Today's News

The Firehouse Animal Health Center has written off the option of building an indoor day-care or boarding kennel next to the new veterinary hospital at 12255 W. Bowles Ave., near Bowles and C-470.

“We are taking the boarding, grooming and day-care thing completely off the table,” said Greg Waldbaum, CEO of Firehouse Animal Centers, a Denver-based chain with five hospitals that was founded in October 2004.

A nearly two-year effort by the Jefferson County Public Library to split from the county and form its own district came to an end June 17 when the county commissioners voted 2-1 against the proposal.

"We're very, very disappointed," said Keith Grebe, chair of the Jefferson County Public Library's board of trustees. "We felt the case we presented was overwhelming in our favor." He said the commissioners had some misunderstandings, and the trustees and library staff will "get together and decide plan B."

I remember Michael McConnell, my constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago, opening a textbook with a picture of the members of the Supreme Court on the inside cover. “What’s wrong with this?” he asked.

At first blush, it makes sense that a book on the Constitution would have a picture of the highest judges in the land. But to McConnell, the photo represented a fundamental misunderstanding about the constitution: namely, only courts have the ability to read and interpret our greatest law.

The Exempla Family and Occupational Medicine clinic at The Peak Community and Wellness Center may be on its way out.

Yannick LeRolland, director of IT services for Foothills Park & Recreation District, said a deal may be in the works to let Exempla vacate the space it occupies in The Peak in exchange for forgiveness of nearly $50,000 Foothills owes Exempla.