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Breckenridge and Copper Mountain both scrapped their Nov. 6, 2026 openings over too-warm overnight temps, despite an El Niño winter that was supposed to be a lock.
The Denver Bloody Mary Festival pours unlimited drinks Sunday, Nov. 8, at Reelworks, with Highland Tavern, Lucille's and more than 700 fans competing for best in the city.
The Pauline S. Schneegas Wildlife Foundation in Silt usually takes in five to nine orphaned bear cubs a year. This year it has 32, with another coming from Paonia.
Raina Huang, booted from StevO's in Aurora in 2021, returns Nov. 6-8, 2026, to take on Chubby Fish, Toki Ramen, and Ma's Kitchen & Bar in one weekend.
Scottsdale's BB Living paid
A 1955 Krisana Park mid-century modern at 1360 S Dahlia St is open Saturday, Nov. 7, noon to 3, listed at $795,000. It sold new for
Researchers at CSU Spur in Denver are growing saffron 75 feet off the ground, and yields nearly double under solar panels. At $32 a gram, it could be a lifeline for drought-hit
Denver Arts Week turns 20 with up to 436 events, 18 museums going free on Nov. 7, plus the Avs, the Nuggets and L7's last show ever at Summit Music Hall.
Chance Ward, a Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, runs repatriation at History Colorado, where the museum lifts glass cases so tribes can take items out themselves.
Bright Nights at Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest Street, closes for the season Nov. 8. This weekend is your last 2026 shot at Denver's oldest standing structure after dark.
Ballot Question 2I would strip a decades-old Lakewood charter clause letting the city hike property taxes up to 7% a year without ever asking voters. Polls close tonight.
Hello Darling founder Daniel Masters says his 80% partner Naseem Hakim seized three Denver cafes. In an Oct. 23, 2026 suit, he wants them back.
City Floral at 1440 Kearney St. has been growing flowers since 1911, back when Colorado's blooms out-earned its gold. This Sunday you can walk it for free.
Metro Denver just logged its slowest September since 2008 with 2,849 closings, but luxury listings over
On Oct. 30, 2026, the state posted tax seizure notices on Piglatin Cocina's doors in Colorado Springs, the same day the restaurant's new Guy Fieri episode aired. It owes
On Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, Georgetown hosts a free bighorn sheep festival timed to the rut, when rams come down the mountain to head-butt for ewes.
Denver metro pending sales fell 22.3% year over year in the four weeks ending Oct. 25, 2026, the fifth-steepest drop in the country, even as mortgage rates eased for a second
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Neo Cruz opened Neo's Latin Cuisine at 1818 E. Colfax last month, often running the whole kitchen solo and sleeping two hours to perfect an ink-black Oaxacan mole.
Brightwood at Keystone sold all 54 luxury units for $60 million by October 26, 2026, while metro Denver condos sat on 7.21 months of supply.
Denver International Airport reopened its international arrivals space, a new eight-lane checkpoint and restored public art on October 22, 2026, with the Great Hall finishing in
Eats on the Platte opens Friday, Oct. 30 at 4 p.m. at 2500 W. 10th Ave., built and owned by the Denver Housing Authority as a restaurant incubator anyone can walk into.
On Jan. 1, 2027, every algorithm that scores, prices, or screens a Colorado home buyer or renter owes you a notice, an explanation, and a real human. SB 26-189 is why.
Native Roots sold its 15 Colorado dispensaries in a zero-cash deal, then cut 141 jobs. Now ex-legal chief Kelly Archer says she is owed nearly
The Latino Cultural Arts Center cut the ribbon on Las Bodegas at 1935 W. 12th Ave. on Oct. 24, 2026, a free community-owned home for Latino art after seven years and $4.4 million.
RK Industries' old headquarters at 3800 Xanthia St. sold for
Habitat for Humanity just closed a
At 2538 W 32nd Ave, the Hernandez family is reopening their 1984-rooted Highland taqueria as Don Raúl's, with the original recipes and decor still in place.
Halloween lands on a Saturday in 2026, which means Deadmau5 at Red Rocks, an Avs home game and three Día de los Muertos festivals all collide in one five-day window.
Broomfield's $300 million Town Square plan, with a swimmable lake and a reborn Safeway, collapsed into a lawsuit on Oct. 23, 2026 that could kill the whole thing.
