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Metalheads, rejoice! Unhinged Festival will visit Denver for the first time this summer, joining new and returning events that are bolstering the Front Range’s buffet-style music scene.Unhinged Fest will play the National Western Stockyards July 26-27, with a roster of metal, hardcore and post-punk bands like Knocked Loose, Lamb of God, In This Moment, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Body Count, Power Trip, and more (full lineup and tickets available at axs.com).Despite a sleepy period just after the holidays, the Denver festival scene has ramped up in recent weeks with news of Unhinged and other large events debuting in or returning…

Before Ounjit Hardacre opened Daughter Thai in 2019, her first dream was to serve noodles.Now she will get that chance. She and business partner Dueanphen Rungrueang will debut Insee Thai in the late spring at 1700 Platte St. — right next to Daugther Thai in Lower Highland — a counter-service noodle joint named after Hardacre’s father.Ounjit Hardacre, co-owner of Daughter Thai in Denver, is planning to open a second restaurant next door. Insee Thai will focus on noodle bowls. (Daughter Thai)“I have Daughter, so I wanted something for my dad. The name reminds me of someone who is always working…

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersNo one knows how many Colorado students are shut inside rooms, alone, at school.But Riley Ellis-Beach knows that it happened to her son.He was a small kindergartener, barely 30 pounds, with big emotions and a diagnosis of autism. When asked to do a task he didn’t want to do, he’d spit, growl, or cuss at school staff, according to a school behavior log. Sometimes he’d bite or hit. The staff began taking him to the “opportunity room,” where he’d stay for as little as five minutes or…

Airlines are expanding and upgrading their exclusive luxury lounges at Denver International Airport this year to provide extra comforts, such as better free food and quiet space, for elite travelers who can afford to steer clear of the growing crowds.Meanwhile, DIA officials promise improved conditions for everyone.Delta Airlines will build a bigger Sky Club facility on Concourse A after extending its lease at DIA through 2035, airport officials said. It will include a premier bar. Delta officials stayed mum about other details ahead of a planned opening this fall.American Airlines spurred competition with an upgrade of its Admirals Club Lounge,…

Parts of Interstate 70 and other state and federal highways are closed Wednesday as strong, damaging winds continue to gust across the Eastern Plains, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.As of 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, eastbound Interstate 70 was closed east of Denver between E-470 near Watkins and Burlington, CDOT officials said. Westbound I-70 was also closed between Deer Trail and Burlington.Burlington is about 13 miles west of the Colorado-Kansas state line.Other 11:15 a.m. closures citing weather “safety concerns” include: U.S. 40 in both directions between Hugo and the Colorado-Kansas border U.S. 24 in both directions between Colorado Springs and…

By Ellis Arnold, Boulder Daily CameraLongmont political organizer Katie Wallace will fill the vacant state Senate District 17 seat left open after the resignation of embattled former state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis.Wallace won the vote of a vacancy committee composed of Democratic party members, which met via a remote video conference Tuesday evening.Katie Wallace (Provided by Colorado State University)“I grew up in Lafayette and now call Longmont home,” Wallace said during the meeting. She described herself as a renter and referenced what she said is her grandfather’s experience with fascism.Her grandfather “immigrated from a war-torn Poland after World War II,…

More than 100 schools in Denver will be closed Thursday as teachers and other educators plan to rally at the Colorado State Capitol to protest the state’s funding of K-12 schools.Thousands of educators from across the state are expected to attend the event led by the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union.While some districts are on spring break, others such as the Boulder Valley School District, Adams 12 Five Star Schools and the Aspen School District, have canceled all classes districtwide Thursday as employees have called out of work to attend the rally.At DPS alone, as many of…

By WILL WEISSERT and CHRISTOPHER RUGABERWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump fired two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, intensifying efforts to exert his administration’s control over independent agencies across the government.Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter both released statements saying they’d been dismissed illegally.The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But removing Bedoya and Slaughter potentially frees up more space on the five-member FTC for new commissioners loyal to the White House and its policies.FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson released a statement on Twitter late Tuesday saying he had no doubts about…

In the latest edition of the Nuggets Ink podcast, beat writer Bennett Durando and sports editor Matt Schubert are joined by a special guest after a wild Denver win at Golden State. Among the topics discussed: The Nuggets are in the middle of a mercurial stretch of basketball that’s included some of their best (Nikola Jokic’s 30-20-20 vs. Phoenix) and worst (Wizards loss) games of the season. What has this stretch revealed about this team? The Nuggets take care of the Golden State Warriors without Jokic, Jamal Murray and Christian Braun. Is Vlatko Cancar officially back? Can Aaron Gordon continue…

By JAMIE STENGLEDALLAS (AP) — Previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday following an order by President Donald Trump shortly after he took office.The documents were posted on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The vast majority of the National Archives’ collection of over 6 million pages of records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings and artifacts related to the assassination have previously been released.Trump told reporters Monday that has administration will be releasing 80,000 files, though it’s not clear how many of those are among the millions…