Residents Want Airport to Add Lanes, Tolls to Ease Peña Boulevard Traffic
Peña Boulevard handles an estimated 187,000 drivers a day, significantly more than intended when it was built in 1993.
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Colorado Ranks Among the Worst States to Drive In U.S.
The study was based on issues like road congestion, safety and vehicle affordability.
Colorado Legislators Once Again Seek Tax Break for AI Data Centers
Lawmakers say data centers bring jobs and tax revenue to communities, but critics warn of potential environmental and financial harm.
CDOT Moving Ahead With $800 Million I-270 Highway Widening
CDOT plans to widen and add express toll lanes to Interstate 270 in north Denver. This is just one of several highway widening projects in Colorado.
Opinion: Zoning for Financial Resiliency in Lakewood
Lakewood’s efforts to make its residents more financially resilient is under threat in the upcoming special election.
The Next Step: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Opens New Healing Arts Center
“Anything that’s in your mind, anything that’s in your body, gets cleared away for that moment of time when you dance.”
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Aurora Man Arrested in Connection to Major Fire at Denver Construction Site
The planned apartment complex is “a complete loss.”
Broncos Say New Stadium Will Be “Privately Financed,” but That Could Mean Hundreds of Millions in Public Resources
“Private dollars are often masked as public dollars in these arrangements.”
Nuggets, Avs Owner Now the Country’s Largest Private Landowner
Nuggets and Avs Owner Stan Kroenke is also the largest private land owner in the U.S.
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These Five Denver Bridges Need Critical Repairs
The new year begins a five-year time frame in which the city expects to make its most important bridge repairs.
Opinion: The Theft of Lakewood
How “affordable housing” is a cover for developer profits.
Topo Designs to Debut New Headquarters and Retail Store at York Street Yards
The Denver-based apparel brand also plans to increase staffing by 40 percent and open more local outposts in the next three to five years.
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People Are Moving to Colorado Again…Take That, Trump!
“They’re leaving the state in droves. Bad governor,” Trump told Politico last week.
West Side Books Enters a New Era With New Owner and Focus
The Northside’s indie bookstore will close for a week in early January to re-tool and re-focus.
What We Know About the Five-Alarm Fire at a Denver Construction Site
“I would love to say that there’s nobody in there, but we can’t get in and search that building because it’s so dangerous.”
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We Don’t Need More Highway Lanes. We Need Public Transit
Colorado has spent fifty years widening highways. Let’s try something that will actually work. In 2026, Colorado will decide how to spend tens of billions of dollars in transportation funding over the next decade. This is a real fork-in-the-road moment, one that will determine whether we keep repeating the same mistakes or finally build some […]
Adding Lanes Is a “Colossal Waste of Money and Ruins Cities”
Another reader asks: How about just fixing the existing roads?
The Stadium We Bought With a Stolen Principle
The 1972 Olympic “no” vote was a moment of unwavering principle; the 2025 stadium “yes” is a surrender.
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Aurora Opens 1400 Dallas Arts, a Rehearsal Home for Performers
A former police station finds new life as a city-run creative hub in the Aurora Cultural Arts District.
Record Year for Denver Traffic Deaths Inspires Expanded Safety Measures
Ninety people died in city traffic in 2025…and the year’s not over.
2025: A Bridge Too Far and Other Epic Failures
Governor Jared Polis brought people together this year…united in their hatred of his Colorado 150 Pedestrian Walkway.
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Denver Residents, Activists Concerned About Billion-Dollar Highway, Road Widening Plans
Interstates 25 and 270 as well as roads like Colorado Boulevard could see expensive construction and new lanes.