Black Box Bakery opens a full café at 5901 W. 25th Ave in Edgewater, with a soft opening Oct. 28 and grand opening Nov. 7, 2026. Seating, sandwiches, ice cream.
On October 7, 2026, Baessler Homes (Greeley, 1968) and Hartford Homes (Timnath, 1988) announced they are combining into one employee-owned builder across the Greeley-to-Fort
The City of Boulder closed all 308 acres of CU South at Highway 36 and Table Mesa the week of Oct. 5, 2026, to start a $76.5 million flood project.
Denver Botanic Gardens at 1007 York St. was built on a scandal-ridden cemetery, and Ghosts in the Gardens turns that grim backstory into a 90-minute walk through Oct. 31.
Denver metro logged 2,849 September closings, the fewest since 2008. Up in the foothills, Evergreen and Conifer contracts jumped 36.2% in the same month.
The San Juan River peaked near 15 feet early Friday, Oct. 23, the highest Pagosa Springs has seen in over 100 years, forcing a disaster declaration and National Guard deployment.
Ranalli's, a nearly 50-year-old Chicago tavern-pizza name, opens a walk-up slice window at Federales (2903 Larimer) on Oct. 29, with free pie on Halloween.
Trailbreak's Kaia Residences topped out at 808 N. Lincoln St. on Oct. 21, adding 295 apartments to a Denver market that already tilts toward renters.
For the first time since May 2025, Medano Creek is running past the main parking lot at Great Sand Dunes. It took 1.52 inches of rain to do it.
After 13 years chasing permits, Vegan Van opened its first storefront at 1490 Eudora St. on October 17, inside a building a late chef never got to finish.
A Bloomberg Intelligence analysis published Oct. 20, 2026 found home insurance now tops the property-tax bill in two-thirds of U.S. counties, and Colorado leads the nation.
SAME Café opened at 2023 East Colfax on October 20, 2006, with no set prices and a wild idea. Twenty years later it is still feeding Denver 80 meals a day.
Bryan Dayton's new steakhouse, The Stockton, opens November 2026 inside the restored 1898 Livestock Exchange Building, turning an old bank vault into a dry-aging room.
On Oct. 19, 2026, a national listing site put its Denver listings and home values inside Anthropic's Claude. The catch is the error rate on homes that are not for sale.
Wayfair opens its first Mountain West store Nov. 20 at 8298 E. Northfield Blvd., filling the Macy's that went dark last year with 140,000 square feet across two floors.
Sadboy Creamery opened its first walk-in pint shop at 1201 E. Colfax on Sept. 19, 2026, ending the Monday-morning online scramble for Denver's priciest ice cream.
Denver's apartment vacancy sits near 10% and rents are soft, but developers are breaking ground on 284 units near Golden betting the glut reverses by 2028.
Denver's unpaid property tax list grew to more than 8,000 parcels in 2026, and Clerk Paul López himself owed
Andrea Frizzi, the chef behind Il Posto, opened Risica at 3463 Walnut St. the weekend of Oct. 18, 2026. Oysters are a buck a shuck on Tuesdays.
Oct. 22 to 25 loads the Front Range with the Denver Film Festival, the Nuggets home opener at Ball Arena, Día de los Muertos at Civic Center and locally carved pumpkins glowing at
After seven years and 250,000 visitors, Lonnie Hanzon is retiring Camp Christmas and selling it off in four online auctions starting Oct. 14.
The World's Wonder View Tower in Genoa, 100 miles east of Denver, reopened in May 2026 after 13 years dark. A $3 million save for a 65-foot plains oddity.
Denver's delinquent tax list went online Oct. 12, 2026, and the biggest unpaid bill traces to the Marriott in the Denver Tech Center. Here is how the 13% clock works.
Roaming Buffalo BBQ closes its Platt Park storefront at 2387 S. Downing St. on Nov. 29 after a decade of Colorado-style smoked lamb and bison.
The Oxford Hotel at 1600 17th St. is renting out Room 320, home to the Florence Montague murder-suicide legend from 1898, through Oct. 31 with a vinyl record and a Cruise Room
Thompson Thrift just announced Alasso, a 284-unit project on South Golden Road, betting Denver's renter-friendly vacancies reverse by 2028.
