Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Good Morning! On this day in 1864, Black Hawk Point was incorporated as the City of Black Hawk, becoming the Colorado Territory’s second incorporated city after Denver. First established as a mining camp during the Pikes Peak gold rush, Black Hawk would later undergo a “second gold rush” in the 1990s when it legalized limited stakes gaming.

Baseball season is just around the corner, and this year the neighborhood around Coors Field could look a little different. Learn more in our Top Stories. Plus, if you’ve ever wondered how Coors Field ended up with a triceratops for a mascot, check out today’s Trivia.

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Supreme Court to Hear Conversion Therapy Case

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, the practice of trying to change a person’s sexual or gender identity through counseling.

The appeal was filed by conservative legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) on behalf of Kaley Chiles, a Christian therapist in Colorado Springs.

In its filing, ADF argued the law violates counselors’ free speech rights. Chiles says it impedes her ability to serve clients, many of whom are Christians seeking to resolve identity conflicts.

More than 23 states have similar laws, meaning the court’s ruling will likely have nationwide implications. Chiles’ case will be argued and decided in the court’s next term, which starts in October and ends in June 2026.

Ballpark GID Ambassadors Begin Patrols

A team of 18 ambassadors began patrolling the neighborhood around Coors Field as part of the newly established Ballpark General Improvement District (GID).

GIDs are publicly funded special districts established by an area’s stakeholders to improve security, maintenance, and infrastructure using a budget supported by property fees.

The Ballpark GID was established by special election in 2024. Its ambassadors, who include unarmed security specialists, will work to make the area safer, cleaner, and more welcoming.

The team will be active daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Ballpark expects a $1 million budget for the project in 2025, but hopes it will increase in the coming years.

Denver Chef to Host Cooking Show

A Denver chef and owner of the Italian restaurant Cattivella will soon have her own cooking show on the network Eat This TV.

Elise Wiggins, who self-describes as a “born-again Coloradan,” opened Cattivella in 2017 after more than 30 years in the industry. She also teaches cooking classes and briefly hosted a Rocky Mountain PBS Show in 2019.

Eat This TV reached out to Wiggins in January, eventually selecting her over several competing chefs after filming a pilot in New York.

Her new show, Cattivella Kitchen with Chef Elise Wiggins, will begin production in Denver on March 16, filming 12 episodes for a spring release date.

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➤ Arapahoe County: A woman who previously pleaded guilty to faking brain cancer to avoid prosecution in a false reporting case was sentenced to three years of probation on Friday. (See Details)

➤ Denver: Danit Ehrlich, a Denver nurse who went missing from a Missoula dog park over two weeks ago, was found dead in a Montana river on Sunday. (More)

➤ Grand Junction: A man was arrested on Friday for allegedly trying to use counterfeit money at a Red Robin and then attacking an employee with a metal pole. (More)

➤ I-25: Concrete work will begin near Fort Collins next Monday from Highway 14 to Owl Canyon Road, causing lane closures and reduced speed limits. (See Details)

➤ Summit County: The public is being asked to take a 15-minute survey as part of a project evaluating how to improve the county’s evacuation procedures. (See Details)

➤ Statewide: More than 40 human-caused avalanches were recorded in four days between March 6 and 9, with eight people caught in the slides. (More)

➤ Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon had to be removed from Sunday night’s 127-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder due to calf tightness. (More)

➤ The Denver Broncos have re-signed key defensive tackle DJ Jones to a three-year contract worth $39 million. (More)

➤ Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball will take on TCU in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament later today. Colorado defeated TCU in its final regular season game on Saturday. (More)

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➤ Cracker Barrel will open its fifth Colorado location in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood. It will be the first new Cracker Barrel in the state since 1997. (More)

➤ Tenants of the Cedar Run Apartments, a complex that was raided by immigration enforcement agents last month, have filed a lawsuit against the building’s landlords for allegedly unsafe conditions. (See Details)

➤ Arapahoe Basin announced that holders of next season’s Ikon Pass will have unlimited access to A-Basin. The pass will go on sale Thursday. (More)

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➤ Millions of monarch butterflies will migrate across Colorado this spring on their way to Canada. (How to Spot Them)

➤ A Fort Collins teacher was given the Milken Educator Award, also known as the “Oscar for Teaching,” along with a $25,000 check during a surprise assembly last Friday. (More)

➤ Two Colorado campgrounds, Silver Bell and Animas Forks, were included in a list of the 60 U.S. campsites with the best views by travel guide Matador Network. (More)

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