Justin Wingerter

Bales of crushed aluminum cans are stacked high as Alberto Hortez keeps things tidy at Waste Managements northDenver recycling center. Volume has risen since the city instituted a system that makes recycling easier for residents.

Waste Management threatened with eviction from Denver recycling facility

July 30, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

While it waits for a new $100 million sorting facility to be built in Aurora, Waste Management claims it is being wrongfully evicted from its current Denver recycling facility.

Investors say Aspen jewelry CEO stole millions meant for diamonds

July 22, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

The lawsuit is the latest fallout from a financial scandal involving Lugano Diamonds, which has a store in Aspen, and its founder Moti Ferder.

a BMO bank sign on the side of a building

Bank says local IT exec stole millions through phony loans

July 19, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

BMO claims that at least 16 loans worth $2.1 million were 鈥渨holly fraudulent鈥� and it suspects an additional 30 (totaling $4.6 million) were too.

Little Bear Saloon is located in downtown Evergreen. (Google Street View)

Owners鈥� dustup turns to legal duel at Little Bear Saloon in Evergreen

June 25, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Less than two years after it was sold to a trio of business partners, the decades-old Little Bear Saloon in Evergreen is reportedly failing to pay its landlord, vendors and...

Phony Denver crypto school robbed Florida man of $860K, he says

June 21, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Brian Firestone of Florida claims that a fraudulent online trading school in downtown Denver has partnered with a fake cryptocurrency exchange in Cherry Creek to rob him.

FILE – A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Law firm in Belcaro sues Google to get one-star review removed

June 19, 2025 at 12:29 p.m.

There are nearly 500 Google reviews for Galperin & Associates, but one stands out.

Denver-based Freebird will be opening in Cherry Creek North in February.

Bootseller closes Cherry Creek HQ, 14 stores during 鈥榮evere liquidity crisis鈥�

June 17, 2025 at 6:24 a.m.

The Denver-based bootseller Freebird has left its corporate headquarters in Cherry Creek, laid off staff, and is closing at least 14 of its 20 stores while it works to find...

Vinyl Me, Please鈥檚 new CEO Nick Alt and President Emily Muhoberac. VNYL Inc., a St. Louis company that owns similar subscription services,聽announced Tuesday聽that it had acquired Vinyl Me, Please on May 27 for an undisclosed price.(Courtesy of VNYL Inc.)

Denver’s Vinyl Me, Please sold as it sues execs for starting RiNo plant

June 4, 2025 at 5:24 p.m.

St. Louis-based VNYL Inc. purchased Vinyl Me, Please for an undisclosed price

A 7 Brew location in Hinesville, Georgia. A 575-square-foot 7 Brew Coffee kiosk is proposed in Aurora. (7 Brew, Instagram)

Is a coffee kiosk a restaurant? In Aurora, a judge must decide

June 4, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Opponents say the proposed 7 Brew location violates the subdivision's governing documents not allowing restaurants.

Steve Bachar, 57, eyes the crowd during his sentencing hearing in Denver District Court on Friday, March 10, 2023. (Photo by Justin Wingerter/BusinessDen)

Steve Bachar鈥檚 family sues Colorado prison nurses they blame for his death

May 29, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Steve Bachar, 58, was pronounced dead at 7:50 a.m. March 15 after he became unresponsive in his cell and could not be resuscitated, according to the coroner鈥檚 office.

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