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The end may not be near, but the end is clear—according to those who have kept a close eye on Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, since a military coup toppled its civilian government in 2021. While the fighting between the junta and armed resistance groups was locked in a stalemate for the first two years of the conflict, observers note that the third year has seen the military on the back foot. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The protracted conflict has been estimated to have killed over 50,000 people and displaced around three million.

Arapahoe Basin will barely miss its customary October opening, but it will welcome skiers and riders on Saturday, Nov. 2, as will Keystone. Since 2002, A-Basin has failed to open in October only once. That was in 2020 when it opened on Nov. 9. Wolf Creek, which is located 250 miles from Denver in southern Colorado, was first to open this year on Oct.

For the first two days after Hurricane Helene, Ken Floyd, a 41-year-old general manager of the Monte Vista Hotel in Black Mountain, North Carolina, was in a state of stress. The father of three was trapped at home with his family as a landslide rampaged the surrounding area, taking down trees and impacting roads, barring his ability to check in on others.

I was losing faith in superheroes. We all were. Just look at the box office where stories with new characters like Madame Web and The Crow are bombing. And even superheroes who shot to stardom in the last few years are floundering. Joker: Folie à Deux flopped despite the fact that its predecessor made $1 billion worldwide.

Xcel Energy plans to spend $45 billion on capital investments in the next five years with about $22 billion of that to be spent in Colorado as the utility prepares for what it calls a significant shift in energy demand. Bob Frenzel, chairman, president and CEO of the Minneapolis-based company, announced the investment plan during an earnings call Thursday.

The Denver-Boulder area has long been an excellent destination for the arts. And in 2025, a new, large-scale jazz festival, hopefully to become a local tradition, will take place. The Denver Jazz Fest will run April 3-6 next year, organizers announced on Oct. 31. “Denver has such a rich history in terms of jazz artists who have lived here, performed here and grew up here,” says Don Lucoff, veteran publicist, jazz lover and president/co-founder of Denver Jazz, the Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofit behind the festival.