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After 50 Years Southwest Is Ending Open Seating For Colorado Flights
For over five decades, Southwest Airlines, which flies hundreds of planes out of Denver International Airport each day, has been known for its famous open seating policy. Now, 50 years later, that policy is about to change. Southwest Airlines Open Seating Policy To End. Flying usually means that you're headed...
Colorado's dirty little secret is hidden all over the state
GUNNISON, Colo. — Colorado has a dirty secret. It is one that lurks in the shadows of 14ers. It swims beneath the surface of mountain streams. It hides underground – barely. “Everybody was talking about the poop problem – major news outlets, advocacy groups. The problem became a...
Mark Kiszla: Colo-RAD-oh! Soccer stars Swanson, Horan and Smith give America its first big kick of Summer Olympics
NICE, France – Let the domination of Colorado women at the Olympic Games begin. Mallory Swanson, Lindsey Horan and Sophia Smith saw no need to wait for the torch to be lit at the Opening Ceremony to start kicking butt and taking names on the soccer pitch. Three stars born and raised in our little corner of the world shook Zambia with some Rocky Mountain thunder in a rousing 3-0...
Colorado company uses plastic from Dillon Marina and turns it into roads
While a pile of polyethylene plastic wrap piled up in a storage shed for the Dillon Marina (from boats wrapped up in the off-season) Craig Simson, the "Mayor" of the Dillon Marina started looking for a place to put it. Previously the supplier would take the plastic back and recycle it, but it became too costly, and the supplier simply stopped offering the service. "We were on a mission to find someone to process this kind of plastic," Simson said. "Between the two marinas, (Dillon and Frisco) the rough math is we produce about 480,000 square feet of plastic annually. That didn't...
Denver Rated Most Polluted City In U.S. For Consecutive Days
What’s been top of mind for most Coloradans recently has been the air quality as of late. Smoke from Canadian wildfires has been filling up the Colorado skyline for the past few days and has seriously affected the quality of our air. However, it’s already been an issue for...
Sean Payton likes the ‘competitive environment’ fans bring to training camp
The first public training camp practice session for the Denver Broncos happened yesterday and the fans definitely showed up. No doubt the presence of a first-round quarterback in Bo Nix taking his first snaps in front of fans was the huge draw. From reports yesterday, he surely didn’t disappoint.
These lesser-known Pueblo athletes have been making waves in their sports
Pueblo is home to many great high school and college athletes. However, some of its elite competitors — old and young — may not always show up on a traditional sports feed. From boxing and mixed martial arts to track and field and racing, many great athletes call Pueblo home. ...
QB who lit up Broncos during 2023 season just signed massive deal
The Denver Broncos had 70 points put on them by the Miami Dolphins during the 2023 NFL Season, and their QB just signed a mega extension. One of the worst defensive performances in all of sports perhaps came early on in the 2023 NFL Season. The Denver Broncos traveled to Miami to face the Dolphins, and managed to give up 70 points.
The history of the Denver Nuggets in the Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics kick off this weekend and the Denver Nuggets will be represented on the court, though not on USA Basketball’s roster. Nikola Jokic will lead Serbia while Jamal Murray teams up to create a two-headed monster with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for Canada. Jamal will compete in his first Olympic games, Jokic competed in 2016. Vlatko Cancar has also competed in the Olympic games (2020) but as Slovenia fell just short of qualifying for the 2024 games, his international run this year is already over. Murray joins Cancar and Jokic with a handful of other Nuggets who have competed on the world stage in the most iconic international basketball tournament we have. Here’s some of the best from Denver to wear their country’s uniform.
Denver settles lawsuit over collapse of minority business fund
DENVER — The city of Denver has reached a settlement with an investment fund after the collapse of a project to support women and minority-owned businesses. The city of Denver has agreed to pay the Domestic Emerging Markets Investments (DEMI) Fund for all of its outstanding invoices. The deal ends the relationship that was created to benefit small businesses owned by women and people of color.
Broncos Could Trade for Former First-Round Pick From NFC North
The Denver Broncos have one of the NFL’s great players in cornerback Patrick Surtain II — what they’ve failed to do is put someone at the other cornerback spot who might be able to take some pressure off the two-time Pro Bowler. That could all change with...
Records show RTD chief of police, now under investigation, routinely drove agency vehicle over 100 mph
The Regional Transportation District's chief of police routinely drove an agency vehicle over 100 mph, data obtained by CPR News show. Data logged by a transponder attached to the vehicle assigned to Joel Fitzgerald, Sr. recorded more than a dozen trips where the vehicle was traveling over 100 mph, and dozens of trips over 90 mph, between November 2023 and May 2024.
Two Broncos stars address their contract situations
While dead money somewhat overshadows the contracts still on the Broncos’ 2024 payroll, the team did just give an $18M-per-year deal to Quinn Meinerz. That gives Denver four eight-figure AAVs on its offensive front, with Mike McGlinchey, Garett Bolles and Ben Powers tied to lucrative deals. McGlinchey and Powers,...
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