Author: Deborah Grigsby deborah.smith@denvergazettedev.gazette.com
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Denver City Council pushes back on Johnston’s $70-million plan for women’s soccer stadium
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston is asking the city to invest up to $70 million for land acquisition and improvements for a women’s soccer stadium. Under a proposal presented Wednesday to the South Platte River Committee, the city and the Broadway Station Metropolitan District would enter an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) that would acquire land for the…
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Denver creates new downtown police unit
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Wednesday announced the creation of a new police unit focused on downtown safety, a move that another official said would yield “significant changes in the crime map” for the corridor within a year and encourage people to come back. Joined by Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas and other city officials…
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Mayor Mike Johnston’s office dabbles with new AI assistant
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has a new assistant to help handle all those mundane tasks that come with well, being, Mike Johnston. Back in February, the mayor’s office inked a deal to test-drive Chief AI, an artificial intelligence-based system that touts its ability “to cut through administrative chaos” and drive clients toward goals. According to…
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Signal app ‘not approved’ on Denver city-issued devices
An encrypted messaging app used by Mayor Mike Johnston to communicate, specifically about the illegal immigration crisis in Denver, is not authorized for use on city-owned devices, according to the city’s technology department. “Technology Services governs the appropriate reviews, approvals, procurement, licensing, and management of all software and applications assets licensed by the city,” said…
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Audio reveals American Airlines pilot not worried over engine vibration prior to fire at DIA
An American Airlines pilot who safely landed a passenger plane at Denver International Airport on Thursday initially did not seem overly concerned over engine vibrations detected after the plane departed Colorado Springs bound for Dallas. An air traffic control audio recording released on Friday indicated the female pilot remained calm and in control, as she…
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Be more ‘potent’ on social media: Colorado’s John Hickenlooper outlines strategy against Trump
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday outlined the Democrats’ strategy to block or slow down the Trump administration and the Republican-dominated Congress, including deploying parliamentary maneuvers and becoming more “potent” on social media. The strategy includes litigation, he said. “We’re trying to clog up the floor as best we can, or blocking bad bills which…
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Denver mayor wants to borrow money to pay for parks, libraries, streets — he didn’t say how much
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston wants voters to approve a borrowing program to pay for new parks, cultural centers and other “investments that bring joy” to Mile High City. He didn’t say how much or identified which exact projects the borrowed money would pay for. Officials said that list will be created and refined — after…
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On life support: Tight budgets, dwindling volunteers, bureaucracy burdens frustrate Colorado’s rural fire departments
East of Denver, across Colorado’s Great Plains into Kansas, Interstate 70 unspools across miles of flat, open prairie like a numbing ribbon of asphalt. Here the horizon rests on a promise — that services will come to the rescue in case of an accident or health emergency. But, increasingly, the responders are relying more and…
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Post Offices will be closed on Thursday. Here’s why
Government building U.S. flags are required to fly at half-staff through sunset, Jan. 29.
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Mines grad students who hope to power the moon collect $500K NASA prize
Orbital Mining Corporation, a Golden-based space mining startup founded by two Colorado School of Mines graduate students, has landed a $500,000 award from NASA’s Watts on the Moon Challenge for their lunar power transmission and storage system technology. Co-founders Chris Tolton and Ken Liang, who are both pursuing a master of science degree in space…