Author: Olivia Prentzel

A 20-year Aurora police lieutenant announced his retirement Thursday in an email to the city’s council members, accusing them of having a lack of respect for law enforcement. “It is with great sadness that I inform you of my retirement after 25 years in law enforcement. I spent the past 20 years in Aurora and…

Denver Arts & Venues announced the completion of three new public art projects in the city Thursday. The first piece, titled “Leaf,” is a steel sculpture housed in the Denver Botanic Gardens’ Freyer-Newan Center. On each of its 251 cells, artists Jason Kilmoski and Lesley Chang designed a silhouette of a Colorado native plant specimen,…

More than 6,300 Coloradans have signed up to work the election — more than any other election in recorded state history, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office. The increase shows an enthusiasm in the Nov. 3 election, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement. Earlier this year, the office launched an…

While only 20% of airports across the country have adopted solar energy in the last decade, Denver International Airport has become one of the largest solar projects in the country, a University of Colorado Boulder study shows. The study, which looked at 488 public airports in the U.S., found nearly 100 used solar panels. At…

A Colorado Springs nursing home, where health officials believe the coronavirus claimed the lives of more than a dozen residents, will shut its doors for good in November. Laurel Manor Care Center will permanently close Nov. 1 “as the nonprofit considers new options to meet the growing demand for a wider range of housing choices…