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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. — The Greenbrier Resort sits on 11,000 acres and features four golf courses, 20 dining options and one coach with an office. Sean Payton helped design the football footprint that led the New Orleans Saints to escape the heat, if not the internet, for three straight training camps here beginning in 2014.As Payton rode around in his golf cart surveying the grounds this week, often flanked by family and friends, it is clear why he loves West Virginia.But with apologies to John Denver, Payton’s “almost heaven” almost never happened. As the Broncos prepare to face…

Colorado adults are outpacing the rest of the country in cocaine consumption, according to data released this year by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.According to the agency, in 2021 and 2022, about 3.06% of Colorado adults had used cocaine in the past year compared to 1.95% of adults across the United States.Colorado topped the list of the 50 states surveyed along with Washington, D.C. Vermont ranked second, with 2.99% of adults having recently used the drug, followed by D.C., where 2.79% of adults engaged in recent cocaine use.The National Survey on Drug Use and Health calculates…

It was a glorious Friday night at Coors Field. Unless, of course, you played for the Rockies, who were blasted 11-4.But if you were a blue-clad Dodgers fan — and there were plenty of them — it provided a chance to cheer on a team that locked up the National League West title for the 11th time in the last 12 seasons by defeating the Padres Thursday night.And if you were simply a fan of baseball legends, you got to see Shohei Ohtani continue his supernatural season.The Dodgers’ designated hitter, who’s a lock to win National League MVP, supplied the…

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HIGHLANDS RANCH — Ralston Valley’s plan to control the clock and slow the game down against Valor Christian looked like a great idea for about a quarter and a half.Then Chase Hanosh broke into the open field from the shadow of his own goalposts for what should stand as one of the greatest plays in this Centennial State prep football season. Hanosh went 97 yards, the longest of several explosive plays for the Eagles in a 34-17 victory Friday night at Valor Stadium.“The blockers went in their holes and it just opened wide,” Hanosh said. “I got a little tired,…

Oscar Gandarilla called his son out of school Thursday in Rawlins, Wyo., and the father-son duo made the trek south to Coors Field — all to hear snippets of a single song one last time.Yes, the 36-year-old Denver native wanted to get a final in-person glimpse of his favorite Rockies player, Charlie Blackmon — the bearded, hard-nosed, sweet-swinging left-hander who’s called Coors Field home for 14 seasons.But it was more than that as Blackmon, 38, was set to retire on Sunday. Gandarilla wanted affirmation that “Josie’s on a vacation far away.” He needed to hear his fellow fans belt, “You…

The concourse train at Denver International Airport will be partially shut down for maintenance over two nights in early October, airport officials announced Friday.Trains will not run between the terminal and Concourse A between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3. Trains will still run between Concourse A to Concourses B and C, according to the airport’s news release.During the shutdown, departing passengers will need to go through A Bridge Security. From there, passengers can walk to Concourse A, where they can fly out from A gates or proceed via the train to gates in Concourses…

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. — Why bother putting a card in the mail when you can just deliver a thank-you message in person?That’s what the Broncos should do Sunday at MetLife Stadium. Tell the New York Jets thank you. If they spend a few extra bucks on one of those 3D pop-up cards, all the better.Thanks for the high-quality defensive lineman — among the scarcest resources in football — for the bargain-basement price.Thanks for helping transform a defensive front that last year was among the NFL’s worst and, through three games this year, is a disruptive group.Thanks for not…

An 18-year-old woman accused of shooting five people outside a Denver bar in September 2023 took a plea deal Friday morning in Denver District Court.In a Friday morning hearing, Keanna Rosenburgh pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree murder naming eight victims and a felony crime of violence sentence enhancer.Rosenburgh originally faced 28 charges — including seven counts of attempted murder and 15 counts of assault — in connection with a shooting outside Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in LoDo last year that injured five people. The plea deal dropped the remaining 27 charges from Rosenburgh’s case.The woman was not sentenced…

The 21-year-old man charged in connection with a fatal Commerce City shooting last week allegedly opened fire into the house after a friend got into a fight there, according to police.Ethan Jennings, 21, was charged last week with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault — all felonies — relating to the Sept. 6 shooting that killed 20-year-old Makayla Lawrence. Two other victims were shot and transported to the hospital.Three days after the shooting — after they allegedly led police in northern Colorado on a high-speed chase in a stolen sedan — 18-year-old…