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Dogs like Bailey — a former Dog of the Week in The Denver Post’s Adventurist newsletter — will be in good company at the first Denver Dog Fair this weekend. (Provided by Barbara Ellis) Denver Dog Fair Saturday-Sunday. Woof! If the last few weeks have left you panting, why not surround yourself with unconditional love? The first Denver Dog Fair takes place on Nov. 22 and 23 with the promise of unending poochie goodness. There will be dog adoption booths, “celebrity” dogs, performances and tricks, a dog-fashion show, vendors, a dozen food trucks, kids’ bounce house, crafting and more. It…

Denver lacks important security measures at its homeless shelters, does not keep track of its spending on the facilities and is unable to ensure city funds are used appropriately, according to a city audit of the program released Thursday.The report represents an indictment of one of Mayor Mike Johnston’s core initiatives — the All In Mile High program — and calls into question the effectiveness of the Department of Housing Stability, the city agency tasked with sheltering Denver’s most vulnerable population.Because Denver does such a poor job tracking its spending, City Auditor Timothy O’Brien did his own math: Between January…

The 80-year-old man who spent nearly five decades building a castle by hand in southern Colorado, died Thursday.James Roland Bishop passed away early Thursday morning in Pueblo, surrounded by his loved ones, his family said in a post on Facebook.Bishop spent 44 years of his life building Bishop Castle, one of the state’s quirkiest roadside attractions, which sits along Colorado 165 near the small town of Rye. At an elevation of 9,000 feet, the handmade castle overlooks the San Isabel National Forest.Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostTourists hang onto metal railing as they visit the Bishop Castle on Nov. 16,…

The Castle Rock school bus driver accused by parents of forcing their children off the bus at a busy intersection, miles away from their homes, said that’s not what happened.“That’s not correct, I said nothing to them,” bus driver Irving Johnson said in an interview with Denver7, referencing claims from parents that he told all 40 students to get off his bus. “I opened the door and they knew that this was at least close to where they were supposed to get off and they just were getting off.”When all 40 students got off instead of just a handful, Johnson…

I’m a proud, first-generation, college-educated and gay Mexican American with undocumented family in the United States, including a mother who was previously deported to Mexico, and I experienced homelessness as a child. I am everything Democrats claim to support, right? Wrong. Democrats have accepted a progressive platform, ignoring decades worth of change and focusing on erroneous issues. They have built campaigns on a foundation of misleading airs and fake vibes.Voting for Donald Trump does not make me racist, sexist, misogynistic, homophobic or any other “ist” and “ic” I’ve been called. I, along with more than half of the voting public…

The City of Glendale’s publicly funded rugby team, which won’t play next year, has been sued for allegedly reneging on its plans to hire an Argentinian coach at the end of 2023.Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe, 50, played professional rugby from 1996 to 2011 and has been a coach since retiring, most recently for Los Pampas of the Super Rugby Americas League. Glendale’s team, the American Raptors, also played in that league.Last year, Los Pampas walloped the Raptors 63-0. That, according to a lawsuit filed Nov. 14, is when the Glendale team decided to lure Fernández Lobbe to Colorado.The Argentine’s coaching career was…

I worked the prep sports beat early on in my career at The Denver Post. As a journalist, I never cheered for the teams I covered but sometimes you can’t help but root for certain individuals.This one I especially root for.Surrounded by more than 70 friends, family, former coaches and community members on Tuesday, senior Remy Nguyen signed her national letter of intent to play for the University of Denver women’s tennis team at the Denver Tennis Park. With a portrait from 2011 of her and her family hanging on the wall in a longstanding “Breaking the Barriers” photo exhibit…

His phone rings in December 2014, and it’s too early. Sean Payton has a bad feeling. He is on his way to present a game ball to Bailey Elizabeth Leon, a 12-year-old patient at Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans. The pair have become friends over the course of multiple visits. Payton promises her the Saints will beat the Chicago Bears on Monday night and he is returning with a gift.As he looked at the football in his passenger seat and answered the call, Payton knew something was wrong: Bailey was gone, passing away from pediatric cancer.“I pulled over on the…

Bo Nix won’t be the only offensive rookie of the year candidate on the field Sunday when the Broncos visit Las Vegas.The Raiders may be headed for a last-place finish and are 5.5-point home underdogs to Denver, but they’ve got one of the best young players in football in tight end Brock Bowers.Better yet: Nix and Bowers were selected in back-to-back picks during April’s draft at Nos. 12 and 13, respectively.“He can move, he can be outside, he can run a route tree maybe different than most tight ends,” Denver head coach Sean Payton said Wednesday. “When it’s happening week…

A 26-year-old man was convicted of first-degree murder on Tuesday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old woman in Lakewood, according to court records.Patrick Plasencio was charged with shooting Amanda Bobian outside of a home in the 1200 block of South Marshall Street in May 2023, according to previous reporting and Denver7.Investigators believed Plasencio shot Bobian after an argument and fled the scene, Denver7 reported.A jury also convicted Plasencio of attempted murder and two misdemeanor weapons charges.First-degree murder convictions in Colorado carry the mandatory sentence of life in prison. Plasencio is set to be sentenced Dec. 20.His brother, 29-year-old Frankie…