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

6 restaurants in Yelp’s Top 100

6 restaurants in Yelp’s Top 100

Denver has six of the best Chinese food restaurants in the country, according to Yelp, which released a list of its reviewers’ 100 favorites on Wednesday. The “Top 100 Chinese Restaurants of 2024,” which excludes national chains, used “a number of factors including the total volume and ratings of reviews.” The top 30 restaurants are … Read more

36 Denver legacy businesses, restaurants recognized for long-time success

36 Denver legacy businesses, restaurants recognized for long-time success

The Bonnie Brae Ice Cream shop, with its red and white striped awning and red and white neon sign, has long been one of the most recognizable sights in Denver. And on a warm summer day, the line of people stretching out the door and along the brick building at the corner of South University … Read more

Morrison, Colorado is closing its police department

Morrison, Colorado is closing its police department

Starting next year, there won’t be any police officers in Morrison. Instead, this tiny town of 400 residents — home to the busy Red Rocks Amphitheatre and a steady stream of tourists window-shopping on Bear Creek Avenue — will contract with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for round-the-clock law enforcement services. The new arrangement is … Read more

Colorado secretary of state orders mandatory recount in House District 16 race

Colorado secretary of state orders mandatory recount in House District 16 race

Colorado election officials must recount more than 40,000 ballots cast in El Paso County’s House District 16 as Republican Rebecca Keltie holds a six-vote lead over incumbent Democratic Rep. Stephanie Vigil. The recount, already a certainty in the razor-thin race, was made official in an order from Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Monday … Read more

How the TSA plans to handle record air travel for Thanksgiving

How the TSA plans to handle record air travel for Thanksgiving

By DAVID KOENIG DALLAS — Just as there are good odds the turkey will taste dry, airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed during Thanksgiving week, a holiday period likely to end in another record day for air travel in the United States. The people responsible for keeping security lines, boarding areas and jetliners … Read more

Trio of concepts coming to closed Cherry Creek Crepes n’ Crepes

Trio of concepts coming to closed Cherry Creek Crepes n’ Crepes

Dana Monfort thinks of it as a truck stop in Cherry Creek. No, there won’t be gas. But the 32-year-old with a background in real estate plans to debut three concepts next spring in the building where Crepes n’ Crepes once operated: a bodega, an ice cream shop and a restaurant serving breakfast burritos, sandwiches and … Read more

Dillon’s Dumpling House brings authentic dumplings to Aurora

Dillon’s Dumpling House brings authentic dumplings to Aurora

Dillon’s Dumpling House is serving up authentic, hand-crafted dumplings out of the former Shoyu Sushi space in Aurora’s Tower Pavilion retail center. The restaurant marks Vincent Liu’s debut as an owner, but with over 20 years of experience in Thai, Chinese and Japanese eateries, he’s far from a newcomer to the industry. “I’ve worked in … Read more

Denver DA investigates Sec. of State election system password breach

Denver DA investigates Sec. of State election system password breach

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

Kamala Harris wins Colorado in presidential election, AP projects

Kamala Harris wins Colorado in presidential election, AP projects

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