Author: OLIVIA PRENTZEL The Denver Gazette
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Independence Pass to close Wednesday for road work
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Independence Pass will be closed Wednesday as crews work on mitigation systems designed to prevent rockfall from impacting the highway, transportation officials said. Both lanes will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as crews install hydro mulch — a water- and wood-based mulch that…
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State employees, including Gov. Polis, required to take furlough days to address budget shortfall
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State employees that make more than $50,000 a year will be required to take mandatory furlough days, unless exempt, in order to address Colorado’s budget shortfall, officials said Tuesday. The governor, his cabinet, the lieutenant governor and members of the governor’s office will take furlough…
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Federal assistance for most unemployed Coloradans to begin, officials say
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Most unemployed Coloradans will begin to receive benefits under the Lost Wages Assistant Program, a federally-funded program, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment announced Friday. The program will give $300 per week for up…
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Demonstrators arrested following Elijah McClain protests in Aurora
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six demonstrators were arrested in connection to protests held in Aurora earlier this summer, prosecutors announced Thursday. Lillian House, Joel Northam, John Ruch, Terrance Roberts, Whitney Lucero and Trey Quinn all face felonies and are accused of inciting or engaging in a riot, according to…
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Commission cap for third-party delivery services could ease burden for Denver restaurants
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gedion Fanta stands inside his Ethiopian restaurant on East Colfax Avenue in front of empty tables arranged for diners that will likely never appear. “Nowadays, no one comes to eat,” said Fanta, owner of Abyssinia Ethiopian Restaurant and Bar. “There is nobody. People are still…
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Council members vote to temporarily ban Aurora’s first responders from using ketamine
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora city council members unanimously approved a resolution Monday night that would put a temporary stop on first responders’ ability to sedate people with ketamine until the city’s independent investigation of Elijah McClain’s death is complete. The use of the powerful tranquilizer by law enforcement…