After Sierra Leone Mudslide, Nation Prepares For Mass Funerals

When Larry Lantero decided to build a new home in Steamboat Springs, he knew he didn’t want a design that used the modern mountain architectural style. Instead, the vice president of Abbott Construction, a West Coast-based company that builds homes, schools and health care facilities, wanted to do something more retro for his passion project. Lantero, who earned his civil engineering degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and who has family living in Colorado, also wanted to build using beetle-kill pine. “I’m an avid outdoors person, and it’s always bothered me to see giant chunks of forest dead,” he said. He and his wife considered relocating their family from California during the pandemic.

In mid-September, former President Donald Trump said he planned to visit Aurora “in the next two weeks” as he stoked a national firestorm about immigration and an alleged Venezuelan gang takeover in the city. On Monday — 12 days after those rally comments — there didn’t appear to be any plans developing for the Republican presidential candidate to visit Colorado’s third-largest city.

Plans to build at least 300 units of affordable housing on vacant land a short walk or roll away from the 40th and Colorado Boulevard rail station in northeast Denver are back on track after City Council members paused a rezoning application for the project two weeks ago. Following that delay, council members voted 10 to 2 on Monday night to rezone the 14-acre property located at the northeast corner of East 40th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.

This year has seen an uptick in turf-related projects along the Front Range and elsewhere in Colorado. From putting in native and water-thrifty plants or replacing lawn turf with more drought-tolerant grass varieties or replacing the lawn with clover, there are options to consider, depending on the desired outcome. For dead lawn areas due to pet or pest damage, watering issues or fungus, overseeding with a similar and more drought-tolerant grass seed is the least expensive and less strenuous way to bring a positive lawn result.

RTD Anniversary party RTD light rail train arrives at the Belleview Station station in Denver Friday, June 14, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post) All aboard! RTD sent its first light rail train down the tracks 30 years ago from Interstate 25 at Broadway to 30th and Downing. As a thank you to the community, the agency is hosting an anniversary party on Oct.

Fall marks a big change to the agricultural growing season, but before you give in to the gourds, celebrate Colorado’s rich soils that produce seemingly endless varieties of apples. Lucky for locals, several festivals do just that. Here are three fall events from the Front Range to the Western Slope where you can indulge in locally-made cider and more apple-tastic fun. Cedaredge Applefest Date: Oct.