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Homelessness Isn’t Just About Rent: Denver’s Spending Tells a Bigger Story
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Homelessness Isn’t Just About Rent: Denver’s Spending Tells a Bigger Story

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Denver once bought a motel to help move people off the street. Two years later, it made headlines for trying to sell that same property for ten dollars.  Denver’s homelessness debate almost always circles back to housing. Rents are high. Wages trail behind. Even when Denver adds housing, the gap doesn’t seem to close. From there, the “it’s housing” argument almost writes itself. But recent data suggest the drivers run deeper than housing alone. A January 2026 analysis from the Common Sense Institute looked at homelessness trends across the country and found that while housing affordability matters, it is not the strongest factor tied to homelessness — especially when it comes to people living on the...
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Trying to move the needle in Mesa County’s mental health crisis as leaders call the moment “historic”
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Trying to move the needle in Mesa County’s mental health crisis as leaders call the moment “historic”

By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice “This is historic. This is transformational. This is a game changer.” Suicide now claims about 50 lives a year in Mesa County, a rate of roughly 31 deaths per 100,000 people. That’s about one and a half times Colorado’s rate and more than double the national average. At the same time, nearly 13 percent of residents who needed mental-health care last year weren’t able to get it. Those realities form the backdrop for a local effort that has taken shape inside Canyon View Vineyard Church. The program is called BeWell, and it began with a simple question: what a Jesus-centered mental health approach could look like in a county where access is limited. How the idea took shape Sondrol said the idea started forming as he watched Compassion...
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Public safety crisis? Colorado ranks 7th worst for violent crime per capita
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Fox31, Approved, State

Public safety crisis? Colorado ranks 7th worst for violent crime per capita

By Brooke Williams | FOX31 DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado has once again been ranked as one of the least safe states in the nation, according to a recent WalletHub data report. The personal finance website conducted the study using data for each state, focusing on data points that indicate how safe an area is, such as the frequency of violent events like shootings, how many drivers are insured, hate crime incidents and bullying, unemployment rates, how many first responders and law enforcement are available and others data points. The Safest States in America in 2025, according to the study, are Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Utah. The least safe states were found to be Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Arkansas. This year, Colorado ranked at No. 44, ...
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Park Avenue Shooter Blamed NFL for Brain Injury Despite Never Playing
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Park Avenue Shooter Blamed NFL for Brain Injury Despite Never Playing

By Joe Marino, Kenneth Garger and Emily Crane | The New York Post The crazed gunman who killed an NYPD officer and three other people in a Midtown skyscraper on Monday evening was carrying a note in his pocket that expressed grievances with the NFL and claimed he suffered from CTE – a brain injury linked to head trauma, sources told The Post. Shane Tamura, 27, cited the NFL in the writings, which were found after he fatally shot himself in the chest on the 33rd floor of 345 Park Ave. – a swanky skyscraper that houses the football league’s headquarters. The mentally ill shooter wanted to shoot up the NFL HQ — but “mistakenly went up the wrong elevator banks” and ended up on a higher floor, Mayor Eric Adams confirmed Tuesday. In the ramblings, which was several pages long, Tamura...
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