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Twelve people were rescued after roughly seven hours trapped 1,000 feet underground in a Colorado gold mine on Pikes Peak following a deadly elevator malfunction, according to the Teller County Sheriff’s Office.Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado. (Dreamstime/TNS)Emergency responders were able to use the elevator to evacuate 12 remaining adults from the bottom of the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine on Thursday night, Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell said at a briefing.It’s not yet clear how the elevator malfunctioned while carrying a group of tourists near Cripple Creek around noon Thursday, he said.One person died during the initial elevator…

Denver’s free shuttle buses along the 16th Street Mall are scheduled to resume on Sunday for the part of the mall between Union Station and Curtis Street, Regional Transportation District officials announced Thursday morning. People downtown can board them at any of the blocks reopened following months of disruption during mall reconstruction work. RTD’s free “mall ride” shuttles won’t run along 16th Street between Curtis Street and the easternmost Civic Center Station until the reconstruction project is completed in 2025, agency officials said.  For riders headed to Civic Center, free shuttles will continue to run along 15th and 17th streets,…

A man was arrested Wednesday in connection to a fatal Commerce City hit-and-run that killed one person and sent three others to the hospital.The man has not been publicly identified, but police said he was the driver of the Audi SUV that struck a family of four in their car near the intersection of Holly Street and East 58th Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Sunday.Police said they aren’t releasing the man’s name or any identifying photos because formal charges haven’t been filed.One person — an 18-year-old man — was killed in the crash that also injured his parents and another teenage…

A Colorado man is $3 million richer this week after winning the Colorado Lotto+ jackpot on Saturday.A winning Colorado Lotto+ ticket worth $3,099,213 was sold at Winner’s Corner — a board game and lottery shop at 310 North Main Street in Pueblo — to an 83-year-old Jerold C., according to lottery officials.The nearly $3.1 million jackpot has a cash value of just over $1.5 million, lottery officials said. The odds of winning the jackpot were one in 3.84 million.The 83-year-old man is the third player in the country — and the first in Colorado — to win at least $1 million…

Boring Bo is not bad for the Broncos.Denver has posted seven straight losing seasons and missed the playoffs eight consecutive years. There is nothing boring about winning after reaching the nadir of suffering since Super Bowl 50.The Broncos have reeled off three straight victories and can win two straight division games to start a season for the first time since 2017.Are you not entertained?During this streak, Bo Nix has become khaki pants and a white t-shirt. If he were a vegetable, he would be kale.And there is nothing wrong with that.As I wrote during training camp, the Broncos’ formula for…

Today is Thursday, Oct. 10, the 284th day of 2024. There are 82 days left in the year.Today in history:On Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, resigned his office and pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion.Also on this date:In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland, with an inaugural class of 50 students.In 1911, Chinese revolutionaries launched an uprising that led to the collapse of the Qing (or Manchu) Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.In 1935, the George Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess,”…

Speaking of putting country first … Re: “Former Clerk Peters gets nine years,” Oct. 4 news story I am one of thousands of Colorado volunteers who are the workforce that performs our election duties and preserves our election integrity. Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliateds work side-by-side to pick up ballot envelopes in the collection boxes every evening, ensure traffic flows at clogged collection points each election day, prepare envelopes for automated processing and address signature anomalies for follow-up curing. We all believe being part of the solution is more American than being a proliferator of sore-loser lying. Praise God there are…

The timing of the new Trump evidence Re: “New evidence in Trump case,” Oct. 3 news story Donald Trump whines that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s new legal filing concerning his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss amounts to election interference. No, Mr. Trump, a perfect example of election interference is the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that you put in motion in an attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power. I offer Trump the same response about his election interference gripe that he allegedly gave when informed that Vice President Mike Pence had to be evacuated from the Capitol on…

Justin Strnad hadn’t looked at his phone after practice Wednesday, but there’s not much he can do anyway besides hope for the best.The Broncos inside linebacker is a Tampa-area native and is keeping as close an eye as he can on his hometown, his family and friends and his own properties as Hurricane Milton barrels toward the Florida Gulf Coast.“One of our nutritionists was saying it was moving a little bit South,” Strnad told The Post. “Hopefully it moves.”Milton came ashore Wednesday night near Sarasota, south of Tampa Bay, as a Category 3 hurricane. According to the National Weather Service,…

Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday, following his performance in Week 5’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders.Surtain recorded two tackles and a pair of interceptions, including a 100-yard pick-six in the second quarter to give the Broncos enough momentum to pull off a 34-18 victory. It was the second-longest pick-six in Denver history behind former cornerback Aqib Talib’s 103-yard interception return touchdown in 2017.This is the second time Surtain has been named the conference’s defensive player of the week, and first since 2021 — his rookie season.“It means a lot,”…