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Two juveniles were arrested Tuesday after an armed carjacking and shooting led to a bullet hitting a building on the Mapleton Public Schools Global campus in Adams County, sheriff’s officials said.Deputies responded to the 7600 block of Navajo Street at around 1:05 p.m. for a carjacking and got a call about shots fired in the 7400 block of Broadway moments later, said Adams County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Adam Sherman. They found shell casings in the area and a bullet hole through the front door of the nearby Mapleton Arts Center.Deputies later found that a truck matching the stolen vehicle’s description…

A Democratic congresswoman from Pennsylvania is pushing to censure Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, alleging Boebert made “racist and derogatory” comments about a Black colleague on television.Boebert appeared on Real America’s Voice News, a conservative cable outlet, in a segment aired Friday to comment on Texas Rep. Al Green shaking his “pimp cane” at President Donald Trump during his joint address to Congress on March 4, according to the censure resolution.“Al Green was given multiple opportunities to stand down, to sit down, to behave, to show decorum — and he did not,” Boebert said during the interview, which a spokesperson…

By COLLIN BINKLEYWASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff — a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.Department officials announced the cuts Tuesday, raising questions about the agency’s ability to continue usual operations.The Trump administration had already been whittling the agency’s staff, though buyout offers and the termination of probationary employees. After Tuesday’s layoffs, the Education Department’s staff will sit at roughly half of its previous 4,100, the agency said.The layoffs are part of a dramatic downsizing directed by Trump as he moves to…

Boebert’s comment about Rep. Green was racist Rep. Lauren Boebert, this last week, accused Rep. Al Green of “shak[ing] his pimp cane” at President Donald Trump during the joint meeting of Congress on March 4. Rep. Green is Black. Boebert is a racist. She is an embarrassment to her district and to all Coloradans. She should resign her seat in Congress immediately. Barry Roseman, Denver U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert under fire for “racist and derogatory” comment about Black congressman An official language can be uniting Re: “America doesn’t need Trump to tell us what the official language is,” March 7…

The Broncos started free agency with plenty of cap space and the ability to create more if needed, but it’s still worth tracking how their signings get allocated.Details are still to come on the three big contracts — defensive tackle D.J. Jones, linebacker Dre Greenlaw and safety Talanoa Hufanga — but several of the smaller deals are now figured into the picture.Here’s what the 2025 cap numbers look like for a handful of returning Broncos. QB Jarrett Stidham: $4 million OT Matt Peart: $2.75 million LS Mitch Fraboni: $1.3 million Those, according to OTC data, put the Broncos at about…

Denverites will have a new option for all-day breakfast – with a side of hashbrown casserole and fried apples – when a new Cracker Barrel opens in the city’s Central Park neighborhood in the near future. Cracker Barrel is opening its fifth Colorado store and first Denver location at 9111 E. 40th Ave., company officials said in a news release this week. The store’s opening date has not yet been announced. The new restaurant and store will employ around 150 people, including servers and back of house, guest hospitality and maintenance workers, according to the company. Colorado’s other Cracker Barrels…

Along the path to the Broncos’ first playoff berth in nearly a decade, a reality equal parts obvious and daunting came starkly into focus.Ascending to true contender status in the AFC means tangling with a handful of future Hall of Fame quarterbacks.Returning to the Super Bowl means, most likely, going through at least a couple of them in any given postseason.Patrick Mahomes and Justin Herbert reside in the division and will for years to come. The Broncos in 2024 also saw Lamar Jackson’s greatness on full display in Baltimore, Joe Burrow’s best in Cincinnati and Josh Allen’s mastery in Buffalo…

Perhaps he knew it back in November, when Broncos head coach Sean Payton made it clear rookie running back Audric Estime was in line for more touches in the second half of 2024, and there was nothing for Javonte Williams to do but accept his fate.“Whoever the coach is, however things go, I just do my job and do what I’m supposed to do,” Williams told The Denver Post’s Parker Gabriel then.That coach was Sean Payton, who hadn’t drafted Williams, a highly-touted second-round pick out of North Carolina in 2021. And after being reduced to a time-share last fall, Williams…

The Colorado Avalanche celebrated a historic milestone with a six pack.Nathan MacKinnon became the 100th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 career points, and the Avalanche finished off a perfect six-game homestand with a 3-0 victory Monday night against the Chicago Blackhawks. Scott Wedgewood was brilliant in net, making 21 saves for his second shutout of the season.It took a while, thanks in part to a goal being overturned, but MacKinnon hit 1,000 on his first shift of the third period. He left the puck for a Devon Toews shot at the right point, and Artturi Lehkonen deflected it…

OKLAHOMA CITY — The showdown between MVP combatants ended in a stalemate.Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and the Nuggets got the better of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder in a rematch Monday at Paycom Center, pulling away in the fourth quarter for a 140-127 statement win.It was only Oklahoma City’s third double-digit loss of the season.Jokic amassed 35 points on 15-of-20 shooting, 17 rebounds and eight assists. Murray was the best Canadian on the floor, piling up 34 points and six assists. Denver (42-23) moved back into second place in the West behind Oklahoma City with the victory, coupled with a…