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The flagship of the Vail Resorts ski empire has big plans for the next decade, according to a new master development document filed with the White River National Forest. The proposed improvements on Vail Mountain include the construction of a third gondola, the replacement of the Eagle Bahn Gondola, adding several new lifts and upgrading or replacing others. Also on the drawing boards are two new restaurants and a small base in West Lionshead. The point of many of the upgrades (see below for more details) would be to help ease congestion on trails and at Vail’s two main bases,…

Every day, Andrea Cunningham drives Grover, her 3-year-old wirehaired pointing griffon, four miles roundtrip to Fuller Dog Park in northeast Denver — even though she lives just blocks from Cheesman Park. She makes the trek to avoid getting ticketed for an unleashed dog, but she hopes Denver will expand its offerings of dog-friendly outdoor spaces. “I drive four miles a day just to walk my dog, and I would be really happy to walk five blocks a day instead,” said Cunningham, 59. Denver has doubled its number of dog parks in the last decade, but that hasn’t satisfied demand yet.…

Wet weather is moving across the state Friday as snow from the mountains spreads into lower, warmer elevations and turns into rain, according to the National Weather Service. Snow that started in the mountains Thursday night will pick up throughout the day Friday, spreading southward to the Interstate 70 Mountain Corridor overnight, according to a NWS hazardous weather alert. Mountain passes like the Park Range and Rabbit Ears Pass will see the most snow accumulation, and travel across them may be difficult starting Friday night, the alert stated. Slick road conditions across all mountain roads will return after dark Friday…

Transgender and nonbinary people would receive more explicit protections in Colorado’s anti-bias and harassment law if a newly introduced bill becomes law. Advocates characterize the bill as a simple legislative fix to ensure gender identity and expression are protected across state law, while also sending a message about Colorado’s values. “(The bill) ensures nonbinary and trans people are seen and represented in every part of Colorado law, which is especially important now with the wave of anti-trans rhetoric and legislation across the country,” said Garrett Royer, political director for LGBTQ advocacy organization One Colorado. “It helps the state remain a…

Mifepristone. A drug you may have never heard of could alter the outcome of the presidential election and control of Congress. Each year, the U.S. Supreme Court packs its docket with controversial cases of national importance. This term is no exception. From guns to Trump’s ballot eligibility, Texas’ controversial immigration laws, and deciding whether Trump is immune from prosecution for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the list goes on and on. But, if recent history is our guide, one case could have greater political implications more than any other. Less than two years after the Supreme Court decided Dobbs,…

Growth is driving housing prices up and pushing locals out Re: “Housing crisis: Build our way out?” March 24 commentary Steve Pomerance’s excellent coverage of Colorado’s shortage of affordable housing and its related problems is clearly on target regarding population growth and affordable housing. Due to population growth, I don’t believe that using taxpayer money to build affordable housing is a sustainable solution to what has become a long-standing problem. On the contrary, Colorado’s shortage of affordable housing is symptomatic of the far more pressing problem of the vast income inequalities created by relatively affluent newcomers moving into economically poor rural…

The University of Denver hockey team crossed two time zones to reach its NCAA regional in Springfield, Mass. There, the top-seeded Pioneers met a fourth-seeded UMass Minutemen squad that needed to drive approximately 26 miles to arrive at MassMutual Center for Thursday afternoon’s win-or-go home affair. Yet somehow, the Pios never ran out of gas. In the longest NCAA Tournament game in DU history, goaltender Matt Davis made a career-high 46 saves and forward Tristan Broz slipped a wrist shot into the right side of the net to send the Pioneers to a 2-1 double-overtime victory that left a partisan…

At the NFL owners meeting earlier this week, Broncos head coach Sean Payton didn’t shy away from the possibility of moving up from the 12th overall pick in April’s draft. “I think it’s realistic,” he said Monday in Orlando, Fla. “What’s hard to predict is what’s on the receiving end. We will pay close attention to it.” The Broncos need a quarterback, and with four potentially getting drafted in the top five, Denver might have to get aggressive and move up to acquire one. Minnesota currently has picks No. 11 and No. 23, meaning it has the assets to make…

Metro Denver’s track record for listing homes at the correct price is so bad that an Austin-based real estate technology firm called True Footage is using it as the proving ground for GlassHouse, a new digital platform for buying and selling real estate. A common problem in the real estate industry is that sellers have an overinflated sense of what their homes are worth, said John Liss, the founder and CEO of True Footage, which is launching GlassHouse next week in Denver, the first step in a larger rollout. “Everybody thinks their house is the nicest one on the block…

The easiest bet to win is that gambling will assault the senses at sporting events and in broadcasts. Take -170 on it. Odds are you know that Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter is being investigated by the NBA after questions surfaced following his early exits from games on Jan. 26 and March 20 because of an illness and eye injury, respectively. There were betting irregularities in each game, and Draft Kings reported massive losses on Porter prop bets for 3-pointers. He has remained listed as “out for personal reasons” since the ESPN story broke. It intersects locally because his older…