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Two years after Prop. 125鈥檚 approval, Colorado鈥檚 independent liquor and specialty stores are finding new ways to win customers back to their shops.

Local governments are allowed to set a minimum wage that's higher than the state rate of $14.40 per hour. Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang said if approved, the changes could take effect on January 1, 2025.

The Taffy Shop was recently voted the Best Candy Store in the country by USA Today 鈥� which might surprise some, considering the Estes Park shop has been making just one kind of candy for 89 years. Today on In The NoCo, we talk with owner Mark Igel to learn why tradition is such an essential part of their success.

Xcel customers across the Front Range experienced the state鈥檚 first planned power shutoff in April to protect against fire danger, but many residents were unaware their power was being shut off.

LendingTree analyzed small business data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and found that almost 1 in 4 businesses fail in their first year. The 23% failure rate from 2023 is two percentage points more than the year before and four percentage points more than in 2021.

Small businesses in Colorado and across the U.S. are seeing the already-tough process of getting business loans get even tougher.

Foreign-born residents have higher rates of entrepreneurship than those born here in the U.S. but getting a business loan can be tricky. CEDS Finance, a nonprofit, federally-funded small business lender in Aurora, provides small business loans to refugees, immigrants and other underserved people.

Small towns in the Mountain West are leading the pack when it comes to economic success, according to a recent report by Heartland Forward.

Local businesses are preparing for Small Business Saturday, an event to encourage holiday shopping at brick-and-mortar stores during one of the busiest times of the year.

Back in June, Tattered Cover opened up a new location across the street from Coors Field in Denver, complete with a new collection of baseball books to boot. Thus, reminding fans to engage with what is often considered the most written-about sport there is.