Grand Junction's Senior Recreation Center at 550 Ouray Ave. has run since the 1970s. The city wants it gone by Jan. 1, 2027, to save
Estes Park launches its first Restaurant Week November 13 to 22, 2026, with more than 40 spots serving fixed-price menus from
The 30-year rate jumped to 7.57% on Oct. 13, the highest since 2023, yet Pitkin County's median sale price climbed to roughly $5.3 million, up 142% in a year.
Gastamo Group's Uptown burger-and-cocktail anchor at 439 E. 17th Ave. serves its last meal Oct. 19, 2026, the company's second Denver closure of the year.
The Colorado Railroad Museum fires up one of the last coal-burning steam locomotives in the state for its Harvest Haunt Express, Oct. 17 and 18, with $7 kid tickets.
The Colorado Association of REALTORS reported October 13 that 80% of September Denver metro sales had a price cut, a concession, or both. The leverage moved.
Oasis Management, holding 9.6% of Vail Resorts, filed an Oct. 13 proxy to put four directors (including Picabo Street) on the Broomfield company's board as ski season opens.
Maria Empanada opened its sixth location inside Denver Union Station on October 16, 2026, the latest chapter for a founder who landed here from Argentina with $300 and no English.
a national listing site launched RealAssist AI on Oct. 6, 2026, built on Google Gemini to walk Denver buyers through a search. But buyer trust in AI just dropped to 16 percent.
On October 15, 2026, the museum at 1200 Broadway dropped a name it carried since 2012 and reclaimed the one Coloradans actually used from 1987 to 2012.
The 6th annual Witch Paddle hits Chatfield Swim Beach on Oct. 17 with hundreds of costumed paddlers, a 264-person waitlist, and free viewing from shore.
DMAR's September report shows metro sales down 4.96% year to date, but Denver's
Cherry Creek's 80246 was named the Denver metro's hottest housing market for Q3 2026, with a
For Your Boca opened October 12 inside Avanti in LoHi, and its cinco leches cake soaked in five dairies is the $5 reason to climb the stairs.
Ball Arena hosts Oktoberfest and Gorillaz, 40,000 people flood South Broadway, and the Denver BAZAAR closes out the season, all between Oct. 16 and 18, 2026.
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At 630 S. Federal Blvd., the Nguyen sisters reopened their parents' legendary New Saigon space as Rễ Tre on July 3, 2026. Denver's Little Saigon has its anchor back.
Boulder's Ballot Issue 2J would charge $4,000 a year on homes lived in 183 days or fewer, the first residential vacancy tax in Colorado. The revenue math is shaky.
Demolition crews tore into the Dark Horse at 2922 Baseline Road on Oct. 7, ending a half century of CU memories for a wall of student apartments.
Oktoberfest, The Denver Wiesn debuts free at the National Western Center Oct. 16, with a 108-foot wheel and a Hofbräu brew you cannot get outside Germany.
A Kenna Real Estate analysis run at October's 7.28% rate found renting beats buying by
Meyer Ranch Park near Conifer closes October 19, 2026 through spring while Jeffco thins 185 acres. This is the old P.T. Barnum winter quarters.
Nước mía, fresh-pressed sugarcane juice, has quietly become South Federal's next big thing, with Vita Cane and NovaCane both pouring it at 1000 S Federal Blvd.
Colorado's senior property-tax workaround under SB 24-111 ends after 2026, and Gov. Polis signed the kill switch on June 3. Front Range seniors have a closing window.
Arapahoe Basin and Keystone are both promising an "ASAP" October opening, and A-Basin is doing it in its 80th season after Colorado's worst snow drought in memory.
Edwin Zoe's San San opened at 2014 10th St. with chop suey, a Friday prime rib, and no tipping. 5280 just named it one of fall's best new spots.
Denver, Jeffco, Douglas County and Littleton schools all put mill levy overrides on the Nov. 3 ballot, and the hit ranges from about $72 to nearly $400 a year.
Colorado Asian Pacific United wants $500,000 to turn a loading alley off 16th between Wazee and Blake into a Chinatown memorial. Denver's own code is in the way.
Tupelo Honey at 1650 Wewatta St., across from Union Station, closes Oct. 16, 2026, just shy of 10 years and part of a run of Denver Southern-food shutdowns.
AI can stage an empty Denver room in 15 seconds for about $0.24 a photo, and no Colorado law makes sellers say when a listing shot is fake. Only REcolorado and Realtor ethics do.
