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Rockies Mailbag: Why can’t Colorado win playing “small ball”?

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 5/15 6:10A Patrick Saunders

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag. Pose a Rockies- or MLB-related question for the Rockies Mailbag. In your...

Second teen pleads guilty to murder in Jeffco rock-throwing spree that killed Alexa Bartell

The Denver Post (Crime) 5/15 5:56A Lauren Penington

Alexa Bartell, 20 (Provided by Jefferson County Sheriff s Department) A second teenage suspect pleaded guilty to murder charges Wednesday for his role in a spree of Jefferson County rock-throwing...

“The Dog Show” is art for the heart of Denver dog lovers

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 5/15 5:48A Ray Mark Rinaldi

I never had much sympathy for people when their dogs died. Animals come and go. We buy and sell them like property. When people went into mourning over their lost pets, tearing up, calling in sick at...

Renck: Nuggets series has become Nikola Jokic vs. everybody. And Jokic always wins.

The Denver Post (Top Stories) 5/15 4:24A Troy Renck

Revenge games provide a platform for players to show why they should have won MVP honors. Nikola Jokic staged a revenge game to show why he did win MVP honors . The premise was that the Minnesota...

Inmate dies in custody of Weld County Jail

The Denver Post (Crime) 5/15 4:09A Lauren Penington

An inmate at the Weld County Jail died in custody overnight Tuesday, according to the county s sheriff s office . According to sheriff s officials, the unidentified male...

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10th Circuit in Denver hears dispute over transgender woman admitted to Wyoming sorority

The Denver Post (Education) 5/14 4:27A Mead Gruver

A U.S. appeals court in Denver is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by six members of a University of Wyoming sorority who are challenging the admission of a...

DPS, teachers union clash as school district says it can’t fully fund next year’s raises

The Denver Post (Education) 5/14 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Gov. Jared Polis joined lawmakers on the steps of the Colorado Capitol earlier this year to herald what they called the “fully funded era” for schools, pledging to eliminate a Great Recession-era...

How a pro-Palestinian protest has impacted a Colorado community college

The Denver Post (Education) 5/10 6:53A Jason Gonzales, Ann Schimke

On a windy afternoon this week, students on Denver’s Auraria Campus snapped pre-graduation pictures and walked to finals. Most seemed to pay little attention to the quiet...

Professor Patty Limerick sues CU for access to, ownership of her past work for Center of the...

The Denver Post (Education) 5/10 6:46A Lauren Penington

Patty Limerick, a tenured University of Colorado Boulder professor and former director of the university s Center of the American West, is suing CU for ownership of her...

Douglas County High School moves graduation from Air Force Academy after concerns over shutting out...

The Denver Post (Education) 5/8 7:19A Elizabeth Hernandez

Douglas County High School on Wednesday moved the location of its upcoming graduation after teachers and union leaders raised concerns that holding the ceremony at the U.S....

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Editorial: Vail cancels a Lakota artist for her Palestinian sympathies chilling her speech

The Dever Post (Editorials) 5/15 2:00A The Denver Post Editorial Board

Related Articles Editorials | More protesters cited for trespassing after refusing to leave Auraria Campus building Editorials | Pro-Palestine encampment set up at DU;...

Colorado’s oldest drive-in theater has changed with the times, but nostalgia still gets top billing

The Denver Post (Entertainment) 5/15 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi

On a crisp Saturday evening in April, Hezekiah Morrison drove his pickup to the Star Drive-in Theatre for a screening of “Kung Fu Panda 4.” He parked so the truck bed faced the screen and lined it...

Ask Amy: Mom’s fibs about sister’s support causes trouble

The Dever Post (Lifestyles) 5/15 12:30A Amy Dickinson

Dear Amy: Several years back, my sister was in a pretty bad place. She was in her early 30s, still living at home, and didn’t have viable career plans. She desperately wanted...

Editorial: In Colorado, developers can take your property for their benefit — just ask Palizzi...

The Dever Post (Editorials) 5/14 1:01A The Denver Post Editorial Board

Debora Palizzi, the owner of Palizzi Farm in Adams County, is learning the hard way that almost any developer in Colorado can be granted the power of eminent domain by city or county officials. Then,...

Ask Amy: Sibling haunted by mysterious mourner

The Dever Post (Lifestyles) 5/14 12:30A Amy Dickinson

Dear Amy: My father died 20 years ago after a long battle with alcoholism. At the time, he was separated from my mother and estranged from my younger brother. I chose to...

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Walmart closing Aurora Neighborhood Market on East Colfax

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/15 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

Accustomed to opening rather than closing stores, retail giant Walmart plans to shutter a Neighborhood Market in Aurora near the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus...

