February 27, 2009: Page One from the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News:
FINAL EDITION
Goodbye, Colorado
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to you today. Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado, the nation and the world, is over. Thousands of men and women have worked at this newspaper since William Byers produced its first edition on the banks of Cherry Creek on April 23, 1859. We speak, we believe, for all of them, when we say that it has been an honor to serve you. To have reached this day, the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, just 55 days shy of its 150th birthday is painful. We will scatter. And all that will be left are the stories we have told, captured on microfilm or in digital archives, devices unimaginable in those first days. But what was present in the paper then and has remained to this day is a belief in this community and the people who make it what it has become and what it will be. We part in sorrow because we know so much lies ahead that will be worth telling, and we will not be there to do so. We have celebrated life in Colorado, praising its ways, but we have warned, too, against steps we thought were mistaken. We have always been a part of this special place, striving to reflect it accurately and with compassion. We hope Coloradans will remember this newspaper fondly from generation to generation, a reminder of Denver’s history — the ambitions, foibles and virtues of its settlers and those who followed. We are confident that you will build on their dreams and find new ways to tell your story. Farewell — and thank you for so many memorable years together.
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February 27, 2009
(Regular Front Page)
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December 5, 2008
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November 11, 2008
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November 5, 2008
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November 4, 2008
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October 29, 2007
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January 1, 2007
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Pulitzer Prizes
2006
Awarded to Jim Sheeler of the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado, for his poignant story on a Marine major who helps the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss and honor their sacrifice.
Awarded to Todd Heisler of the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado, for his haunting, behind-the-scenes look at funerals for Colorado Marines who return from Iraq in caskets.
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January 9, 2006
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Pulitzer Prize
2003
Awarded to the Rocky Mountain News Photography Staff for its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado’s raging forest fires.
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September 12, 2001
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September 11, 2001
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2000
Pulitzer Prize
Awarded to the Rocky Mountain News Photography Staff for its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.
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January 1, 1901
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January 1, 1900
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February 16, 1898
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July 19, 1881
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June 11, 1859
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April 23, 1859
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(Images from the Newseum and the Rocky Mountain News)
