adopt Better Systems for Licensing Lawyers than the Bar Exam →

Van lifers are used to wandering the roads. But now, they're stuck in one spot -- and trying to not draw attention to themselves.

LAS VEGAS — Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act’s famed white tigers, has died. He was 75. Horn died of complications from the coronavirus on Friday in a Las Vegas hospital, according to a statement […]

Body slams and pile drives can go on in the Sunshine State.

CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl said Sunday that she's finally feeling well after a battle with COVID-19 that left her hospitalized for a week.

As schools across Colorado closed in March to slow the spread of coronavirus, food service directors and cafeteria workers swung into action, setting up an extensive network that has handed out hundreds of thousands of meals, many of them to families short on food for the first time.

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is reducing staffing costs by more than 50% and announcing a new round of show cancellations in an effort to stem millions of dollars in losses due to the coronavirus shutdown.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival that due to the coronavirus it would no longer continue its 2020 summer season at CU Boulder.

DCPA isn't giving up on Hamilton yet.

The novel coronavirus pandemic has been a challenge for dozens of metropolitan district board candidates across Colorado as they grapple with stay-at-home orders and social distancing impacting their campaigns.

During the final minutes of her life, heartbeat fading, my mother was too weak to speak or open her eyes. But 1,500 miles away from where hospice had gently laid her down to die, I felt the strength of her spirit pushing me out the door. So I grabbed cross-country skis from the garage, clicked boots into my bindings and glided across a cold, empty meadow, where I surrendered Mom to the hand of God.

Five jails in the Denver area have confirmed outbreaks of the new coronavirus as of Wednesday, with more than 100 confirmed infections and one death linked to Colorado correctional facilities.

A toast to Brian Mullan. To Grandma Betty. To the nurses who selflessly, thanklessly, not only keep pulling their weight over the line. But ours, too.

Jet pilots from the Colorado Air National Guard will do flyovers across the state Wednesday evening to salute people fighting on the front lines of the war against COVID-19, authorities said.

Before the Olympics were postponed, Japan looked like it had coronavirus infections contained, even as they spread in neighboring countries. Now that the games have been pushed to next year, Tokyo’s cases are spiking, and the city's governor is requesting that people stay home, even hinting at a possible lockdown.

Hunkered down in Georgia, certain his tomato plants will reach for the sun as the invisible fog of coronavirus begins to recede, Edwin Moses feels blessed. Tilling the red clay of a vegetable garden, Moses is safe at home, a 64-year-old legend filled with gratitude for health as solid as Olympic gold. The greatest hurdler […]

If the planet's biggest sporting event isn't immune to worldwide strife, why should we be shocked COVID-19 could also wipe out the NBA playoffs or the entire major-league baseball season in 2020?

Brenda Johnson, 62, was arrested Sunday for investigation of second-degree assault on a peace officer, driving under the influence, hit-and-run and several other traffic charges, the news release said.

As state officials close countless public gathering places to slow the spread of the coronavirus, cities and towns across Colorado are leveraging the latest technology to continue doing the people's business -- though the efforts at virtual democracy haven't come without fits and starts. Municipalities across Colorado have long broadcast or live-streamed public meetings on the web or on a local cable channel, but recent unprecedented crowd control measures prompted by the pandemic have forced local officials to scramble to keep city and county agendas intact while not violating the requirements of the state's open meetings laws.

There are 350 different varieties of pasta. If my coronavirus lockdown in Italy lasts much longer, I may try them all.

Devil’s Head Recreation Area temporarily closed Tuesday afternoon to protect public health. The closure includes the Devil’s Head trailhead, campground, picnic area, fire lookout tower, several Forest Service roads and the Zinn trail (NFST615). The area is about 45 minutes southwest of Sedalia. The order will remain in effect until Dec. 1, 2020, or until […]

Van lifers are used to wandering the roads. But now, they're stuck in one spot -- and trying to not draw attention to themselves.

The U.S. renewable energy industry is reeling from the new coronavirus pandemic, which has delayed construction, put thousands of skilled laborers out of work and sowed doubts about solar and wind projects on the drawing board.

What had long been expected became reality Tuesday when the Colorado High School Activities Association announced it was cancelling the remainder of the spring sports season.

Pitcher Jacob Thompsen and catcher Owen Best spent a good chunk of their Tuesday morning swapping memories via computer. Such is the life of high school seniors in the age of the coronavirus.

Meet Robert Dennis, the Grandview girls basktball coach who proved that with enough love, enough caring hands, it’s amazing how far a man can fly.

Make your popcorn, grab a blanket and stream the latest indie films from your home.

Hollywood's summer movie season is all but finished. “Top Gun Maverick” became the latest would-be blockbuster to be rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jennifer Page jokes that four months in, this decade is already the worst of her life.

The complaints began on Monday. There were too many people in the store, they said. Employees were not wearing masks or covering their face. Everyone was standing too close to one another.

As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. People are also noticing animals in places and at times they don’t usually. When people stay home, Earth becomes cleaner and wilder.

Photojournalist Hyoung Chang examines the Denver metro area from the air and on the ground during the statewide stay-at-home order.

Nearly 3.2 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the business shutdowns caused by the viral outbreak deepened the worst U.S. economic catastrophe in decades.

A running list of all the permanent Denver restaurant closures during the shutdown.

Married couple Tammy and Ann Day said they got sick with symptoms of the novel coronavirus on March 27.

Work at Lockheed Martin continues during the coronavirus outbreak — and so does hiring.

Now that Colorado is homebound for a while, here are three regional books to read during the coronavirus outbreak.

With everyone sitting around the house these days, and nowhere to go, what better time to get lost in a few books?

The new numbers came as parts of the state began gradually reopening, including allowing in-person shopping at non-essential retail stores.

Having Gov. Jared Polis' permission to return to the office and actually doing it are different matters, as Jeff Holwell, economic development director for the City of Lone Tree, can attest.

Potentially dangerous coronavirus misinformation has spread from continent to continent like the pandemic itself, forcing the world’s largest tech companies to take unprecedented action to protect public health.

Facebook will soon let you know if you saw or interacted with dangerous coronavirus misinformation on the site.

BEIJING -- While other industries struggle, Liu Zhiyong says China’s virus outbreak is boosting demand for his knee-high, bright yellow robots to deliver groceries and patrol malls looking for shoppers who fail to wear masks.

LONDON -- The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular radio tower. Flames burst out as the man jogs back to his Toyota to flee into the evening.

As schools across Colorado closed in March to slow the spread of coronavirus, food service directors and cafeteria workers swung into action, setting up an extensive network that has handed out hundreds of thousands of meals, many of them to families short on food for the first time.

Alyson McClaran had no idea she'd end up capturing some of the most powerful moments of the Colorado protest: two people who appeared to be health care workers, dressed in aquamarine scrubs and medical-grade face masks, standing in a crosswalk silently obstructing the path of shouting, car-bound protesters.

Dr. Comilla Sasson has learned many lessons on the front lines of COVID-19, including how to stay positive

“We’re just really scared and there's no protections and there's no testing, and we’re just continually exposed.”