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A software company will try to buy REcolorado to stop controversial deal
After a heated disagreement over the potential sale of Colorado’s largest real estate listing platform REcolorado led to the firing of the company’s entire board, another company may try to stop the deal. MRI Software, an Ohio-based real estate software application company, said it was interested in buying Colorado’s dominant Multiple Listing Service (MLS), according to a letter from the company’s president John Ensign that was obtained by The Denver Gazette. ...
Colorado hospitals cited for contaminated equipment, including 3 instances of ‘immediate jeopardy’
A handful of Colorado hospitals over the past three years have been cited by the state health department for contaminated equipment, The Denver Gazette has learned. Contaminated equipment was what led officials at the Rocky Mountain VA Medical Center in Aurora to reschedule hundreds of dental and surgical procedures earlier this year. VA officials told The Denver Gazette on Wednesday that the source of the contamination has been identified as flecks of plastic. ...
Russell Westbrook finally lands somewhere he can thrive
Russell Westbrook is finally free from the media spotlight after three difficult years in Los Angeles, splitting his time between the Lakers and Clippers. The future Hall of Famer was traded by the Clippers in a deal that saw Kris Dunn head to Ty Lue's team. Westbrook was subsequently waived by the Utah Jazz.However, on Friday, The Athletic's Shams Charania reported that Westbrook had agreed to a two-year, $6.8M deal with the Denver Nuggets. Former NBA MVP Russell Westbrook is signing a two-year, $6.8 million contract with the Denver Nuggets, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Deal has a player option for 2025-26 season....
Aurora council passes tweaked ballot measure about lifting pit-bull ban
Aurora councilmembers passed a resolution to put a re-worded question regarding the ownership of pit bulls on the November ballot. After the original ballot measure was approved in a previous council meeting, a group of residents expressed concerns about the language of the proposed measure, saying it could be "misleading."
Polis kicks off state’s ‘Heat Beneath Our Feet’ geothermal push with project in Vail
Holy Cross Energy President and CEO Bryan Hannegan, left, with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, center, and Vail Mayor Travis Coggin discuss the town’s new geothermal project, which received $250,000 from the state (David O. Williams photo). Colorado Gov. Jared Polis visited Vail on Thursday morning to show state support...
Watch as Denver Broncos rookie QB Bo Nix tosses deep ball to Tim Patrick
The Denver Broncos are inching closer toward the start of the 2024 NFL Season, and at some point, a starting quarterback will need to be named. Could it be Bo Nix? Take a gander at one of the many throws Bo Nix made during Thursday's training camp practice with the Denver Broncos. It is a beautiful deep ball to Tim Patrick:
Zach Allen embraces fan arrival for Broncos training camp: ‘It definitely brings a lot of energy’
ENGLEWOOD — The atmosphere at Broncos Park is about to receive a major lift. Fans comping to watch training camp will flood the grassy hill above the west-end of the practice field starting on Friday. Players embrace the community excitement from the beginning of a new season. “It definitely...
The QB rotation says Zach Wilson gets No. 1 reps Friday … but Sean Payton wouldn’t tip his hand
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — If Sean Payton sticks with a three-day rotation with the quarterbacks, Zach Wilson would get his turn to run the No. 1 offense Friday — on the first day that fans can gather on the west berm by the practice fields. But Payton would not...
Leaders break ground on new Aurora Industrial Park
AURORA — The city of Aurora celebrated the groundbreaking of its new industrial park Thursday. Backers said the park will create new industrial space in the region and help to attract potential new manufacturing businesses. In a news release, Aurora Mayor Doug Gregor says the park will provide economic...
Man convicted of kidnapping and killing a Montana woman that happened in 2021
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. — A jury convicted Casey Childers. 41, of kidnapping and killing Rachel Holeman, 29, Thursday afternoon. Childers kidnapped Holeman in 2021 with the help of Shantel Edlund, 46, and Leo VanBuskirk, 23. Holeman is from Montana and the others are from Wyoming. The Fort Collins Police...
Westminster residents concerned about woodpiles on Sheridan Boulevard lot
In Westminster, massive woodpiles have sat idle on a vacant lot off Sheridan Boulevard for over a year. Residents like Carol Alberts are worried that it constitutes a fire risk. She has been pressing the city for months about removing them."They sprouted up all at once," she said. "It wasn't one at a time. My initial response is 'This is another Marshall Fire waiting to happen'." "That is the one exit to the west," she continued. "There is one exit on the north. If that was blocked and you had all those people trying to get out and it spread...
Developers land $2.7 million state grant to support Craig workforce apartments
Craig Economic Development Manager Shannon Scott is excited that $2.7 million in state funding will assist a 96-unit rental apartment project for attainable workforce housing. Formerly known as the Woodbury Park Apartments, the overall estimated $25 million project is in the final stages of land procurement for five acres of private, industrially zoned land located south of downtown Craig, Scott said Thursday. In addition to a new location, the project has a new name, the Meadows Apartments.
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