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It's been almost six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and downtown Boulder still faces a "historic" commercial vacancy rate, according to experts working closely on the complex issue.

Every year, Boulder’s food scene quietly reveals what matters most. Sometimes it’s innovation. Sometimes it’s indulgence. In 2025, it was something simpler, steadier, and more meaningful. This year, one dish rose above the rest—not because it chased trends or pushed boundaries, but because it reflected exactly where...

Every day that us Boulder students go to school, we prepare—quietly—for the possibility of a bullet. That sentence should sound impossible. Instead, it sounds familiar. I think I learned that familiarity long before I understood it. It started, for me, with a license plate. The License Plate I...

You don’t have to look very hard if you’re in search of some good green chili in and around the Denver area. Almost every restaurant offers either a bowl as a menu item or a dish that includes green chiles as an ingredient. It’s a Colorado staple. While I love green chiles on my burger and my pizza as much as anyone,...

DENVER — Minimum wage in Denver will increase by 48 cents on Jan. 1, while Colorado's minimum wage will go up by 35 cents. The City and County of Denver announced their increase in August. The current minimum wage is $18.81 per hour and will go to $19.29 per hour in Denver on the first day of 2026.

‘We are on the precipice of immense change.’ —Ward I’s Gianina Horton. Gianina Horton was born and raised in Denver. At 33, she is the eldest of six siblings and now lives in northwest Aurora, where in November she was elected to represent the area as the new city council member for Ward I. Her district includes...

For everyone out there who thinks planes are so automated these days they’re just taking off and landing themselves, leaving the pilots with nothing to do in between, this story is for you. For the first time outside of a demo or test flight, an airplane successfully landed itself after an in-flight emergency.

Brighton police are investigating a deadly crash that involved multiple parties and suspects who fled from the scene on Sunday.

DENVER — The number of people overdosing and dying in Denver is up compared to last year. Now, advocates say something needs to change. After another year of hundreds of people dying of overdoses, those on the front lines are worn out. “It’s a lot. And you kind of...

A Venezuelan national suspected in a string of attempted armed robberies in 2024 in Denver's ritzy Cherry Creek North neighborhood has been apprehended in Detroit, according to police and prosecutors.