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NEW ORLEANS – Alan Roach looks like he sounds. He is tall and walks with confidence.His voice makes everything feel important. When roughly 117 million people tune into Super Bowl LIX on Sunday, Roach will represent the most obvious Colorado connection.His deep, resonant pipes have become part of the sports soundtrack of our lives. He is working his 17th Super Bowl as the public address announcer.“I remember waking up the day of Super Bowl 40 and thinking, ‘Oh my God,’” Roach told The Denver Post between rehearsals this week. “It will be the same on Sunday. I have been lucky…

A Denver police officer was injured in a crash Wednesday night amid a protest at the Colorado State Capitol, where thousands showed up to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and Wednesday raids across metro Denver.The officer, who was on a motorcycle, was hit by a car at West 13th Avenue and Elati Street, just east of Speer Boulevard, according to a 7:07 p.m. statement from the Denver Police Department.Police told Denver7 that the officer was working “traffic support” at the intersection.The officer, who has not been identified, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and the driver…

One minute, it’s Christmas, then the new year rolls around, and before you know it, Valentine’s Day has arrived. If it’s sneaked up on you this year, you might be looking for a last-minute Valentine’s gift. Last-minute doesn’t have to mean thoughtless, and you don’t have to resort to grocery store flowers. You can find plenty of great gifts with fast shipping to make your significant other happy this Valentine’s Day, whatever their interests. What to consider when choosing a Valentine’s Day gift It’s not just getting your hands on a gift before Valentine’s Day you need to worry about,…

Which hair perfumes are best? The kind of hair perfume you wear can make a crucial personal statement, and you may have worn the same hair perfume for years on end. But it can be fun to mix up your fragrance from time to time, and that means looking for a new hair perfume. With its amazing smell, the DefineMe Fragrance Sofia Isabel Hair Fragrance Mist is a first-rate hair perfume. What to know before you buy a hair perfume Apply hair perfume carefully You need to practice caution when applying hair perfume near your clothes. If you’re not careful,…

By ALI SWENSON and CHRIS MEGERIAN, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The emergence of X owner Elon Musk as the most influential figure around President Donald Trump has created an extraordinary dynamic — a White House adviser who’s using one of the world’s most powerful information platforms to sell the government’s talking points while intimidating its detractors.In recent days, Musk has used X to promote Trump’s positions to his 215 million followers, attack an agency he’s trying to shut down as “evil” and claim a Treasury employee who resigned under pressure over payment system access committed a crime.His use of the social media platform he…

By ANDREW DAMPFSAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Lindsey Vonn ’s skiing comeback at the age of 40 means she can’t go to the Super Bowl, an event on her schedule when she was retired for the last five years.Olympic silver medalist Ryan Cochran-Siegle is rooting for the Eagles on Sunday because he had Jalen Hurts on his fantasy team.Donwhill contender Breezy Johnson is just “hoping that Kendrick Lamar brings Taylor Swift on stage at the halftime show.”While the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots tend to be the most popular NFL teams among U.S. Ski Team racers, that doesn’t mean…

An unidentified federal employee said a lot of the right things outside of apartments in east Denver Wednesday morning – they were looking for criminals and didn’t want to go door to door harassing residents but were left no choice by jail officials who refused to release criminals to their custody.But a video and reports from inside the apartments, and another complex in west Aurora, tell a different story.Rather than showing residents lawful warrants to search for known criminals, reports from residents were that officials were knocking randomly on doors and asking if anyone knew anyone undocumented. Officials may have had…

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has decided to testify before a congressional committee next month after its members asked him to travel to Washington, D.C., to explain the city’s policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.“For the last two years, Denver has shown the country that you can be a compassionate and welcoming city without sacrificing public safety or core services,” said Jordan Fuja, the mayor’s spokesperson. “We look forward to discussing with the committee.”Johnston’s announcement that he will testify came the same day as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, carried out raids across Denver and Aurora.The…

There are still plenty of things to unpack about the blockbuster trade that landed Mikko Rantanen on Tobacco Road, with Martin Necas and Jack Drury coming to the Front Range.One of the first questions in the aftermath of the deal: What’s the next move for the Colorado Avalanche?The Avs gained a little more salary cap flexibility in the trade. Rantanen’s cap hit this season is $9.25 million, while Necas and Drury are at $8.225 million combined.Unless the Avs make a big trade for a player with term left on his contract before the March 7 deadline, that means one of…

The mother of an 18-year-old charged with shooting a man to death in a Denver intersection last month sold the murder weapon on Facebook, according to an arrest affidavit.Aaron Roybal, 52, was fatally shot in the head at South Sheridan Boulevard and West Wyoming Place around 9:11 p.m. on Jan. 12, Denver police said. Two weeks after Roybal’s death, 18-year-old Giovanni Gonzalez was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, according to court records.Gonzales and Roybal both visited a cannabis dispensary on Sheridan just minutes before the shooting, investigators said in the arrest affidavit.Surveillance video at the shop shows Roybal and…