New Test Of Babies’ Dna Speeds Diagnosis

Commerce City wants to impose some order on its marijuana sector. Nearly all of its retail cannabis stores are located in the southern half of the city — with several clustered close together and more on the way — and elected leaders there want to spread the wealth. Ultimately, they want to limit how much there is to spread of the industry’s impact, whether good or bad.

Fresh from the breakup of the proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger, company executives and union leaders are negotiating new contracts for the supermarket chains’ Colorado employees. The bargaining is taking place as Kroger and Albertsons are locked in a bitter back-and-forth following two separate court decisions against the $24.6 billion consolidation of the nation’s two largest grocery store operators. A day after the Dec.

Denver’s ever-changing dining scene grew and changed in 2024 faster than the menu at a farm-to-table restaurant at the end of summer. Bagels, dumplings, and sandwiches remained sizzling hot, while the city’s Mexican restaurant scene fully embraced a new era of upscale, heritage-focused cooking. Asian restaurateurs continued to find a powerful voice, while hotels looked to improve the reputations of their dining amenities.

Two new short-term safehouses set to open in metro Denver in early 2025 will be the only facilities in the state to offer emergency shelter beds reserved for survivors of sex trafficking. One of those safehouses, operated by HER Campaign, is expected to open in January, while a second, run by Covered Colorado, plans to open in March.

AURORA — Seven children gathered around Amaya Mills as the soon-to-be teacher asked them what activity they wanted to do next. Did they want to read to themselves? Or read with one of their classmates? One after another, the first-graders scattered across the classroom at Ponderosa Elementary School in Aurora, settling down with books, computers and Play-Doh.

I sometimes describe art exhibitions using the familiar phrase “greater than the sum of their parts.” It is a tidy way of saying that, while each of the objects in a show might not be a star attraction, they can add up to a big idea the curator wants to illustrate. But the opposite is true with “Movements Toward Freedom,” currently at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.