Bruce Finley
The Denver Post
Colorado, United States
Contact Bruce
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Bruce:
One man dies in overnight Denver shooting
A man shot overnight in Denver died on Tuesday, police confirmed. → Read More
Denver weather: Spring-like weather with temperatures topping 60 degrees before possible snow
Springlike warmth with above-average temperatures topping 60 degrees and light wind is expected Tuesday and Wednesday before possible snow blows down from the mountains. → Read More
Mystery solved: What happened to lost legendary Sierra Nevada skier Gardner Smith
A body found atop Colorado’s Independence Pass in 1970 has been identified as legendary ski racer Gardner Paul Smith, a Beat-era adventurer who was revered as an easy-going companion. → Read More
Colorado mountain snowpack beating 30-year norm as spring nears — except for Arkansas River Basin
Colorado mountain snowpack measured above normal in early March, a few weeks before the closely watched seasonal peak. → Read More
CBI issues “endangered missing” child alert seeking girl last seen Tuesday in Texas
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued an “endangered missing alert” Thursday morning, asking for public help locating an 8-year-old girl and identifying a suspect. → Read More
Taco Bell ‘rat poison’ case closed, employees cleared of wrongdoing
The case began in January when an irate Sunday customer became ill and complained about rat poison in food from that Taco Bell. He had been arguing with Taco Bell employees after they told him a so… → Read More
Denver weather: Gray day, no sun, with clouds, mist and cold enveloping Front Range
Fog, mist and cold enveloped metro Denver for a second day and temperatures Wednesday morning measured just below freezing, according to the National Weather Service . → Read More
13 gang members indicted for homicides, shootings, car thefts by Denver grand jury
A Denver grand jury has indicted 13 men and women aged 18 to 23 who were members of the criminal street gang for alleged crimes involving 113 victims. → Read More
Denver weather: Fog, freezing drizzle, slick roads before possible light snow
Denver residents face fog and freezing drizzle Tuesday morning, giving way to cloudy skies, with high temperatures near 39 degrees, before possible light snow Tuesday night. → Read More
Woman dies in custody at Denver’s Downtown Detention Center
A woman died Monday while in custody at Denver’s Downtown Detention Center, Denver Sheriff Department officials said. → Read More
Uprooted Colorado mushroom megafarm workers mull possible ownership remedy
Guatemalan workers of the Colorado Mushroom Farm that collapsed into bankruptcy are exploring an idea that could bring back jobs and boost the San Luis Valley’s economy: run the company themselves. → Read More
Killing horses for human consumption could become crime in Colorado
Legislation introduced in the Colorado senate would create a new crime — “equine slaughter” — if a horse buyer “knows or reasonably should know” that a horse could be killed for human consumption. → Read More
Colorado mushroom megafarm closes, disrupting supplies for restaurants and grocers, leaving Guatemalan workers without pay
A Colorado mushroom magnate's Colorado Mushroom Farm in the San Luis Valley that for decades infused fresh fungi into the Rocky Mountain West has shut down,marooning 100 Guatemalan immigrant workers. → Read More
Denver’s urban campers braced as dangerous arctic storm blew in: “Cold hurts”
The new urban norm of people living on the streets and camping collided in Denver this week with another intensifying phenomenon — extreme weather — as an arctic blast snowstorm threatened to plunge temperatures as low as 20 degrees below zero. → Read More
Why will Colorado get so cold? Arctic “teeter-totter” bringing coldest temperatures in decades.
Atmospheric churning that created what meteorologists describe as an arctic teeter-totter is driving the cold blast forecast to bring temperatures as low as minus 20 to Colorado's Front Range cities this week. → Read More
A rare wild chicken could become Colorado’s first “climate casualty” after rescue attempt falters
A painstaking $428,000 state effort to avert extinction by relocating 205 of lesser prairie chickens from Kansas to Colorado's southeastern plains is failing, state records show. → Read More
Trio of historic sites in southeastern Colorado spotlight hard truths, offer “a chance to tell that fuller story”
Three historical sites clustered on the bone-dry plains of southeastern Colorado have drawn new attention to hard truths around century-old massacres and a wartime prison, an opportunity local leaders are seizing to expand tourism that explores the lessons of the past. → Read More
Keystone resort residents seek self-rule as Colorado’s newest town
After 50 years as an unincorporated mountain resort, Keystone residents are trying to become Colorado’s newest town — taking on challenges of democratic self-rule. → Read More
Keystone resort residents seek self-rule as Colorado’s newest town
KEYSTONE — After 50 years as an unincorporated mountain resort, Keystone residents are trying to become Colorado’s newest town — taking on the challenges of democratic self-rule. They filed a petition in October in state court... → Read More
Colorado mountain residents fed up with mining mess win fight to keep rivers clean
Colorado mountain residents got so frustrated by gold and gravel mining churning through wetlands along headwaters of the South Platte River that they took oversight into their own hands. And, after a seven-year fight that led to federal court, they recently prevailed. → Read More