Kevin Beaty

From the weekend, the delightful chaos of Goldens in Golden (in Golden, Colo.).

Some images from today's general strike in Denver. Read all about it at denverite.com and cpr.org

Denver's Hot Duck is a Weird Goose Or: I Think I'm a Birder Now.

From 2018: "Walking through City Park a few weeks ago, I was eyeing a cluster of Canada geese that were eyeing me, as you do, when I noticed an unusual presence. One of the geese was not Canadian at all."

That would be a good followup!

Major thanks to Barooka and company for having me out during their rave in a Denver tunnel... and when the cops showed up... and when the party finished in a Lakewood basement.

See the story: denverite.com/2025/11/25/d...

Purnell Steen, jazz legend and civil rights activist, dead at 84 Steen started playing piano at Zion Baptist Church and still performed regularly at Dazzle and other iconic Denver music venues.

Crushed. Purnell was one of the first people I met when Denverite started in 2016. He invited me to interview his cousin, Charlie Burrell, another jazz legend we lost this year.

Steen was gracious, funny, talented — a hell of a quote. He had a story for every block.

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Lots of Mt. Rushmore energy there

Here's why your cell phone went off at 11 a.m. on Wednesday Denver's Office of Emergency Management is testing their systems.

*fingerguns*
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Thanks @kiarademare.bsky.social for another visual feast, this time at AUX WARS, the plug-in-your-phone-and-play-a-song competition for rising artists.

Catch her story! denverite.com/2025/08/13/d...

I really Like-Em!

Our interview airs in All Things Considered this afternoon and Morning Edition & Colorado Matters tomorrow. In the meantime, here's my colab with @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social

Inside an animal cage, where I belong

An afternoon with the birds. Check out ‪@juanitah23.bsky.social's story on the great Andean condor over at Denverite!

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A delightful, beautiful, liminal evening at the downtown Denver skatepark. Check out @kiarademare.bsky.social's story over at Denverite: denverite.com/2025/07/14/d...

Thanks!

Some unusual visual journalism from me today, illustrations from courtroom sketches (and portraits) for a story on Denver County Court's Forensic Peer Navigator program, where people with experience in homelessness and addiction guide others out of vicious cycles: denverite.com/2025/07/08/d...

An Independence Day story in two acts.

What we saw at a joyous Juneteenth parade, despite the heat Nothing's stopping this celebration of history.

Some great photos by @kevinjbeaty.bsky.social of Denver's Juneteenth parade yesterday. denverite.com/2025/06/15/w...

Mayor delays plan to grant raises up to 44% for top Denver leaders The city won't consider raises for a dozen department leaders until later this year.

This was a few days before the big announcement:

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Federal cops spent weeks tracking young immigrants, was it for their safety, or to make deportation easier? An initiative obtained by CPR News referred to unaccompanied minors as “targets” and indicates that ICE actually had multiple motives for the effort.

My latest: ICE and federal law enforcement just wrapped an operation where they went, unannounced, to the homes of kids who crossed the border as unaccompanied minors. In a memo I obtained, we found there were multiple motives behind the effort...

www.cpr.org/2025/05/23/f...

Thanks for having me!

Some views of wildland firefighting training near Lyons this week with @hayleemay.bsky.social. Wild, wild assignment.

Western Slope judge warns ICE to stop civil immigration actions in courthouses Workers at the Garfield County courthouse say ICE has been a steady presence there, detaining between five and 10 people since January who were either in the courthouse or just outside of it.

Second story broken this week by our lil' immigration team! And it's only Wednesday.

Western Slope judge orders ICE out of his courthouse because they were violating Colorado law. W/ @cprmarkus.bsky.social

www.cpr.org/2025/04/16/c...

Had a heluva time at the Denver Onyx's first-ever home game. They're the city’s newest pro team!

Read all about it:
denverite.com/2025/03/30/w...

Nate and I ran into an interesting little chart story. The takeaway: Crashes on Colfax hit what was basically a 12-year low once BRT construction started.

In the age of AI, we at @denverite.bsky.social are still making our internet slop by hand!

@alexscoville.bsky.social and I worked with readers to invent some National Women's Soccer League team ideas for Colorado.

See more and vote for your favorite!
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Permanent carnival rides would be awesome.

Matt, does this dream keep the old plant around? Like, are they playing under the stacks? (The Sol/Soul tie-in is good!)

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