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The board overseeing Colorado’s Woodland Park School District approved a resolution recognizing “only two sexes” during a contentious meeting Wednesday night — a move that comes as President Donald Trump has broadly rolled back protections for transgender people in the first two weeks of his second administration.The measure read by Board of Education President Mick Bates cited Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”It also directs Superintendent Ken Witt to update district policy to reflect that there are only two biological genders and that there’s a right to…

Colorado students continue to perform better than students in many other states and showed slight improvements on national math and reading tests, but they’re still scoring below pre-pandemic levels.The national test, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as NAEP, was given to fourth and eighth graders in the spring of 2024, and results were released Wednesday. The test is administered about every two years.Test administrators determined that none of Colorado’s average score results represented a significant change from average scores in 2022. But a slightly higher percentage of Colorado students performed at basic and proficient levels in 2024 compared…

NEW YORK — Aaron Gordon rejoined Denver’s starting lineup on Wednesday night against the Knicks, with Russell Westbrook staying in the lineup and Christian Braun moving to the bench.Since returning from a calf strain in mid-January, Gordon has been a sub for eight games, never playing more than 25 minutes. The start against New York is his first since Christmas, but coach Michael Malone has given no indication that Gordon is close to being done with his minutes restriction.“I’m ready,” Gordon said last Saturday. “I don’t feel my calf anymore. Yeah. I’m ready. So it’s on the training staff and…

Military officials have opened Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to process and temporarily house detained immigrants.U.S. Northern Command opened the base to ICE on Monday at the request of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to an emailed statement from military officials.ICE set up a “temporary operations center, staging area and a temporary holding location for the receiving, holding and processing” of detainees, military officials said in the statement.U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, a Democrat whose congressional district includes Aurora, said Wednesday he was “deeply concerned” about Buckley being used for mass-deportation…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated PressJust a little over a week into his second term, President Donald Trump took steps to maximize his power, sparking chaos and what critics contend is a constitutional crisis as he challenges the separation of powers that have defined American government for more than 200 years.The new administration’s most provocative move came this week, as it announced it would temporarily halt federal payments to ensure they complied with Trump’s orders barring diversity programs. The technical-sounding directive had enormous immediate impact before it was blocked by a federal judge, potentially pulling trillions of dollars from police departments, domestic violence shelters, nutrition services…

The young bull moose that has been frequently spotted in Minturn throughout the month died Sunday, Jan. 26. A young bull moose that had been wandering around Minturn since mid-January was found dead near the Game Creek trailhead on Sunday. Lifelong Minturn resident Jim Gonzales received a call about the 400-pound moose’s death on Sunday night. On Monday morning, Gonzales and Devin Duval, district wildlife manager with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, removed the moose. Gonzales posted about the moose’s death on Facebook, and the post blew up. While the cause of death is unknown at this time — the body was sent for a necropsy…

A remarkable sight will appear in the southwestern sky an hour after sunset Saturday evening when Venus appears very close to a thin crescent moon.This celestial phenomenon is called a conjunction, which means two or more heavenly bodies appear very close to each other. The moon Saturday night will be 15% illuminated, while Venus will be close to the brightest it gets, according to Jeff Hunt, a retired Illinois planetarium director whose website (whenthecurveslineup.com) tracks interesting celestial events for amateur sky gazers.The crescent moon may strike observers as slightly larger than normal. The moon will be at its monthly perigee…

Plenty of ski town visitors aren’t into the downhill thing.Some people are not skiers or snowboarders, while others want a different outdoor rush.There is no shortage of options for off-the-hill adrenaline fixes around Colorado.Here are just a few.Dog sledding in BreckenridgeEmbrace your inner Eskimo as you glide seamlessly through the Swan River Valley’s pine trees and white powder fields behind a team of Siberian Huskies.Good Times Adventures in Breckenridge houses an entire village of sled dogs, each with its own mini cabin.Every day begins with a collective howl, and running for miles is the highlight.Simply watching the dogs harness up…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces the first of two confirmation hearings as President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services. A son of a Democratic political dynasty, Kennedy is seeking to become the nation’s top health official. The 71-year-old, whose famous name and family tragedies have put him in the national spotlight since he was a child, has spent years airing his populist — and sometimes extreme — views in podcasts, TV interviews and speeches building his own quixotic brand. Wednesday’s hearing will be in front of the Senate Finance Committee. But even before his grilling in…

A local firm is checking into the Thompson Hotel with a $95 million buy.McWhinney, a real estate investor and developer headquartered in downtown’s Dairy Block, purchased the 11-story, 216-room hotel a few streets over at 1616 Market St. for $440,000 a room, public records show.The business financed the deal with a $64 million loan from Värde Partners, a Minneapolis-based lender and investor.California-based T2 Hospitality, which developed and opened the Thompson in 2022, was the seller in the deal. It had an outstanding $50 million loan from East West Bank on the property.Rates for a standard room with a single king…