Jeffco Public Schools to cut at least 150 jobs as district faces deficit

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 11/28 1:00A Jessica Seaman

Superintendent Tracy Dorland had a blunt message for Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education last year, telling the elected directors what would happen when the time came to make deep cuts to the school district’s budget. “They will mean people...

Naples-founded pizza chain shutters all Denver-area locations

The Denver Post (Business) 11/25 8:04A Jonathan Shikes

Rosso Pomodoro, a Naples, Italy-founded pizza chain that chose Denver as its first U.S. city with a standalone location, has closed both of its restaurants here, in Denver s Central Park neighborhood and in Greenwood Village. Related Articles...

Colorado developer pays $15.14 million for 12.6 acres near Park Meadows Mall

The Dever Post 11/25 6:56A Jessica Alvarado Gamez

The Garrett Companies , a Colorado-based real estate developer, has purchased a 12.6-acre plot in Englewood for $15.14 million and plans to turn it into a 317-unit apartment community. Named Garrett...

Colorado man pleads guilty to murder in Limon prison strangulation, claimed attack was ‘what child...

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 11/22 1:00A Katie Langford

A Colorado prison inmate pleaded guilty to murder in the fatal beating and strangulation of a fellow inmate at the Limon Correctional Facility in 2023, according to the 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Arthur Price, 40, was sentenced to...

Improving Investor Behavior: Preparation over panic

The Denver Post (Business) 11/16 1:00A Steve Booren

When a top American business leader starts rattling off reasons to fear today’s market, investors get uneasy. “There continues to be a heightened degree of uncertainty stemming from complex...

Gov. Jared Polis’ proposed Medicaid cuts, Pinnacol spin-off get cold reception from lawmakers

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 11/12 8:46A Nick Coltrain

Gov. Jared Polis’ pitch to sharply rein in Medicaid spending and privatize the state workers’ compensation insurer ran into skepticism from the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee on Wednesday, setting up a showdown as they attempt to bridge...

School bus crash in Denver investigated Friday morning, police say

CBS Denver (News) 11/7 2:38A Jennifer McRae

A Cherry Creek Schools bus crashed at DTC Boulevard and Union Avenue on Friday morning. Denver police rushed to the scene just before 7 a.m., where one school bus appeared to be involved in a...

Neighbor says possible Native American burial site should stop subdivision

The Denver Post (Business) 11/6 1:30A Justin Wingerter

An eleventh-hour effort to stop the creation of a small subdivision in the foothills outside Morrison hinges on tentative and uncertain findings of a Native American burial site. Two contractors, Damien Davis and Ken Hoyt, plan to subdivide 30...

Musk the trillionaire? Debate over his Tesla pay package rages

The Denver Post (Business) 11/5 5:08A The Associated Press

By BERNARD CONDON, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk turned off many potential buyers of his Tesla cars and sent sales plunging with his foray into politics . But the stock has soared anyway and now he wants the company to pay him more —...

Greenwood Village approves residential project on long-empty 13 acres

The Dever Post (Arapahoe County) 11/5 1:00A Matthew Geiger

Todd Baker is doing the unthinkable: building houses on the empty lot at 5555 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. The Greenwood Village City Council voted 8-0 last month to approve the developer’s plans to construct 90 single-family homes on 13 acres just south...

Cherry Creek office building sells for big gain

The Denver Post (Business) 11/4 1:00A Matthew Geiger

Five years ago, Brad Cummings bought the 1980s Citadel office building in Cherry Creek at a loss for the seller. Last week, he sold it for a profit. Zurich Alternative Asset Management, a subsidiary of Swiss firm Zurich Insurance Group purchased...

After bankruptcy, a Colorado apparel company rebuilt — in Vietnam

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 10/25 1:00A Justin Wingerter

“We failed,” begins a letter from Will Watters, co-founder of the apparel maker Western Rise. “After eight years of building Western Rise, we had great products, passionate customers and glowing reviews,” Watters wrote in an Oct. 16 note to...

Former Aurora school officer released on bond, FBI seeks more victims in child sexual exploitation...

CBS Denver (News) 10/22 8:10A Austen Erblat

A former Aurora police school resource officer -- arrested earlier this month by the FBI and charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a child -- was released from the Denver jail on a...

Aurora sergeant charged with child sex exploitation may have more victims, FBI says

The Denver Post (Crime) 10/22 7:30A Katie Langford

An Aurora Police Department sergeant charged with child sex exploitation who worked as a school resource officer may have additional victims from his 20 years “in a position of trust,” the Federal...

Improving Investor Behavior: The price of promise, and value never goes out of style

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 10/19 1:00A Steve Booren

If we believe the headlines, an artificial intelligence revolution is upon us. The companies at the forefront of AI adoption are growing at extraordinary rates, and investors can’t seem to get enough....