Author: RACHEL RILEY
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Money sought to study bringing Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train to Colorado Springs
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A long-awaited effort to extend an Amtrak line that runs through southeast Colorado could include adding a station in Colorado Springs. State and local officials have applied for a federal grant to study what it would take to establish a new branch of the Southwest Chief with stops in Pueblo and Colorado Springs. For years,…
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Denver City Council to vote on landmark railroad settlement for National Western Center
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Denver’s National Western Center expansion could reach another milestone on Monday. The City Council will vote on a $16.75 million settlement with Denver Rock Island Railroad to acquire and relocate nearly three miles of railway that cut through the project site and run along the South Platte River. The payout would clear the way for the…
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Denver RTD decision could hurt city’s chances of becoming National Medal of Honor Museum site
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A roughly 66,000-square-foot gravel lot in the heart of downtown Denver has become a bargaining chip in the city’s bid to become the home of a future National Medal of Honor Museum. Denver Regional Transportation District officials could have threatened the city’s chances on Tuesday night when they voted down a plan that would’ve cleared…
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New laws will cost El Paso County, commissioners tell Polis
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El Paso County officials are concerned that a new law will up the head count at the already overcrowded county jail, making it more expensive for the Sheriff’s Office to run. That measure, House Bill 1263, reclassified a series of drug possession charges from felonies to misdemeanors, lightening potential sentences for offenders. As a result,…
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Denver City Council fires director, OKs $1.55M lawsuit settlement over jail jobs
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Denver City Council ousted a key staffer on Monday, but the impetus for the move remains murky. The council voted 11-2, with councilmen Christopher Herndon and Kevin Flynn opposed, to fire council staff executive director Leon Mason. The council did not publicly discuss the decision, which came after a closed-door executive session that lasted about…
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Proposed ‘culture’ criteria could make way for more diversity in Denver’s historic landmark process
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Denver is weighing changes to its historic preservation ordinance that could spur landmark designations in the city’s more racially and economically diverse neighborhoods. One amendment to the rules would add “culture” to the categories of criteria that potential landmarks must meet to win the status, allowing sites with cultural significance to be considered alongside those…
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State officials will be in Colorado Springs on Tuesday to talk transportation
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State officials will be in Colorado Springs this week to talk to residents and local leaders about the Pikes Peak region’s transportation needs. The Colorado Department of Transportation will hold a meeting at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Centennial Hall, 200 S. Cascade Ave. The event is part of the agency’s statewide tour to gauge transportation…
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COVER STORY | A fight over blight and tax subsidies
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Under Colorado’s urban renewal laws, tax dollars can be used to support redevelopment of “blighted” areas. But a proposal to use those laws to subsidize development of open space at the United States Air Force Academy for a visitor center has triggered an outcry. The issue is whether to declare about 40 acres of untouched…
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Manitou Springs could add recreational marijuana shops
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Manitou Springs will explore whether to double the recreational pot shops it allows in town, the City Council decided Tuesday night. The Southern Colorado Cannabis Council asked city officials to increase the shop limit from two to four, and council members agreed to gauge whether residents support that idea. Jason Warf, executive director of the…