A year after fire took 20 businesses at Caribou Village, Tebo Properties is finally filing rebuild plans. The Carousel of Happiness next door never stopped turning.
The Georgetown Loop Railroad runs Pumpkinfest October 9 to 11, a 50-minute drive from Denver where every kid's ticket comes with a pumpkin and a ride over a 95-foot trestle.
DMAR's Friday report shows Denver's median home price fell to $575,000 from $594,000 in a single month, and overpricing now costs sellers 47 days and 7% of their price.
Metro Denver's median detached home price slid to $635,000 in September, the first real hit for the one segment that kept climbing all year while condos cracked.
Holm, an American bistro from the Michelin-starred Beckon team, opens in October 2026 in the former Table 6 space, with à la carte dinner and dishes like pike quenelle ravioli.
After 40-plus years indoors, the Great American Beer Festival moves outdoors to Levitt Pavilion in Ruby Hill Park on Oct. 10 and 11, headlining the busiest Front Range weekend of
Castle Rock's 681-acre Lost Canyon Ranch Open Space is now fully open with 15 miles of hikers-only trail, minutes off I-25 Exit 181. No dogs, no bikes, permanently.
áyA Con runs Oct. 8-11, 2026 at the National Western Center, and its Black Light Powwow is the only one on Earth. A full weekend pass is $30.
A new analysis of a national listing site data found 32% of Colorado listings had a price reduction in August 2026, the highest share in the country. Denver metro ran even hotter at 36%.
Jevon Taylor won $4.3 million in city money to fill a whole 16th Street block with local shops. In October 2026, he admitted the full block was not happening.
Den Thai Street opens at 800 Sherman Street this month in the old Reckless Noodles space, trading Five Points tapas for grandmother's recipes and a potato-shaped curry.
An anonymous buyer matched the $42.5M asking price for Boulder County's San Lazaro Mobile Home Park. Now 800 residents have until Dec. 8, 2026 to counter and own the land
Carpio-Sanguinette Park opened Sept. 26, 2026, turning 80 acres of arsenic-tainted Globeville riverfront into the largest natural area in Denver's parks system.
Casa BOOnita runs Sept. 29 through Nov. 1, 2026 at the Lakewood landmark, and the cliff divers and puppeteers a strike kept away last year are back, no extra ticket required.
575 Circle Drive in Country Club listed at
After 26 years at the Colorado Convention Center, the Great American Beer Festival moves outdoors to Ruby Hill Park on Oct. 10 and 11, 2026, and over half of one beer group's poll
Johnny Curiel is making his summer pop-up Tequilería Alteño permanent at 233 Clayton Street, dropping a party-forward cantina into a Cherry Creek space that keeps killing
a national brokerage, founded in Denver in 1973, is now part of a Miami company called Real REMAX Group after an $880 million deal closed August 24, 2026. Here is what it means locally.
Rocky Mountain National Park closes Old Fall River Road to vehicles October 6, 2026, ending the season on Colorado's first high-country auto route, which opened in 1920 and climbs
Rōmyō opened September 10, 2026 at 1401 Larimer, Denver's first restaurant built entirely around itameshi, the Japanese fusion of Italian food, from Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno.
Lenders now auto-clear 70 to 75 percent of mortgage files with no human touch. Colorado's new AI law, effective January 1, 2027, forces them to tell you why.
The Denver Art Museum landed the exclusive US run of the V&A's DIVA, 250 objects and 58 costumes from Maria Callas to Taylor Swift, opening October 4.
Colorado foreclosure filings jumped 57% and everyone is asking the 2008 question. Freshest data (August, via ICE): delinquency 3.53% and serious delinquencies up 19% in a year - versus a 10.1% crisis peak and 26% of homes underwater in 2009. The honest distance between then and now.
Victorian Death Experiences returns to the Byers-Evans House at 1310 Bannock all October, with an empty coffin, hair jewelry, and a black mourning wedding dress.
Metro Denver active listings hit 13,179 the week ending September 19, 2026, the most since August 2025, while buyer showings ran 14.8% below last year.
a national listing site's Sept. 30 report puts Denver first in the nation with 30.9% of sellers cutting prices this fall. Here is what that means if you are listing.
