Environment

New apartments at edge of Lakewood’s Belmar Park win planning OK after long-running controversy

The Lakewood Planning Commission has approved a proposed apartment building at the edge of Belmar Park that spurred a yearslong debate, a lawsuit and changes to the city's land-use code.

The closed Irongate building, pictured in December 2023, at 777 S. Yarrow St. next to Lakewood's Belmar Park has started to undergo demolition. The Lakewood Planning Commission on Wednesday night approved a major site plan for a 411-unit apartment building at the site. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

FILE – Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Oct. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West

The Suncor refinery in Commerce City on Feb. 5, 2024. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Denver rejects $25 million asphalt contract with Suncor because of refinery’s pollution

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$Sakhawat Hussain, Ann Hussain, Sally Engen and Jason Ephraim, who are concerned about fracking planned nearby, talk about the issue at the Lakehouse at Southshore overlooking the Aurora Reservoir in Aurora on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)$

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A bird flies through thick wildfire smoke that collects above Lake Catamount in Steamboat Springs, Colorado on Monday, July 22, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)

Body found underwater at Steamboat Lake State Park

Rangers believe the person drowned in Steamboat Lake State Park, but said the Routt County Coroner's Office will identify the victim and release the official cause of death at a later date.

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Native plants in a Fort Collins yard. (Provided by Wild Ones)

Gardening: Turn to Coloradoscaping with native plants, less water

Changing our gardening practices may be one of the most impactful ways we can aid the Earth.

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The Colorado State Capitol Building during the General Assembly's session on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Denver. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Colorado lawmakers may table attempted TABOR reckoning as labor union, hospital fights linger in final days

"We have a tremendous volume moving through both chambers -- a lot of big discussions and conversations still happening," Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie says.