Author: Bernadette Berdychowski The Denver Gazette
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U.S. wants to refuel military satellites in space. This Denver company will help them do it
Astroscale U.S. is working to make satellites last longer in space. Its first client? The U.S. military. At the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, the Denver-based company gave a preview on Tuesday of the historic mission it plans to complete next year. Astroscale will conduct two refueling operations for the U.S. Department of Defense. It’ll…
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As Trump tariff threats escalate, Colorado companies hit by wild swings in the stock market
Wall Street had another rocky day Monday, as stocks ended lower following President Donald Trump’s decision to double down on his tariff plans and threat to raise the import tax even more on goods coming from China. The president said the tariffs would reverse decades of what he called unfair treatment by the rest of…
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Colorado business confidence falls dramatically as Trump policies spur ‘shock’ of uncertainty
Business sentiment in Colorado took a nosedive, according to the Leeds Business Confidence Index, a measure of how business leaders across Colorado feel about the national and state economy. It was the second-largest decline in the economic tracker’s 23-year history, according to a report from the University of Colorado Boulder released Tuesday. The main reason?…
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Why Sundance Film Festival chose Boulder
Outside the Boulder Theater – surrounded by state, city and tourism leaders – Sundance Institute CEO Amanda Kelso proclaimed what made Boulder the nonprofit’s ideal choice to be the future home of the famous independent film festival. “Boulder is an art town, it’s a tech town, it’s a mountain town and it’s a college town,”…
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Sundance Film Festival to move to Boulder
The Sundance Film Festival will move to Boulder in 2027, the Sundance Institute announced Thursday. The internationally-recognized film festival has been in Park City, Utah, for more than 40 years, but organizers have been looking for alternative options to host the festival for another decade and had narrowed it down to staying in Utah or…
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Historic preservationists seek landmark status for Zuni Plant
Preservationists and community members are seeking to save Denver’s century-old Zuni Steam Plant by making it a landmark. Historic Denver announced Friday the organization filed for a landmark designation for the steam plant on the banks of the South Platte River that once powered downtown Denver in its early days. Landmark status could protect it…
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Trump tariffs could quadruple what Colorado pays for imports, report says
President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect Tuesday, which could have a “severe” impact on Colorado’s economy, according to a new report. Trump placed 25% tariffs — or a tax on imports — on products from Mexico and Canada, with a caveat for Canadian energy with tariffs set at…
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Albertsons will have a new CEO. She’s from Colorado.
Albertsons, the parent company of Safeway, will soon have a new CEO who’s grocery career began in Denver. The company’s Chief Operating Officer Susan Morris will succeed Albertsons’ current CEO Vivek Sankaran, the grocer announced Monday. Sankaran plans to retire and Morris will take over May 1, Albertsons said in a news release. The announcement…
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This spacecraft built in Colorado will study moon’s mysterious water cycle
On a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Wednesday, a small satellite developed in the metro Denver area will have a seat on board. Its mission? Understanding the mysterious ways water forms on the moon. The Lunar Trailblazer is prepped to study the water cycle and collect several datasets…
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King Soopers workers stopped striking — now the two sides have 100 days to come up with a deal
The strike against King Soopers lasted 12 days — at least for now. It was longer than the metro Denver area strike against the grocer in 2022 and it sought to hurt the Colorado grocery chain owned by Kroger on Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine’s Day, two very lucrative shopping periods for the month of…