The Oddities & Curiosities Expo hits the Colorado Convention Center Oct. 3 and 4, 2026, and Denver is one of two original cities where the whole thing started back in 2017.
Denver's first PorchFest puts 193 acts on Baker porches Saturday while Estes Park's Elk Fest celebrates the rut. Here is your Oct. 1 to 4 plan.
Downtown Denver Partnership CEO Kourtny Garrett told the Colorado Sun the city's core is 'overperforming' on nights and weekends, even as foot traffic sits at 90% of 2019.
After more than a year dark, the Longmont Museum reopens Oct. 17 with a free all-day party, 98 rare Frida Kahlo photos, and a 17-foot dragon for the kids.
On Sept. 15, 2026, Denver approved a $6.3 million contract to build 82 income-capped for-sale condos near the Golden Triangle, with one-bedrooms starting under
Fire on the Mountain took over the shuttered TAG Burger Bar space in Central Park one day after it closed, and flipped the whole thing in about six weeks.
Colfax Canvas turned Aurora's East Colfax pawn shops into a permanent open-air gallery. Nearly a dozen murals now stretch from Dayton Street to Florence, free to walk anytime.
Through August 2026, 495 Denver properties got a notice of election and demand, up from 426 a year earlier. Here is who is getting caught.
Joyl Watkins served his last hot dog at 19th and Wynkoop on Sept. 24, closing a 31-season run that started the year Coors Field opened in 1995.
The Long Dog Derby's final 2026 heat runs Sunday, Sept. 27 at 12:30 p.m. on Larimer Street, free to watch, with a Best Dressed Dog contest right after.
Denver Water's 2026 Stage 1 drought caps watering at two days a week, and the numbers say turf removal pays back through home value, not water bills.
Trail Ridge Road's average closing date is Oct. 23, but last year it stayed open until Nov. 14. Here is the closure calendar that keeps you from getting stranded.
The final Havana Street Night Market of 2026 hits Aurora tonight, September 26, from 6 to 10 p.m. outside Leezakaya. Free to walk in, Korean BBQ to African plates, all in one lot.
More than 67% of Colorado Springs homes that closed in August 2026 came with a seller concession, median value
Eagle Trace Golf Club at 1200 Clubhouse Drive closes for good Oct. 3, 2026, after its owner sold the irrigation water rights for $4 million in 2024.
The inaugural San Juan Songwriters Festival hits Durango Sept. 24-27, 2026, with the writers behind hits by Aerosmith, Carrie Underwood and Gwen Stefani playing rooms you can walk
Nearly half of Americans planning to buy in the next year say they will use AI, but off-market home estimates in Colorado run about 5.3% off, and worse in the mountains.
Doors Open Denver runs Sept. 24 to 27 under a 'Destination Downtown' theme, letting you walk inside the 16th Street rebuild instead of just reading about it.
Morrison Ciderfest runs free with no gates Saturday, September 26, from 10 a.m. to dark at Morrison Park, with antique cider presses, a New Belgium beer garden and
Colorado's FAIR Plan opened to homeowners in April 2025. By September only 51 people had signed up, and most owners have no idea how little it actually covers.
A 210-unit, seven-story building just topped out at 1040 E. Colfax, right as Denver's
History Colorado's 'Moments That Made US' gathers 50-plus national artifacts in one Denver room through Oct. 18, 2026, most never shown here before.
Panda Fest makes its Denver debut Sept. 25-27 at Civic Center Park with 60-plus vendors, and it is one of six big things crowding the same weekend.
303 Ramen, gutted by a March 2026 fire in Olde Town Arvada, reopened Sept. 11 at 8025 Sheridan Blvd. The panang curry ramen made it out alive.
14er Fest runs September 25 through 27 in downtown Buena Vista, putting off-roaders and hikers on the same trails to keep them open, all under peak fall color in the Collegiate
A new Aurora home listed around
El Pueblo History Museum sits where the US-Mexico border once ran, and this Hispanic Heritage Month it is turning Avondale's farm families and 58 Latino veterans into public
Ryan Fowler and Erica Dunford just opened Easy's Records + Vintage at 327 N. Tejon St., filling a downtown record-store gap that had stood empty since 2018.
Colorado's HB26-1099 forces developers to pay for a 30-year reserve study before they hand off a new HOA, a direct hit at the special assessments crushing condo owners.
