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"It will be very hard, yeah, especially with the bad economy we experience now."
Denver’s flavor ban begins in January. These businesses say they may leave
Denver voters strongly approved of the city's new ban on flavored vaporizers, menthol cigarettes and other flavored nicotine products.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"It will be very hard, yeah, especially with the bad economy we experience now."
One 7-year-old shared her two cents outside the Denver Mint:
"I’m sad because I love pennies and they’re so cool and I have like a thousand of them, so I’m sad and I’m excited to see the last penny."
"I’m sad because I love pennies and they’re so cool and I have like a thousand of them, so I’m sad and I’m excited to see the last penny."
From the Denver Mint to the Money Museum, Coloradans say goodbye to the penny
Well, except, technically, ‘the United States has never made a penny.’
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November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
One 7-year-old shared her two cents outside the Denver Mint:
"I’m sad because I love pennies and they’re so cool and I have like a thousand of them, so I’m sad and I’m excited to see the last penny."
"I’m sad because I love pennies and they’re so cool and I have like a thousand of them, so I’m sad and I’m excited to see the last penny."
Food insecurity has been top of mind for many due to the government shutdown and uncertainty of SNAP benefits.
Thanksgiving volunteering and community service opportunities across Colorado
Find out how you can give back to your community this Thanksgiving season.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Food insecurity has been top of mind for many due to the government shutdown and uncertainty of SNAP benefits.
The programming will start with ninth graders in the fall of 2026.
Dr. Dre's entrepreneurship and design program is coming to 2 Denver schools
Manual High School and Denver School of the Arts will each host an Iovine and Young Center for Innovation.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The programming will start with ninth graders in the fall of 2026.
Denver City Council recently passed a new Downtown Denver Area Plan — the first major downtown plan since 2007.
Denver plans to make downtown into nation’s biggest ‘play’ zone
Where are the restrooms?
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November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Denver City Council recently passed a new Downtown Denver Area Plan — the first major downtown plan since 2007.
“We're bringing these traditional ways and these bison harvests that only happen on reservations to the inner-city, urban communities.”
Denver’s bison were once zoo animals. Now they’re food and sustenance for Indigenous residents
Since 2018, Denver has allowed a local organization to hold a ceremonial event to harvest one of its roughly 70 buffalo.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“We're bringing these traditional ways and these bison harvests that only happen on reservations to the inner-city, urban communities.”
While the Argentine is used to the balmy conditions of Miami and Barcelona, he has been known to struggle playing in the cold and at altitude.
Lionel Messi will play in Colorado (or not)
The world’s greatest soccer player is scheduled to experience the sights and smells of Commerce City.
denverite.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
While the Argentine is used to the balmy conditions of Miami and Barcelona, he has been known to struggle playing in the cold and at altitude.
Transporting 1.5 million Legos for the exhibit wasn’t as complicated as you may think.
Denver science museum uses 1.5 million Lego bricks to tell the planet's story
“Brick Planet: A Magical Journey Made With Lego Bricks” runs through May 3, 2026.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Transporting 1.5 million Legos for the exhibit wasn’t as complicated as you may think.
"I think it's so hard to wrap your head around evil like this, that it's conducted itself in this type of situation."
125 years later, Denver grapples with shame and horror of a lynching
Preston Porter Jr. was only 15 when Denver authorities sent him to his death at the hands of a white mob in Limon.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"I think it's so hard to wrap your head around evil like this, that it's conducted itself in this type of situation."
“Big Dreams in Denver’s Little Saigon” documents the area of West Denver along Federal Boulevard between Alameda and Mississippi avenues from the 1980s through today.
‘Hiding all this inside my heart:’ the collective story of Denver’s Little Saigon
"Big Dreams in Denver’s Little Saigon” is now showing at History Colorado. It’s powered by community oral historians who gathered stories from their friends and family.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Big Dreams in Denver’s Little Saigon” documents the area of West Denver along Federal Boulevard between Alameda and Mississippi avenues from the 1980s through today.
Officers believed he was armed with a knife, but a DPD investigation so far shows that he had a metal rod in his hands.
Chief says police killed break-in suspect in self-defence
Officers were responding to a report of a man breaking into a shed. He had a sharpening steel.
denverite.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Officers believed he was armed with a knife, but a DPD investigation so far shows that he had a metal rod in his hands.
Colorado would receive more than $1 million from the settlement to support antitrust enforcement, consumer protection work, and related investigations.
