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Mountain Vista quarterback Austyn Modrzewski was named Gatorade Colorado Football Player of the Year for the second year in a row on Friday morning.Modrzewski became the first Mountain Vista player to win the award for football last year, then followed that up with a record-breaking season this fall.The 6-foot-4, 190-pound senior passed for 3,407 yards and 57 touchdowns, leading the Golden Eagles (11-1) to the Class 5A state quarterfinals. He finished his prep career with the state records for passing yards (11,911) and touchdown passes (147).“I really think Austyn is the best quarterback ever to come out of Colorado,” Valor…

The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows.Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request starting Dec. 16, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Testing will begin in six states — California, Colorado, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon and Pennsylvania.Colorado, however, already ordered licensed dairies last July to begin submitting weekly samples of their milk to the state for testing, though it excluded dairies that sell raw milk as part of a “cow share” program, because they…

Lakewood police are searching for a missing 15-year-old girl who was last seen Tuesday, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.Raquel Gallegos was last seen in the 2500 block of South Sheridan Boulevard and left the area on foot, according to a missing person alert issued Friday.https://twitter.com/LakewoodPDCO/status/1865143107022475457Police are concerned for her safety because of her mental health, CBI officials said.Raquel is described as white; 5 feet, 6 inches tall; and 240 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing dark-colored blue jeans, black Nike Air Force shoes and a black hooded sweatshirt with the word “Cali”…

In mid-November, just as the mountain towns were waking up from shoulder-season hibernation and preparing for the ski season, my husband and I popped into Minturn and stumbled upon the cutest (and likely smallest) whisky tasting room in Colorado.No hyperbole: The Wee Dram on Minturn’s Main Street is a cozy, 135-square-foot, 12-seat drinking den where husband and wife Spence and Stefanie Neubauer pour tipples of single malt whisky and serve cocktails like Old Fashioneds and peated Manhattans.The Wee Dram tasting room is a cozy, 135-square-foot, 12-seat drinking den. (Brittany Anas, Special to The Denver Post)Plaid pillows, antique chairs, reclaimed wood…

LAS VEGAS — The 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River will continue to wait for a long-term plan for its management as negotiations between the seven states in the river basin remain stalled.One illustration of that impasse: The seven negotiators did not meet during this week’s three-day Colorado River Water Users Association annual conference, despite representatives from each state spending that time in the same windowless Las Vegas hotel.“All seven of us have been in this city, yet we were not able to meet,” Colorado’s negotiator, Becky Mitchell, said during a panel discussion. “That is a lost…

A man jumped from a Greyhound bus passing through Prowers County early Thursday morning and was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer, police say. Colorado State Patrol trooper Sherri Mendez said Friday that the circumstances leading up to death of Pedro Simon, 26, of Denver are still under investigation. The bus was traveling north on U.S. 287 and the truck was traveling south when the crash happened shortly after 4 a.m., the agency said in a news release. U.S. 287 was closed as a result between Springfield and Lamar until 9:56 a.m. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to…

By The Associated PressThe investigation into and search for the masked gunman who stalked and killed the head of UnitedHealthcare has moved into its third day. Possible leads have emerged about his travel before the shooting and a message scrawled on ammunition found at the crime scene.Here’s the latest:Investigators believe the suspect may have traveled to NY last month on a bus that originated in AtlantaPolice and federal agents have been collecting information from Greyhound in an attempt to identify the suspect and are working to determine whether he purchased the ticket to New York in late November, a law…

I appreciate the glory of popovers this time of year. The crusty brown exteriors and the creamy insides show off surfaces that are just right for butter and jam. For years I made them in a special metal popover pan that was like a muffin pan but deeper; it was problematic in that the popovers often got stuck. Following a recipe from the late cookbook author Marion Cunningham, I’ve found no-stick success.In Cunningham’s popover recipe, she describes the same sticky situation. She found a solution by using Pyrex glass baking cups. They aren’t as high and airy as those made…

Aurora’s dilapidated Edge of Lowry apartments, which earned international infamy and the attention of Donald Trump after a video of armed men in its hallways went viral, are set to close in the coming months as part of a deal reached between city officials and the apartments’ owners.The proposed settlement was described in Aurora municipal court Thursday, after an attorney who represents the apartment owner agreed not to contest city officials’ efforts to close the troubled property.Exact details — including when the 60-unit complex will be closed and what happens to the people living in its five buildings — remain…

Two of his recruiting classmates are in the NBA. Another, a fellow Colorado native, is spending his final collegiate season at Georgia Tech.But Nique Clifford still is in Colorado. And he’s still getting better.The former Buff continued his hot start on Wednesday night for Colorado State, and he will make what surely will be a dramatic return to the CU Events Center when the Rams visit CU in a rivalry renewal on Saturday night (6 p.m., ESPN+).Clifford has faced his former team before, playing a key role in a CSU win, an 88-83 thriller last year in Fort Collins. Yet…