Are Dozens of Hospitals Violating Letter or Spirit of the Medical Aid in Dying Law?

Proposition 106, which legalized what proponents call medical aid in dying, a process by which patients diagnosed with six months or fewer to live may be provided with a prescription they can self-administer in order to end their suffering, won overwhelming approval in the November 2016 election, passing by a 65-35 percent margin. But a representative of the measure’s main advocacy organization admits to frustration over the number of Colorado hospitals — dozens of them — that are making it more difficult for potentially qualifying individuals to access the procedure.

Trevor Tice Update: No Foul Play in Tragic Death of CorePower Yoga Founder

A medical examiner has determined that the cause of CorePower Yoga founder and Denver business legend Trevor Tice’s mysterious December death inside his San Diego home was accidental. It’s believed that the bloody head trauma that killed him came as a result of falls that took place while he was under the influence of alcohol and assorted anti-depressants.

Is High-Tech Hyperloop the Solution to I-25 Traffic Jams? CDOT Hopes So

Is the solution to reducing or eliminating Interstate 25 traffic jams along the northern corridor a high-tech tube called Hyperloop One, through which passengers and cargo can travel at speeds up to 700 miles per hour? The folks at the Colorado Department of Transportation hope so, and while the concept sounds like science fiction, they believe it’s on the verge of becoming fact.

Jeffco Nixes Car Dealers Next to Dino Ridge

Bowing to pressure from community groups and fossil lovers, Jefferson County’s Board of County Commissioners voted last night against a proposed rezoning that would have placed up to four auto dealerships in close proximity to the most significant dinosaur track site in the country.

Ten Development Projects in the Works

It’s hard now to imagine a time when Denver real estate wasn’t booming — when we weren’t used to the the sounds of jackhammers pounding away at concrete or paying big-city prices in rent. Here are just ten projects in the works in and around Denver. 1. Jeffco Battles Over Proposed…

Jeffco Battles Over Proposed Car Dealerships Next to Dino Ridge

On Tuesday, January 17, Jeffco’s board of county commissioners will consider a proposed zoning change for a planned 140-acre development on four parcels straddling the four corners of the Alameda and C-470 interchange. The change would allow for a proposed hotel and gas station southeast of the interchange and, on the northwest quadrant, up to four car dealerships, which would surround the Dinosaur Ridge visitor center on three sides. Representatives of the developer, Three Dinos LLC, have described the request as “a minor change” in use for property that’s been zoned for commercial development for nearly a decade. But opponents of the plan say there’s nothing minor about the impacts the development would have on adjoining open-space land, on wildlife, on nearby hiking and biking trails, and on one of the last scenic vistas in the Rooney Valley, which has seen increasing encroachment by highways, the Solterra housing development, a motocross park, Bandimere Speedway and other projects.

Frontier Airlines Promises a Better Year Ahead for Customers

A spokesman for Frontier Airlines says that the airline is still investigating the root causes of the carrier’s “meltdown” that led to thousands of passengers experiencing delays or canceled flights over the weekend of December 16. “First, we would like to apologize to our customers whose travel plans were impacted…

The Confluence Luxury Apartment Building Finally Tops Out

For months, people traveling the Platte River Greenway or driving northwest along Speer Boulevard have marveled at the behemoth building rising near Confluence Park, towering over the nearby converted warehouses and Victorian storefronts, wondering when — if ever — it will finally stop. And now it has. The team behind the Confluence,…

Dairy Block: LoDo’s Next Shopping and Dining Destination

With the Maven hotel opening in March, the historic Windsor Dairy Block is poised to become LoDo’s next go-to destination for shopping and dining. The 172-room hotel at 18th and Wazee streets will become the fourth independent hotel in Sage Hospitality’s Denver portfolio, joining the Crawford Hotel at Union Station,…

Why Arapahoe House Is Ending Detox Services

Arapahoe House, a nonprofit that specializes in drug and alcohol treatment, has decided to stop providing detox services to three major metro-area counties and twenty local hospitals. CEO Mike Butler says this move is being made in part because running a detox program costs far more money than it brings in and involves little actual treatment.

At 85, Developer Dana Crawford Is Ready to Make More History

More than fifty years after she saved one of the oldest blocks in Denver and created Larimer Square, her first adventure in historic preservation, 85-year-old Dana Crawford is staking claims in two mining towns: Trinidad and Idaho Springs. After five decades in the development business, Crawford was initially reluctant to…

Bobby Kennedy III to Shoot Hunter S. Thompson Movie in Colorado

This morning, the board of directors for Colorado’s Economic Development Commission approved a rebate of $300,000 for Freak Power, a movie about writer Hunter S. Thompson’s gonzo 1970 run for sheriff of Pitkin County to be written and directed by Bobby Kennedy III, grandson of the late Senator Robert F…