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Emotional day in Colorado court as Coban Porter sentenced to 6 years in prison for deadly DUI crash

CBS Denver (News) 4/19 9:13A Jennifer McRae

It was an emotional day in court Friday as a judge sentenced Coban Porter to six years in prison for last year's deadly DUI crash that killed one person and seriously injured another. The two-vehicle...

Coban Porter, brother of Nuggets’ Michael Porter Jr., sentenced to prison in fatal DUI crash

The Denver Post (Crime) 4/19 7:12A Shelly Bradbury

Coban Porter, the brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for killing a woman in a drunk-driving crash last year....

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Red Cross hosts blood donation event at Lifetime Windows and Siding in Denver on Tuesday

CBS Denver (News) 4/19 7:00A Jesse Sarles

The American Red Cross recently started blood donation events in Colorado, and next Tuesday they are is holding one at Lifetime Windows and Siding . It will take place from 11...

12 students and teacher killed at Columbine to be remembered at 25th anniversary vigil

The Denver Post (Crime) 4/19 6:54A Colleen Slevin

The 12 students and one teacher killed in the Columbine High School shooting will be remembered Friday in a vigil on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the tragedy. The...

Colorado lawmakers defeat supervised-drug use sites bill for third time in a year

The Dever Post (Politics) 4/19 6:31A Seth Klamann

Colorado lawmakers have again rejected a bill that would have allowed supervised drug-use sites to open in willing cities the third time in a year legislators have killed the...

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12 students and teacher killed at Columbine to be remembered at 25th anniversary vigil

The Denver Post (Education) 4/19 6:54A Colleen Slevin

The 12 students and one teacher killed in the Columbine High School shooting will be remembered Friday in a vigil on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the tragedy. The...

25 years later, a Columbine teacher reflects on why she stayed: “We take care of each other”

The Denver Post (Education) 4/19 2:00A Jessica Seaman

Twenty-five years ago, Michelle DiManna sat in the math office at Columbine High School grading papers and talking to a colleague when she heard students screaming in terror. Two heavily armed...

How did an out-of-state white guy win over a rural Colorado college with a dark, racist past? Ask...

The Denver Post (Education) 4/14 2:00A Elizabeth Hernandez

Tom Stritikus, a white guy from out of state who talks a mile a minute, in the summer of 2018 took the helm of a rural southern Colorado college with a significant Native American student body and an...

Materials from Boulder blues icon Otis Taylor now housed at CU Boulder

The Denver Post (Education) 4/13 5:00A Olivia Doak

Materials from Otis Taylor’s decades-long career as an internationally recognized Boulder-based blues banjo artist are now part of an archived collection at the University of Colorado Boulder. Taylor,...

Colorado paraprofessional arrested after police say video shows her beating autistic child on school...

The Denver Post (Education) 4/9 7:03A Elizabeth Hernandez

(Embedded video provided by Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC Attorneys at Law) Police arrested a former Littleton Public Schools paraprofessional last week after they said video footage...

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BrewDog opens first-ever franchised brewpub in Denver today

The Dever Post (Lifestyles) 4/19 2:00A Jonathan Shikes

BrewDog, the Scottish-born beer maker that was founded based on a brash attitude and big beers, has teamed up with a family-owned holding company on a new location in Denver. It s the first time...

Opinion: Colorado isn’t great at recycling. Producer Responsibility should change that

The Dever Post (Opinion) 4/19 2:00A Katherine Goff, Kevin Bommer

There’s nowhere to go but up for Colorado’s recycling rate. Fortunately, a new program, supported by a diverse coalition of communities from both rural and urban areas, will...

Denver Center’s offbeat “Emma” will delight fans of rom-coms, Austen’s novel

The Denver Post (Entertainment) 4/19 2:00A Lisa Kennedy

The rhythms of Jane Austen’s novels are so persuasive, their challenges and resolutions so familiar, that playwright Kate Hamill can merrily tease our knowledge again and again in her winking...

Jay Bianchi’s critics say earlier arrest on sex-assault suspicions could have saved “years” of new...

The Denver Post (Entertainment) 4/19 2:00A John Wenzel

The arrest of Denver jam-band fixture Jay Bianchi this week on suspicion of sexual assault follows three decades worth of other legal trouble and criminal allegations related to his businesses and...

Ask Amy: Mother frets over monstrous middle name

The Dever Post (Lifestyles) 4/19 12:30A Amy Dickinson

Dear Amy: My 24-year-old daughter is expecting a baby boy. She told me that she plans to use her biological dad s name as her baby s middle name. Her dad, Tobias, and I...

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BrewDog opens first-ever franchised brewpub in Denver today

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 4/19 2:00A Jonathan Shikes

BrewDog, the Scottish-born beer maker that was founded based on a brash attitude and big beers, has teamed up with a family-owned holding company on a new location in Denver. It s the first time...

What does it take to earn a Michelin star? These four restaurants are trying to find out.

