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Pronghorn herds dying by the dozen on eastern Colorado roads after snowstorm

Deep, crusty snow piled up on fields in eastern Colorado after last week's snowstorm is driving herds of pronghorn onto roads, and dozens of them are dying, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said.





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This time at All-Star weekend, Nikola Jokic is an NBA champion. That doesn’t mean anyone thinks he’s the face of league

Steph Curry and Kevin Durant both didn't include Nikola Jokic among their candidates for the next face of the NBA after their generation. But Jokic, even after winning a championship heightened his exposure, is happy to just be the class clown anyway.




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Colorado’s contested Democratic primaries turned on more than ideology, despite prominent lawmakers’ losses

"If you take politics as a game, you have to play underneath the rules. You can't appear to be disagreeable; you have to appear to voters as someone who’s getting things done."




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Allan Dyer of Cherokee Trail is The Denver Post’s 2016 All-Colorado baseball coach of the year

The Denver Post's 2016 All-Colorado baseball team and coach of the year, plus honorable mention to make up a squad of the state's top high school players.




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Legacy’s Dawn Gaffin wins 2016 Dave Sanders Colorado Coach Award

Dawn Gaffin is the 2016 winner of the Dave Sanders Colorado Coach Award, which is presented annually by The Denver Post to a teacher-coach committed to female athletics and high ideals like Sanders, who was killed while saving students in the Columbine massacre in 1999.




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Critics blast regulators over Colorado’s first use of new environmental justice law in fuel-storage controversy

For people living near a gasoline storage facility in Commerce City, the company’s decision to cancel its expansion near an elementary school was an environmental victory.




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Colorado seeks public comment on new draft of Suncor pollution permit more than a year after EPA rejection

Most of the revisions to the permit for Suncor’s Plant 2 were highly technical, and none change the amount of pollution Suncor is allowed to send into the air.




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After guiding industry through big changes, head of Colorado oil-gas group to step down

Dan Haley is stepping down as CEO and president of the trade association after nine years.




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Xcel Energy announces $45B investment plan, with about half for Colorado

Xcel Energy plans to spend $45 billion on capital investments in the next five years with about $22 billion of that earmarked for Colorado as the utility prepares for what it calls a historic shift in energy demand.







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Endorsement: Fund services for victims with a tax on guns. Yes on Proposition KK.

If a crime or tragedy happens in Colorado, the second person a victim talks to after the police is often an advocate from one of the dozens of organizations primarily funded by a dwindling pot of federal money.




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Endorsement: “Do not retain” votes on Colorado judges could inadvertently give a win to Trump supporters

Coloradans should vote to retain Justice Monica M. Márquez and send a message to those wielding her retention as a political cudgel that far-right extremists cannot bully Colorado justices.





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Local officials near Rocky Flats are disbanding their oversight council — but that doesn’t mean all fights are over

Rocky Flats Stewardship Council met regularly to monitor testing data at former nuke weapons site.





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Ella Hagen, already a three-sport individual state champion, adds another trophy by dominating Class 4A state cross country meet

Ella Hagen won her second Class 4A cross country crown on Saturday at the Norris Penrose Event Center.




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State cross country: Aiden Le Roux, Addison Ritzenhein are fastest boy and girl in Colorado after setting course records

Aiden Le Roux and Addison Ritzenhein both set all-classification course records at the Norris Penrose Event Center.




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Colorado high school football playoffs primer: Favorites, challengers, dark horses and burning questions

Cherry Creek seeks its seventh straight appearance in the title game, while Mountain Vista looks for its first.



  • Preps
  • Sports
  • Broomfield High School
  • Cherry Creek High School
  • CHSAA
  • Columbine High School
  • Dakota Ridge High School
  • Durango High School
  • Erie High School
  • Fairview High School
  • Legend High School
  • Mesa Ridge High School
  • Montrose High School
  • Mountain Vista High School
  • Palmer Ridge High School
  • Pine Creek High School
  • Ponderosa High School
  • Prep football
  • Pueblo West High School
  • Ralston Valley High School
  • Valor Christian High School


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Top-ranked Windsor holds off No. 2 Mead for thrilling victory in Class 3A showdown

The Wizards emerged from the rugged affair with an 8-1 record and a perfect 4-0 league mark. Mead tumbled to 8-1 and 3-1.






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Downtown’s sluggish recovery costing Denver tens of millions in unrealized sales tax revenues, study finds

Had Denver matched the regional average gain, it would have seen an additional $646 million more in taxable sales revenues, the report estimates.







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National park’s 25th anniversary is a milestone for Colorado conservation, compromise

On Oct. 21, 1999, the Black Canyon became Colorado's third national park. But it was a painstaking process to get there.






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Editorial: Colorado’s leaked password scandal needs outside investigation

"Hundreds of voting machine passwords were accidentally released but what exactly was Secretary of State Jena Griswold doing to address the security breach?" -- The Denver Post Editorial Board




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Editorial: Here’s how savvy Colorado voters navigated the monstrous 2024 ballot

Colorado’s election results tell us that more of our neighbors are feeling bad about Tuesday night’s presidential outcome than are feeling good, but what about the down-ballot races?





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Letters: These Trump skeptics hope people know what they are doing

"With the re-election of Trump I’m convinced that our generation’s time – I’m in my 80s -- has passed. The values I admire, the qualities of character I respect, seem to be relegated to some kind of antique standards shop. We’re decidedly outta style." -- Harry Puncec, Lakewood




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Try these hiker-only Colorado trails to avoid mountain bikers

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 a trail (and vice versa).




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Adventurous ways to experience Colorado’s four National Parks

Many guests are content with low-key offerings such as hiking, biking, fishing, wildlife viewing, and scenic driving. Some of us crave more.




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Hiking, bike riding, breweries and pot. Do Denver residents live up to the stereotype?

Ask someone from another state what the typical Denverite likes, and you might get any number of answers. Skiing. Craft beer. Hiking. Cannabis. Goldendoodles.





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Is your next outdoor misadventure fit for a podcast episode?

"One of the common themes in our survival stories is that it's almost never just one thing that goes wrong,” shared Peter Frick-Wright, host of the Outside Podcast.




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Violence against health care workers has doubled — a Colorado bill aims to reverse that trend

Colorado hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities would be required to come up with plans to reduce violence against their staffs under a bill in the legislature that also would require stronger responses to incidents.




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Unsafe culture permeates Aurora VA’s ICU, staffers allege. The message? “Shut up and do what you’re told.”

The allegations in the ICU come as the Aurora VA has been roiled by controversy in recent months. When clinicians do raise concerns to management, they say they're met with admonition and retaliation.




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This city offers people moving to Colorado the best bang for the buck

With fewer people moving across state lines, and population growth slowing, places within Colorado will have to compete harder with each other to attract new residents.





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Colorado solidifies regulations for psychedelic mushroom growers, manufacturers and therapy centers

Anyone seeking to become part of Colorado’s psychedelics industry by growing mushrooms, operating a healing center, or manufacturing psilocybin edibles now has guidance on how to do so legally.





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Psychedelic therapy advocates fear high fees will curb Colorado industry before it starts

When psychedelic-assisted therapy becomes available in Colorado next year, the state will be just the second in the U.S. to regulate the production and use of psilocybin mushrooms.




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Kaiser Permanente Colorado adds Rose, Presbyterian St. Luke’s hospitals to network

The implications for some of Kaiser’s other hospital partnerships remain unclear.




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Chris Brew Talks Doing What You Love



Chris Brew is excited about new series “The Start Up.”