Metal Supermarkets Honors Franchisee Achievements and Celebrates Milestones at Annual Conference

October 24, 2025 // Franchising.com // Toronto, Ontario – The Metal Supermarkets franchise network recently converged in Hollywood Beach, Florida at its 2025 Franchisee Conference, a dynamic three-day event that inspires, connects and celebrates...

Par Pacific Closes Renewable Fuels JV

The renewable fuels facility is slated to be completed by the end of the year. Once open, it will be Hawaii's largest renewable fuels manufacturing facility and produce approximately 61 million gallons per year of renewable diesel, sustainable...

Colorado Town With Worst Drinking Water Revealed

The Importance of Clean Drinking Water in Colorado There is one thing that every single human being on the planet needs: clean drinking water. Colorado is a state known for its commitment to the environment, but no matter how much effort you put...

Solar growth cushions Colorado River hydropower declines

In late May, as the outside temperature approached 100 degrees, Arizona’s top water policy officials gathered in an air-conditioned Phoenix conference room. Their purpose that day was to decide whether the state should extend a longstanding...

Moose Calf Rescued from Breckenridge Skatepark by Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Oct 19, 2025 5:20 AM EDT Add us on Google Start the Conversation It’s not every day a moose calf makes a surprise visit at your local slab of stoke, but that’s exactly what recently went down at Colorado’s Breckenridge Skatepark. Yep! I don’t know...

Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built

Removing parking requirements for new buildings could help thousands of Coloradans who struggle to afford housing. There is a shortage of over 106,000 homes across Colorado, according to a recent study by the Colorado State Demography Office....

Invasive zebra mussels now found in upper Colorado River. What does it mean for Lake Mead?

No larger than a thumbnail or pistachio nuts, zebra, quagga and golden mussels hardly appear formidable. But what they lack in size, the freshwater relatives of clams and oysters make up for in their ability to rapidly reproduce and spread. For...

Colorado’s largest hospital had to pause surgeries for a week following a complaint. Here’s what health inspectors saw.

This July, a state inspector walked through the halls of UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and documented a germaphobe’s grisly nightmare. In the hospital’s sterile processing department — or SPD, the place where surgical instruments go to...

Colorado plans to fully digitize paper and analog land records, some dating back to the 1860s, by next year

Whuuummmmmmm goes the sound of the oversized scanner taking an image of old real estate records stored at the Arapahoe County administrative building. A worker patiently waits to flip the next page of a giant book more than 100 years old. After...

Denver Clerk & Recorder dismisses campaign finance complaint against Vibrant Denver Bond committee

DENVER — The Denver Clerk & Recorder's Office on Tuesday dismissed a campaign finance complaint against the Vibrant Denver Bond committee, which has been campaigning to pass a nearly $1 billion bond through a measure on November's election ballot....

Sean Keeler: Colorado State fans showed up vs. Hawaii. Too bad Rams, Jay Norvell’s offense didn’t.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The dead cat was back. The bounce was gone. “(I) really want to commend our fans and our administration for the amazing turnout,” CSU Rams coach Jay Norvell said after a 31-19 Homecoming loss to Hawaii on Saturday. “Biggest...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife warns of increased wildlife entanglement incidents

Across the state, Colorado Parks and Wildlife district wildlife managers have been responding to incidents of wildlife, particularly antlered ungulates, caught in various hazards. According to a CPW press release, reports have included bull elk...

Discussions begin in La Alma Lincoln Park on Broncos’ proposed Burnham Yard stadium

Residents, neighbors and community leaders of Denver’s La Alma Lincoln Park neighborhood packed Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center this week to discuss creating a Community Benefits Agreement tied to the Broncos’ potential redevelopment...

New pro-nuclear group will advocate to New Mexico lawmakers on Friday

Scott Lopez, founder of the new industry group New Mexico Nuclear Alliance, says he formed his group to fill an advocacy gap. Courtesy of Scott Lopez × Group promotes nuclear power With growing energy demands in New Mexico for developments ranging...

Denver pizza restaurant transformed into modular gallery by 11 x 17

Architecture studio 11 x 17 had to leave historic details intact when converting a restaurant in a mixed-use building in Denver, Colorado, into a gallery space for the Architectural League of New York. When commissioned to design a seasonal...

Agencies, groups talk incidents, wildlife, stewardship during Community Debrief

Representatives from local agencies and groups came together at the BV Community Center on Oct. 8 to debrief the summer season with the public, discussing incidents, animals and best practices. Chaffee County Search and Rescue North, Colorado...

How a mountaineer discovered a potential 3.6-inch discrepancy that could result in a ‘new’ Colorado 14er

A surveyor says he has discovered a new Colorado 14er after hauling GPS equipment to the top two peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. No, Eric Gilbertson did not suddenly locate a new 14,000-foot peak that nobody had ever seen before. Rather,...

Denver lights up 2025 with Mile High Holidays events

DENVER — Mile High Holidays, Visit Denver‘s annual winter celebration, will return in 2025 with a lineup of lights, performances, and family-friendly attractions across the city. In Brief: Mile High Holidays returns for 2025 with lights, shows,...

Ken Silverstein: Bridging the red-blue divide on climate

Heather Reams, the president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), stepped onto the stage at Breckenridge’s Mountain Towns 2030 summit — a room full of progressives accustomed to negotiating with Republicans on climate policy. She...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife halts search for depredating Copper Creek wolf as more livestock attacks are confirmed in Rio Blanco 

After months of reported wolf activity and seven confirmed wolf attacks on livestock in Pitkin County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has not verified any depredations in the county since mid-August, causing the agency to change course on attempts to...