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The Boulder Police Department on Tuesday said five college students at the Kappa Sigma fraternity became violently ill over the weekend after drinking an “extreme” amount of alcohol — an incident the agency originally had characterized as a rash of overdoses involving potentially tainted drugs.Police initially reported that at least six men were sick or overdosed Saturday night after consuming “a possibly tainted batch of cocaine at a party,” and that alcohol also was involved. That was based on the use of the overdose-reversal medication Narcan as well as evidence found at the scene and “initial information,” police said.In Tuesday’s…

Five weeks have passed since the Colorado men’s basketball team opened the season.The Buffaloes are nowhere near where they hope to be once they embark on the program’s return season in the Big 12 Conference. Yet in terms of making progress from week to week with a new-look roster, head coach Tad Boyle has been encouraged by the early returns.CU got back to work on Tuesday, reconvening for the first practice since improving to 7-2 with a Saturday night rivalry win against Colorado State.“I think we understand better now what our jobs are defensively,” Boyle said. “I thought against Colorado…

Douglas County Search and Rescue crews reunited a 10-year-old ATV rider with his family Sunday after the boy got lost on a mountain range, rescue officials said.The boy was riding an ATV in Rampart Range, a mountain range that spans Douglas, El Paso and Teller counties in Pike National Forest, when he realized he was lost Sunday afternoon, search and rescue officials said on Facebook.Officials said the boy stopped, stayed calm and called 911, which let dispatchers obtain his GPS coordinates and activate the search and rescue team.Rescue crews searched for the boy on foot and using ATVs. In the…

Tuff Shed has permanent housing.The founder and CEO of the shed manufacturer on Thursday bought the Denver office complex at Interstate 25 and Colorado Boulevard, where the company has been headquartered for three decades.Tom Saurey, who founded Tuff Shed in 1981, bought the Centerpoint I and II buildings at 3900 E. Mexico Ave. and 1777 S. Harrison St. for $23 million, his firm announced.The two office towers total 374,000 square feet, making the deal worth $61.50 a square foot. Saurey bought the buildings from his former landlord at a huge discount. The seller, Florida-based TerraCap Management, paid $77.5 million for…

While the snowstorm has dried out in metro Denver, up to another seven inches will fall in Colorado’s mountains on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.Just over 2 inches of snow fell in Denver and the surrounding metro area on Monday, according to NWS snow totals.The light snow across Denver created slick roads for the morning commute and covered sidewalks with ice and snow, NWS forecasters said.Sawpit, a small town in southwestern Colorado’s San Miguel County, saw the most snow in Colorado on Monday at nearly nine inches, according to NWS snow totals.According to Tuesday morning forecasts, expected totals…

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question.It seems to me that six Broncos have a legitimate shot at being selected as All-Pro: Courtland Sutton, Quinn Meinerz, Pat Surtain, Nik Bonitto, Zach Allen and Marvin Mims Jr. I’m sure that’s too optimistic, but who do you think?— Fred Waiss, Prairie du Chien, Wis.Hey Fred, thanks for writing.Yeah, that’s probably optimistic in terms of actual results, but no doubt a bunch of Broncos have put themselves in position to at least be considered for…

Tucked away in north Denver’s Clayton neighborhood, a former medical supply facility built in 1942 for the U.S. Army, is quietly becoming a business and entertainment hub.Real estate developer SKB bought the 37-acre site, at York Street and E. 39th Avenue, in 2020 and began signing office, industrial and retail tenants. Known as York Street Yards, it’s now 75% occupied and its latest addition, Elemental Bakery & Coffeehouse, is scheduled to open on Wednesday, Dec. 18.Related: 20K square foot dog park, pub coming to DenverElemental Bakery & Coffeehouse is scheduled to open on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, in York Street…

When Alex Ringsby bought the office building at 1123 Auraria Parkway in early 1999, the stadium a few hundred feet away hadn’t opened yet. “Ball Arena was under construction and it just seemed like a whole new world was going to unfold down there in the Platte Valley and the railyards there,” said Ringsby, who owns real estate firm Ringsby Realty. Now that world has spilled over onto his property. Stan Kroenke — who owns Ball Arena, the Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Avalanche — purchased Ringsby’s 21,500-square-foot office building for $5.6 million, or $260 a foot, last week, according…

DALLAS — Zack Veen is on the clock.The Rockies outfielder, who turns 23 on Thursday, has played four injury-ridden professional seasons and has never gotten close to making the big-league roster. If 2025 is his year, he will have to beat out a slew of other talented outfielders.And he’s got to stay healthy.The ninth overall pick of the 2020 draft out of Florida’s Spruce Creek High School still needs more playing time in the minors, so he almost certainly won’t begin the season on the big-league roster. He’ll start in Triple-A Albuquerque, where he must prove himself.While general manager Bill…

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