John Aguilar
The Denver Post
Denver, CO, United States
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Pickleball is booming in Colorado. One city isn’t so sure it likes the sound.
A Centennial spokeswoman told The Denver Post this week that the city has no regulations in place specific to pickleball but is looking to avoid the fights over noise impacts that have become widespread. → Read More
Colorado’s largest battery factory is officially set for a Brighton location
Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade announced Amprius Technologies Inc. has signed a letter of intent for a 775,000-square-foot facility in Brighton. → Read More
Colorado landlords say eviction-protection proposal could make dropping problem renters too hard
Colorado Democrats advanced a bill that would give tenants better eviction protections, amid a broader affordable housing push in the Capitol in Denver to reinforce tenant rights. → Read More
“Smart” sensors on I-25 promise “really significant” traffic improvements, pilot study shows
Denver I-25 traffic should improve as CDOT rolls out "smart" ramp metering, according to officials. → Read More
Small Colorado town’s residents try novel tactic to fight state’s next Topgolf location
Timnath residents are gathering signatures for a ballot measure that would ban fences that exceed 65 feet in height -- a direct shot at the ball-catching netting Topgolf installs at its locations. → Read More
Why did meth contamination shut down so many libraries in Denver suburbs?
Libraries in Denver suburbs and the city of Boulder have undergone extended closures after meth users lit up in bathrooms, leaving a toxic residue that's costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean. → Read More
Sex on the wrong side of I-25: Colorado city sues swingers club, alleging zoning violation
The city of Centennial filed a lawsuit against the owner of The Office, a sex club that the city says is operating in a part of Centennial that does not permit sexually oriented businesses. → Read More
Colorado’s population growth hit a wall. Here’s what to expect in the coming decades
For a state used to growing at a torrid pace for decades, the past two years were tantamount to Colorado crashing headlong into a demographic brick wall. → Read More
Golden’s workers can’t afford to live there but first-ever homeownership project offers hope
Who can afford to live in Golden? It's a question city officials have been wrestling with for some time. On Tuesday night, Golden City Council took a small but hopeful step toward standing up the kind of home that a cop, a teacher or a firefighter can call their own. → Read More
Need your pet rescued in the midst of a disaster? There’s an app for that
Marshall fire victim and animal rights activist Dave Crawford spent a year creating an animal rescue app → Read More
Need your pet rescued in the midst of a Colorado firestorm? There’s an app for that
Marshall fire victim and animal rights activist Dave Crawford spent a year creating an animal rescue app → Read More
Standley Lake heads toward fifth summer with a firm no to powerboats
It doesn’t look like powerboats will be allowed to launch any time soon on the 1,063-acre reservoir in Westminster, a source of drinking water for 350,000 people in metro Denver. → Read More
High-speed fiber booming in Colorado as voters continue to blow up limits on municipal broadband
Since Glenwood Springs first lifted the municipal broadband restriction, hundreds of miles of new fiber-optic lines have been installed throughout Colorado, from tiny Wray to even smaller Mountain Village — and dozens of communities in between. → Read More
Suncor’s Commerce City oil refinery to close for months after extreme cold damaged equipment
The Suncor Energy oil refinery will close and remain shut down for the next several months after equipment at the sprawling plant in Commerce City was damaged by last week's record cold temperatures. → Read More
As Tri-County Health dissolves after 75 years, three new county health departments launch
At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, an institution that has provided public health services to millions in the metro area since Harry Truman occupied the White House will fizzle and fade to black. → Read More
“Brutal”: Increased plane noise has those living around Centennial Airport begging FAA for relief
Residents living north of Centennial Airport say that noise from flight school prop planes circling overhead has become unbearable following a decision by the Federal Aviation Administration to adjust traffic patterns in response to a mid-air collision between two planes over Cherry Creek reservoir last year. → Read More
In test of Colorado’s term limit laws, supreme court says Thornton mayor can run again
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the six years Thornton Mayor Jan Kulmann served as a city councilwoman do not count towards her tenure as mayor of the city. → Read More
Another Colorado county considers “300-year rule” for water supply as population booms
Arapahoe County may triple the amount of water developers will be made to bring to any new subdivision they build, as a historic drought continues to grip the region and demographers project the county's population to surge to more than 800,000 by 2050. → Read More
Arapahoe County to build homes for “justice-involved” homeless population to keep them off the street, out of jail
Arapahoe County is ready to focus on helping a subset of the homeless population that is often the hardest to house -- those who regularly get into trouble with the law and find themselves in and out of jail. → Read More
Bill that would expand rights for undocumented farm laborers gets boost from Colorado ag worker
Lulu Guerrero wakes up at her home in Wiggins, sometimes as early as 3 a.m., to get out to the farm fields that spread across Weld County in every direction and start her days planting and harvesting watermelons, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers and pumpkins. → Read More