Tag: Local News
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Fueled and led by the Holy Spirit: Bishop of Colorado Springs Catholics prepares to head Denver archdiocese
More than a year before the Archdiocese of Denver knew who the next leader of 600,000 Catholics in northern Colorado would be, preparations began for his arrival, which is finally here. A team has been working on the transition at a miraculous speed since the Holy See’s Feb. 7 appointment of the Rev. James R.…
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2 injured in explosion at Denver gas station
DENVER — Two people were injured in an explosion and fire at a Denver gas station Thursday afternoon, the Denver Fire Department said. Firefighters were called to the Shell station at the area of 5th Avenue and Bryant Street around noon Thursday. Operations Division Chief Robert Murphy said when firefighters arrived, they saw there had…
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RTD proposes to bring back a former light rail line and create a new line
LITTLETON, Colo. — A new light rail line could be introduced and a discontinued line could be returning this summer in the Denver metro area. The Regional Transportation District (RTD) proposed to reinstate the C Line and create a new T Line, among other changes in its service coming in June. RTD said it would also…
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Fatal crash investigation shuts down Highway 85 in Brighton Wednesday morning
U.S. Highway 85 was closed Wednesday morning while police investigated a fatal vehicle crash in Brighton. Brighton Police Department posted on Facebook around 5 a.m. Wednesday that officers were investigating a vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 85 and East 136th Avenue. A news release said the crash occurred at about 3:20 a.m. Police said…
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Denver weather: Fire conditions ‘critical’ as temperature climbs
As the temperature continues to near record-breaking highs, the wind continues to howl, bringing with it another Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service in Boulder has issued a Red Flag Warning for the Denver area and Front Range, as well as the northeast corner of the state up to the Wyoming border. The warning…
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Denver weather: A sunny St. Patrick’s Day follows the snowy weekend
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. The luck of the Irish brought out the sun and the start of a heavy heat wave on Tuesday. The National Weather Service said to expect a high of 71 in Denver on Tuesday. That’s 14 degrees warmer than the average high for March 17 in Denver, according to weather service…
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Historic Colorado town faces spiraling water, administration crises
AGUILAR – “Not a lot happens in Aguilar to crowd out old memories,” Larry Batson observed in a 1984 profile of the town for the Star Tribune in Minnesota. Decades later, Aguilar’s old memories still have plenty of room to roam. Boarded-up facades that wouldn’t be out of place in an old Western movie recall…
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Aurora lawmakers move forward with ordinance to limit ‘predatory’ businesses in underserved communities
Aurora City Council moved forward with an ordinance that, if passed at a future regular meeting, would address the clustering of “high-risk” businesses in low-income communities. The socioeconomic sales and services impact permit ordinance, proposed by Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky, would create a permit for such businesses and grandfather in existing businesses to address what officials…
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US Fish and Wildlife Services tells Colorado: No more wolves from Canada, Alaska
Efforts by Colorado Parks and Wildlife to bring in more wolves from Canada later this year may have hit a snag after the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service told the state it may not do so. In an Oct. 10 letter, Brian Nesvik, director of USFWS, told Gov. Jared Polis and Jeff Davis, director of…
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Colorado charities pay bingo volunteers despite law prohibiting it
Colorado’s charitable gaming laws succinctly prohibit state nonprofits from paying or remunerating volunteers who work the bingo and raffle games they host. That doesn’t seem to stop them. The Denver Gazette identified at least three organizations – all of them related to youth sports – that funnel charitable gaming proceeds to the financial benefit of…