Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Wrestles With Bias Amid Post-arpaio Overhaul

When the Broncos defense has needed a big play this season, more often than not somebody has made one. RELATED: Broncos DL Zach Allen snubbed in Pro Bowl selection Nobody’s made more than cornerback Pat Surtain II and outside linebacker Nik Bonitto. Thursday morning, that pair was recognized when they were named AFC Pro Bowl starters.

8212; The FBI now says the New Orleans truck attacker acted alone in an “act of terrorism” when he drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers early Wednesday, killing 14 people. The driver had posted videos on social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill, President Joe Biden said. The FBI identified the driver as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar. Officials have not yet released the names of the people killed in the attack, but their families and friends have started sharing their stories.

City planning officials quietly released an unusual edict this fall that has loud implications for the future of several long-overlooked west Denver neighborhoods. Denver’s Community Planning and Development announced that until further notice, its staff would not recommend approval for any rezoning applications in six neighborhoods if they sought to allow developers to build higher-density projects, like row homes, on single-family home properties. City officials saw that Oct.

Facing a massive budget deficit and a workforce that is decreasingly bound by state lines, Gov. Jared Polis has pitched a solution that’s been raised twice in recent memory at the Colorado Capitol: spinning off the state’s stake in Pinnacol Assurance. Privatizing the quasi-governmental insurance company would mean pulling the state out of the workers’ compensation game, while raising serious one-time money to help plug the budget — an idea that Polis hasn’t yet sold lawmakers on. Pinnacol serves as the workers’ compensation insurer of last resort for the state, ensuring that high-risk industries, such as roofing, can meet the legal requirement for coverage.

There’s plenty in store for the Front Range concert scene in 2025, from a jam-packed Red Rocks Amphitheatre calendar to higher ticket prices and massive tours at Colorado’s biggest venues. Here’s a handy preview. Higher ticket prices The average ticket price is expected to rise again in 2025, with promoters blaming ballooning costs on unprecedented demand.

La Paloma’s Nina Simone tribute Thursday. If you’re hankering for more than the occasional Nina Simone cover, immerse yourself in the legendary jazz singer’s work with Dazzle’s Thursday, Jan 2, Nina Simone tribute. Singer and multi-instrumentalist La Paloma presents a musical homage that spans Simone’s discography and her work as an “activist, an artist (and) a dreamer,” Paloma wrote. The all-ages show, which starts at 6:30 p.m., takes place at Dazzle Jazz at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1080 14th St.