Marshall Zelinger

2 weeks ago | 9news.com | Marshall Zelinger

DENVER — A Denver city councilman is proposing to split the city's two at-large council seats into separate races, citing concerns that the current system leads to wasted votes and voter confusion. Denver City Council is made up of 13 seats. Eleven of those seats are specific districts that represent about 65,000 people. The other two seats are elected citywide and cover the 700,000-plus Denver population.

2 weeks ago | 9news.com | Marshall Zelinger

DENVER — What does $100,000 buy you when studying how to rebrand 16th Street Mall? A giant eraser. Denver's 16th Street Mall has officially been rebranded as simply "16th Street." Mayor Mike Johnston announced the name change on Tuesday. The downtown stretch of retail, food, office and housing is still under construction until fall, but the celebration of two years’ worth of work has begun. "We will now describe this great jewel in Denver as 16th Street," Johnston said.

2 weeks ago | 9news.com | Marshall Zelinger

AURORA, Colo. — The Beck Recreation Center in northeast Aurora is set to close due to structural issues, but federal safety regulations will prevent the city from rebuilding it at its current location because it sits within a designated aircraft accident potential zone for Buckley Space Force Base. The accident potential zone (APZ) is a safety boundary that restricts development around Buckley's runways to minimize risk in the event of an aircraft crash.

3 weeks ago | 9news.com | Marshall Zelinger

DENVER — There is no election coming up, and President Donald Trump cannot run again anyway, so why is there a pro-Trump political ad airing on Denver TV? The pro-Trump nonprofit Securing American Greatness has spent between $400,000 and $500,000 to put the ad on Denver TV stations over two weeks. The group is a dark money political action committee that does not need to disclose who helped pay for the ad.

3 weeks ago | 9news.com | Marshall Zelinger

AURORA, Colo. — The only recreation center serving northeast Aurora is closing and will no longer have sweaty workouts for the second time in the building’s history. The previous tenant, a singles swingers club, closed soon after it opened in the late 1960s. Beck Recreation Center, which has served the community since 1973, will shut its doors following investigations that revealed severe water damage, roof deterioration and corrosion of structural steel members.