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Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Taurus.Happy Birthday for Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024:You like harmony in your surroundings. You’re a good listener and an excellent counselor. You appreciate the finer things in life. This is a year of change, which will bring you increased personal freedom. Stay flexible so you can grab new opportunities and act fast. Expect to travel.ARIES(March 21-April 19)★★★This is a good day to wrap up writing projects, especially related to colleges and universities or manuscripts. It’s also an excellent day to study history and subjects about…

EVERGREEN – Highway crews detonated 4,400 pounds of explosives packed into 150 holes drilled into Clear Creek Canyon west of Denver on Tuesday, blowing up clouds of dirt and loosening 5,000 cubic yards of rock above Interstate 70 as they ramped up work on Colorado’s $800 million project to straighten some of  I-70’s tightest and most treacherous curves.Colorado Department of Transportation coordinators working with local police stopped traffic. Suddenly creek water ripples became audible before air horn blasts signaled the start of a countdown. “Fire in the hole!”“This is to make room for I-70,” CDOT project director Kurt Kionka said.…

An arraignment for a Colorado funeral home owner accused of keeping a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 people has been delayed again, this time because prosecutors have filed additional charges.Miles Harford had been scheduled to enter a plea Monday to two counts of forgery, one count of abuse of a corpse and one count of theft during a court hearing in Denver that had been delayed four previous times.Last week, prosecutors filed additional charges against Harford including three more counts of abuse of…

Which snow blower is best? Most people aren’t fans of winter weather. The dry, raw skin is bad enough, but when winter dumps a foot of snow in your driveway, it can be especially brutal. That’s why having a reliable snow blower in your garage or shed can be such a lifesaver. But there are so many models on the market that you may be hunting for the perfect snow blower for a while. You need to figure out what type of snow blower is best for your snow removal needs, as well as the speeds and other features to…

Which touchless trash cans are best? Touchless trash cans are one of the latest innovations in automated kitchen technology. They use infrared motion sensors to automatically lift the lid, allowing users to dispose of trash without touching the can. This hands-free operation makes them not only efficient and easy to use but also improves kitchen hygiene as it helps reduce contact with germs, bacteria and parasites that are often found in household waste. Choosing the ideal touchless trash can for your home will depend on several factors, from the number of people in your household to the shape, size and…

The Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office is stepping in to help after Georgetown, a small mountain town about an hour west of Denver, temporarily shut down its police department.After a series of resignations following the fatal police shooting of 22-year-old Christian Glass, where two Georgetown officers were charged with failing to intervene in the excessive force of another officer, the police department has no officers left, sheriff’s officials said.“Due to the loss of its law enforcement officers, the town of Georgetown currently cannot adequately provide its own law enforcement services,” Clear Creek County Attorney Peter Lichtman wrote in a memo…

PITTSBURGH — The Colorado Avalanche hockey club is still not whole, but it sure looks like a potential powerhouse again.Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and two assists, and Nathan MacKinnon had one goal and four assists as Colorado’s stars dominated in a 6-2 victory Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.The Avs finished a season-long five-game road trip with four victories and are now a season-high four games over .500 (17-13-0). This trip started with Buffalo scoring the first four goals, but Colorado outscored its foes 20-8 the rest of the way.“Yeah, really good,” Rantanen said.…

DALLAS — The Ping-Pong balls didn’t bounce the Rockies’ way on Tuesday.Although the Rockies and the Miami Marlins had the best chance of winning Major League Baseball’s Draft Lottery, the baseball gods smiled on neither team. Colorado finished fourth in the lottery, and the Marlins fell to seventh.The Rockies, who lost 101 games this past season, and the Marlins (100 losses), entered the lottery with the best chance of winning the top pick, with odds of 22.5%.But the Washington Nationals (91 losses), who had the fourth-best chance (10.20%), won the lottery and landed the first overall pick in the 2025…

As thrilling and exciting as Denver’s Week 13 win over Cleveland was, the defense has put that performance in a lock box and thrown away the key.Yes, the unit helped secure the victory by recording three interceptions, including two pick-6s. But the group holds itself to a certain standard, and that wasn’t met during the back-and-forth contest. The Broncos gave up 552 total yards — the third-most yards allowed by any team this season, according to NFL’s Next Gen Stats.With the Broncos’ postseason chances hanging in the balance over the next four games, defensive lineman Zach Allen said the team…

The Colorado Rapids are expansion draft-ready. And they’ve got their first action of 2025 lined up.The club announced its list of protected players Tuesday for San Diego FC’s expansion draft, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.All Homegrowns and Generation Adidas players (Kimani Stewart-Baynes is the only GA on the roster) were automatically protected league-wide. The Rapids selected 12 other players to be protected, which included the two newest Rapids: Chidozie Awaziem and Ian Murphy.After the automatic and selected protections, the Rapids had to leave five current players vulnerable to the newest MLS club: Andreas Maxsø, Daniel Chacón, Nate Jones,…