Cedaredge, population 2,279, throws its 49th annual Applefest October 2-4, 2026, drawing over 30,000 people to the Grand Mesa's southern slope for peak color and apples.
Good Girl Cafe and Bookstore opened this week at 2807 S. Broadway in Englewood, where owner Meg Garcia-Jahrman turned two years of loss into a no-rush third place.
Fannie Mae's LL-2026-03 caps condo master-policy deductibles at $50,000, and in hail-country Colorado that gap can sink a conventional loan unless your HO-6 is written right.
Wolf Creek, the Epic-free, Ikon-free ski area on the Continental Divide, runs its preseason pass sale Sept. 26 through Oct. 4, the year's best price to skip I-70.
Colorfest floats over Pagosa Springs Sept. 18-20, 2026, with two free mass balloon ascensions, a night glow, drone show, and international wine downtown.
The average 30-year fixed hit 7.09% on Sept. 18, 2026, the highest in 18 months, and it adds about $316 a month to a $480,000 Front Range loan.
The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum runs a free downtown walking tour Sept. 19 and 26, 2026, marking 150 years of statehood one building at a time.
The inaugural Aspen Restaurant Week Autumn runs September 21 to 27, 2026, with $45, $75 and $95 prix fixe menus landing right as fall foliage hits peak.
The Appraisal Institute Colorado Chapter is teaching appraisers to run ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini at its Sept. 18 Breckenridge summit, with Fair Housing rules built in.
Danny Newman is under contract to sell the Mercury Cafe at 2199 California St. to CoCreate, a Denver collective that says it will revive the poetry and dance, not gut it.
The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum runs free downtown walking tours Sept. 19 and 26, starting at 10 a.m. from Blk Mgk Coffee, framing ordinary Tejon Street as where the city
Denver-metro rent fell back to 2022 levels with a record
Capitol Hill's typical home value dropped to $310,208, down 5.7% in a year, while Cherry Creek held at
The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate a quarter point to 3.75%-4%, its first hike since 2023, and Chair Kevin Warsh signaled more may follow. What a rate-hike cycle means for Colorado buyers and sellers.
After three years of a flat Front Range market, a small but growing number of Colorado owners owe more than their home will fetch. Expiring buydowns, adjustable-rate resets and thin down payments are the common thread.
Rocky Mountain National Park's rut peaks in mid-September, with 2,000 to 3,000 elk in the Estes Valley. Know the 75-foot rule and the Bustang workaround before you go.
Andrea Bocelli plays Red Rocks Sept. 20-21 while two free Oktoberfests, a Rockies homestand and George Lopez crowd the same Front Range weekend.
La Vie En Rose opened in RiNo the week of Sept. 12, 2026, with over 120 Champagnes by the bottle, one of the largest bubbly lists in Colorado.
In 1929 Emma Crawford's coffin slid down Manitou's Red Mountain. Now thousands pack Manitou Avenue every October to race coffins in her name.
Right now 8,073 homes across the Denver metro are sitting expired or withdrawn - and in the last two weeks almost as many homes failed to sell as actually closed. Here is what is happening and where all those homes go.
High rates, an inflation shock, an energy crunch, Iran in the headlines, and a Carter-to-Reagan-style political turn — the 2020s are rhyming hard with the 1980s. Here is what that rhyme means for anyone still waiting to buy.
First-time buyers fell to a record-low 21% of the market this year while baby boomers climbed to 42%, according to NAR. Here is what that widening generational divide means for buyers and sellers in Colorado.
Dream Finders is advertising a 3.49% year-one rate in Denver Metro, but that same loan jumps about $466 a month once the buydown burns off. Here is the math.
Lucero's at 3657 Fillmore Street, the walk-to breakfast spot that anchored Denver's Clayton neighborhood for 64 years, closed for good after the building sold. Here is the real
The Tour de Corgi returns to Old Town Fort Collins on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, with 300-plus costumed corgis, a parade down College Avenue, and a $5 donation that feeds three local
A February 2026 Colorado Division of Insurance study found hail, not wildfire, drives up to 54% of your premium. And a new state roof-grant program could hand you $7,500 to
Dearfield, the Black homesteading town Oliver Toussaint Jackson founded in Weld County in 1910, reopens its 100-year-old filling station Oct. 3 to fight its erasure.
