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Clint Hurdle captained the Good Ship Miracle during a remarkable run that became known as “Roctober.” That talented Rockies team won 21 of 22 games to reach the 2007 World Series. Nearly 18 years later, Hurdle is charged with the task of instilling life into the Rockies’ dormant offense and finding ways to get young players to cut down on an astonishing number of empty at-bats. It might not take a miracle to improve what’s been the Rockies’ worst offense in franchise history for two-plus seasons, but Hurdle faces a daunting task. After back-to-back 100-loss seasons, the Rockies have opened…

For most of the 2024-25 season, the Colorado Avalanche played at a disadvantage because of injuries to key players. Now, as Game 1 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs beckons, the Avalanche is the healthier team in its opening-round matchup. Everyone, including captain Gabe Landeskog and five players who missed the end of the regular season, practiced Friday with the club. Avs coach Jared Bednar has not revealed whether Landeskog will be in the lineup Saturday night, but did say he thinks everyone else will be available. “I think our whole team is going to be healthy,” Bednar said. “We’ve…

Alexa Bartell (Provided by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department) Joseph Koenig whooped with excitement after he threw a rock into a passing car’s windshield and killed the driver two years ago, his friend testified Friday during Koenig’s jury trial in Jefferson County District Court. Koenig let out the whoop when he saw 20-year-old Alexa Bartell’s car had veered off the road after it was hit with the rock on Indiana Street near the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge on April 19, 2023, Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik testified Friday. “He was excited,” Karol-Chik told jurors. “He would just look at us with this…

Today is Saturday, April 19, the 109th day of 2025. There are 256 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 19,1995, Timothy McVeigh, seeking to strike at the government he blamed for the Branch Davidian deaths two years earlier, destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. (McVeigh was convicted of federal murder charges and executed in 2001.) Also on this date: In 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord—the start of an eight-year armed conflict between American colonists and the British Army. In 1897, the…

The young Rapids are getting younger. The Colorado Rapids transferred winger Omir Fernández to the Portland Timbers on Friday afternoon. In the deal, which comes just a week before the primary transfer window closes on April 23, the club received $200,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) and will receive up to $50,000 in performance-based add-ons. In 41 appearances over a season and a quarter in Colorado, Fernández notched two goals and five assists, which wasn’t a ton of production for an otherwise high-caliber Rapids offense. He joined the club as a free agent not long after coach Chris Armas took…

Starting in summer 2026, ammunition sold in Colorado must be kept behind counters or in locked shelves under a law signed Friday by Gov. Jared Polis. House Bill 1133 requires ammo be accessible to customers only with the help of a store employee. It also generally prohibits the sale of ammo to people under the age of 18, though it includes several exemptions that allow sales to people who are currently between 18 and 21; to those who’ve passed a hunter’s safety course; and to military servicemembers and police officers. The law defines ammo as “ammunition or (a) cartridge case,…

Nearly 30,000 customers were without power in Adams County on Friday morning, according to Xcel Energy. The utility’s outage map showed 27,783 customers, largely in Westminster, Thornton and Northglenn, had lost power as of 11 a.m. All but a handful of outages were resolved as of 12:20 p.m. Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter. Originally Published: April 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM MDTsource

By JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President Donald Trump’s tariffs this month by limiting exports of those minerals used for military applications and in many high-tech devices. “Based on the number of phone calls we’re receiving, the effects have been immediate,” said Matt Sloustcher, a spokesperson for MP Materials, the company that runs the Mountain Pass mine in California’s Mojave Desert. The trade war between the world’s two biggest economies could lead to a critical shortage of rare earth elements if China…

An Aurora man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday for murdering his friend and hiding the remains in an apartment complex’s crawl space, according to prosecutors and court records. Haskel Leroy Crawford, 40, faced a charge of first-degree murder for the 2022 killing of Karl Beaman Jr. He pleaded guilty last month to the lesser charge of second-degree murder. Crawford killed Beaman after suspecting the latter to be a police informant, according to Crawford’s arrest affidavit. He moved the body with the help of Casie Taylor Bock, 31, and the two stashed Beaman’s remains in a crawl space…

After 195 strikeouts in 18 games, the Rockies finally hit on something — common sense. General manager Bill Schmidt fired hitting instructor Hensley Meulens on Thursday, replacing him with Clint Hurdle. Yes, that Clint Hurdle. The former Rockies manager who led the team to its only World Series in 2007. Meulens had to go. He left the Rockies, a franchise famous for remaining loyal to incompetence, no choice. The decision they made last offseason finally cost them something beyond games. Like their dignity. Even for a shameless organization, the 3-15 record is embarrassing. While the blame should not fall on…