A Denver sheriff’s deputy accused of punching a man in a wheelchair while on duty in 2019 — in a lawsuit the city has now settled — was…
Read more Denver sheriff’s deputy is accused of punching two men in wheelchairs in separate incidentsOne of the largest emergency shelters in Denver’s system is again offering refuge from the cold this weekend after Mayor Mike Johnston unilaterally opened the site Friday —…
Read more Denver opens cold-weather shelter at former hotel amid squabble between mayor, councilAcross Colorado, in bustling municipal courtrooms and council chambers, in city attorneys’ offices and public defender headquarters, legal professionals and elected officials are scrambling to make sense of…
Read more How a Colorado Supreme Court ruling is reshaping the state’s municipal courtsMichael Singer’s “Untitled (Interior Garden)” in Denver International Airport’s C Concourse. Nov. 25, 2025. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite Denver International Airport’s growth is set to continue after the Denver…
Read more DIA’s Concourse C, Peña Boulevard set for more construction following City Council contract approvalsIn a windowless room at Denver police headquarters on a recent Thursday afternoon, Officer Chris Velarde activated a police drone to investigate a potential car break-in. Officer Chris…
Read more Here’s how Denver police fly drones to 911 calls, triggering fears about privacy and surveillanceDenver Pavilions on 16th Street. Oct. 18, 2025. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite Downtown Denver’s COVID-19 era slump is far from over. There are record-high office vacancies. Storefronts sit empty.…
Read more Denver plans to make downtown into nation’s biggest ‘play’ zoneDENVER – The Denver Summit FC ownership is “engaging with other jurisdictions” over a potential site of a future stadium for the new professional women’s soccer team, Denver7…
Read more Citing ‘challenges’, Denver Summit FC looking at potential stadium sites outside DenverUpdated 4:15 p.m., Oct. 28, 2025. Denver City Council President Amanda Sandoval, who has attended hundreds of public comment sessions over the past decade, found herself overwhelmed Monday…
Read more What Denver leaders heard at the ‘most intense public hearing’DENVER — When Denver voters hit the polls, they’ll have the final say on whether the city should keep or overturn its ban on flavored tobacco products. Meanwhile,…
Read more Final push: both sides of Referendum 310 rally Denver voters on flavored tobacco banUpdated at 3:27 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Mayor Mike Johnston announced Wednesday that the city will again extend its agreement to keep Flock Safety license plate…
Read more Denver extends Flock surveillance cameras despite pushback from city councilDENVER — There is a program reaching into Denver Public Schools to help students on the cusp of addiction. It’s going on it’s 11th year and the need…
Read more Denver Public Schools program helps students on cusp of addictionFILE – Scott Gilmore, then-deputy executive director for Denver Parks and Recreation, addresses Denver City Council, Aug. 7, 2018. Gilmore was one of the nearly 200 city workers…
Read more Denver council member furious as husband loses job in city layoffsDENVER — The Denver City Council on Monday approved a handful of key elements needed for Kroenke Sports and Entertainment (KSE) to advance its redevelopment plans for Ball…
Read more Rezoned for redevelopment: Denver City Council approves plan to transform area around Ball ArenaThe Denver City Council on Monday cleared the way for Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche owner Stan Kroenke to build new skyscrapers on the expanse of parking lots…
Read more Denver City Council makes room for new skyscrapers around Nuggets, Avs arenaDENVER — Supporters and participants of the Denver Basic Income Project rallied at the state capitol and outside Denver’s City and County Building on Wednesday, calling for more…
Read more Supporters of Denver Basic Income Project call for more fundingDenver city officials for the first time issued subpoenas in an attempt to recover wages for dancers at a trio of strip clubs. Denver City Council in April…
Read more Denver subpoenas 3 strip clubs in first use of new tool to investigate wage theftThe sidewalk by Walsh Manor, the Ruby Hill apartment building where Phyllis Mack once lived. May 15, 2024. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite Starting January, most Denver property owners will…
Read more It’s official: Most Denver property owners will pay $150 a year for sidewalksLarry Leszczynski stands over the sidewalk outside of his Congress Park home that was fixed and then subsequently broken by garbage trucks. Aug. 24, 2023. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite…
Read more Yes, you’re still going to get charged for your sidewalk. But (probably) lessMayor Mike Johnston’s affordable housing sales tax is headed to voters this November. City Council approved a ballot measure that, if passed by voters, would dedicate $100 million…
Read more Denverites will vote on the mayor’s affordable housing sales taxTwo gas stations near the intersection of Evans Avenue and Monaco Parkway. July 30, 2024. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite Along Evans Avenue in South Denver is a one-mile stretch…
Read more Can spacing out gas stations boost walkability in your neighborhood? City Council wants to find out
