The $1 billion plan aims to expand independent processing capacity in the meat and poultry industry.

For a long time, a common refrain has been that more than half of restaurants close before even making it a year. Now think of the chances of survival if you opened one right before the pandemic.

Losses from the Marshall Fire are estimated at $513 million. Standard homeowners’ insurance might not cover the entire cost of repairing and replacing homes lost or damaged.

Technicians are going door to door in order to restore electric and gas.

The median price of a single-family home in metro Denver is $543,000, up more than 16 percent from a year ago.

Colorado’s multibillion-dollar ski industry could really use a good year. But the snow cover on many of Colorado’s slopes is stubbornly thin.

A survival story today. Of a small business that has survived shutdowns, changing public health orders, and labor & supply shortages. Step into a day in the life of Zomo Asian + American Eatery in Englewood. From dawn ‘til dinner, it’s a race to find ingredients, prepare them, and serve a hungry (and sometimes impatient) public.

A day in the life of Zomo Asian + American Eatery, a family-owned restaurant in Englewood.

The leisure and hospitality industries continue to struggle, and workers who are women and people of color were hit harder.

For now, skiers and snowboarders can hit the slopes using the same COVID-19 guidelines that were in place before omicron became a concern immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday.

Lodging in the state’s resort communities is already 80 percent booked for the week following Christmas

Housing costs in places like Crested Butte, Ouray and Telluride are rising further out of reach for the people that actually work there.

The supply chain logjam started with a surge in demand for goods from people stuck at home during the pandemic, and the snags have only gotten worse.

The tension has been building for several years, but the pandemic became a tipping point.

The trend in Colorado mirrors what is happening in the rest of the country, with steady job growth and monthly hiring stalling out in August.

The Colorado Tourism Office isn’t banking on the pandemic-fueled surge in domestic travel to fill the state’s mountain towns forever.