by Mr. Leadville | Sep 15, 2021 | Leadville News
When the towers fell, they were high school students, aimless twentysomethings, engineers and budding psychologists. Like the rest of the country, they watched the news, stunned. When the U.S. launched into wars that spanned the next 20 years, they went to Afghanistan...
by Mr. Leadville | Sep 15, 2021 | Leadville News
One thing that’s shocked me this summer is how uncrowded non-standard routes can be on Colorado’s fourteeners. While a standard summit-bound route may attract dozens of hikers daily (sometimes more), other routes up the same peak seem to go unnoticed...
by Mr. Leadville | Sep 15, 2021 | Leadville News
Wagma Mommandi dreaded navigating the ninth grade as a Muslim student in Denver Public Schools in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “9/11 was the most significant thing in my life as a person whose parents are from Afghanistan,” she said. “Everything...
by Mr. Leadville | Sep 14, 2021 | Leadville News
The parents of the 6-year-old girl who died on a ride at Glenwood Caverns Amusement Park will have trouble holding the park liable for her death if they signed a waiver the park requires on her behalf, legal experts say. Colorado law says the park and its employees...
by Mr. Leadville | Sep 14, 2021 | Leadville News
Merit Academy of Woodland Park, Colorado, opened on Aug. 23 in a buoyant ceremony featuring American flags and a teenage rider riding a dun horse while waving the school flag. The new public school went from idea to reality in just one year, opening K-8 with plans to...
