DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s Women’s March came one day after new public health orders were issued in the city restricting group gatherings to five people and requiring additional mask use. Despite the new restrictions, community members still came together with masks on and signs in hand to join others across the nation participating in hundreds […]

DENVER — Missing its deadline to make a decision as an elected group, the Denver school board will not get to vote on adding a new board member to a vacant seat in District 4. Board President Anne Rowe announced during a special meeting Monday night that she will select the new board member on […]

DENVER — Nine days after the FOX31 Problem Solvers first exposed a potential new Denver school board member as a child abuser, the interim superintendent has finally spoken. Susana Cordova read prepared remarks Friday afternoon, apologizing to parents and to the school board for failing to conduct a thorough background check on the chosen candidate […]

DENVER — The FOX31 Denver Problem Solvers first exposed the criminal child abuse past of who was to be the newest member of the Denver Public Schools board. But the seat, which was expected to be filled by MiDian Holmes, remains vacant. Now, internal documents show a district in crisis after the revelation the district failed to […]

DENVER — The newly appointed Denver Public Schools school board member announced Thursday she will not accept the board’s appointment after a FOX31 Problem Solvers investigation revealed her previous conviction of child abuse. On a Facebook page connected to a MiDian Holmes, a statement read, in part, “Reluctantly, I am not going to accept the board’s […]

DENVER — The Denver Public School’s newly appointed board member is a convicted child abuser and on Wednesday night, she explained that conviction. The conviction came to light after the FOX31 Problem Solvers conducted a background check on MiDian Z. Holmes, 35, who was appointed Tuesday night during a special session. She replaces former school […]

DENVER — The president of the Denver Public Schools board appointed a new member Monday night after FOX31 Denver uncovered the first choice for the District 4 seat had a criminal record. The new member is Rachele Espiritu. The 46-year-old mother of two does not have a criminal record and is a small-business owner in Denver. […]

DENVER — MiDian Holmes, the newly appointed member of the Denver Public Schools school board, sat down for an interview Wednesday night to respond to revelations that she not only had a child abuse conviction from 2006, but that she did not have a college degree as presented by the district in an earlier news release. Highlights from […]