8 ice cream shops in and around Denver worth screaming about this summer

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/9 2:00A Lily O Neill

As soon as the sun begins to rear its hot head on warm spring and summer days, the familiar jingle of ice cream trucks returns to Denver neighborhoods. There’s still nostalgia in a trip to a local ice...

Thornton gets green light from Larimer County for long-sought water pipe segment

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/9 2:00A John Aguilar

Thornton will be able to build a critical segment of a 70-mile pipe to bring water from the Cache la Poudre River to the fast-growing suburb north of Denver, after elected...

Sushi Den reopens for lunch service four years after start of pandemic

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/8 2:00A Lily O Neill

Sushi Den s lunch service has been on ice since COVID-19 hit in 2020. But this week, the beloved Denver restaurant has updated its hours for eager diners who have missed the power lunch. New Sushi Den...

What’s in a name: Breweries can’t just focus on beer anymore

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/8 2:00A Jonathan Shikes

Big Choice Brewing moved from Broomfield to Brighton in 2017 and added a pizza kitchen so that it would stand out in a crowd of Colorado taprooms. But it didn t change its name because beer was still...

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All hail Colorado wines, Taste of Iceland, Denver Fashion Week, and more things to do this week

The Dever Post (Fashion) 5/9 2:00A John Wenzel, Tiney Ricciardi

Pinkies out, wine lovers Saturday. A festival that offers sips, swills and, err, spits? Wine not? Wine Spectator magazine brings its signature Grand Tour festival to the Sheraton Downtown Denver on...

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Rockies Mailbag: Why can’t Colorado win playing “small ball”?

The Denver Post (Rockies) 5/15 6:10A Patrick Saunders

Denver Post sports writer Patrick Saunders with the latest installment of his Rockies Mailbag. Pose a Rockies- or MLB-related question for the Rockies Mailbag. In your...

Renck: Nuggets series has become Nikola Jokic vs. everybody. And Jokic always wins.

The Denver Post (Nuggets) 5/15 4:24A Troy Renck

Revenge games provide a platform for players to show why they should have won MVP honors. Nikola Jokic staged a revenge game to show why he did win MVP honors . The premise was that the Minnesota...

Anthony Edwards on Nikola Jokic’s masterful Game 5 performance: “I just laugh. That’s all I can...

The Denver Post (Nuggets) 5/14 10:07P Ryan McFadden

Rudy Gobert’s effort was valiant. But Nikola Jokic was just too good. In the midst of Jokic’s scoring onslaught in the third quarter of Game 5, the Timberwolves big man was in...

PHOTOS: Denver Nuggets outpace Minnesota Timberwolves to win game 5 of the series 112-97

The Denver Post (Nuggets) 5/14 8:09P AAron Ontiveroz

The Denver Nuggets outpaced the Minnesota Timberwolves to win game 5 of the series 112-97 on Tuesday night, May 14, 2024, at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. Denver now leads...

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Nikola Jokic’s 40-point masterclass hands Nuggets 3-2 playoff series lead over Timberwolves

The Denver Post (Nuggets) 5/14 7:14P Bennett Durando

Nobody could hear a word Adam Silver was saying, but the speech was probably nice. On a night Ball Arena drowned out the NBA commissioner s presentation of Nikola Jokic s...

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Brighton farm facing condemnation by homebuilder draws support from hundreds at court hearing

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/14 2:00A John Aguilar

A Brighton vegetable farm s fight against a metro district s eminent domain action to provide storm drainage for new housing drew hundreds of people to an Adams County courthouse Monday in support of...

Voters likely to overrule legislative fix to address property tax spike, head of Denver chamber...

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/14 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

Colorado voters will likely side with two ballot measures promising greater property tax relief than what a bipartisan legislative compromise rushed through in the session s...

Century-old Brighton veggie farm could close over developer’s eminent domain petition

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/12 11:00P John Aguilar

A Brighton vegetable farm that began operations as the Great Depression settled over the country 95 years ago says it will have to close shop if a residential developer takes possession of a swath of...

Smaller homes on smaller lots: Could “light touch density” help erase Colorado’s housing deficit?

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/12 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

When William Raihl moved to Colorado from Indiana to work with the Salvation Army, he and his wife expected to purchase a home, put down roots and eventually retire. They...

Skyrocketing home insurance rates, loss of coverage roil Colorado’s strained housing market

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 5/11 8:23A Judith Kohler

Coloradans looking to buy homes or simply hold onto their property face a barrage of challenges: a white-hot real estate market, high interest rates and soaring property taxes. You can add surging...

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