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Meati Foods, a Boulder maker of mushroom-based meat alternatives, informed the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment that it will lay off 150 employees at its Thornton manufacturing plant effective May 6.“We are taking this action because our lenders unexpectedly removed cash from our accounts and took control of remaining cash reserves on Friday, February 28, 2025, and the action was not reasonably foreseeable. Based on this action, we do not have sufficient funding to continue operating,” the company said in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN, letter.Under WARN rules, companies with 100 or more employees must…

Keeler: Boo Mikko Rantanen? They’d make you turn in your Subaru Outbacks and ban you to Nebraska for even suggesting it in January. But oh, how times have changed. Nathan MacKinnon’s old wing man on the Avalanche couldn’t get a long-term deal worked out in Colorado, so general manager Chris MacFarland shipped him off to Carolina in late January. Then Carolina couldn’t get a deal done either, so the ‘Canes shipped him off to … Dallas. Then the Stars signed him for eight years on a deal that was in the ballpark of what was reportedly offered by the Avs.…

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNANNEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere.The best views will be from North America and South America. Parts of Africa and Europe may catch a glimpse.Lunar eclipses happen when the moon, Earth and sun align just so. The Earth casts a shadow that can partially or totally blot out the moon.During a partial lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow appears to take a bite of the moon. The full moon is covered during a total eclipse and blushes coppery red because of stray bits of…

The Colorado House passed a bill Monday that would curtail sudden price increases — but only after limiting the measure to when the governor has issued a disaster declaration.House Bill 1010 now advances to the Senate. Should it clear that chamber, it will move to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk for passage into law.Initially, the bill would’ve broadly prohibited companies from raising prices on a suite of necessities, like groceries, by 10% or more within a 90-day period. But after discussions with business groups and Polis’ office, the bill was trimmed down to apply only after the governor has declared a…

Tim Leiweke, former Denver Nuggets president and Oak View Group CEO, spent $7.2 million on a 10,500-square-foot mansion in Cherry Hills Village.The home includes six bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a five-car garage, a heated driveway and a pool.Tyler Dokken with Compass-Denver represented the seller, Heritage Trust. Judith Ann McNeil, wife of Charles S. McNeil, NexGen Resources CEO, signed the sales deed as a Heritage Trust trustee.Heritage Trust purchased the home for $3.9 million in June 2012.Nick Evancich with Keller Williams Advantage Realty LLC represented the Timothy Leiweke Family Trust and Bernadette Leiweke Family Trust in the sale, which closed Feb. 4.Leiweke…

One man was arrested Sunday after a fatal Saturday night shooting in the University of Denver’s neighborhood, according to the police department.Denver officers responded Saturday night to reports of a shooting in the 2900 block of South Vine Street, near where it intersects with Cornell Avenue, according to an 11:39 p.m. statement on social media from the police department.The area is less than a mile south of the University of Denver’s campus.Police said one person, who has not been publicly identified, was shot and died from their injuries at the scene.Investigators believe the victim and the man arrested Sunday knew…

Valarie Allman is the queen of Colorado sports once again.Allman, who became the first American woman to win two Olympic gold medals in discus last summer in Paris, was named the Colorado Sportswoman of the Year by Sportswomen of Colorado on Sunday night.It marks the second such honor for Allman, who was also Sportswoman of the Year following her Olympic triumph in Tokyo in 2021. In Paris, the Silver Creek graduate topped China’s Bin Feng and Croatia’s Sandra Elkasević with a winning throw of 69.50 meters. She then went on to win the Diamond League final in September, capping her…

Fraudulent flyers posted in multiple Jefferson County park restrooms on Sunday by someone pretending to be the sheriff’s office threatened “random genital inspections” would start next month, sheriff’s officials said.Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said the signs, which used the sheriff’s office’s logo, were “utterly ridiculous.”The flyers said the “inspections” would begin on April 21.As of Sunday afternoon, Kelley said deputies had confirmed copies of the sign were posted in — and taken down from — restrooms at Crown Hill Cemetery and Crown Hill Park, between Wheat Ridge and Lakewood, and that deputies were still searching for more.Multiple…

OKLAHOMA CITY — To win in Shai’s house now and in the future, the Nuggets’ margin for error will be close to nonexistent.This is true of both their execution and their health. Injuries, altered rotations and missed shots slowly caught up with Denver on Sunday afternoon until the result suddenly had the appearance of a rout. In the first round of an MVP double bill to be continued Monday, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points to lead the Thunder to a 127-103 win over the Nuggets.Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic shoots over Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein during the first…

Buried beneath the obvious, glaring need for a multifaceted offensive weapon — the prized “Joker” that’ll define the Broncos’ offseason — Denver head coach Sean Payton made clear at the NFL combine that securing a backup quarterback was a “must.”On Sunday, they crossed their first need off a long list of free-agent priorities, as multiple sources confirmed to the The Denver Post that the Broncos were re-signing backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham on a two-year deal worth up to $12 million. One source told the Post the deal was worth $7 million guaranteed.NFL Network first reported the agreement.At the combine, Payton…