Author: reporter

DENVER — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election deniers, was found guilty by a jury on most charges Monday in a breach of her county’s election computer system.Peters was accused of using someone else’s security badge to give an expert affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell access to the Mesa County election system. Prosecutors said she was seeking fame and became “fixated” on voting problems after becoming involved with those who had questioned the accuracy of the 2020 presidential election results.The case marked the first prosecution of a local election official over a suspected security…

Renck: The bravado is much closer to coming to fruition than fiction. At the combine in February, Sean Payton stood at the dais, one eventually occupied by every NFL attending coach and general manager, and implied the Broncos were smarter than the competition at evaluating college quarterbacks. “I think we will be really good at this,” Payton said. “And I think to some degree, we’re glad that a lot of people aren’t.” After one preseason game was the Broncos coach right? Watching Bo Nix navigate his debut against the Colts with 15 completions, one touchdown, no sacks and no wide-eye…

The Rockies’ return on investment on Kris Bryant continues to dwindle.Colorado placed the often-hurt Bryant on the 10-day injured list on Monday for the third time this season, this time with a back strain as the outfielder/first baseman’s arthritic back continues to be an issue.Bryant, who missed 31 games in April/May with a back strain and then 43 games in June/July with a rib/oblique issue, is batting .218 with two homers, a .301 slugging and -0.7 WAR in 2024.The Rockies’ highest-paid player with a $28 million salary this year, Bryant is under contract on a seven-year, $182 million deal through 2028.…

Forget the overthinking. Forget Copa América. Forget the noise.In a penalty shootout against Club León, Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Zack Steffen blocked everything out.The two-save effort that followed last Monday capped a seven-save night for the 29-year-old in a match where he was easily the best player on the pitch. The next game, he outdid that performance with eight saves against FC Juárez in Friday’s win in the Leagues Cup round of 32.Perhaps his best save against Juárez came on a breakaway in the 74th minute to keep the game at its final score, 3-2. Forward Diego Valoyes received a pass…

During the five years I lived in Denver, I found my way around the city through food.I started on South Pearl Street — where I was crashing on my sister’s couch — falling in love with the shops and restaurants underneath her quaint walk-up apartment. But I’ve also lived on South Broadway, where I bar-hopped from the Irish Rover to Canopy until COVID shut it all down, and in Englewood, where I discovered AJ’s Pit Bar-B-Q while on a bike ride. More recently, I’ve been a West Highland and Sloan’s Lake resident, exploring the nooks of hidden gems on Tennyson…

Thornton police shot a man Sunday night after they said he fired a gun at officers following an unsuccessful effort to negotiate with him to put down his weapon. Police said the man was taken to the hospital with “serious injuries.” There was no further information as to his condition Monday morning. Thornton police posted a news release on X saying officers were dispatched to a parking lot in the 9700 block of Washington Street shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday to reports of a man firing a gun into the air. When officers arrived, the man pointed his gun at…

Making summer camping plans in parks and forests along the Front Range has become increasingly exasperating in recent years due to surging demand and unforgiving reservation policies. But take heart, campers, a modicum of relief may be in the offing.Planners at the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests are studying ways to add campsites. They’re also considering ways to make selecting and reserving them a little less onerous.The Arapaho and Roosevelt forests, which are jointly administered, stretch along the Continental Divide from just south of Interstate 70 to the Wyoming border. They include Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Boulder and Larimer counties.…

August can be a dry season for art. Galleries and museums know their customers are distracted by summer fun and they tend to keep programming on the breezy side, saving the serious stuff for the important fall premieres.But there is a bright spot this summer in downtown Denver, where I have spent many afternoons in the company of a single piece of art, Rachel Hayes’ “Horizon Drift,” which is installed on the Plaza of the Americas at 15th and Wewatta streets. The piece is co-presented by the Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum and the Biennial of the Americas, two of…

INDIANAPOLIS — Here’s a look at which players improved their stock or watched it decline after the Broncos’ 34-30 win over the Colts in the preseason opener at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday afternoon.Stock UpRB Jaleel McLaughlin: It’s too soon to say McLaughlin will take a significant leap in Year 2, but he is someone fantasy football owners should keep an eye on. McLaughlin’s versatility was on display in the win, as he totaled 56 yards (30 rushing and 26 receiving) on nine touches. He had one of the best plays of the game when he caught a 22-yard pass…

Today is Monday, Aug. 12, the 225th day of 2024. There are 141 days left in the year.Today in history:On Aug. 12, 2017, a driver sped into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally in the Virginia college town of Charlottesville, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring more than a dozen others. (The attacker, James Alex Fields, was sentenced to life in prison on 29 federal hate crime charges, and life plus 419 years on state charges.)Also on this date:In 1867, President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary…