Recalibration underway: Unsold homes in metro Denver top 14,000 in June

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 7/3 10:01A Aldo Svaldi

Home sellers in metro Denver pulled back in June, but not enough to keep the inventory of unsold properties from crossing the 14,000 mark, according to a monthly update from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. At the current pace of sales,...

Trump administration withholds $70 million in K-12 school funding from Colorado

The Dever Post (Douglas County) 7/2 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Colorado s K-12 districts could lose as much as $70 million in funding for the 2025-26 academic year after the Trump administration withheld $6.8 billion in education money that school systems nationwide expected to receive Tuesday. The money...

Colorado school districts brace for K-12 budget crunch by not filling jobs, offering smaller raises

The Dever Post 6/29 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Colorado K-12 school districts are tightening their belts this summer amid growing financial uncertainty at both the state and federal levels. Two metro Denver districts have announced layoffs so far this year, and others have already eliminated...

Colorado man who received nearly $5 million in COVID-19 relief charged with fraud

The Dever Post 5/29 2:00A Katie Langford

A former Cherry Hills Village resident who received nearly $5 million in federal funds for COVID-19 relief was charged with wire fraud and money laundering related to those programs. Joseph Ronald Trenkle, 54, received $1.8 million in Small...

High school psychologist arrested in Colorado, accused of sexual assault

CBS Denver (News) 5/14 7:04A Jennifer McRae

A psychologist at Green Mountain High School has been arrested in Colorado and accused of sexual assault. Lakewood police arrested James Michael Chevrier on Tuesday night. According to investigators,...

Mikaela Shiffrin joins Denver NWSL’s ownership group

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 5/6 6:00A Kyle Newman

One of the most accomplished female athletes in Colorado history is buying into the state s National Women s Soccer League future. Denver NWSL announced Tuesday morning that Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated alpine skier of all time, joined...

Renovated Mediterranean-style Cherry Hills mansion lists at $6M

The Denver Post (Business) 4/20 2:00A Sara B. Hansen

When Marie Logsden and Matt Buckstein purchased a home in Cherry Hills Village, they knew that the 8,300-square-foot mansion was in disrepair and required extensive work. But the now newlyweds were confident that they could restore the...

Exclusion or extortion? $132M downtown tower sale leads to dueling lawsuits

The Denver Post (Business) 4/16 11:00A Thomas Gounley

In late February, downtown Denver’s 17th Street Plaza was sold to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds, a Dallas-based private equity firm. Now, in a pair of dueling lawsuits, a Florida-based real estate giant says it was cut out of the deal. And Lone...

Homebuilder, energy company launch geothermal project in metro Denver

The Dever Post (Douglas County) 4/3 7:08A Judith Kohler

Homebuilder  Lennar is partnering with Dandelion Energy in metro Denver on what the companies say will be one of the country s largest residential deployments of geothermal heating and cooling....

Metro Denver housing market remains in holding pattern 5 years after COVID-19 shock

The Denver Post (Business) 4/3 3:53A Aldo Svaldi

March marked the fifth anniversary since COVID-19 rocked the globe, and despite initial expectations of a pandemic slump, metro Denver s housing market roared higher for two years and has managed to camp out on an elevated plateau the past three...

Vail Resorts cutting 64 human resources positions in Broomfield

The Denver Post (Business) 4/2 9:04A Aldo Svaldi

Vail Resorts informed the state on Wednesday that it plans to cut 64 jobs at its HR Shared Services unit in Broomfield the latest step in a larger streamlining effort announced last fall. The entire operating unit will be closed, and the closure...

Stem Ciders sells Lafayette property for $12M

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 4/2 2:00A Max Scheinblum

Stem Ciders is pruning its real estate holdings. The beverage company, founded in 2013 by Eric Foster and Phil Kao, sold Lafayette land at 1380 Horizon Ave. to developer Tebo Properties for $12.2 million early last month, according to Boulder...

Ex-Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman buys building for return to bookselling

The Denver Post (Business) 3/29 2:00A Matthew Geiger

Former Tattered Cover co-owner and CEO Kwame Spearman is turning the page in his bookselling career. “Hopefully, second time will be a little bit more of a charm,” Spearman said. The 41-year-old plans to open a bookstore with “soul and substance”...

Dealin’ Doug selling former Broncos’ mansion in Cherry Hills Village for $7.7 million

The Denver Post (Business) 3/28 11:00A Sara B. Hansen

Dealin’ Doug Moreland is ready to make a deal on a Cherry Hills Village mansion. Moreland, best known for owning car dealerships, is selling a home on Mockingbird Lane for $7.7 million. Zillow estimates the mansion’s worth at $8.8 million....

Gun found in Colorado elementary school student's backpack; lockdown lifted

CBS Denver (News) 3/28 10:01A Michael Abeyta

It was a scary morning for some parents and students when staff at Arrowhead Elementary School in Aurora found a loaded gun in a student's backpack. The Aurora Police Department said the student was contacted after they received a report of a...