Dallas Heltzell, BizWest
Reporter, BizWestWith BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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More leeway for enforcement of a ban on unauthorized camping within Loveland got a boost Tuesday night when the City Council gave first-reading approval to an update to an ordinance it originally passed nearly three years ago. However, the council also gave an initial nod to the $2.85 million purchase of a building on the city’s north side that could shelter homeless people. -
A New York-based company that builds artificial-intelligence data centers has acquired the dormant, 438-acre Carestream Health Inc. property in unincorporated Weld County. -
Voters in Greeley likely will get to decide Feb. 24 whether to repeal city-approved planned-unit development zoning for the Cascadia and Catalyst projects. -
City councils in Loveland and Fort Collins voted last week to approve an intergovernmental agreement to immediately dissolve the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission. It's a step toward creating a governing authority for the airport that is owned by both cities. -
AGC Biologics plans to lay off nearly 300 workers in Boulder County as the contract pharmaceutical manufacturer attempts to sell its factories in Longmont and Boulder. -
Four Greeley residents on Friday challenged the legality of a citizen-initiated petition that could derail the city’s financing plan for a $1.1 billion entertainment district on the city’s western edge. -
Windsor’s troubled Future Legends Sports Complex faces yet another challenge, with a lender filing for foreclosure against the property on July 18. -
The League of Women Voters Greeley Chapter endorsed a petition that's been circulating to invalidate the present funding agreement the City Council has unveiled. KUNC's Desmond O'Boyle spoke about the issue with Biz West Editor and Publisher, Chris Wood.
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Future Legends Sports Complex will remain shut down because of safety concerns. District Court judge Kimberly Schutt ruled that, “based upon all of the evidence before the Court at this juncture, that the Town has met its burden of proving, through clear evidence, that grounds exist … for the Court to issue a preliminary injunction” to keep the complex closed until its owners satisfy a list of safety issues. -
A group hoping that voters will repeal the Greeley City Council’s approval of the complex financing plan for a $1.1 billion sports and entertainment project on the city’s western edge has won approval of its petition form from the city clerk’s office and began collecting signatures of registered voters over the weekend.
