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More than 445 flights were delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport late Thursday morning as snow fell across metro Denver and Colorado’s eastern plains. The average delay time for arriving flights was less than 15 minutes, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A traffic management program was in effect, and FAA officials said this could delay some arriving flights and that departing flight schedules may be affected. There were 445 delayed flights and eight cancellations at DIA as of 11:55 p.m., according to Flight Aware.

Enerplus Corp., which has merged with Chord Energy Corp., is closing its office in Denver, resulting in the loss of 73 jobs over the next several months. A notice submitted this week with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said starting Jan. 6, all the employees not moving into jobs with Chord Energy outside of Denver will be let go.

Thousands of Coloradans will receive restitution checks from Wyatts Towing in the coming days, part of a $1 million settlement agreement the towing giant reached with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office last year. More than 5,000 eligible consumers have been identified based on Wyatts Towing records, the AG’s office said in a news release Thursday.

A 43-year-old Colorado School of Mines mechanical engineering professor arrested and held overnight in the suspected DUI crash that killed a Golden police officer is being investigated for vehicular homicide and vehicular assault. Jefferson County Court Judge Thomas Vance on Thursday morning advised Stephen Geer of the charges he could face.

A decline in the purchasing power of American paychecks helped put Donald Trump back in the Oval Office. To gauge the economic slice of the Trump victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, my trusty spreadsheet crafted a paycheck power index. It combined three key business yardsticks for the 50 states and the District of Columbia – eight years of average weekly wages paid by private industry bosses, unemployment rates , and nationwide inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index . Pay hikes were measured against joblessness to approximate how many people got wage boosts.

If you are proud of where you work, you still have time to earn recognition as a Top Workplace in Colorado. For the 14th year, The Denver Post will honor the best workplace cultures in the state. Any organization with 50 or more employees in the state is eligible to earn Top Workplaces recognition. The nomination deadline has been extended to Dec.