🌱Broncos Coaches Fired + Warming Centers Close + Southwest Mess At DIA

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• BookBar on Tennyson Street closing up for good in January.
• Southwest Airlines still struggling with delays and cancelled flights.
• Denver closes warming centers, returns to normal shelter operations.

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Tuesday's weather: Mild with clouds and sun. High: 62 Low: 31.

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Here are the top stories today in Denver:

1. The hapless Denver Broncos fire rookie coach after embarrassing 51-14 loss in Los Angeles. The Broncos entered the 2022-2023 season with lots of anticipation as a Super Bowl contender. With new owners, a new coach and a new QB, what could go wrong? From the looks of where the team is today, everything. (ESPN)
2. Emergency warming centers in Denver close, shelter operations return to normal. Denver is still working to house the surging number of migrants that have found their way to Denver, but warmer temps have provided some respite from last week's cold temps and urgent action to protect the lives of those on the street from subzero temperatures. (9News)
3. Southwest still struggling with cancelled flights at DIA. Southwest Airlines has had most of the delays and cancellations over the past week, and the woes continued for the discount air carrier on Monday at Denver International Airport, where more than 70 percent of Southwest's flights were cancelled. (9News)
4. The BookBar on Tennyson Street is closing next month. The owner of the beloved book store has made it clear that the building "is not going to developers." While the book store may be closing, it's slated to return as a collaborative community space, built around literature. (9News)
5. Colorado colleges working on plan to help students that can't afford to eat. With increasingly diverse student populations, colleges across the state are ramping up programs that provide not just education, but meals for their students. (Local Today)

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From my notebook:

• Bikes Together's mission is bigger than just fixing bicycles. (Denverite)
• Dapper Doughnuts delivers. Licensed as both a food truck and caterer, Dapper makes their doughnuts fresh onsite either from their truck, or in your space with their mobile set up. (303)
• Nonprofit food truck hit by thieves on Christmas Eve. A nonprofit group called C.H.E.F, (Culinarians Helping Entrepreneurial Folks) had the power cord stolen from their culinary training program's food trailer. (FOX 31)

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