United unveils Denver airport’s first nonstop flight from DIA to Rome

United unveils Denver airport’s first nonstop flight from DIA to Rome

A new nonstop United Airlines flight from Denver International Airport will carry travelers 5,563 miles to Rome, the latest route to expand Colorado’s global connections. This seasonal flight starting May 1 marks the first nonstop flight scheduled between Denver and Rome. It will operate daily on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner through Sept. 24, United officials announced … Read more

TSA braces for 1 million holiday travelers

TSA braces for 1 million holiday travelers

More than 1 million travelers are expected to pass through a new configuration of security screening checkpoints at Denver International Airport from Dec. 19 through Jan. 1, Transportation Security Administration officials said Thursday. TSA supervisors also are anticipating a surge of items in baggage that agents will have to confiscate. They displayed a cache of … Read more

Denver restaurants serving dinner on Christmas

Denver restaurants serving dinner on Christmas

Denver-area restaurants are busy prepping festive dine-in options for Christmas meals. Eating out gives families and friends opportunities to come together and enjoy delicious feasts without the hassle of cooking. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, restaurants serve special holiday meal options, including seafood, prime rib, pozole, and spiral-cut ham. There’s something to delight every palate, … Read more

CBZ Management sues Colorado attorney general to quash subpoenas

CBZ Management sues Colorado attorney general to quash subpoenas

CBZ Management, the owner of several dilapidated apartment buildings in Denver and Aurora, has filed a lawsuit against the Colorado Attorney General’s Office aiming to quash investigative subpoenas that had sought records related to its ownership practices. The suit was filed Friday in Denver District Court by CBZ and several constituent companies that formally own … Read more

Immigration drives votes for Donald Trump, Kamala Harris in election

Immigration drives votes for Donald Trump, Kamala Harris in election

Cynthia Hawkins and Bill Christopher both depict themselves as moderates whose vote preferences this year are being steered, at least in part, by worries over immigration. But it’s not driving their votes the same way. Instead, their shared concerns about the sheer number of new arrivals to the country in recent years, along with the … Read more

Where to find housing on the ballot

Where to find housing on the ballot

Living in Colorado, for many, means spending a lot of time worrying about how to make the rent or the mortgage — or whether they’ll ever be able to buy a home. Housing costs have been on a long and sometimes sharp climb throughout the state. In Colorado Springs, home prices have risen 119% since … Read more

Abortion in presidential race and on Colorado ballot in the election

Abortion in presidential race and on Colorado ballot in the election

Abortion is a hot topic in the November election at multiple levels, but particularly on the Colorado ballot, which features Amendment 79 — a proposed change that would enshrine the state’s abortion protections in the state constitution. The fate of abortion access is currently determined by the states following the 2022 overturning of Roe v. … Read more

Gaylord Rockies rally schedule, tickets, protests

Gaylord Rockies rally schedule, tickets, protests

Donald Trump’s visit to Aurora on Friday for a sold-out rally will mark the first big public event by a major-party presidential candidate in Colorado this year — with Trump’s visit motivated more by the chance to amplify his rhetoric about migrants than to seize on any likely prospect of winning Colorado. His planned afternoon … Read more

Jared Polis signs property tax bill after ballot measures withdrawn

Jared Polis signs property tax bill after ballot measures withdrawn

Colorado’s grand bargain on property taxes concluded Wednesday as Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill that further cuts commercial and residential rates, while a conservative group withdrew two contentious initiatives from the November ballot. The legislature passed House Bill 1001 last week during its second property tax-focused special session in the past year. Polis called … Read more

Denver’s rising minimum wage squeezes restaurants, small businesses

Denver’s rising minimum wage squeezes restaurants, small businesses

Bobby Stuckey, the founder of the Front Range restaurant owner Frasca Hospitality Group, insists he’s a positive guy — but not when it comes to the impact Denver’s fast-increasing minimum wage is having on the industry he loves. As the local government mandate forces wage increases on an industry that already operates on thin margins, … Read more