Local

As Denver mulls $70 million price tag, backers point to study saying women’s soccer stadium will bring in $2.2 billion

Approved, denvergazette.com, Local / / , ,

As Denver’s elected officials weigh a push for $70 million in spending along Interstate 25 and Broadway Avenue, economists and business leaders hope the buzz around the city’s new National Women’s Soccer League team rubs off on councilmembers who have pushed back on the project’s price tag.

As Denver mulls $70 million price tag, backers point to study saying women’s soccer stadium will bring in $2.2 billion Read More »

DEA seizes drugs, detains over 100 undocumented immigrants in Colorado Springs raid

denvergazette.com, Approved, Local / / , ,

Federal law enforcement officials said they detained more than 100 people who were in the country illegally in a raid at an “underground” Colorado Springs nightclub early Sunday morning.

The Drug Enforcement Administration said it also seized cocaine and guns during the raid at the northwest corner of Academy Boulevard and Airport Road.

DEA seizes drugs, detains over 100 undocumented immigrants in Colorado Springs raid Read More »

Gross Reservoir safety work can continue under appeals court ruling

The Colorado Sun, Approved, Local / / , , , ,

Denver Water may continue shoring up its partially-finished Gross Dam expansion in southwestern Boulder County until a May 6 U.S. District Court hearing detailing long-term safety issues of a permanent injunction against further construction, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals said late Friday. 

Gross Reservoir safety work can continue under appeals court ruling Read More »

City leaders ask residents to help shape future of Colorado Springs parks

denvergazette.com, Approved, Local / / , , ,

Colorado Springs wants residents to play a role in creating the master plan for the next decade of maintaining and expanding the city’s park system.

The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department announced the rollout of the 2026 Park System Master Plan on Friday morning at America the Beautiful Park. The planning process, with a tagline of “Building Community, Preserving Our Legacy,” will create big picture goals for the park network.

City leaders ask residents to help shape future of Colorado Springs parks Read More »

Healing after the call: First responder speaks out after verdict in Alexa Bartell death

kdvr.com, Approved, Local / / , , , ,

DENVER (KDVR) — One of the very first people to respond to Alexa Bartell after a rock shattered her vehicle windshield spoke out in the wake of Friday’s guilty verdict in her murder trial.

Healing after the call: First responder speaks out after verdict in Alexa Bartell death Read More »

Jail inmate escapes Pueblo County lockup, faces new charge two days before release

Fox21, Approved, Local / / ,

(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search for an inmate trustee on Thursday, April 24, after he escaped the Pueblo County Jail while working.

At around 8:20 p.m. on Thursday, 26-year-old Lucas Brown was working in the kitchen at the jail, and was with other kitchen trustees throwing out trash when he ‘suddenly ran away.’ Detention deputies supervising the trustees reported seeing Brown run west on 9th Street. A deputy ran after Brown but lost sight of him, and other deputies secured the remaining trustees in the jail and called the communications center to report the escape.

Jail inmate escapes Pueblo County lockup, faces new charge two days before release Read More »