Gallery's Developers Say Rebirth Delayed Until At Least 2018

Southwest Airlines has recruited Denver sport mascots Dinger, Rocky and Bernie to help with a new marketing campaign that highlights what the carrier touts as flexible policies on baggage, change and cancellation fees and reward points. The Dallas-based airline kicked off a national  publicity push called “The Big Flex” last week and unveiled ads and signs Monday in Denver.

Direct democracy is like two wolves and a cow voting on what’s for dinner. By contrast, a republic system with representative democracy provides minority interests some protection from the will of the majority. Now that a sixth cow has been the dinner choice of wolves reintroduced last December, Coloradans need to rethink their choice to bring back these predators and the initiative system that produced this ill-considered law. Don’t blame wolves for preferring to hunt slow calf over swift deer.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested two caregivers of a disabled Jefferson County woman Wednesday on suspicion of crimes related to her death, officials said Thursday. When first responders found 58-year-old Sheryl Seitz, she was lying on an air mattress in an Arvada garage, covered in filth and maggots, according to a Thursday news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies arrested Seitz’s son and his girlfriend Wednesday on suspicion of crimes against an at-risk person resulting in death as well as crimes against an at-risk person resulting in serious injury.

When Nicholas Kayser was given the choice to either close his West Highland restaurant or rebrand it, he decided to be fiscally responsible. “Rebranding isn’t free,” the Rooted Craft American Kitchen co-owner said. “A sign alone costs $20,000.” Rooted Craft American Kitchen, located at 3940 W. 32nd Ave., held its last day of service on April 28.

The Colorado legislature has expanded its floor calendars and plans fast agendas as it works to pass legislation on housing, gun regulation, transportation, taxes and other priorities ahead of the end of the 2024 session next week. Here are updates on major action and key developments. This story will be updated throughout the day. Updated at 11:25 a.m.: A bill to require written policy and training for the use of prone restraint will go to the governor after passing the Senate Thursday morning. The original version of House Bill 1372 would have outlawed the use of prone restraint except when deadly force would be justified.

Timed-entry reservations to enter Rocky Mountain National Park went on sale this week for the last eight days of May and the month of June. The reservation requirement goes into effect the Friday before Memorial Day. Reservations are made through recreation.gov. The cost is $2 and is separate from the cost of entry.