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 4/18 2:00A Lily O Neill

Chef Sam McCandless plates food at Corrida in Boulder, Colorado on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) Editor s note: In September 2023, Michelin awarded stars, five in...

Storied Denver vinyl shop opens 2nd location in time for Record Store Day

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 4/18 2:00A Jonathan Shikes

Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath and the Eagles all released major albums in 1975. So did Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Paul Simon and Led Zeppelin. And you can still find some of them (probably...

Safieddine plans Mexican restaurant in LoDo building bought last year

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 4/17 11:00A Maia Luem

Francois Safieddine is staying busy. The Denver restaurateur behind concepts like ViewHouse and the recently opened Wonder + Yard is planning a Mexican restaurant in a LoDo...

At this Chicago-area consumption lounge, you can have your cake balls and smoke cannabis too

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 4/17 7:17A Louisa Kung Liu Chu

When the first cannabis dispensary, bar and restaurant under one roof opened last February near Chicago, it was but a whiff of what was to come. The business was still in bud by patio season despite...

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DU Pios bring home 10th national hockey championship

CBS Denver (Sports) 4/19 6:49A CBS Colorado

The University of Denver Pioneers are celebrating winning the 10th national hockey championship.

Nuggets Journal: Back surgeries firmly in his past, only a shoelace prevented Michael Porter Jr....

The Denver Post (Nuggets) 4/19 6:00A Bennett Durando

Unthinkably, Michael Porter Jr. would be made of iron, if not for some faulty string. On Feb. 9 in Sacramento, the Nuggets were embarking on a two-game weekend road trip. They were mercifully one week...

Colorado Avalanche vs. Winnipeg Jets: Series predictions, who has the edge and five things to watch...

The Dever Post (Avalanche) 4/19 5:36A Corey Masisak, Kyle Newman

After dropping down to third place in the Central Division at the end of the regular season, the Colorado Avalanche begins the Stanley Cup Playoffs on the road against the...

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Keeler: Why LeBron James’ playoff LeFlops won’t be enough to overcome Nuggets, Jamal Murray, Nikola...

The Denver Post (Nuggets) 4/19 5:35A Sean Keeler

The best way to play a LeBron James flop? Have a Joker up your sleeve. Listen: To have the success that they ve had, as great as (Nikola) Jokic has been­ if you go back and...

FAA investigating after Rockies coach plays pilot on United charter flight

The Denver Post (Patrick Saunders) 4/19 5:19A Lauren Penington, Patrick Saunde

A viral video showing a Colorado Rockies baseball coach in the cockpit of a United Airlines charter flight from Denver to Toronto sparked a federal investigation, officials...

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A bill hiking taxes for many short-term rentals in Colorado dies in first committee hearing

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 4/18 6:27A The Summit Daily

A bill that would have significantly grown taxes for thousands of short-term rentals in the state was killed in its first committee hearing late Tuesday even after the sponsor...

Redevelopment of Coors manufacturing site in heart of Golden begins

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 4/17 8:35A Judith Kohler

The first phase of a project that will transform a large industrial site in the heart of Golden is underway with the start of work on what will become the new global headquarters for CoorsTek. The...

Aspen home sells for $108 million, making Colorado one of the few states with $100+ million homes

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 4/17 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

Only a handful of states can claim a single-family home sale topping $100 million. Colorado has joined that rarified group with the record $108 million closing on Monday of...

Map: Which Colorado housing markets rose, and which were sidelined, since start of pandemic?

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 4/16 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

The pandemic, rather than crashing housing markets as initially feared , triggered a home price surge unlike any the country has seen, creating an unprecedented amount of wealth . Four years after the...

HGTV pinpoints Colorado’s ugliest houses

The Denver Post (Real Estate) 4/11 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi

For some homeowners, having an ugly house might deter them from hosting visitors. But on an HGTV show – which will soon spotlight Colorado – tacky, weird and unsightly dwellings are points of pride....

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Ride the Rockies bike tour canceled for 2024, future uncertain

The Dever Post (Fitness) 4/18 9:36A John Meyer

The Ride the Rockies Bicycle Tour, a cherished institution in Colorado s cycling community for more than three decades, has been canceled for 2024 due to lack of interest,...

Try these hiker-only Colorado trails to avoid mountain bikers

The Dever Post (Fitness) 4/16 2:00A Mindy Sink

There are so many fun ways to enjoy the great outdoors in Colorado, but it s not always easy to share. It can be alarming to have a mountain biker or horseback rider suddenly interrupt your saunter on...

Here’s what you get for $279 per month at new luxury fitness club

The Dever Post (Fitness) 4/15 2:00A John Meyer

The first hint that Denver s newest Life Time fitness location reflects evolution in the industry to a level far beyond your grandfather s smelly old gym comes from the company s promotional material,...

Outdoor gear industry facing challenges after “insane” post-pandemic growth

The Dever Post (Fitness) 4/8 2:00A John Meyer

Across 30 years in downtown Golden, Bent Gate Mountaineering has withstood three economic downturns including the Great Recession of 2008 and the pandemic recession of 2020. The store, at 1313...

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