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The Town of Vail attempted to cancel Danielle SeeWalker but public officials only managed to amplify the Denver-based artist’s voice and work.SeeWalker was invited to be the artist in residency for two weeks in the Town of Vail as part of the city’s Art in Public Places program. She was set to engage with the community, students and other artists, creating a public mural at the conclusion of her summer residency.Instead, Vail abruptly canceled her residency, issuing a statement online that didn’t even attempt to disguise their motives: “While the Town of Vail embraces her messaging and artwork surrounding Native…

LEADVILLE — Millions of tons of waste from decades-old mining operations sit in the hills east of town. The brown and orange piles of abandoned ore rise 30 feet, peeking over the pines.A company in Leadville wants to truck 1.2 million tons of the waste to a mill on the southwestern edge of the high mountain city, use cyanide to extract gold and silver from the rocks, and then return the hills to a more natural state. CJK Milling says its proposed operation would be “one of the largest, most innovative environmental cleanups of abandoned mine waste” in Leadville —…

Accustomed to opening rather than closing stores, retail giant Walmart plans to shutter a Neighborhood Market in Aurora near the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus on June 7.Walmart said it informed the 141 employees at its 10400 E Colfax Ave. location of the closure on Friday. On Monday, it filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.“All associates at this facility who do not otherwise secure employment with the company following a paid job search period will separate employment effective Aug. 9,” Greg Tunstill, a market manager with Walmart said in…

Colorado restaurants can continue delivering and selling to-go alcohol under a new law passed by the legislature this year, enshrining a pandemic-era lifeline into the state’s dining culture.Gov. Jared Polis originally — and temporarily — approved delivery and to-go alcohol via an executive order after the pandemic began four years ago, offering a boost to restaurants struggling amid shutdowns and COVID-era restrictions.The next year, lawmakers extended the change but set it to expire in July 2025.That expiration is no more. Under Senate Bill 20, the option is now permanent. Polis signed the bill late last week. It was sponsored by…

A 23-year-old man charged in the drunken-driving death of a Colorado musician pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in Jefferson County District Court on Monday.Juan Ortega Torres Jr. was arrested Feb. 5 after Arvada police said he ran a red light at West 64th Avenue and Lamar Street, causing a multi-vehicle crash that killed 44-year-old Kresten Wolff Thomsen and injured two children and the driver of another vehicle.Thomsen was picking his two children up from school and was a few miles from home when the crash occurred. He was a composer, writer and musician who worked with the…

The morning after his team’s quest for a second championship was potentially derailed by stunning pregame news and a substandard Game 4 performance, Nathan MacKinnon did the one thing he knows best.He went to work.MacKinnon was one of a few regulars on the ice Tuesday for a Colorado Avalanche optional practice. He spent a lot of time working on finishing around the net. At one point, he stood with his back to the goal and attempted to tip dozens of shots from Jonathan Drouin and Gabe Landeskog.“We stunk early. I was bad,” MacKinnon said of his team’s 5-1 loss that…

Colorado Springs leaders agreed Tuesday to pay $2.1 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a Black man who was punched and kicked by police during a traffic stop in 2022.City councilors voted to back the agreement to settle Dalvin Gadson’s lawsuit, which still needs to be formally signed, city spokesperson Max D’Onofrio said.Gadson was stopped on Oct. 9, 2022, after police said they saw him driving slowly in a car without a license plate. His lawsuit alleged three officers beat him “beyond recognition” and left him with significant PTSD-like symptoms.After an officer told Gadson to get out of…

The decision to place a loved one in a nursing home or assisted living facility is often a difficult one, driven by a desire to ensure their safety and well-being. However, when these facilities betray our trust through neglect or abuse, the consequences can be devastating. Burg Simpson’s legal experts, led by skilled trial attorney Stephen Burg, shed light on what to do if you suspect nursing home neglect and how to report it. You had the best intentions when you moved your mom into her memory care facility. But the last few times you visited, you noticed her sitting…

Two lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 were closed in Wheat Ridge for emergency bridge repairs Tuesday afternoon, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Eastbound I-70 over Kipling Street was reduced to one lane of traffic for repairs to the road surface, CDOT spokesperson Tamara Rollison said.The closure will continue through the evening rush hour.One lane of northbound Kipling Street is also closed.Workers are repairing a pothole that formed on the I-70 bridge deck over Kipling “due to freeze-thaw damage,” CDOT officials said.Drivers should take alternate routes or expect heavy delays in the area, CDOT said.This is a developing story…

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question.In your estimation, which Broncos, if any, are the most vulnerable to being cut or traded from now until training camp?– Ed Helinski, Auburn, New York Hey Ed, good question. The starting point is you’re looking for players who have little to no guaranteed money on their contracts. Those are the easiest to move on from via cut or trade. Obviously, there’s likely to be more talk about Courtland Sutton and Garett Bolles over the coming weeks…