McDonald’s will roll out a chicken version of its Big Mac this month

McDonald’s will roll out a chicken version of its Big Mac this month

McDonald’s is bringing a chicken version of its Big Mac sandwich to the U.S. for a limited time, the company announced this week. The sandwich, which replaces the traditional two beef patties of a Big Mac with two tempura-battered chicken patties, will be available at participating restaurants starting Oct. 10 “while supplies last,” the company … Read more

SNL’s ode to Denver, the Mile High Burger Challenge

SNL’s ode to Denver, the Mile High Burger Challenge

Denver is unabashedly a burger town, even boasting its own annual Burger Battle. And it appears the writers at “Saturday Night Live” have noticed. The second episode of the venerable comedy show’s 50th season featured a sketch called the Mile High Burger Challenge. In it, several actors meet at a restaurant to solemnly discuss their … Read more

Colorado legislature campaign finance reports show priority races

Colorado legislature campaign finance reports show priority races

Outside committees have spent more than $1.2 million on a handful of Colorado legislative races already this election cycle, highlighting the electoral fights that could determine how much power the majority Democrats will have in the Capitol for the next two years. The spending, most of it by party-aligned independent expenditure committees, largely targets nine … Read more

Huckleberry Roasters adds two locations in Congress Park, Centennial

Huckleberry Roasters adds two locations in Congress Park, Centennial

Local coffee chain Huckleberry Roasters is taking over a former Starbucks in Denver’s Congress Park and a former Peet’s Coffee in Centennial. The shops at 801 Colorado Blvd. and 6751 S. York St. in the Streets at Southglenn will be the seventh and eighth stores for Huckleberry, which Koan Goedman co-founded in 2011. “We’re motivated … Read more

VP debate Tuesday between J.D. Vance, Tim Walz

VP debate Tuesday between J.D. Vance, Tim Walz

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio are meeting Tuesday for their first and only scheduled vice presidential debate. Walz, who is Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ running mate, and Vance, who is on the Republican ticket with former President Donald Trump, will make the case for their respective candidates five weeks before Election Day. They have been … Read more

JD Vance, Tim Walz to face off 7 p.m. on Oct. 1 on CBS

JD Vance, Tim Walz to face off 7 p.m. on Oct. 1 on CBS

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who have spent two months going after each other and the opposing nominees who top the major-party tickets. The matchup, hosted by CBS News in New York, might not … Read more

Officials warn that EVs could catch fire if inundated with saltwater from Hurricane Helene

Officials warn that EVs could catch fire if inundated with saltwater from Hurricane Helene

Electric vehicles can catch fire if they are inundated by saltwater, so owners who live in the path of a major storm like Hurricane Helene should take precautions and prepare for the possibility that they’ll be unable to charge their cars during a power outage. What can EV owners do? Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged … Read more

Police arrest suspect in fatal Aurora liquor store shooting

Police arrest suspect in fatal Aurora liquor store shooting

A 20-year-old Denver man was arrested Sunday in connection with last week’s shooting death of a Venezuelan man at an Aurora liquor store on East Colfax Avenue. The Aurora Police Department Major Crime Homicide Unit announced Monday it had apprehended Davonte McCoy Bletson on suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of the 38-year-old Aurora … Read more

How to use the paid family leave insurance program

How to use the paid family leave insurance program

Most Colorado workers are now eligible to receive at least part of their salaries while recovering from illness or caring for a baby, but people who are new to their jobs may not have protection from firing or demotion. Colorado’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance program has paid out about $420 million on 82,000 claims … Read more

Call Your Mother food trucks to test demand in Platt Park, RiNo

Call Your Mother food trucks to test demand in Platt Park, RiNo

Andrew Dana has a little deli with big plans in Platt Park and RiNo. “I wish I could tell you we had a more sophisticated process, but it’s as simple as my wife and I lived out in Denver last summer when we opened Tennyson and went to the farmers market on South Pearl, and … Read more