Author: The Denver Gazette
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Denver rents static in August
Rent growth is slowing down for the season, according to apartmentlist.com. It’s a welcome sign for apartment hunters who have battled rapid price increases throughout the pandemic. Rents in Denver increased 0.1% month-over-month in August, compared to a 0.5% increase nationally. Month-over-month growth in Denver ranks No. 70 among the nation’s 100 largest cities. The…
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Interstate 70 closes at 10 p.m. Friday for weekend traffic shift
The $1.2 billion Central 70 Project moves on step closer to completion this weekend as the Colorado Department of Transportation will close westbound Interstate 70 for a traffic shift. The shift will close westbound Interstate 70 between Interstate 270 and Brighton Boulevard from Friday at 10 p.m. until Monday at 5 a.m. The on-ramps to…
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Mesa County District Attorney Daniel Rubinstein seeks revocation of Tina Peters’ bond
Mesa County District Attorney Daniel Rubinstein is seeking to revoke the bond posted by Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is under indictment for allegedly taking part in a “deceptive scheme” to breach secure voting equipment. Rubinstein confirmed he is pursuing the bond’s revocation, alleging Peters violated its conditions for going out of state without…
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Polis orders flags lowered to honor victims of Highland Park parade shooting
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Saturday to honor the seven people fatally shot on Monday during a Fourth of July parade in Illinois. Polis’ order regarding Colorado follows a proclamation made by President Joe Biden earlier on Tuesday. Biden’s order applies to all flags at…
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NCAR fire in Boulder is 35% contained; evacuations lifted
NCARFire Press Conference 3 The NCAR fire in south Boulder had burned nearly 200 acres and was 35% contained, fire officials said Sunday. The blaze broke out Saturday afternoon near the National Center for Atmospheric Research, prompting an estimated 19,000 people to evacuate in the San Souci community, the Eldorado Springs area, part of the…
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Denver joins big city trend with pandemic population slip
The pandemic intensified population trends, with Americans leaving many of the nation’s most densely populated and costly cities, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The same one year period showed a stark increase in deaths outpacing births across the country. In Denver, the population dipped by nearly 1% in the first…
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Multiple events planned on 1-year anniversary of Boulder King Soopers shooting: Today’s list
Multiple events Tuesday will mark the one-year anniversary since a gunman killed 10 people in a mass shooting at a neighborhood grocery store in Boulder. On the afternoon of March 22, 2021, then-21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa opened fire with a semi-automatic pistol in the King Soopers parking lot on Table Mesa Drive before moving…
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RTD will see additional $53M in funding from American Rescue Plan
Denver’s Regional Transportation District will see more than $53 million in additional funding from the American Rescue Plan to pay its workers and help expand services. The Biden administration said Monday it was awarding $2.2 billion in coronavirus relief money from the American Rescue Plan to 35 financially strapped transit agencies in 18 states, and…
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3 injured after floor collapses during house party in Colorado
A floor collapsed during a house party Saturday night in Arapahoe County, sending three people to the hospital, according to South Metro Fire Rescue. Up to 150 teenagers were at the party on East Princeton Place when part of the first floor collapsed into the basement. One person was seriously injured, and two others had…
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