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During the Weekend Update segment from the May 12 episode of Saturday Night Live, a recent incident in Frisco involving a man and a moose went in a nasty direction.

Journalists at the Denver Post continue to call for new ownership at the paper in the wake of its newsroom staff being slashed by nearly one-third at the behest of Alden Global Capital, the so-called “vulture” hedge fund that currently holds the property. But knowledgeable sources contacted by Westword believe strongly that Alden will never sell the Post in a standalone deal because the paper’s operations are so intertwined with those of more than a dozen other publications in Colorado that a split could well kill.

Many different types of Denverites inject heroin and other drugs. But many of them fit within the same general demographic category. In the words of the Harm Reduction Action Center’s Lisa Raville, “We have cornered the market on 25-34 year old males.”

One of the most important — and controversial — bills to come of the 2018 session will reform PERA, or the Public Employees Retirement Association, which supports public-sector retirees in Colorado.

The massive Central 70 and I-25 North projects aren’t the only highway construction plans on the cusp of breaking ground along the urban corridor. Also soon to get underway is what’s been dubbed I-25 South Gap, and Colorado Department of Transportation spokesperson Tamara Rollison says the need for changes along this eighteen-mile stretch between Castle Rock and Monument goes far beyond congestion issues.