Jessica Porter

1 week ago | denver7.com | Jessica Porter

DENVER — Denver welcomed 37.1 million domestic visitors in 2024 and generated $10.3 billion in tourism spending, matching the previous year for record-breaking tourism in the Mile High City. “Despite concerns about the economy among travelers, you saw a year that sustained those record high-level volumes of visitation and record levels of visitor spending,” said Amir Eylon, president and CEO of Longwoods International.

2 weeks ago | denver7.com | Jessica Porter

DACONO, Colo. — More than 500 people reported feeling a 2.9 magnitude earthquake near Dacono Friday morning. Calls from Thornton to Firestone poured into the Denver7 newsroom Friday morning. They reported feeling their homes shake and even hearing some loud booms. "It kind of felt like a door slamming, like my heavy garage door slamming," Dacono resident Kyle Browski told Denver7. No injuries or damage have been reported.

3 weeks ago | denver7.com | Jessica Porter

DENVER — The City of Denver is looking to change its career service rules to make it easier to lay off longtime employees. The proposed change comes as the city looks to address a $250 million budget deficit. On Wednesday, the Office of Human Resources submitted a notice to city employees about a June 18 hearing to change Career Service Rule 14. The changes would allow the city to lay off employees solely based on merit.

3 weeks ago | denver7.com | Jessica Porter

DENVER — The Denver chapter of Run for Their Lives, an organization advocating for the release of hostages in Gaza, said it will make safety changes to future events after a group from the Boulder chapter was attacked Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, the Boulder chapter of Run For Their Lives held its weekly walk to bring attention to the Israeli hostages held in Gaza. The Boulder group walks every Sunday and planned to do so at 1 p.m. at the corner of 8th and Pearl streets.

4 weeks ago | denver7.com | Jessica Porter

DENVER — DENVER — The sigh of relief for small business owners was short-lived Thursday after an appeals court halted a federal court ruling just hours earlier that would have stopped President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. The pause comes in response to a ruling by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, which concluded that Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs exceeded his authority and issued an injunction.