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Wayne McDonald Attorney Plans New Suit Over Michael Hancock Texts

Earlier this month, the lawyer for former City of Denver employee Wayne McDonald, who was paid $200,000 to settle a lawsuit four years after his 2012 firing, hinted that public statements made by Mayor Michael Hancock in his video apology for sending inappropriate texts to Detective Leslie Branch-Wise during the 2011-2012 period when she was on his security detail may have breached the agreement.
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Purgatory Cellars Makes Wine Using Ancient Croatian Traditions

In an inauspicious strip mall in Parker, Croatian winemaker Marko Copic is reviving the ancient practice of making wine in clay amphorae — and the results are exquisite. Purgatory Cellars (18921 Plaza Drive) makes thirty traditional and amphora-aged wines for consumption in its cozy Old World tasting room and for sale...
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The Rider Is an Astonishing Look at Modern-Day Cowboys

For the young cowboys at the heart of Zhao’s film, mounting a horse and galloping across a field represents more than just freedom — it becomes a communion with the past and the future, allowing these riders to imagine and inhabit their best selves
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Denver’s Chief Financial Officer Didn’t Know About $75K to Leslie Branch-Wise

In 2013, nearly five years before police detective Leslie Branch-Wise unveiled inappropriate texts sent to her by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, she received a $75,000 settlement from the city after making similar complaints about Wayne McDonald, a Hancock friend and employee fired over the matter. Now, a spokeswoman for Cary Kennedy says the former Colorado state treasurer, who's running for governor and handily won the recent Colorado Democratic caucus, didn't know anything about the payout even though she was serving as Hancock's deputy mayor and the city's chief financial officer at the time.
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Inside the C-470 Express Lanes Project Just Before Major Milestones

In the coming months, three of the largest Colorado highway construction efforts in recent memory are expected to get underway along the urban corridor: Central 70, I-25 North and I-25 South Gap. But another huge operation, the C-470 Express Lanes project, has been moving forward for months on 12.5 miles of roadway between Interstate 25 and Wadsworth Boulevard, and it's scheduled to reach some major milestones in the coming days.
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Denver Film Festival 2017 Roundup: Winning Molly’s Game

The 40th annual Denver Film Festival opened triumphantly on November 1 with the Colorado debut of Lady Bird, only to stumble as a result of the mediocre Big Night offering Submission and a handful of other high-profile misses. But the last full week of the fest, which concluded on Sunday night, November 12, succeeded more often than it failed.
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How Colorado’s Leaders Are Reacting to the Crisis at the Border

Outrage at the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant families at the border has reached a boiling point. While the policy has been widely condemned, the administration doesn't appear to be stopping it — but Colorado activists, politicians and immigrant rights groups have some ideas for how it could end.
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How to Become a Cannabis Advocate

Most people thought the fight was over when Colorado voters legalized commercial cannabis in 2012, but that victory really just started a series of smaller battles.