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Contract for National Western Center pedestrian bridge advances
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 7 hours ago
Members of the South Platte River Committee voted on Wednesday to advance a $12.7 million contract with Ames Construction to construct a new pedestrian bridge at the National Western Center. City officials say the project will improve east-west campus and...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Denver backs Minnesota’s legal action to end ICE deployment
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 8 hours ago
The City of Denver has joined dozens of U.S. cities and counties in filing an amicus brief backing Minnesota’s legal action seeking to end “Operation Metro Surge” and the deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota. The brief...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Tax bill shock: Colorado homeowners could see property taxes jump by as much as 40%
Marianne Goodland
marianne-goodland@denvergazette.com
Updated 5 hours ago
Mike Fitz, 76, who lives in Centennial in a single-family home he has owned since 2001, paid $3,876.98 in property taxes to Arapahoe County two years ago. Fitz just learned after checking the website of the Arapahoe County Assessor’s Office...
Marianne Goodland
Reporter
Lakewood zoning changes heading to special election
Sage Kelley
sage.kelley@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
Lakewood’s long-debated zoning code changes will be heading to a vote this spring. The Lakewood City Council on Monday unanimously voted to send four of the new zoning code’s ordinances to a special election on April 7, putting the fate...
Sage Kelley
Reporter
Voters will decide proposal to repeal Colorado limits on police cooperation with immigration authorities
Marianne Goodland
marianne-goodland@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
A ballot initiative backed by the group Advance Colorado has qualified for the November general election, setting up a statewide vote on whether to undo limitations placed upon state and local law enforcement agencies’ ability to work with federal authorities....
Marianne Goodland
Reporter
Denver mayor aims to reduce gun violence, homelessness in 2026
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Monday outlined his top 2026 priorities, with an eye toward the city’s most persistent challenges, notably homelessness, which has been growing under his administration, though there had been gains in some areas. The city’s top...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
RTD pilots digital open meeting discussion tool
Michael Braithwaite
michael.braithwaite@gazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
The Regional Transportation District debuted a digital tool last week that officials said is the first of its kind they’ve seen for open meetings use — at least in the Denver area. Utilized by the agency’s Board of Directors, the...
Michael Braithwaite
Reporter
Greenland is now Colorado’s problem. And that’s a good thing. | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
vince-bzdek@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
The conclusion to the dizzying odyssey over Greenland this week reminded me a little of the ending of the “Wizard of Oz.” If you recall, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Man finish a great and frightful quest...
Vince Bzdek
Reporter
Denver City Council to mull spending $30M on homeless services
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
The Denver City Council will consider a trio of resolutions totaling $30 million to support the city’s efforts to shelter the homeless. The first is a resolution to approve a $14 million, two-year agreement between the city and Bayaud Works,...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Vape shops challenge Denver’s flavored tobacco ban in court
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 19 hours ago
The smoke has yet to settle in the battle over the city’s flavored tobacco ban as local vape shop owners have sued the City and County of Denver, asking the court to declare the ordinance unconstitutional and stop its enforcement....
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
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Seattle critic says Adam Cayton-Holland’s ‘See You When I See You’ compares favorably to ‘Ordinary People’ Denver comedian Adam Cayton-Holland is experiencing the highest highs and, I am assuming, a few lows all at once this week as the film based on his deeply personal, award-winning memoir makes its world premiere at the high-stakes Sundance […]
Outside Aurora VA hospital, hundreds memorialized nurse killed in Minneapolis
Outside the Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital in Aurora on Wednesday night, soft light from battery-powered candles illuminated hundreds of mourning faces. The crowd of nurses and other community members gathered to remember Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, who was killed on Saturday in Minneapolis during an encounter with federal agents. “In this circle of […]