Verboten Brewing opens second location in Fort Collins

A new brewery with a familiar name is now open in Fort Collins. This week, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project debuted its second location at 1611 S. College Ave., in the space formerly home to Black Bottle Brewery. It will host a grand opening the weekend of May 3, said co-owner Josh Grenz. Verboten took … Read more

Boebert, Trump Jr. appear together at Loveland campaign event – The Denver Post

Lauren Boebert, a devotee of the Make America Great Again movement and a strong supporter of Donald Trump, shared a campaign stage with Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. in Loveland Thursday as the GOP primary election for the 4th Congressional District draws near. Lauren Boebert speaks during a campaign event in Loveland at Rez.Church on … Read more

Colorado lawmakers revive affordable housing right of first refusal

Nine years ago, one of Silverthorne’s few income-restricted housing properties was sold to a private firm. The sale — at a price that was double the property’s assessed value — raised worries in the high-cost mountain community that the new owner of the Blue River Apartments might lift rent caps that had kept its 78 … Read more

Gov. Jared Polis signs bill barring most occupancy limits in cities

Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law Monday that officially eliminates most restrictions on how many unrelated roommates can live together in Colorado. House Bill 1007 prohibits local governments from enacting occupancy limits, which Polis and other critics of the policy have derided as discriminatory and outdated. Roughly two dozen Colorado cities have such … Read more

Lawmakers poised to ban occupancy limits in Colorado cities

Colorado lawmakers are poised to ban occupancy limits in cities and towns across the state, clearing the way for more roommates to live together as part of Democrats’ push to reform local zoning regulations and address the state’s housing crisis. Roughly two dozen cities and towns in Colorado have the type of occupancy limits that … Read more

New Belgium debuts pizza-flavored IPA collab with Tombstone

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie it’s the inspiration for a new beer collaboration. That’s according to Fort Collins-based New Belgium Brewing Co. (now owned by Kirin), which recently teamed up with the Tombstone frozen pizza company on a new IPA. In this case, though, the acronym stands for “I(Pizza)A.” … Read more

Westminster’s housing crisis faces local opposition, state demands

Jodi Lovejoy can look out the window of her Westminster apartment and see the mountains of the Front Range. She can track the rolling clouds and watch the weather change over the peaks, something she used to do with her children. The neighborhood is quiet, dotted by mature trees. She doesn’t own the two bedrooms … Read more

Colorado bourbon named best in the U.S. (outside of Kentucky)

Coloradans looking for excellent whiskey don’t need to look far. That’s according to the judges at the Whisky Magazine Awards, who recently honored several local distilleries in its nationwide competition. Laws Whiskey House’s Four Grain Bourbon Cask Strength was named the best single-barrel bourbon (non-Kentucky) at the 2024 Whisky Magazine Awards.(Provided by Laws Whiskey House) … Read more

Yelp’s top 100 most romantic Colorado restaurants

If you’re looking for a local eatery serving up romantic vibes this Valentine’s Day, Yelp has a few suggestions. The restaurant discovery and review platform recently released its list of the most romantic dining destinations in the U.S., which features 100 establishments including three in Denver and one in Fort Collins. Yelp scoured customer reviews … Read more

This is the worst day to drive for the holiday break

FILE: Gridlocked traffic on I-80 near the Appian Way on-ramp in October 2019. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Transportation data company Inrix released its annual forecast with AAA for the year-end holiday travel period between Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, and Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. The 10-day period is expected to see nearly 104 … Read more