Author: Dennis Huspeni
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Colorado stops delivering unemployment reports due to shutdown
Since state economists rely on federal data for the monthly state unemployment report, no September report will be coming due to the federal government shutdown, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. “Colorado’s September 2025 Employment Situation Report will be delayed due to the federal government shutdown,” according to a news release Wednesday.…
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‘Unprecedented’ flooding prompts evacuations in southwest Colorado; Polis issues disaster declaration
LA PLATA COUNTY — Flooding brought on by heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Priscilla is damaging homes and prompting evacuations in southwest Colorado. The Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management Monday afternoon issued a flood warning for the county until 3 p.m. Wednesday. A local disaster was declared in unincorporated La Plata County Saturday…
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Popular Denver Cheesman Park cafe closes abruptly Friday
The popular Secret Garden Bar and Cafe near Denver’s Cheesman Park closed abruptly Friday. A representative from UFCW Local 7 union issued a news release saying the move was a “retaliatory closure in response to what is clearly activity protected under Federal law,” in reference to the workers who had voted in April to unionize,…
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Denver bars bracing for early Broncos kickoff
With the Denver Broncos game versus the New York Jets in London kicking off at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, many metro Denver area bars are opening early and luring fans to watch parties with mimosas and breakfast burritos. “We don’t know if we’re going to get four or 400,” said Nicole Bokelman from ‘Bout Time Pub…
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Redford’s Sundance Film Festival has impact on CU Boulder
When it was announced earlier this year that the Sundance Film Festival would move to Boulder from its longtime home in Park City, Utah, film studies students at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts Department celebrated. The Denver Gazette talked to Erin Espelie, chair of the department, after the news…
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Is Colorado’s craft brew industry on the ropes?
A couple of high-profile metro Denver craft brewery closures in 2025 spurred some worries about the industry’s health. But industry insiders said while it’s changing for sure — as every growing industry does and there are some concerns with future threats — Colorado’s craft beverage industry remains strong. Trends the experts noticed that have developed…
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What they’re saying about Broncos stadium move to Burnham Yard
The Denver Broncos and the city of Denver confirmed Tuesday what media organizations have been speculating about for weeks: the preferred site for a new stadium is Denver’s Burnham Yard about a mile away from Empower Field at Mile High. Several Broncos players — as well as state, city and county officials — reacted Tuesday…
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Here are some impacts to Colorado’s hunting seasons from wildfires in 2025
The Colorado 2025 wildfire season consumed more than 230,000 acres of forests, sagebrush and grassland areas, which will affect the hunting seasons. Colorado’s big game hunting season started on Sept. 2 with rifle bear and archery. Muzzleloader season starts Sept. 13, with rifle seasons starting next month. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials agreed it is…
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Colorado taking steps to try to limit increases in homeowners insurance
The Colorado Division of Insurance on Tuesday took the first official step in what most observers say will have to be a multi-tiered process to gradually bring down the cost of homeowners insurance. That step was to release draft rules for how insurers must consider homeowner and community-level wildfire-mitigation efforts in determining the rates that…
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Here’s Denver Public Schools’ response to allegation of civil rights violation from Trump administration
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero on Friday denied the district is violating a civil rights law by converting a girls’ restroom at its flagship high school campus into an “all-gender” facility. In a statement, the district official said the district would “protect all of our…