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New ramp added outside Denver airport to make passenger pickup easier
Administrators of Denver International Airport have created an easier way for passengers to get picked up from the airport and improved the waiting area experience for drivers. In the past, when travelers wanted to leave the Final Approach cellphone lot to pick someone up at the Jeppesen Terminal, they had to take East 78th Avenue and get onto Jackson Gap Road to get eastbound on Peña Boulevard. Now, travelers can take Gun Club Road and go straight to eastbound Peña Boulevard from the on-ramp. This cuts down travel times by a lot.Airport spokesman Michael Konopasek told CBS Colorado First Alert Traffic...
TRANSCRIPT: Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s State of the City address
DENVER, CO — Below is the prepared transcript of Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s State of the City address, provided by the mayor's office and delivered on Monday, July 22 at the Paramount Theater in downtown Denver. MAYOR MIKE JOHNSTON’S 2024 STATE OF THE CITY TRANSCRIPT. I remember...
Northern Colorado Farm Has Crops Wiped Out By Hailstorm
Hail this year in Northern Colorado has been brutal. In May, a hailstorm came through Johnstown and totaled one of my vehicles and damaged my house. The storm that produced large hail seemingly came out of nowhere and caused major damage to property on May 28, 2024. Another hailstorm in...
Digital Marketing Boot Camp Success
The North Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) The North Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) recently celebrated several businesses for completing the 6-week Digital Marketing Boot Camp (DMB). Held once a year, the City of Westminster sponsors this course and provides scholarships for Westminster businesses to attend this Boot Camp at no charge in order to help them craft a personalized marketing plan that helps guide their efforts for the next 12 months. This celebration was held at Quinto Neighborhood Pizzeria where 3 students attended and were honored with certificates of completion. Instructor Peter Brissette, CEO of Digital Marketing Dude, was also presented with the Fearless Leader Award. Congratulations to all of the DMB participants and if you interested in learning more about this program, please email Shelby Wood, swood@westminsterco.gov.
Estes Park’s new mayor plays in a Grateful Dead cover band, climbs 14ers and is working to quiet the town’s turbulence
Gary Hall doesn’t mind saying he’s a pretty hot guitar player. “Music’s been in my blood since my dad woke us up to watch The Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964,” Hall said last week as he walked to Estes Park’s Rock Cut Brewery, where he was playing in an acoustic folk trio. “Being in a small town, I get to play a fair amount. When I was in IT, I played 110 or 120 nights per year. Now it’s more like 20 to 25 per year.”
Dog and kitten rescued from 103-degree camper on hot day in Colorado
Colorado's Wheat Ridge Police Department saved two animals from a hot camper on a 93-degree day earlier this month after a concerned citizen called for help. According to the police department, their team responded to the report of a dog barking inside of a camper on a hot day around 3:00 p.m. on July 11. Once at the scene, police found that a door was unsecured and were able to determine that the camper's internal temperature ranged from 91 to 103 degrees. Authorities decided that...
Bo Nix buys Castle Rock home for $4 million ahead of first season with Broncos
Welcome to Colorado, Bo Nix. The Denver Broncos rookie quarterback and his wife, Izzy, have bought Shane Vereen’s old home in Castle Rock, according to Sara B. Hansen of BusinessDen.com. Nix signed a four-year, $18.61 million contract with the Broncos earlier this year that included a $10.35 million signing...
Señor Manuel Mexican Cuisine in Colorado Springs is shut down due to fire damage
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)-- A popular restaurant in North Central Colorado Springs is closed after a fire severely damaged the building over the weekend. On Monday, the owners of "Señor Manuel Mexican Cuisine," located at Nevada and Austin Bluffs, told KRDO13 they are heartbroken and the damage from the fire is overwhelming.
South Adams County Fire Department changes policies following CBS report
The South Adams County Fire Department has revamped its travel and expense policies following a CBS News Colorado investigation, which showed thousands of taxpayer dollars had been used for years for department spouses to travel to professional conferences.Department chiefs spent lavishly on themselves and their spouses during conferences and would often arrive days before events started and leave days after they ended, prompting one firefighter to say the trips looked more like a vacation than work.Maria Carabajal, the department's public information officer, said the new directives are "part of our commitment to transparency and efficient operations" and have now been distributed...
Judge rules Castle Rock cannot block church from offering RV shelters
DENVER (KDVR) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a church in Castle Rock is allowed to keep mobile homes on its properties to provide temporary shelters to unhoused people after the city warned the church it was violating zoning laws. The Church of the Rock, or The Rock,...
Colorado race travels 31 miles while stopping at 10 Taco Bells with eating requirement
74 days. 14 hours. 35 minutes. And 11 seconds. At time of publishing, that's how long it is until the start of the 6th annual Taco Bell 50K ultramarathon in Denver. And really, this 50K should be considered one of the most difficult around – not because of the mileage or elevation change, but because of the massive amount of food that must be consumed while running the race.
Homicide victim identified in stabbing on E. Cheyenne Road
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - On Friday, July 12, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) responded to a stabbing near an apartment complex on E. Cheyenne Rd. When officers arrived they located a man with at least one stab wound. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
This Air Force Academy Hotel Includes a Flight Simulator
Opening this fall in Colorado Springs, the Hotel Polaris is taking a few cues from the institution it’s situated beside — namely, the U.S. Air Force Academy. A glimpse at the photos and renderings released of the hotel to date show a clean, classical design with plenty of natural light and views of the nearby landscape, including Pikes Peak. There’s also something that it will have that its peers do not: a flight simulator. Three of them, to be precise — and that’s set to make Hotel Polaris the only hotel with such an amenity in the United States.
Broncos get shockingly great injury news on key offensive playmaker
The Denver Broncos are on the doorstep of training camp in 2024, and on top of roster battles and new players coming in, one of the most important things to note will be overall attendance at camp relative to injured players or previously injured players. We already know that a handful of defensive players will open up training camp on the PUP (Physically Unable to Perform) list: Safeties Caden Sterns and Delarrin Turner-Yell as well as linebacker Drew Sanders.
Treasure hunters find $200k prize behind Kings Chef Diner
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A family from Fort Collins hit a $200,000 jackpot in Colorado Springs recently, when they won the most recent Treasure Games contest by finding a genie lamp behind Kings Chef Diner. They will receive the award on Tuesday, July 23. Fernie Martinez and his daughters and thousands of other participants across the […]
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