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A ceiling fan is an elegant design choice for nearly any room and can also help improve your home’s energy efficiency. To make your ceiling fan even more functional, you can choose one with lights. A quality ceiling fan is designed for the size and type of room where it’s installed. For instance, our top pick, the Westinghouse Lighting Brentford 52-inch Ceiling Fan, is an indoor/outdoor ceiling fan perfect for larger spaces with low lighting needs. Considerations when choosing ceiling fans with lights Size A ceiling fan’s purpose is to circulate air — it doesn’t cool it; it simply moves…

Eagle couple Stephanie Hays and Jason Sharpe turned 50 years old in 2024. To celebrate, they decided to do something unconventional: ski at 50 different resorts.The pair, who grew up in Colorado and have lived in Eagle for 24 years (and Eagle County for longer), more than accomplished their goal. In eight months, they visited 58 resorts around the world, skiing on three continents, in four countries and four states. In between skiing, Hays and Sharpe found time for side attractions, like snowmobiling in Canada, visiting onsens in Japan and traveling throughout Chile.“Each location had a crazy story or something…

These days, most of us are looking for ways to be a little kinder to the planet. You might not give much thought to the plastic straws you use to drink your favorite beverages, but they can actually damage the environment, especially our oceans. If you prefer drinking through straws but want to do your part to go green, reusable drinking straws are the way to go. Made from durable materials you can wash after each use, they cut down on plastic waste while still allowing you to sip your soda or water the way you like. Best of all,…

Despite a powder blue shirt and a red cap, Nolan Arenado wore a purple heart on his sleeve.“I didn’t know the press conference was going to happen until this morning,” the St. Louis Cardinals third baseman said Tuesday inside the visiting clubhouse at Coors Field, an hour after he’d conspicuously attended the news conference down the hall, watching former Rockies teammate Charlie Blackmon say farewell to a game they both love.“Got a few texts, and I’m happy that all the guys let me know. But obviously, I’m happy to be a part of it. I’m happy to just be here,…

Following the first cut in the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate in more than four years, Denver real estate broker Bret Weinstein has advice for would-be homebuyers looking to capitalize on the move.“People, if they want to buy, realistically should buy right now,” said Weinstein, founder and CEO of Guide Real Estate.The Fed lowered its rate last week to about 4.8% from 5.3%. Interest rates had reached their highest point in more than two decades as the central bank battled inflation, which soared to 9.1% in mid-2022. As the central bank tightened its money policies to cool demand and rein…

By NASSER KARIMITEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Tuesday it believes the remaining workers trapped by an explosion at a coal mine in the country’s east have died, bringing the death toll in one of its worst industrial disasters to at least 49. A provincial emergency official, Mohammad Ali Akhoundi, gave the death toll in a report carried by Iranian state television from the mine in Tabas.Figures for the numbers of miners inside the mine at the time have fluctuated since a methane gas leak Saturday sparked an explosion at the coal mine in Tabas, about 540 kilometers (335 miles)…

The Denver City Council took a definitive step on Monday toward making the construction of the East Colfax Avenue bus rapid transit project a reality — one that will completely reshape Denver’s best-known east-west arterial street.The project will stretch from Denver’s Union Station east to the Regional Transportation District’s rail station near Colfax and Interstate 225 relying on a network of high-frequency, quick-loading buses to increase mass transit reliability along the busy corridor. Between Broadway and Yosemite, buses will take over two dedicated center lanes on Colfax, with new, specially branded bus stations in the middle of the roadway to…

Ninety-five-thousand-acre Utah Lake is a major water source for the Great Salt Lake. If it dries up or sickens, so does the Great Salt Lake. Fifteen years ago, it was dying. But the controversial herbicide glyphosate saved it.Virtually everything most Americans think they know about glyphosate — the active ingredient in products like Roundup — is wrong. That’s because social media and ads by lawyers offering to sue Bayer (owner of Monsanto, glyphosate’s original manufacturer) are rife with misinformation.What most Americans don’t know about glyphosate is that it’s often the only option for saving native fish and wildlife from alien…

The secret to creating successful latte art?It’s all in the milk. Whole milk, that is. Full fat.Although you can create latte art with lower-fat or non-fat milk or an alternative like oat milk, it takes more skill. Coffee shops offering alternative milk use a barista series with higher fat content.“The key factor is getting the milk just right,” said Jacob Ainsworth, retail director at Novo Coffee, who has taught the company’s latte art classes for the past year. “It’s less about the coffee temperature. It’s more about the milk texture.”Jacob Ainsworth teaches latte art basics during a class taught at Novo…

Here’s a look at which players improved their stock or watched it decline after the Broncos’ 26-7 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon.Stock UpRT Alex Palczewski: With Mike McGlinchey on the injured reserve list, Palczewski — a second-year offensive lineman — held his own in his first career start at right tackle. He allowed only one pressure, as quarterback Bo Nix wasn’t sacked on 39 dropbacks, according to Next Gen Stats. As a whole, the Broncos’ offensive line delivered their best performance of the season. Denver’s interior offensive linemen — left guard Ben Powers, right guard Quinn…