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Last Updated: Jun. 12, 2018 · 7:40 p.m.

2065 S. Cherokee Street. Jan. 25, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Developers give details on eight-floor tower, three-block rezoning in Overland

A development company has released new details of its plan to build an eight-floor tower, by far the tallest in the area, in an industrial stretch of the Overland neighborhood near a rail station.

An AR-15 at Hammer Down Firearms in Wheat Ridge. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver just became one of the first cities to ban bump stocks for guns

A display case of pistols at Hammer Down Firearms in Wheat Ridge. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Bump stocks are nearly banned in Denver, but higher-capacity magazines are a sticking point

The Denver City Council moved toward one of the first city-level bans on "bump stocks," the devices that can make a rifle fire at nearly automatic speeds.

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Denver City Councilman Rafael Espinoza at a meeting. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver moves closer to one of the first city bump-stock bans

Denver on Wednesday moved closer to banning bump stocks, the devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to work more like rapid-fire fully automatics.

Denver City Councilman Rafael Espinoza at a meeting. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Should Denver expand its gun control laws? One councilman will push for it.

The Madness at Main stage festival in 2009, which has no relation to the event proposed for Denver or Westminster. (Exit Photo Team/Wikimedia Commons)

New details: Overland music festival could pay Denver millions

Under the current proposal, Superfly would lock down Overland for its music festival for five years, starting in 2018.

A preliminary diagram of a music festival proposed for Overland Music Festival, which would be modified based on community feedback. (AEG, Brungardt Enterprises)

Overland Golf Course music festival: The layout, the stages, the complaints and more

A rendering of the townhomes planned for 2190 S. Delaware St. (Courtesy of Cazna Development)

Townhomes underway in east Overland mark neighborhood’s shift from industrial to residential

Denver-based Cazna Property Development is the latest developer taking advantage of east Overland going from industrial to residential.

John Johnston's miniature and finely detailed version of Nirvana. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver music festival: Two big names consider huge event for Overland Park Golf Course

What kind of music festival plays on a golf course? We may find out soon enough.