Author: Evan Wyloge
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Under I-70, a new Denver venue becomes Turnstile’s sanctuary
On Tuesday night, the unassuming underside of Interstate 70 — where it bisects the Denver Coliseum and National Western Stock Show complex — transformed into a concrete cathedral. With Turnstile at the altar, framed by the towering support beams that hold I-70 up and creating a nave stretching to the west, thousands of fans packed…
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Turnstile Kicks Off New Denver Venue Under I-70
What does the Interstate 70 viaduct next to the Denver Coliseum bring to mind? Maybe a column of brake lights. Or the smell of the Stock Show. But this week, those might be replaced by memories of pounding rhythms, screaming guitar solos and a chorus of thousands. On Tuesday, Turnstile, the Baltimore band with hardcore…
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‘Non-survivable’ evacuation routes threaten some of Colorado’s most wildfire-prone areas
About a 45-minute drive west from downtown Denver, nestled in the shadow of Mount Evans, Evergreen flourishes as one of the gems of the Rocky Mountains. Its dense pine forests give way to craggy ridges that look down on creek beds winding through the dozens of Evergreen’s mountain neighborhoods, all centered on an alpine lake…
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Drought conditions still easing slowly across Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Drought plaguing the Southwest continues, but Colorado saw another week of small improvements, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The biggest improvements have come in the eastern half of the state, while the Western Slope has yet to see…
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Colorado drought conditions improve again slightly
With recent rain and snow across the state, Colorado’s drought conditions continue to improve slightly, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, though the area remains in a long-term drought. Two weeks of precipitation have finally pushed a small part of the state, in the northern Rockies, back into “normal” conditions. “Rain and mountain snow…
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Colorado drought recedes slightly as long-term trend continues
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado saw a small improvement in drought conditions after recent snow and rain, according to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s National Drought Mitigation Center, though more than half of the state is still experiencing at least “severe” drought conditions. West of the Rockies, and especially in…
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Dangerous legacy: Tens of thousands of Coloradans live near one of the state’s many underground coal-mine fires
The veins of mining run deep in Superior, a Colorado community founded on coal and recently redefined by fire. For generations residents needed only to go a few miles west during winter to see plumes of steam and smoke rising from fissures in the Earth, from an underground coal mine fire that started before many…
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Denver may lose millions in FEMA funds for homeless
Denver could be stuck with tens of millions of dollars in homelessness mitigation costs, after the city’s request for federal pandemic-relief reimbursement for homelessness mitigation was initially deemed ineligible. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has said part of Denver’s requested $40 million reimbursement for homeless sheltering, dating back to July 2021, is not eligible…
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FEMA mulls rejecting Denver’s pandemic-related homelessness mitigation reimbursement
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver could be stuck with tens of millions of dollars in homelessness mitigation costs, after the city’s request for federal pandemic-relief reimbursement for homelessness mitigation was initially deemed ineligible. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…
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Colorado law for dishonest cops drives decertifications in first year
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Steven Crist (courtesy of El Paso County Sheriff’s Office) Around noon on a cold, foggy day in October of 2020, Steven Crist, an inmate at the El Paso County Detention Center, scaled a barbed wire fence and made a run for it. Police found him…