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Vacancy rate of Denver office space going up as empty space accrues in downtown
Empty office space has been piling up ever since the pandemic ushered in the era of remote work more than four years ago.
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Colorado small businesses want answers after being charged penalties and interest they say they don’t owe
The issue stems from a glitch in a new state computer system that companies are using to report information on wages and employment to Colorado.
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Wells Fargo cutting 80 jobs in Denver
The layoffs will start in August. Some employees can relocate or apply for other jobs within the company.
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How this Windsor artist traded a corporate job for online painting classes followed by hundreds of thousands
Lacey Walker, the artist behind Rebel Unicorn Crafts in Windsor, teaches people online to paint using watercolors.
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Vail Resorts struggling as lift ticket sales fall, visits down
Shares of the Broomfield-based resort giant, whose Colorado holdings include Breckenridge, Keystone, Vail, Beaver Creek and Crested Butte, are down 30 percent from this year’s high in February.
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Some prices are softening a little as inflation cools off in Denver area
Meat, eggs and fruit are cheaper now than just two months ago.
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Number of skiers on Colorado mountains went downhill this season
Visitation to Colorado’s ski resorts was down this past winter, according to Colorado Ski Country USA.
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United Airlines to hire 700 in Denver as it expands operations at DIA
This is part of a larger plan to add more than 9,000 jobs at hubs across the country.
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Colorado is losing a lot of construction jobs, despite national growth. Denver metro is the epicenter of the decline
The downtrend started last fall, as officials and experts point to slowing growth and the end of many apartment building projects.
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Are you filing a claim for hail damage? Here are a few things to consider
CPR News spoke with the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association about what to expect.
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Parent company Alterra announces Steamboat Ski Resort is getting a new boss
Alterra Mountain Company, the Denver-based ski resort giant, is changing its executive ranks. That means Steamboat gets a new boss.
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Ski season was a late bloomer, but picked up in the end
As the weather turns, Colorado summer bookings are up compared to the same time a year ago, but it’s still too early to know how the season will turn out.
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Colorado is one of the most popular travel destinations for Memorial Day, according to AAA report
A lot of that volume is people flying into DIA and then traveling throughout the Mountain West.
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Colorado officials delay new jobs data, months after the federal government raised a red flag on their reliability
A spokesperson said the delay “arose from the need for data cleanup.”
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Inflation rate shows prices still rising, but not as fast as they were earlier this year
Recent data shows that inflation is cooling in Denver faster than the U.S. — but gas prices could change that as the summer road-trip season rolls up.
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Coloradans negotiating lower fees for real estate agents with new law on horizon
Homebuyers in Colorado will add one more thing to the process of closing on a house: how much to pay the agent?