A hot, dry summer has aspens turning brown instead of gold, and CSU's John Murgel says peak color is running about a week early. Timing and elevation matter more than ever.
Front Range buyers are holding out for a Sept. 16 rate cut, but CME data now puts a hike above 50%. The real savings are in builder buydowns, not the headline.
The Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival hits 50 Sept. 11 to 13 at the Estes Park Event Complex, drawing up to 20,000 people a day. The downtown parade is gone.
Breckenridge Oktoberfest returns to historic downtown September 25-27, 2026 for its 30th year, and the beer tokens longtime festgoers relied on are officially dead. Bring a card.
Corcoran Perry & Co.'s September 2026 report shows Denver's detached homes at a $649,500 median while attached condos slid to $370,000 and now sit for 45 days.
Jessica Manuszak's Failure Ball returns to Denver on Sept. 19, 2026, a
The Meeker Classic runs 135 Border Collie teams for a
A Coraly study found 10.8% of listing photos on the big portals are digitally altered, and over 90% carry no disclosure. California now bans it. Colorado does not.
A new exhibit at the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose lets the Ute tell their own version of 1923, when 80 people were penned behind barbed wire in Blanding, Utah.
Soda Club opened September 1 inside The Ramble Hotel in RiNo, bringing four straight Michelin Bib Gourmand years and a plant-based menu most diners won't clock.
As of July 1, 2026, replacing 25% or more of your roof in a Front Range wildfire zone can trigger full fire-rated upgrades under Colorado's new statewide code.
DMAR's August 2026 report shows just 3,068 Denver closings, down 17.35% from a year ago, while the median price held at $594,495. The split matters.
Temaki Den's Kenta Kamo and Isaac Woo quietly opened Poor Boys, a Louisiana po'boy pop-up at RiNo's Source food hall, and it may vanish by October 2026.
Sept. 11-13 stacks Global Dance Festival at the National Western Center, three Brandi Carlile nights at Red Rocks and a free 37th Friendship Powwow at the Denver Art Museum.
The $82.1 million Grand Junction Community Recreation Center opens Sept. 25 in Matchett Park, the first the city has ever had after decades of failed attempts.
About 150,000 people crowd Historic Downtown Pueblo Sept. 18-20 for the Chile & Frijoles Festival, where gate admission is $8 and kids 12 and under get in free.
Since December 16, 2024, every single-family lot in Denver can legally add a backyard cottage. No lot minimum, no owner-occupancy rule, no public hearing.
A South Platte River Trail segment closed since 2020 by a failing timber wall is finally back, and it is just the first piece of a $35 million corridor overhaul running through
The Colorado Mountain Winefest just tore up its 6,000-person Palisade formula for its 35th year on Sept. 19. Fewer than 2,000 tickets,
Gov. Polis signed the Colorado American Dream Act in May 2025 to unlock entry-level condos. Eight months in, mostly luxury towers are rising and lawmakers already have to fix a
Colorado Parks and Wildlife euthanized 294 black bears through Aug. 31, nearly triple last year's toll, after a record drought pushed starving bears into towns.
Glass Class Denver hosts the Rocky Mountain Flame Off on September 6, 2026. Over 40 artists, 8 categories, and the public picks every winner. Free, noon to 10 p.m.
a national listing site puts the average Denver rent at
Roadrunner Pizza & Pasta at 3113 N. Hancock closed overnight after 43 years. Its goodbye said it all: "it's rough out there."
Off Highway 17 near Hooper, the UFO Watchtower has logged 163 sightings since 2000. With federal UFO files dropping in 2026, this
HB26-1426 took effect August 12, 2026, requiring a signed compensation agreement before a Colorado agent writes an offer for you. Here is what it means on the Front Range.
Bruz Off Fax closes at 1495 York St. on September 24, 2026, after six years on Colfax, while owners Ryan and Rachel Evans bet big on a new Golden flagship.
The free Steampunk Soiree returns to Victor, Colorado's best preserved ghost town, on Sept. 5 and 6, 2026, with a parade, aerialists, and Tesla's ghost.
The Nob Hill Inn at 420 E. Colfax has poured drinks under that name since 1954. Now BRT construction and repair bills could close it by the end of September.
On Sept. 5-6, 2026, Wings Over the Rockies parks genuine WWII aircraft on the Centennial Airport ramp, and yes, you can actually buy a seat.