Last week, Denver’s contemporary art museum announced it was cutting four staff positions. The story continues this week, with another staffer gone.

As a show at Pirate: Contemporary Art pays tribute to artist Dale Chisman, his estate continues to seek answers concerning payment and sales, as his gallery responds to a legal challenge.

RTD intends to issue up to $1 billion in tax-exempt bonds that would be used by private contractors to help build the FasTracks lines to Denver International Airport and Arvada-Wheat Ridge. Because these would be Private Activity Bonds, issued on behalf of a private party for construction of a qualifying transportation project, they would not count against RTD’s $3.7 billion TABOR cap on FasTracks sales tax revenue bonds, which voters approved in November 2004.

Nor would RTD or the taxpayers be on the hook for ultimate repayment.
It’s all part of RTD’s hunt for a way out of the financial bind preventing it from completing FasTracks the way it was promised to voters. RTD is currently about $2.2 billion short of the $6.9 billion it needs to finish it all by 2017.

Avalanche coach Tony Granato on Wednesday said Joe Sakic, who’s recovering from back surgery and an injured hand, could be back on the ice “in the next few days.”

March Madness tips off Thursday, and for some of you, filling out the NCAA Tournament pool bracket is more important than balancing your checkbook. That might be a sad commentary on life, but it’s not going to prevent me from offering some pointers on how to win your office pool.

Newspaper company Gannett has delayed the planned closure of the Tucson Citizen while it negotiates with two potential buyers for the paper.

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To help celebrate its 20th anniversary, Denver caterer Gourmet to Go is offering a bailout plan to local businesses in need of noontime sustenance.

The Gazette in Colorado Springs reports that a woman was pumping gas when a pickup truck hit the pumps, igniting a fire that engulfed her minivan. Witnesses say the victim was pinned between a pump and her vehicle and was burned to death when the pump exploded.