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Colorado voters are set to weigh in on ballot questions related to abortion rights, veterinary services, mountain lion trophy hunting and an overhaul of the state’s election system in November.The deadline to finalize the state’s ballot is coming Friday, but all of the citizen initiatives — meaning ballot questions pursued by members of the public, rather than the legislature — were finalized late last week. State election officials certified that the final ones had received enough petition signatures after clearing earlier regulatory hurdles.Nine ballot measures from the public have been approved. But two of those — the property tax-related initiatives…

An 83-year-old Colorado fisherman has resurrected his 12-year fight for public freedom to wade in the state’s rivers, seeking arrest and risking conflicts with landowners by returning to a contested bend in the Arkansas River.Roger Hill hiked across federally managed public land to enter the river, donned his straw hat, and cast his dry-fly line along that privately owned stretch last weekend without incident. This week, he urged other anglers statewide to replicate his civil disobedience and assert a public right to fish and float on navigable rivers  — a freedom established in other western states.Roger Hill, right, fishes in…

Here are the Top 20 games to watch on the 2024 NFL slate, starting with the very first game of the season in Week 1.Week 1Baltimore at Kansas CityThursday, Sept. 5, 6:20 p.m., NBCAs is often the case, the NFL scheduled a dandy of a season opener with Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson facing off in a rematch of January’s AFC Championship. Note to the Ravens: Hold on tight to that ball around the goal line.Green Bay vs. Philadelphia in Sao Paulo, BrazilFriday, Sept. 6, 6:15 p.m., PeacockFriday night football in the NFL? We’re really doing this? In the NFL’s…

Denver Botanic Gardens sets a fine example for its cultural peers by including space for art shows at its main headquarters on York Street. It’s one of the best things about a visit there.Visitors can walk around the hanging sculpture and get a 360-degree view. (Daniel Tseng, Special to The Denver Post)In all, the facility has three indoor galleries, with a considerable 4,000 square feet of exhibition space between them, and the rooms are loaded with rotating displays by a global lineup of artists that add layers of both entertainment and understanding to a garden trip.The artwork incorporates a human…

Devon Key hit a major milestone on Aug. 27.That it passed with such little notice is a sign of the unsentimental reality of the NFL, sure, but also a nod to his progress.The Broncos safety cracked the 53-man roster and appeared to do so without much drama.He may have felt a tinge of anxiety in the lead-up to the Tuesday roster cutdown — who would blame him, after being waived at the deadline by Kansas City in 2021 and 2022 and Denver last year — but the preseason made it clear the Broncos are counting on Key this fall.Key had…

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems).Fourteen years after adopting my dog from Denver Dumb Friends League, I returned there with her body.Daisy was skinny and fearful when she was adopted from Denver’s Dumb Friends League at 2 years old, but quickly became a beloved family member and lived to age 16. (John Wenzel, The Denver Post)My wife and I had hired a vet to come…

Hot, dry and hazy.That’s the weather forecast for today and Monday across Denver and the Front Range.The National Weather Service Boulder expects temperatures to be above normal with temperatures ranging between 85 and 90 degrees in the urban corridor and the plains. Temperatures in the mountains will be 63 to 78 degrees, according to the forecast.The mountains could see isolated thunderstorms.Similar weather conditions are expected for the holiday on Monday with highs hovering near 90 in the Front Range and plains.Skies will be hazy today with smoke from out-of-state wildfires that drifted into Colorado on Friday, according to the Colorado…

Simon Rubick had lost almost everything to decades of alcoholism and drug addiction.In 2022, he found himself without a vehicle and without a home, which forced his two teenage children to move in with friends. He had burned bridges with friends and family and it took a drug-induced stint in the hospital for him to realize his cocaine addiction was going to be a “death sentence.”Rubick, who lives in the Denver suburb of Arvada, Colorado, knew he needed help. But first he had to figure out what to do with one of the only sources of unconditional love and support…

A 7-Eleven security guard shot and killed a man Saturday night at a store in Aurora in what police are calling self-defense. A 36-year-old man approached the security guard from behind and pointed a gun at his head at the convenience store in the 12000 block of East Colfax Avenue just after 9 p.m. Saturday, according to an Aurora Police Department news release. The two men fought over the gun, and the security guard drew his firearm and fired one shot at the attacker. Aurora police officers treated the man who was shot when they arrived on scene but he…

HealthOne and UnitedHealthcare reached a last-minute deal to keep the hospitals in-network, averting a separation that would have forced patients to find new doctors or pay more out-of-pocket.When patients visit a hospital that has agreed to in-network rates, they pay either a flat fee or a portion of the cost of their care. If they go to an out-of-network facility, they could get a bill for whatever their insurance declined to cover. Federal and state law prevent surprise bills when a patient has an emergency, but not for scheduled care.The two parties reached a multiyear deal that ensures continued, uninterrupted…