The Denver district attorney has launched an investigation into how a spreadsheet of voting system passwords ended up on the Colorado secretary of state’s website earlier this year. The DA’s office on Monday would not divulge any additional details of the probe beyond confirming an open investigation. On Oct. 29, Secretary of State Jena Griswold … Read more
Colorado has voted for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump in the presidential race, giving the state’s 10 electoral votes to the Democratic vice president, the Associated Press projected Tuesday night. As of 8:09 p.m., when AP made its call, Harris led with about 56% of the vote to 42% for Trump in Colorado as counting … Read more
Carrie Olson remembers the first time she was told Denver Public Schools would need to close schools because fewer babies were being born. She had only been on the Board of Education for a year or two when the state demographer predicted the difficult decision that Olson — first elected in 2017 — and her … Read more
There are certain foods that have the power to stop me when I roll by them at the grocery store, even if they’re not on my shopping list. One of them is paneer, the firm, fresh Indian cheese. I picked it up last week and knew immediately that I’d use it in mattar paneer, with … Read more
Sports Column is out. The bar at 1930 Blake St., which opened in 1995, closed at the end of September. It had been a popular spot during baseball season because of its proximity to Coors Field, which debuted that same year. “As Downtown Denver began to grow and change, Sports Column struggled to remain relevant … Read more
Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, centered on suburban Jefferson County, hasn’t had a Republican in the seat since Bob Beauprez left Congress nearly 20 years ago. But Sergei Matveyuk, an antiques repairman from Golden and the GOP contender for the seat in the Nov. 5 election, urges voters not to count him out in his battle … Read more
After 95 years solo, one of the Denver region’s oldest donut shops is adding a second location. Tasty Donuts, which opened in what is now Commerce City in 1929, has leased 1,600 square feet in the South Lowry Marketplace shopping center at 7150 Leetsdale Drive in Denver. “This place is going to be a good … Read more
Aurora Mayor Pro Tem Dustin Zvonek is resigning from the City Council at the end of October, one year before the end of his term. Zvonek announced his resignation during an Aurora council meeting Monday and did not go into detail about why he was leaving. “Sometimes in life, you get thrown a curveball, or … Read more
Bruised by Denverites’ post-pandemic reluctance to return to offices, Ink Coffee has gone from a 16-location success story with $5 million in annual revenue to a bankrupt company of four cafes that could soon be sold for $300,000 — a price some see as “artificial.” “The COVID-19 pandemic turned off its business like a light … Read more
Growing up in Southern Thailand, Nok Suntaranon spent most days after school helping her mother sell homemade curry pastes in the local market. Dealing with customers. Pushing the heavy cart with her two brothers. Staining her fingers yellow as she peeled turmeric root by the kilo, enough for the 110 pounds of curry paste her … Read more
