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Popular Burger Joint Making its Way to Colorado
There’s been a few different chains that have been making a name for themselves here in Colorado. One that’s been absolutely blowing up is Cava, which not only is the fastest growing chain in Colorado, but the entire United States. Then, of course, there was In-N-Out. The sought...
Colorado’s Biggest City Won’t Have Fireworks This Year
One of Colorado's largest city's 4th of July celebrations is doing away with the traditional fireworks show this year. Is this new trend here to stay?. No More 4th of July Fireworks As Major Colorado City Continues A New Show. Thinking back to being a kid, I can relate many...
Westminster 4th of July celebration includes fireworks, live music
Westminster claims its annual Independence Day fireworks show is the best fireworks display in the northern part of the Denver metro area. It will take place on July 4 this year at Westminster City Park. The family fun will begin at 4 p.m. at the park with live music plus food and beer for sale. The band Kentucky Straight will perform at 4 p.m. and That Eighties Band will plat at 7 p.m. The city is offering shuttles for people who would prefer to avoid battling for parking spots at the park. The shuttles will be starting up trips from...
Coloradans set to celebrate 4th of July with fireworks
Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans will be attending professional fireworks displays this year to celebrate the U.S. holiday Independence Day. The 4th of July is always a popular time for people on the Front Range to see booming fireworks lighting up the night just after the outline of the mountains on the horizon goes dark. This year fire danger in the Denver metro area and Northern Colorado is lower compared to some recent years, and that means fireworks displays aren't being canceled. However, a few communities have chosen to go with drone shows instead this...
Study: Fentanyl-related deaths cost Colorado estimated $16 billion last year
It takes two milligrams of fentanyl to be fatal. A record 425.6 kilograms of fentanyl, enough to kill 36 times the state’s population, was seized in Colorado in 2023 by the Drug Enforcement Administration Rocky Mountain Field Division. That year, Colorado had a staggering $16 billion in costs associated with fentanyl-related overdose deaths, according to a recent study by the Common Sense Institute. ...
Colorado schools got nearly $2 billion in COVID aid. Now the money is ending and districts face tough budget decisions.
Nearly $2 billion in federal aid flowed into Colorado school districts’ coffers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and, with that money, they expanded tutoring for children, started after-school and summer programs and increased mental health services. But that temporary funding is drying up and if districts haven’t...
Broken Elevators, Hot Weather Make Denver Apartment Building Feel Like a Horror Movie
Nathan Cummings compares living at the Lincoln at Speer apartment complex to American Horror Story or. “We need help,” he says. Those pleas are largely because elevators in the ten-story building at 1200 Galapago Street only work some of the time,. according to residents, and one residential elevator has...
Delayed surgeries. A mass staff exodus. A culture of fear. New IG reports outline issues at Aurora VA hospital
The Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora has stopped all cardiac surgeries for 11 months amid an exodus of clinical staff and leadership problems that created a culture of fear. That is according to two VA Office of Inspector General reports released last week. The documents outlined the problems...
Aurora treats residents to a big fireworks show on Independence Day
Aurora families who are looking for a party on Independence Day need to look no further than the Aurora Municipal Center. The city's "4th of July Spectacular" will be taking place at the center on Thursday and will feature bands, food vendors, fireworks and lots of parking. The Colorado festivities begin at 6 p.m. with free face painting and food trucks. Then at 6:30 p.m. the first band -- Quemando Salsa Orquesta -- will take the stage. Games Wizard is scheduled to play at 7:30 and Syndicate will round out the night with the night's final performance. There are lots...
Rent-free housing: Denver real estate firm donates apartments to 10 early-career teachers
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.Ten early-career Denver classroom teachers will get free rent for a year in a new upscale apartment building in the northwest part of the city — a novel, if incremental, approach to the problem of rising housing costs making it difficult for teachers to live close to where they work.Real estate investment firm Grand Peaks, whose founders attended Denver Public Schools, are donating 10 apartments in the 533-unit Skyline at Highlands development in the Jefferson...
Ever Wanted To Own A Legendary Colorado Pizza Joint?
Sometimes all it takes is a dream and a little bit of cash to stake your claim on Colorado history, and that opportunity actually exists right now in Denver. There's a pizza joint that's been around for nearly 30 years set to close at the end of this month, but while its owner is seeking free time to go off and try some new adventures, he's actually hoping that rather than closing up shop, someone will buy the place and pick up where he's left off.
Aurora defends plans to export Ark Basin water
Multiple officials with the City of Aurora, the third-largest municipal water provider in Colorado, attended the June board meeting of the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District in Salida to discuss their recent purchase of water rights in the Arkansas River Basin. Aurora paid $80.4 million to buy an Otero County...
Reader: Denver Is Jam-Packed With So-So Pizza, and a Few Good Ones
Everything's coming up pizza in Denver right now. In April, a less-than-scientific study named the Mile High the best pizza city in America, and while some readers disagreed, it's hard to deny the fact that the metro area is jam-packed with high-quality pies of all styles. And now there's more...
Over 10,000 pounds of trash pulled from South Platte by non-profit this year alone
Between the tall grasses and rocks of the scenic South Platte River's banks lies a problem: tens of thousands of pounds of manmade waste ranging from cigarette butts and soda cans to car tires and discarded weapons. Beneath the familiar brick of Denver outdoor icon REI, local non-profit Protect Our Rivers has helped pull more than 10,000 lbs. of trash this year alone, primarily focusing on a small section of the waterway stretching from the Cherry Creek tributary to Denver Skatepark, totaling less than a...
Two Colorado Cities Ranked as Best for Weddings
Colorado has many amazing and picturesque places where you can tie the knot with the person you love. Take Grand Lake, for example. Not only is it Colorado’s largest lake, but arguably its prettiest. Oh, and famous Hollywood actor Tim Allen got married there as well. However, there’s two...
A major fossil fuel group has a plan to sue Denver over its climate-minded building policies
After wildfire smoke and smog smothered Denver in the summer of 2021, the city approved an ambitious plan to tackle its largest source of planet-warming pollution: big buildings. Local advocates and climate officials knew the Mile High City wouldn’t reach its lofty climate targets without an aggressive plan for its...
Golden honors local volunteer firefighters with life-size bronze sculpture
A life-size bronze sculpture honors close to 150 years of volunteer fire service in Golden. The sculpture by Colorado artist Austin Weishel — a volunteer firefighter himself — depicts three life-size figures: a male firefighter kneeling beside a child and a female firefighter with her hand on the child’s shoulder.
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