Planning To Visit Hanging Lake? You’ll Need A Reservation And $12
Officials are worried that foot and car traffic during the peak season could harm nature at the site, so they’re implementing a shuttle and a fee.
Denver Auditor: Marriott Stood In The Way Of DIA Hotel Financial Audit
The city-owned hotel is managed by the hotel chain, which told auditors that the contract language with the city allowed them to keep some information private.
Denver Program Aims To Divert Low-Level Drug, Prostitution Offenders Away From Jail
It joins three other communities around Colorado using state money to offer housing, job training and mental health services to people instead of incarceration.
Colorado Springs and Fort Collins Among Top Nationally For Job Growth Last Year
Colorado Springs’ job market grew by 16,100 jobs and Fort Collins’ by 7,300 jobs.
Colorado’s SOTU Guests: A Dreamer, A Victim Of Gun Violence And GOP Party Leaders
President Donald Trump will address a joint session of Congress tonight. Here’s who Colorado lawmakers are bringing.
More Terminally Ill People In Colorado Are Getting Prescriptions To End Their Lives
The Colorado End-of-Life Options Act was passed by voters in 2016. Most patients who took advantage of the law had terminal cancer or degenerative neurological disorders.
Colorado Has Seen 10 Police Shootings Already This Year. Will It Continue?
Officials say it is too early to tell if this spike in shootings will continue further into 2019 or if it is just an anomaly. Regardless, mental health crisis training for officers will be key.
2019 Colorado Officer-Involved Shootings
A list that compiles all officer-involved shootings across Colorado since the beginning of the year.
MLK Day Marade Marchers Invoke King: ‘There Is Progress Yet Still To Be Made’
U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock spoke before the marade (march and parade), alongside a host of other Colorado politicos.
Push For Unity And Inclusion Marks Smaller 2019 Women’s Marches
Issues on protesters’ minds included reproductive rights, ending the partial government shutdown, impeaching President Donald Trump, empowering women, and, the march’s theme, unity.
Colorado Dems Want To End Shutdown Now, Negotiate Border Wall Later
There are more than 15,000 federal employees in Colorado that are affected by the partial government shutdown.
Denver Launches Simplified Program to Help Clear Low-Level Marijuana Convictions
The program will help people vacate convictions for any marijuana offense now legal under state law. The city estimates around 10,000 convictions could be eligible.
Denver Wants You to Stop Riding Those Electric Scooters On Sidewalks
The new rules allow scooters on sidewalks only if a bike lane or residential street can’t be used.
Denver’s I-70 Viaduct Will Be Closed Friday Night As A Prelude To Reconstruction
I-70 both directions between Brighton and Colorado, plus corresponding ramps, will be closed from 10 p.m. on Jan. 4 to 6 a.m. Jan. 5, 2019.
Colorado Can Expect More Of The Same Weather It Saw In 2018
Colorado’s hot summer days are spilling out of their regular timeframe. They are starting earlier (June) and staying later (September).
Jared Polis’ Congressional Papers Will Be Available at The CU Boulder Library — In 2050
Polis is donating speeches, photographs, position papers, notes and constituent correspondence to the university. His collection will join other public official’s archives dating back to 1907.