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When assessing the severity of an injury, the word Nuggets VP of sports medicine Steve Short likes to use is “sinister.”Aaron Gordon’s right calf has cast a sinister shadow over his entire season, but his most recent removal from a game ended up avoiding that categorization.Five days after a hobbled Gordon went to the locker room during the first quarter of Denver’s back-to-back at Oklahoma City, he was able to suit up against the Lakers. He missed two games.The Nuggets held their collective breath at first. “The concern for me right away was, is this going to be another Christmas…

Colorado College has had so many nights this season when the Tigers felt like they played well, but some bit of adversity went against them.The Tigers got a bounce they desperately needed Friday night.Sophomore defenseman Brady Cleveland scored with 3:43 remaining in the third period, and the sixth-seeded Tigers knocked off third-seeded University of Denver, 3-1, in Game 1 of a best-of-three NCHC conference tournament series Friday night at Magness Arena.“You’re just really proud of (Cleveland),” CC coach Kris Mayotte said. “He’s come in here and worked his tail off and continued to get better. You need your big boys…

By RYAN J. FOLEY, JOSHUA GOODMAN and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER, Associated PressFederal agencies will begin to vacate hundreds of offices across the country this summer under a frenetic and error-riddled push by Elon Musk’s budget-cutting advisers to terminate leases that they say waste money.Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency maintains a list of canceled real estate leases on its website, but internal documents obtained by The Associated Press contain a crucial detail: when those cancellations are expected to take effect. The documents from inside the General Services Administration, the U.S. government’s real estate manager, list dozens of federal office and building leases expected to end by June 30, with…

A gym can be a smelly place.But an Uptown kickboxing studio that closed last fall says the “fetid odors” within it weren’t from sweat — but rather the fault of its landlord.“Throughout the term of the Lease, landlord’s management of the premises has been calamitous and cost tenant significant business and good will,” 9Round wrote in a lawsuit filed last month against New York-based Maxx Properties. “The premises (have) been inundated with leaks, fetid odors, and heating and cooling issues.”The gym chain, which has locations across North America and internationally, said Maxx’s actions amounted to a “constructive eviction,” in which…

Lakeside’s ex-clerk joined her father, the town’s former chief of police, in pleading guilty to embezzlement this week after the two used public funds to buy and resell police vehicles for profit.Brenda Hamilton, 51, on Monday admitted to embezzling public property, a class five felony. Three additional counts of embezzlement and charges of theft, impersonating a peace officer and official misconduct were dropped as part of her plea deal.Hamilton and her father, Robert Gordanier, were indicted last year after prosecutors say Gordanier bought police vehicles and sold them for a fraction of their market value to Hamilton, who resold the…

Four families are out of a home Friday morning as a result of a Jefferson County apartment complex fire Thursday night, West Metro Fire Rescue said.The fire damaged two units in one building — one on the second floor and another on the third floor. There was also smoke and water damage to two other units, West Metro Fire Rescue said. There were no injuries.When firefighters arrived at the complex just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday, West Metro Fire Rescue said heavy flames were rolling up the front of the building, moving from one unit to another and into the attic.West…

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The right to vote is the most important right in our democratic system. Why are Congressional Democrats not acting like it? Anti-voter rhetoric is rising in Congress while our federal representatives bend a knee to self-proclaimed King Trump.Fortunately, the Colorado Legislature is looking to step up locally where Congress is failing.To kick off the 2025 legislative session, voting rights advocates introduced Senate Bill 1: the Colorado Voting Rights Act.This bill aims at enshrining the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) into law, with expanded protections.The 1965 Federal Voting Rights Act, originally crafted to uphold the voting rights of all Americans, now…

PHOENIX  — Diana Taurasi wanted to take her time before deciding whether to retire.Once the Phoenix Mercury star made up her mind, the decision came with the same kind of decisiveness she displayed through one of the greatest careers in women’s basketball history.“I thought really hard about maybe playing again, but I knew that in my heart, I was physically, mentally, just full with the game of basketball,” Taurasi said during her retirement news conference on Thursday.“Everything it’s given me in life, the ups and downs, the journeys, the incredible smiles, the frowns, the championships. It’s always been with a…

An American Airlines plane caught fire on the tarmac after landing at Denver International Airport with engine issues Thursday evening, forcing scores of passengers to evacuate the burning aircraft, authorities said.Twelve people were transported to area hospitals with minor injuries after evacuating the Boeing 737-800, DIA spokesperson Michael Konopasek said. Flight 1006 had departed from Colorado Springs and was headed to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport when it was diverted to Denver after the crew reported “engine vibrations,” according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.Tracking data from Flight Aware shows the 737 left Colorado Springs at 4:52 p.m.,…