On December 29, 2016, San Antonio mom Kelly Huber was killed and her two daughters, Ashley and Taylor, were seriously injured after a fall from a ski lift at the Granby Ranch ski area. A subsequent investigation determined that Huber’s death, one of fourteen at a Colorado ski resort during the 2016-17 season, was caused by what was deemed an “unprecedented” mechanical error involving the lift’s electronic drive. Now, William Huber, the girls’ father, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Granby Realty Holdings, the ski area’s owner, that reveals the most details to date about the tragic incident.

In our recent post headlined “Why KBPI May Not Be Rocking the Rockies at 106.7 FM for Much Longer,” we reported that while the venerable rock station was still accessible at the 106.7 FM frequency that it’s occupied for more than twenty years, its shift to 107.9 FM, designed to align the signals in Denver, Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, meant this could change soon. And it has: At 5 p.m. today, December 18, rock-loving listeners who tune in to the old dial spot will discover that the format has flipped to 106.7 The Bull, a new country outlet.

In “What Can Happen If You’re Black, Wear a Hoodie and Buy a Muffin in Aurora,” published in September, we told you about an American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado lawsuit filed on behalf of Omar Hassan, a man of Ethiopian descent who became an alleged victim of racial profiling when police ordered him to leave an Aurora coffee shop, apparently because of his appearance alone. Now, the ACLU is suing two different Aurora police officers for roughing up Dwight Crews, another African American, after he alerted to his pet cat slipping out his front door. And while the stories are separate, ACLU of Colorado legal director Mark Silverstein sees unfortunate similarities.

As we’ve reported, 2017 has been among the worst-ever years for climbing deaths in Colorado, with at least ten casualties on fourteeners in the state, and plenty of tragedies at other natural wonders, including the passing of Henry Gholz in Rocky Mountain National Park during late September. Now, another climbing fatality has occurred just weeks before year’s end in Fremont County, with the victim identified as Andrew Biebuyck, a Virginia geologist.

In 2016, as we reported, a jury acquitted Clarence Moses-EL of a 1987 rape for which he spent nearly three decades in prison. This verdict followed then-Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey’s decision to retry Moses-EL for the crime even after a judge had vacated his conviction the previous year in the wake of a confession by another man, LC Jackson. Now, Moses-EL is suing Morrissey, as well as the City and County of Denver and a slew of additional defendants, in federal court.

Last month, The Great Love Debate, which describes itself as “a nationally touring series of live Town Hall-style forums on love, dating and relationships,” declared Denver to be the worst city in America for dating. On December 13, the Debate returned to Denver for the first time since the news broke, and host Brian Howie says most bros at the sold-out Denver Improv show didn’t seem ashamed of this dubious achievement. According to him, their typical reaction was “Yeah, so?”

Local health officials say the rate of gonorrhea in Denver specifically and Colorado in general are rising at alarming rates and describe the need for testing, treatment and prevention efforts in regard to the sexually transmitted disease to be urgent.

“The sadness turns to anger,” says Andrea Feltman when talking about her son, nineteen-year-old Kyler Grabbingbear, who was unarmed when he was shot to death in Thornton by an Adams County deputy early on December 7. In conversation, she breaks down into tears on several occasions, overcome by a sense of loss even as she’s in the midst of planning her boy’s funeral services, scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 16, followed by a vigil at the scene where he died; get details below. But her voice is firm when referring to the actions of the deputy, whose identity has not been publicly released at this writing. “Kyler wasn’t shot,” she stresses. “He was slain. He was murdered.”

For more than twenty years, KBPI has been rocking the Rockies in general and Denver in particular at 106.7 FM. But change is afoot. The station is now being heard at 107.9 FM in Denver, as well as the same dial position in Fort Collins and Colorado Springs, and while it’s currently simulcasting on 106.7 FM, that might not be the case for much longer.

Marty Lenz, a Denver native and former Colorado State University footballer who worked at several metro-area stations before becoming a prominent media personality in San Francisco, has been named the new host of KOA’s signature program Colorado Morning News. He’ll succeed Steffan Tubbs, who was fired by KOA following his arrest last July on suspicion of domestic violence by telephone. That charge was subsequently dismissed and Tubbs says the station hinted that he might be able to return before shutting the door on that possibility a few weeks back.