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The long wait is over. Two Colorado ski resorts are opening for the season this weekend, with Keystone Resort opening the slopes with 90 minutes notice on Saturday afternoon and Arapahoe Basin starting the lifts Sunday morning. Keystone’s Schoolmarm and Silver Spoon trails will be ready for skiers and snowboarders at 3 p.m. and remain open until 6 p.m., resort officials announced on Facebook at 1:30 p.m. Keystone is the first ski area to open for the winter season in North America, according to the resort. Opening day festivities will also include a live DJ, $5.50 beers and hot dogs…

Three years ago, Colorado voters overwhelmingly said yes to raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for free school meals for all. Every eligible school district signed up for the program and students ate 25 million more school meals than the year before. But food prices continued to rise across the country and state officials quickly realized: The program needed a lot more money. The rising price tag — $50 million above estimates in each of its first two years — puts the program, known as Healthy School Meals for All, at a crossroads.  Propositions LL and MM, on the…

As former members of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education, we have long respected the complexity and responsibility of serving on the board. It is a demanding and often thankless role. Yet, the gravity of our district’s challenges and the content of the Denver Post editorial from September 28, 2025, compel us to speak out. The editorial referenced “some candidates running for the Denver Board of Education who would rather see the district’s world-class lottery system go away,” and accused them of wanting to “keep the best schools in Denver a secret.” Let’s be clear: the three incumbents —…

“We failed,” begins a letter from Will Watters, co-founder of the apparel maker Western Rise. “After eight years of building Western Rise, we had great products, passionate customers and glowing reviews,” Watters wrote in an Oct. 16 note to customers. “But the truth is, it wasn’t enough. We had taken on too much, moved too fast and lost sight of the foundation.” Western Rise sells men’s clothes that are meant for travel and are slightly upscale. An average pair of pants costs $130. The married couple Kelly and Will Watters, who met while they were ski instructors in Vail and…

Dear Eric: My wife and our 6-year-old daughter went to the wedding of my older daughter from a prior marriage. My wife and daughter have always had a rocky relationship. My younger daughter was a flower girl, and she was asked not to wear a tiara. My wife gave me lots of arguments as to why my daughter should be allowed to wear a tiara. My older daughter ultimately held her original stance. Now my wife is livid at my older daughter. She doesn’t want anybody from my daughter’s side of the family ever to come to our house, et…

Nobody is complaining. But we all know what is coming. The Broncos cannot keep winning this way, by stinking for long stretches, then creating goosebumps that leave us running for the history books. It is not sustainable, like making every green light when late for work. Denver is the player hitting .300 with 15 bloopers. Regression looms without a course correction. Blame Sean Payton’s play-calling if you must. But here’s the thing: Bo Nix has to play better. Time for the captain, who is a dude in the fourth quarter, to prove he’s The Man for a full game. It…

A small Cherry Creek office building fetched $4.7 million in its first sale since it was constructed two decades ago. The 55 Adams St. building is 9,500 square feet, according to marketing materials, so the deal works out to about $491 a square foot. The building on 0.29 acres, which includes a small parking lot, was purchased by OGRE LLC, an entity that lists a Greenwood Village office address corresponding to that of Westside Investment Partners. Westside founder Andy Klein declined to comment. The firm is a major real estate player locally. It recently closed its Park Hill Golf Course land swap…

By RONALD BLUM TORONTO (AP) — Addison Barger launched the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, Alejandro Kirk added a two-run homer in a nine-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overwhelmed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in the opener Friday night. “That’s the epitome of our offense,” said Blue Jays third baseman Ernie Clement, who laced a tiebreaking single in the sixth. “It’s a collective effort and everybody just doing their job.” Daulton Varsho started Toronto’s comeback from a 2-0 deficit with a two-run drive in the fourth off two-time Cy Young Award winner…

The Javonte Williams resurgence is real. The former Broncos running back returns to Denver on Sunday with the Cowboys looking not only the best he has since a devastating 2022 knee injury, but perhaps in the finest form of his career. Through seven games, the 2021 second-round pick of the Broncos has rushed for 592 yards and six touchdowns — already surpassing the 519 and four he compiled in 17 games for Denver last season. He’s generated 30 first downs on the ground, matching his mark from a year ago. He’s already got more yards after contact this year (462)…

American homes are shrinking. From 2017 to 2025, the size of the median home dropped an average 6% from 1,976 square feet to 1,852 square feet, according to research compiled by Level Frames, an online framing company. Colorado’s homes are shrinking at the second-fastest rate in the U.S., behind only Hawaii. Between 2017 and 2025, the median home size in Colorado decreased by 17%, from 2,528 to 2,088 square feet. Despite this reduction, Colorado homes remain relatively large. With a typical size of 2,088 square feet in 2025, they are still nearly 12% bigger than the national average of 1,852…