Author: Deborah Grigsby deborah.smith@denvergazettedev.gazette.com
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Tapped: Is water a problem for data centers in Colorado?
Editor‘s Note: The Denver metro region sits at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the region secures, stores, and conserves its water while navigating the competing demands of fast‑growing urban communities and the increasingly unpredictable mountain snowpack that…
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Denver stops new data centers for 12 months
Denver just slammed on the brakes on new data centers Monday after members of the Denver City Council voted unanimously to impose a one-year moratorium on permits and site development plan applications for data centers as the proposed primary use. Close to 60 individuals signed up for the required public hearing preceding the vote. The moratorium will…
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Colorado Cost of Living: Moving closer to downtown Denver
As the mid-morning sun spills through a small window in Elizabeth Nagle’s small Denver apartment, her 12-year-old dog, Freya, gnaws intently on a small toy rabbit. On her table sits a retro, portable record player and a plate of small French pastries. Plastic moving boxes tucked in various corners of her living room quietly hint…
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Passengers of Frontier jet that struck man on DIA runway plan to sue Denver, attorney says
Some passengers aboard a Frontier flight who were evacuated when their plane hit a man on the runway plan to take action against the City and County of Denver, arguing negligence. Federal investigators are investigating the May 8 runway fatality at Denver International Airport, where 41-year-old Michael Mott allegedly scaled a fence and entered an…
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Denver officials identify man killed in airport runway ‘suicide’
Denver International Airport officials and the city’s chief medical examiner released the identity of the man who was struck by a departing aircraft while walking on an active runway on Friday. Dr. Sterling McLaren, Denver’s chief medical examiner, identified the man as 41-year-old Michael Mott. “The cause of death is multiple blunt and sharp force injuries,”…
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Denver airport runway death highlights potential security vulnerability, experts say
As the National Transportation Safety Board hunkers down to gather information about the evacuation of a Frontier Airlines plane after it hit and killed a person who was walking on the runway at Denver International Airport during takeoff, aviation security experts have a long list of questions. The plane, an Airbus 321 operated by Frontier…
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DOJ sues Denver over ‘unconstitutional’ weapons ban
Less than 24 hours after Denver Mayor Mike Johnston publicly rebuffed the U.S. Department of Justice’s demand to repeal the city’s ban on assault weapons, the Trump administration followed through with its threat to take the matter to court. The DOJ filed a suit in federal court Tuesday, alleging that Denver’s longstanding prohibition on “assault-style”…
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DOJ threatens Denver with lawsuit over city’s assault weapons ban
Denver officials have rejected a U.S. Department of Justice demand that they repeal the city’s longstanding ban on assault weapons. “Our answer is hell no,” Mayor Mike Johnston told members of the press along with public safety leaders gathered at City Hall on Monday. “No, we will not roll back a common-sense policy that has…
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Denver Water to empty Antero Reservoir amid drought response
Denver Water will empty Antero Reservoir in the coming weeks, transferring its water to Cheesman Reservoir as part of the utility’s drought response, and will eventually close it to recreational activities. Antero Reservoir is located in Park County and sits at an elevation of approximately 8,900 feet. Because of its high altitude location, it loses…
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Antero Reservoir in Park County to be emptied amid drought response
Deborah Grigsby Park County’s Antero Reservoir will be emptied over the coming weeks, with its water being transferred to Cheesman Reservoir as part of the Denver Water’s drought response and will eventually close it to recreational activities. Antero Reservoir sits at an elevation of approximately 8,900 feet. Because of its high altitude location, it loses…