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Riverfront Showdown: Denver Printer Fights Quiktrip Gas Stop In South Platte Floodplain

Publication Printers, a longtime Denver printing outfit tucked along the South Platte River, is squaring off with the city over a key sewer and drainage permit that paved the way for a new QuikTrip gas station on a slim riverfront parcel. The company argues the site sits in a FEMA-designated floodplain and is too...
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Downtown Mexican Restaurant Reopens on 16th Street

Otra Vez Cantina, the Mexican joint that opened on what was then the 16th Street Mall back in 2017 and took a very long pandemic break, is finally back. During its soft opening over the weekend, Otra Vez enjoyed a literal warm welcome, with the garage-door front open wide as guests invited or not strolled in off...
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How much snow fell in Colorado over the weekend?

Many Coloradans across the Front Range and Denver metro area woke up Sunday morning to several inches of snow after a warm Saturday.
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Mystery Midnight Hum Rattles Aurora Reservoir Neighbors Over Fracking Fears

Sleep has become optional for some families near Aurora Reservoir, where a sudden, low droning sound has started cutting through the quiet overnight. Neighbors say the hum is new, unnerving, and likely tied to nearby fracking operations associated with the Lowry Ranch project. A homeowner's audio file captured the...
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Facebook Jewelry Deal Turns Aurora Home Into Crime Scene, Denver Man Gets 75 Years

A Facebook Marketplace jewelry sale in Aurora ended with a decades-long prison sentence for a Denver man, after a jury found he turned an online listing into a violent home invasion while two children were inside the apartment. Frayer Contreras-Gafaro, 24, was sentenced to 75 years in prison after what prosecutors...
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Colorado teen found safe after going missing for 2 days

LITTLETON, Colo. (KKTV) - UPDATE (3/16): A 14-year-old girl has been found safe after going missing for more than 48 hours. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced Sunday afternoon that Zoe Jiminez had been located. There had been fears the teen was a danger to herself. __________________. PREVIOUS: A...
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Littwin: Denver Post to City: Drop Dead

It’s bad enough what the vulture capitalists at Alden Global Capital have done to the Denver Post, to its readers and to journalism as we once knew it. But Alden, the rapacious hedge fund that owns/decimates newspapers across the country, including not a few across Colorado, hasn’t stopped there.
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Aurora residents say loud droning noise coming from nearby fracking operation

People living in southeast Aurora are losing sleep due to a loud droning noise that suddenly began in the neighborhood, and they're worried a nearby fracking operation may be the cause.
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‘Pretty concerning situation up here’: Denver Water gives update on Dillon Reservoir forecast

Representatives from Denver Water visited the Summit Board of County Commissioners on Friday, March 13, to give an update on Dillon Reservoir operations. Nathan Elder, Denver Water’s water supply manager, said the conditions this year are “really poor,” with the amount of water in the snowpack sitting at 61% of...
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Missing Person alert issued for senior with cognitive impairments

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) -The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert for a missing Colorado senior who has cognitive impairments and is without medication he needs. 67-year-old Dennis Freeman was last seen at 10 a.m. in in the area of Girard St. and S. Grant St. in Englewood.

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