Colorado lawmakers debate limits on police surveillance, data and tech: ‘It’s not just coming down...

The Dever Post 3/2 1:00A Seth Klamann, Nick Coltrain

In a state Capitol often threaded with thorny partisan debate and sharp ideological branches, Colorado lawmakers and advocacy groups from opposite ends of the political spectrum have found a clearing...

Hopes of revitalization for a derelict suburban Denver shopping center: ‘We need to have a gathering...

The Denver Post (Business) 3/2 1:00A John Aguilar

Thornton is staring 1955 in the face and saying, No thanks. That was the year the Thornton Shopping Center first sprouted on a 15-acre parcel at the corner of East 88th Avenue and Washington Street....

Denver, Fort Collins, Longmont get first $13.3M for transit hub housing

The Dever Post 3/2 12:39A Bruce Finley

Colorado leaders took the first steps last week toward funding the development of more dense, affordable housing near transit, awarding $13.3 million in grants to projects in metro Denver, Fort Collins, and Longmont. More grants are planned in...

Man killed in Denver assault near Cherry Creek Reservoir

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 3/1 7:32A Lauren Penington

Denver police are investigating a suspected homicide after a man died in the city s Kennedy neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to the department. Police responded to reports of an assault in the 9700 block of East Hampden Avenue at 2:08...

Man gets 42 years in prison for murder in fatal Denver shooting

The Denver Post (Crime) 3/1 6:10A Lauren Penington

A man convicted of murder in December for fatally shooting a Denver woman in her apartment was sentenced Friday to more than four decades in prison, according to court records. Ernest Cunningham, 53, shot and killed Kelsey Roberts, 23, at her home...

Colorado lawmakers duel over data centers: Grant millions in tax breaks or regulate them without...

The Denver Post (Environment) 3/1 1:00A Elise Schmelzer

Colorado lawmakers are deciding this year between two disparate approaches on data centers one that aims to lure them to the Centennial State with millions of dollars in tax incentives and another...

Teen killed in late night Highline Villages shooting, Aurora police say

The Denver Post (Crime) 2/28 5:13A Katie Langford

A 15-year-old boy was killed in a shooting in Aurora s Highline Villages neighborhood late Friday, police said. Aurora police officers were called to 22 Lima St. just before 11 p.m. to reports of a shooting with one victim, the agency said in a...

Colorado bill would create new fees on alcohol sales to fund treatment, prevention

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/27 1:00A Meg Wingerter

Colorado lawmakers are pushing new fees on alcohol to fund prevention and treatment, similar to the way the state taxes gambling revenues to offset the costs of addiction. House Bill 1271 would create three state enterprises to collect fees: one...

California-based real estate developer plans apartment complex at Denver Montessori school site

The Denver Post (Business) 2/26 10:00A Matthew Geiger

The corner of 22nd and Federal is getting some out-of-state attention. Beverly Hills, California-based Kennedy Wilson, a publicly traded real estate investor and developer, on Tuesday proposed building a 242-unit apartment complex where a school...

Former owner of The Church Nightclub purchases another Denver church

The Denver Post (Business) 2/26 10:00A Max Scheinblum

Regas Christou is going back to the altar. Denver’s nightlife king, who developed The Church venue in Cap Hill in the 1990s, bought the former home of 430 Years Church of God in Christ at 701 E. 23rd Ave in the Five Points neighborhood last week,...

Luxury Aspen estate hits the market for $75 million in gated community

The Denver Post (Business) 2/26 7:16A Jessica Alvarado Gamez

A nearly 15,000-square-foot contemporary estate has entered the market for $75 million inside Aspen’s gated Starwood community. After nearly five and a half years of design, permitting and...

Development authority hopes to create some ‘buzz’ about Denver Pavilions’ future

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/26 1:00A Thomas Gounley

The Denver Downtown Development Authority hopes a visit this spring from members of a real estate industry association will help determine the future of the Denver Pavilions mall. An advisory services panel from the Urban Land Institute will...

Colorado slashes rape kit testing backlog, but lag time still tops 6 months — 3 times as long as...

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 2/25 6:36A Seth Klamann

Colorado forensic officials have slashed the turnaround time for sexual assault kit testing , but it still takes analysts more than six months to process and complete a test, a new state audit found . The 190-day testing lag is well outside the...

Former Cherry Creek teacher arrested for child sex assault

The Denver Post (Crime) 2/25 5:54A Lauren Penington

A former Cherry Creek School District teacher was arrested Monday on suspicion of child sex assault after a former student came forward, police said. Robert Combs, 56, was arrested on investigation of five counts of sexual assault on a child by...

Distressed Aurora office buildings to sell at 80% discount

The Denver Post (Business) 2/25 1:00A Thomas Gounley

A pair of distressed office buildings in southern Aurora are poised to sell at a 78% discount from the last time they sold, in 2018. The receiver that oversees the 6-story Cherry Creek Place I and II buildings at 3131 and 3190 S. Vaughn Way is...