Colorado, other states demand millions from real estate giant they say helped inflate rent prices
State Attorney General promises to protect renters.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Colorado would receive more than $1 million from the settlement to support antitrust enforcement, consumer protection work, and related investigations.
City waste customers are being asked to set out their trash bins by 6 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 24.
Denver has a very different trash schedule this week
And the recycling schedule will be flipped starting next week.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
City waste customers are being asked to set out their trash bins by 6 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 24.
Gobble gobble.
Things to do in Denver this weekend, Nov. 21-23
Holiday lights shows are on.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Gobble gobble.
Hundreds of Denverites packed into the La Alma Recreation Center to debate the future of Burnham Yard, the decommissioned railyard that is set to become the future home of the Denver Broncos.
3 things we heard about Broncos’ future at a packed meeting about Burnham Yard
Parking and displacement were top concerns.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hundreds of Denverites packed into the La Alma Recreation Center to debate the future of Burnham Yard, the decommissioned railyard that is set to become the future home of the Denver Broncos.
In a joint statement, Crow and the other lawmakers said, “no threat, intimidation, or call for violence will deter us” from the oath they swore to protect and defend the Constitution.
President labels Rep. Jason Crow and others ‘traitors’ for video urging the military not to follow unlawful orders
On social media, Trump accused the lawmakers of seditious behavior, and said it was punishable by death.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In a joint statement, Crow and the other lawmakers said, “no threat, intimidation, or call for violence will deter us” from the oath they swore to protect and defend the Constitution.
It’s likely to rain tonight, but no snow.
Rain is coming to Denver, but when will winter?
The mountains are getting snow, but it’s still too warm here. That could change in December.
denverite.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It’s likely to rain tonight, but no snow.
Say goodbye to Civic Center Park as you know it.
Denver breaks ground on Civic Center Park renovation
The central Denver park will be closed for about a year and a half.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Say goodbye to Civic Center Park as you know it.
Crews will remove the temporary metal plates that have slowed traffic to 10 mph on the east and west ends of the long bridge.
Denver’s Eighth Avenue viaduct closed until Thanksgiving, with bigger changes ahead
Temporary fixes are done, but an $89 million rebuild is in the works.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Crews will remove the temporary metal plates that have slowed traffic to 10 mph on the east and west ends of the long bridge.
While the city center comprises less than 2 percent of the city’s land, it generates more than a fifth of the sales tax that pays for city government.
“When downtown falters, Denver feels it.”
“When downtown falters, Denver feels it.”
Denver plans to make downtown into nation’s biggest ‘play’ zone
Where are the restrooms?
denverite.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
While the city center comprises less than 2 percent of the city’s land, it generates more than a fifth of the sales tax that pays for city government.
“When downtown falters, Denver feels it.”
“When downtown falters, Denver feels it.”
A scuttled road diet for Alameda Avenue has caused discontent within the advisory board for the city’s transportation department — including one resignation, with more possible.
At least one citizen advisory board member has quit over DOTI walking back its Alameda plans
Several advisory board members say they're increasingly concerned about the transportation department’s commitment to safety.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A scuttled road diet for Alameda Avenue has caused discontent within the advisory board for the city’s transportation department — including one resignation, with more possible.
Though winter has been off to a dry start, Colorado’s high country welcomed snow this week.
Snow has finally come to the high country — and more is on its way
Some areas could see 2-7 inches later in the week.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Though winter has been off to a dry start, Colorado’s high country welcomed snow this week.
Steen’s is the second major death in Denver's music scene and Black community this year. His cousin, Charlie Burrell, died in June at age 104.
Purnell Steen, jazz legend and civil rights activist, dead at 84
Steen started playing piano as a child at Zion Baptist Church and still performed regularly at Dazzle and other iconic Denver music venues.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Steen’s is the second major death in Denver's music scene and Black community this year. His cousin, Charlie Burrell, died in June at age 104.
After a nationwide search, Denver Botanic Gardens has announced its next CEO.
Denver Botanic Gardens just planted a new CEO. Here are 5 ways she hopes to bloom in the job
Donna McGinnis currently leads Naples Botanical Garden on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
denverite.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
After a nationwide search, Denver Botanic Gardens has announced its next CEO.
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Denver Botanic Gardens just planted a new CEO. Here are 5 ways she hopes to bloom in the job
Donna McGinnis currently leads Naples Botanical Garden on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
JUST IN: Denver Botanic Gardens has selected its new CEO. She's a fundraising expert, but struggles with orchids, she tells me.