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A federal jury on Tuesday awarded more than $5 million to four former high-ranking Adams County Sheriff’s Office employees who said former Sheriff Richard Reigenborn forced them to resign in 2019 because they had supported his opponent in the election, their attorney said.Former chiefs Timothy James Coates and Gene Claps, along with former captain Mark Mitchell and former commander Kevin Currier brought the federal lawsuit against Adams County and Reigenborn in 2020.They alleged Reigenborn — who has since been convicted of felony forgery for faking police training records — wrongly ousted them from their positions and then filled their roles…

By ZEKE MILLER, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19, his latest move to roll back protections for transgender people across the country.“It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures,” the order says.The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE for military families and Medicaid,…

In a board meeting for the Denver Broncos Foundation during training camp last August, two of the Broncos’ primary owners threw down the philanthropic gauntlet.The board had just heard a presentation from the CEO of USA Football, who brought up football helmets as a barrier to entry to the sport, both from a financial and safety perspective.So the husband-wife tandem of Greg Penner and Carrie Walton Penner threw out a big idea that could impact every single high school football program across Colorado.“Greg looked at the group and said, ‘What would it take to put every single one of our…

Federal immigration agents in New York City arrested a suspected Venezuelan gang member Tuesday who police say appeared in the video that went viral last summer showing a group of heavily armed men entering an Aurora apartment.Anderson Zambrano-Pacheco, 26, was identified by Aurora police in September as one of six suspected Tren de Aragua gang members wanted for burglary, felony menacing and extortion in connection with the video.While two of the six were taken into custody that month, arrest warrants were issued for the four others, including Zambrano-Pacheco. The video showed the six men knocking on the door of an…

Pat Surtain II walks into the interview, sits in the first chair, and smiles.He makes a living making receivers uncomfortable, so I figure I will return the favor. All I have to do is ask Surtain to talk about himself and the likelihood he will win NFL Defensive Player of the Year honors next week.Then something surprising happens. He sheds his humility, clearly aware of the magnitude of this accomplishment.“It was a goal of mine. I always think big. Obviously, this is something I expected, but I didn’t expect it so soon,” Surtain said of an honor won only once…

The crescendo of robust hiring in the years coming out of the pandemic grew quieter as 2024 wrapped up.Colorado’s unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4% in December from 4.3% in November with employers adding an estimated 300 nonfarm jobs in the final month of the year, according to an update Monday from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.That meager gain reflected an increase of 1,100 government jobs and the loss of 800 jobs in the private sector.For the year, the state added an estimated 48,600 nonfarm jobs, with 32,600 coming from the private sector and 16,000 from local, state…

In the days before the latest ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war, Colorado pediatrician Dr. Mohamed Kuziez learned to estimate how many mass-casualty patients would arrive at a northern Gaza trauma center by how frequently he heard bombs.“It’s going to be a rough night when you hear bombs dropping every 10 or 15 minutes,” Kuziez said by phone from southern Gaza on Monday. “The sheer scale of trauma, of injury that would happen in one night is overwhelming.”Kuziez, 34, arrived in Gaza on Jan. 9 as part of a humanitarian mission with Rahma Worldwide and Doctors Against Genocide. He is…

The 16-year-old being held in a Greeley youth detention center who suffered a medical emergency in October died from complications of acute fentanyl toxicity, the Weld County coroner ruled.An autopsy report concluded the boy’s manner of death was accidental. The Denver Post is not identifying him because he was a minor.A staff member has been suspended for allegedly bringing contraband into the Platte Valley Youth Services Center. That individual remains a state employee, pending an investigation by law enforcement and the Weld County Department of Human Services, a state Department of Human Services spokesperson said.Colorado’s Division of Youth Services, which oversees…

Colorado brewers celebrated the best in locally-made beer over the weekend after medals were handed out at the inaugural Colorado Brewers Cup.More than 130 breweries from across the state entered 650 different beers into the competition in hopes of placing in one of 26 judging categories. The homegrown competition, hosted by the Colorado Brewers Guild, also honored two companies – one small, one mid-size – as “breweries of the year” based on their medal tallies.The awards were announced Friday evening at the conclusion of the Colorado Brewers Summit in Aurora.Denver’s River North Brewery was awarded the Mid-size Brewery of the…

Cowboys and cowgirls fitted in their finest huddled around the star of the penultimate night of the National Western Stock Show clamoring for a taste.It was chopped liver. To be precise: bison liver pate with sweet onion jam on a puffed garlic chip.The rich and savory treat was one of several delicacies prepared that night using offal, or organ meats. Along with animal hide, it’s the 44 percent of the animal referred to by Colorado ranchers and processors as “the drop”: the parts that Americans, who lean toward more muscular cuts, usually don’t like to eat.The second annual Offal Party…