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It’s not hard to spot the Niwot girls at a Colorado state championship track meet. There’s the crowd of teammates down by the track, cheering them on. There’s the easily identifiable green-and-white uniforms. For the past couple of days, there’s also been the glitter. The parade of state champions has done it with flair, both in their performance and their coiffure. “Jiselle (Sales) was in charge of the glitter,” Addison Ritzenhein said after cruising to wins in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters. “Our team culture is so strong. I think it’s pretty unique. I think it’s special. Niwot’s Addy Ritzenhein…

Before every race, these days, Golden View Classical’s Bobby Kiesewetter sits and tries to prime his mind against a body that might fail him. Deep breaths. One. Two. A warrior mindset, he calls it. The message to himself is simple and lighthearted because anything truly serious could induce panic. Yeah, your throat’s closing. It doesn’t matter. On Saturday, he burned to a Class 2A state meet-record time of 4 minutes, 17:84 seconds, in the boys 1,600 meters, with only a slight hint of the burning throat that had thrown askew a promising career in distance running. Bronchitis tanked any chance…

Denver police are seeking information about vehicles involved in three hit-and-run crashes in April and May that killed one person and seriously injured three. The first crash happened about 10:52 p.m. April 11 at Colfax Avenue and Kalamath Street, according to a Metro Denver Crime Stoppers bulletin released Friday. A white or silver pickup was traveling west on Colfax Avenue when it rear-ended a vehicle stopped at a red light at Kalamath, severely injuring the driver. The truck may have moderate or severe damage to the front end, police said. A second hit-and-run happened about 10:07 p.m. Thursday when a…

Strong hiring at hotels, restaurants and private health care providers contributed to a monthly gain of 8,400 nonfarm jobs in Colorado in April, reversing what had been a sluggish start economically to the year, according to an update Friday from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. February recorded a monthly loss of 11,600 jobs, but the gain in March was revised to 7,600 from the 6,800 initially reported. Those numbers were distorted by a King Soopers strike, which eliminated 10,000 jobs in February and then added a similar number back in March. April, absent the strike impacts, came in…

A Denver jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder and second-degree assault Friday after he shot two people, killing one, outside of Coors Field in 2021. Javon Price, 25, faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, according to a Denver District Attorney’s Office news release. “This case is yet another example of the tragic consequences that often result when people try to settle arguments with guns,” DA John Walsh said in the release. “As a result of this verdict, Javon Price will pay a significant price for his actions, as he should.” Price’s arrest…

A plane crashed and caught fire Saturday morning in a field north of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield, causing at least one death. North Metro Fire Rescue District spokesperson Sara Farris said firefighters were notified of an aircraft in distress at 10:02 a.m., shortly after the pilot took off from the airport and tried to return. The crash northeast of Midway Boulevard and Brainard Drive was reported one minute later. The agency wrote in a social media post that its members had extinguished the blaze at the crash site as of 10:24 a.m. Farris said there were “no survivors”…

Ask Peyton Watson about his preseason hamstring strain, and he’ll wince just thinking about it. “Them soft tissue injuries, it hurts to do anything,” the 22-year-old wing said. “It hurts to bend over in a defensive stance. It hurts to get out of bed. It hurts to brush your teeth in the morning.” Watson went about five weeks without practicing and missed the entire preseason after he suffered his strain a few days before Nuggets training camp last September. Now he’s potentially next in line to replace an irreplaceable starter who’s dealing with the same injury, at the worst possible time.…

A teenager who pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of a 24-year-old woman in Aurora was sentenced to two years of probation, according to CBS Colorado. The family of Kaitlyn Weaver spoke out against the plea deal this week after they say the 18th Judicial District attorney’s office initially pledged to seek the maximum sentence of two years in youth corrections. Most of the details of the case are not publicly available because Colorado law prevents the district attorney’s office from releasing information about juvenile cases. Weaver’s family told CBS she was driving home from work in July…

Even when Nikola Jokic’s message gets lost in translation — and it does — the gesticulation is hard to misinterpret. “When he is yelling things,” Christian Braun said, laughing, “a lot of times, it is hard to understand.” That thick Balkan accent is usually fixated on the next schematic adjustment. But that tone is urgent, the pantomime act more profound than the tweak in back-side spacing he wants on his next post-up. The prevailing image of Jokic for the last six weeks has been that of his demonstrative countenance, his passionate gesturing on the sideline. An image antithetical to 10…

The Nuggets are going into Oklahoma City for a colossal Game 7 against the Thunder on Sunday (1:30 p.m. MT). The winner advances to the Western Conference Finals to face the Minnesota Timberwolves. The loser enters the offseason. Here are three keys to the winner-take-all playoff game, which will air on ABC. 1. Battle of the second options: Non-Joker minutes, you say? The Nuggets have been jeopardized far more by the minutes without Jamal Murray in this series. Through six games, their net rating is 30.7 points better with Murray on the floor than off it. The on/off difference for…