After four decades of buying enormous tracts of land west of Arvada, Jefferson County is considering new hiking trails in an unblemished area less than thirty miles from downtown Denver. Property owners in the private community located right next to the proposed trailhead aren’t keen on the idea, however.
When hordes of patrons file out of Denver sports arenas and music venues, they’ll inevitably encounter someone hawking hot dogs, ready to fill bellies directed by inebriated brains.
Hot dog anyone? Denver vendors may be unlicensed and lacking sanitary standards Read More »
Two young Black girls went before Denver City Council to ask for help for their school. Instead, they became the victims of a racist tirade.
Denver Elementary students face racist slurs during City Council meeting Read More »
The list of ballot measures awaiting Colorado voters in November is growing. State lawmakers voted to send five measures to the ballot before the Colorado Legislature adjourned on May 8, adding to two citizen-initiated measures that had already officially qualified for the ballot: an effort to include economic impact statements before the questions on ballot measures, and another to cap property tax revenue increases at 4 percent each year.
Eight measures expected to make November ballot, dozens more possible Read More »
Days after a new state law began allowing Colorado students to choose their names at school, an effort to require parental notification for such behavior started petitioning for the November ballot.
Eighteen years after he was first elected to the Colorado Legislature, state Senator Bob Gardner concluded his final legislative session on Wednesday, May 8.
One Colorado legislator has become the subject of fan pages, a weekly holiday and an effort to replace Mayor Mike Johnston’s greeting at the Denver airport with his voice instead.
‘The Most Legit Dude’ in the Colorado Capitol: Senator becomes unlikely celebrity Read More »
It’s not often that an accused murderer and convicted felon gets treated like royalty, but that’s what happened for years in Summit County and popular mountain towns like Vail and Aspen when O.J. Simpson showed up.
O.J. Simpson was familiar sighting in some Colorado mountain towns Read More »
An audit of Denver’s shelter system and how much the city is actually spending on housing the homeless is in full swing, according to the Denver Auditor’s Office, which hopes to have things wrapped up by late July or early August.
In December 2022, the City of Denver declared an emergency after the arrival of thousands of migrants from the southern border. Since then, nearly 40,000 of them have come to the city.
Denver has a ‘Newcomer Director’ and a continuing illegal immigration crisis Read More »
