Editorial: In State Capital, It's Déja Vu All Over Again

Delays for flights at Denver International Airport are projected to last through the morning, with the Federal Aviation Administration announcing a ground delay because of low clouds. Related Articles Transportation | DIA parking shifts to “cashless experience” Transportation | Shooting wounds 2 at Phoenix airport, 1 other stabbed, police say Transportation | FAA “will not fund any portion” of widening to reduce jams on DIA’s overloaded Peña Boulevard Transportation | DIA’s surge in international travel continues with new nonstop flights to cities in Mexico, Canada and Italy Transportation | United unveils DIA’s first nonstop flight from Denver to Rome The FAA’s Ground Delay Program is meant to control the volume of flights entering an airport and may be implemented when inclement weather creates challenging flight conditions.

A statewide task force on Friday called for a sweeping overhaul of Colorado’s system for reporting suspected child abuse and neglect, proposing myriad reforms aimed at clarifying the oft-misunderstood and sometimes misused process. Colorado lawmakers created the task force in 2022 to examine the state’s mandatory reporting laws following a Denver Post investigation into the 2017 death of 7-year-old Olivia Gant, a long-term patient at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Before Olivia died, some of her caregivers at the hospital suspected Olivia’s mother may have been medically abusing her, but the hospital did not alert any outside authorities to their suspicions until after Olivia’s death, despite the state’s mandatory reporting laws, which require some professionals to “immediately” report suspected child abuse or neglect to state authorities. Instead, the hospital investigated the concerns internally, through its own child protection team and in a series of ethics meetings, relying in part on false information provided by Olivia’s mother to conclude there was no reason to alert outside authorities to the potential abuse. A doctor at the hospital eventually raised the alarm more than a year after Olivia died, when Olivia’s mother brought in Olivia’s sister for similar false medical concerns.

Skiers, riders and holiday travelers could experience “record-breaking” traffic on mountain segments of Interstate 70 this weekend, according to Colorado’s Department of Transportation. The agency wrote in a news release that drivers on the interstate should plan for extended delays, as traffic could rival records set in 2020, when New Year’s Day last fell on a Wednesday. Related Articles Transportation | DIA parking shifts to “cashless experience” Transportation | Colorado road conditions: U.

Patchy, dense fog is forecast in Denver before 8 a.m. today, followed by a chilly weekend, with up to a few inches of snow possible Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service. Related Articles Weather | Colorado road conditions: U. S. 285, Loveland Pass closed as mountain snow continues Weather | Colorado’s 2025 concert season will bring massive tours, big names in smaller cities and, yes, higher ticket prices Weather | Dangerous avalanche conditions in Colorado mountains prompt holiday warning Weather | Colorado weather: New Year’s Day brings another round of mountain snow, complicating travel Weather | Denver activates overflow cold weather shelters for a week ahead of freezing temps, overnight snow The gloom will give way to partly sunny skies and temperatures near 50 on Friday, falling to 23 overnight. Fog could return Friday night and early Saturday morning, and clouds will gather throughout the day Saturday, with a high of 39 and a low of 17 forecast. A chance of snow was also forecast Sunday and Monday in Denver, with highs in the 30s and lows around 16.

Dozens and dozens of restaurants will open their doors for the first time in 2025 — most of which we don’t even know about yet (although their owners are surely planning away). But we do have details of some of them, and it makes us hungry. Here is a list of eight of the most anticipated openings of 2025 — along with two more without addresses that are in the works. Amorina Chef Max Mackissock of the Culinary Creative Group plans to open Amorina, a cocktail bar and small-plates restaurant in Cherry Creek, on Jan.

The U. S. military’s mountain bunker along Colorado’s Front Range, built during the Cold War to survive a Soviet nuclear attack, now must withstand scrutiny by lawmakers who see it as a costly relic. They question the need for a not-so-secret command post cocooned in 2,000 feet of granite. It sits inside Cheyenne Mountain, where North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD) crews in front of a large map can scan skies and track missile and satellite launches around the planet, along with potentially disruptive space junk. The bunker also houses, behind 23-ton blast doors, a power plant, water supply, food stores, a health clinic, a barber shop, and a chapel. Military crews at the Buckley Space Force Base east of Denver and at Peterson Space Force Base east of Colorado Springs perform the same missions at a lower cost.