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How Denver Created Winter Park — and Almost Lost It
Gary DeFrange took Winter Park in a bold new direction, one that has salvaged its troubled relationship with the City of Denver and transformed what was once a dowdy day-ski area into a full-service, year-round destination resort.
Frustrated Broomfield Residents Weigh Options in Fracking Dispute
Last week’s 6-3 vote by the Broomfield City Council to “postpone indefinitely” any action on a proposed moratorium on oil and gas drilling, despite widespread support for such a measure, has left neighborhood organizers puzzling over their next move in the local fracking wars.
Holly Moore: Rally This Weekend Calls for Fresh Investigation of Teen’s Death
On Sunday, March 5, relatives of Holly Lynn Moore will join friends and supporters in a procession, on foot and motorcyles, around the perimeter of the Outlets at Castle Rock shopping mall, marking the second anniversary of the nineteen-year-old’s death. It sounds like a strange way to commemorate what local…
Awaiting Deportation, Immigrants in State Prisons Costing $37 Million a Year
The DOC has 1052 immigrant inmates with ICE detainers, costing the prison system approximately $37 million a year. Of those, 410 are past their parole eligibility date.
Councilman Espinoza Seeks to Join Lawsuit Over City Drainage Project
A court document expected to be filed today seeks to add several Denver residents to a lawsuit against the city, challenging its plans to convert City Park Golf Course into a “detention area” for stormwater runoff — including Denver City Council maverick Rafael Espinoza, who’s raised several questions about the city’s $300 million drainage project.
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Teens Challenge CO’s Oil and Gas Regulators On Fracking, Climate Change
On Tuesday afternoon, attorneys for six underage plaintiffs will be arguing that the state’s oil-and-gas regulators should be doing more — a hell of a lot more — to protect Colorado’s children from the real and potential ill effects of the fracking industry.
Angry Protesters Challenge CDOT’s “So Sue Us” Stance on I-70 Expansion
Plans by Colorado Department of Transportation officials to make a formal presentation on I-70 expansion plans quickly fell by the wayside as opponents crowded into the Swansea Recreation Center to make their own case for the project to be stopped or re-routed.
Death-Penalty Ban Extinguished in Party-Line Vote
The latest attempt to repeal Colorado’s seldom-used death penalty was defeated in a committee hearing Wednesday evening — after emotional testimony from families of homicide victims on both sides of the issue that underscored how deeply divided the state remains on the issue of capital punishment.
Colorado Prisoners Getting “Free” Electronic Tablets — With a Catch
By the end of 2017, the Colorado Department of Corrections plans to distribute electronic tablets to every one of its 19,000 inmates.
In a One-Cop Town, Who Polices the Police?
A lawsuit over the arrest of a town leader has dredged up a history of law enforcement issues in Log Lane Village, which has had difficulty hiring and retaining qualified officers.
Colorado Death-Penalty Expert Michael Radelet on Latest Push to Ban Executions
Michael Radelet, author of a book on the history of executions in Colorado, talks about the latest push to ban the death penalty in the state.
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Lakewood Ponders Thousands of New Homes, Other Impacts of Rooney Valley Plan
Lakewood’s city council is poised to vote Monday night on whether to adopt a revised master plan for the Rooney Valley — one that encourages a dramatic influx of housing, retail services and other development impacts in an area where dinosaur tracks, open space, and the stunning backdrop of Red Rocks Park have long provided a buffer zone between suburban sprawl and the foothills.
Holly Moore: Family Suspects Murder in Teen’s Death Ruled Suicide
The mystery surrounding the death of Holly Lynn Moore, a 19-year-old college student found hanging in a closet in her Castle Rock apartment in 2015, just keeps getting deeper. Family members have spent months and thousands of dollars uncovering evidence that suggests Moore’s death wasn’t the suicide that it appears to be.
CDOT, I-70 Project Opponents Duel Over Competing Events
Citizens interested in the state’s $1.8 billion plan to expand I-70 through a ten-mile stretch of north Denver and Aurora had a perplexing choice to make last night. They could attend a “community town hall event,” organized by opponents of the project and co-hosted by Denver city councilman Rafael Espinoza and former city auditor Dennis Gallagher. Or they could join a Facebook Live session with Colorado Department of Transportation executive director Shailen Bhatt, which was peppered with questions and concerns about the highway expansion, wedged between other queries about mountain traffic and HOV lanes.
I-70 Expansion Foes Organize Town Hall to Discuss Options
Just days after Colorado Department of Transportation officials received a long-awaited final okay to proceed with a $1.8-billion makeover of I-70 through north Denver and Aurora, opponents of the highway expansion are holding a “community town hall event” tonight to discuss what options remain for putting the brakes on the project.
Oscar Lopez Rivera: Obama Commutes Sentence of Puerto Rican Revolutionary
President Barack Obama’s decision this week, in the waning days of his administration, to commute the 70-year sentence of Puerto Rican radical activist Oscar Lopez Rivera has been greeted with celebrations in some quarters and outrage in others.
Jeffco Nixes Car Dealers Next to Dino Ridge
Bowing to pressure from community groups and fossil lovers, Jefferson County’s Board of County Commissioners voted last night against a proposed rezoning that would have placed up to four auto dealerships in close proximity to the most significant dinosaur track site in the country.
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Broomfield Backpedals on Fracking Moratorium, Postpones Vote
A decision this week by the Broomfield City Council to postpone action on a proposed five-month moratorium on new oil and gas development highlights the legal and political uncertainties local government officials are facing as they try to figure out what authority they might have to control the spread of fracking operations in their communities.
Ex-Supercop Daril Cinquanta Accused of Spying on Scientology Critic Leah Remini
Daril Cinquanta, one of Colorado’s best-known private investigators, got his closeup recently on the hit A&E docudrama series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. But his brief cameo was the kind of publicity the former Denver “super cop” would have preferred to avoid.
Jeffco Battles Over Proposed Car Dealerships Next to Dino Ridge
On Tuesday, January 17, Jeffco’s board of county commissioners will consider a proposed zoning change for a planned 140-acre development on four parcels straddling the four corners of the Alameda and C-470 interchange. The change would allow for a proposed hotel and gas station southeast of the interchange and, on the northwest quadrant, up to four car dealerships, which would surround the Dinosaur Ridge visitor center on three sides. Representatives of the developer, Three Dinos LLC, have described the request as “a minor change” in use for property that’s been zoned for commercial development for nearly a decade. But opponents of the plan say there’s nothing minor about the impacts the development would have on adjoining open-space land, on wildlife, on nearby hiking and biking trails, and on one of the last scenic vistas in the Rooney Valley, which has seen increasing encroachment by highways, the Solterra housing development, a motocross park, Bandimere Speedway and other projects.
Report: Clean-Energy Jobs Boosting Colorado’s Economy
The clean energy industry now accounts for 62,000 jobs and is playing a growing role in Colorado’s economy, according to a new report distributed this morning to state lawmakers