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A man was rescued last week from a gorge near Ouray after he drove a pickup truck over the edge of Red Mountain Pass, according to rescuers. Multiple agencies responded to the scenic stretch of U.S. 550 known as the Million Dollar Highway at about 12:20 p.m. Thursday, according to the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team. The man’s pickup truck went off the edge of the mountain pass between mile markers 88 and 89, plummeting roughly 300 feet into the Uncompahgre Gorge, rescue officials said. Rescue officials said the driver in Thursday’s crash was the only person in the vehicle and…

Arizona and California’s chief water negotiators are coming for Colorado in a blistering public pressure campaign aimed at getting upper basin states to capitulate. In an interview with the L.A. Times, the negotiator for California accused the upper basin states of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico of clinging to “their most aggressive and rigid dreamland legal positions.” In an op-ed for The Denver Post, Arizona’s negotiator suggested failing to come to the table with cuts could “let slip the dogs of war.” This over-the-top hyperbole from both men illustrates just how poorly conversations to save the Colorado River are…

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems). For the past few years, my wife and I have made a tradition of stopping in Trinidad during our annual trips to New Mexico. The beet fajitas at Sita’s Kitchen in Trinidad on Dec. 14, 2024. (Photo by Joe Nguyen/The Denver Post) It’s like clockwork: After about a three-hour drive from Denver, we take a little break in the…

LONDON — Even the smallest head start helps the journey home. Jonathon Cooper, 10 days into a multi-national roadie and perched on the razor’s edge between a celebratory trans-Atlantic flight home and a silent one, was ready. More than ready. Whether you’re just down the block or more than 4,600 miles away, you can’t start making your way back until you take the first step. Turns out, the Broncos’ outside linebacker has one of the fastest in football. Denver’s headed back to the Front Range winners of three straight, atop the AFC West at 4-2, and survivors in a 13-11 win…

With their season seemingly on the line this past weekend, Colorado football players took inspiration from an old saying. “Our pastor gave a great message (Friday) night,” CU linebacker Jeremiah Brown said after a 24-17 win against then-No. 22 Iowa State on Saturday at Folsom Field. “He talked about pressure and how you respond to it. He talked about how pressure makes diamonds. “The team, we all rallied behind that, and boy, the unity was great last night. We all just believed, so that was a great message.” CU (3-4, 1-3 Big 12) took the pressure that had been building…

LONDON — Jet lag should have resulted in a Jets loss. The Broncos are charming in how they compete, stick up for each other, refuse to point fingers. But even with a defense this nasty, they will not continue to win this ugly. If the offense cannot be trusted to put the Jets away in the fourth quarter, then when? Against whom? The Jets are winless and hapless, making passing the football look harder than passing a kidney stone. Otherwise, the Broncos might have formed a rugby team and stayed abroad. Is this team a contender, destined to be in…

The tell shone in the glint of Bo Nix’s teeth after the plays that didn’t connect Sunday. The veneer-white smile. The skip in his step from sideline to huddle. The second-year quarterback looked — even in rough moments — like a kid in a London sweets shop. Before the Broncos’ first offensive snap against the Jets on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, NFL Network analyst and Hall of Fame QB Kurt Warner praised Nix as a guy who “doesn’t seem to panic” on the game’s broadcast. That may be true. But Nix has also been a guy who’s often appeared…

TOKYO — Danilo Yavhushyshyn left his native Ukraine 3 1/2 years ago — just after Russia launched a full-scale invasion — and has risen rapidly to stardom in Japan as one of the top sumo wrestlers. He’s so good that three months ago the 21-year-old defeated one of the sport’s top wrestlers. This was not just any top wrestler. He beat Mongolian-born Hoshoryu who, with Japanese-born Onosato, is one of the two highest-ranked wrestlers in Japan. They both carry the title of grand champion — or yokozuna. Yavhushyshyn now goes by the Japanese ring name of Aonishiki Arata and, at…

LONDON — The Broncos are flying home on a three-game winning streak and atop the AFC West. They have a whole lot of work to do up front along their offensive line, however. There’s no single problem, but Denver struggled mightily in trying to replace injured left guard Ben Powers with Matt Peart on Sunday against the New York Jets. Peart had three penalties — a false start followed by a pair of holding calls, the second of which negated a big play to Troy Franklin — and generally struggled to generate push in the run game. “We’ll go back…

Three people were injured Saturday night in two separate Arvada shootings, including one on the edge of Olde Town, according to the police department. Arvada officers responded to a shooting near West 54th Avenue and Harlan Street, outside the Colorado Bureau of Investigation office, at 8:41 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the police department. The unidentified victim was shot multiple times during what police believe was an armed robbery and carjacking, investigators said in the release. Paramedics took the victim to the hospital in unknown condition, police said. An update was not available on Sunday. Officers were…