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A body recovery and death investigation is underway at Chatfield Reservoir Tuesday morning, according to sheriff’s officials.South Metro Fire Rescue crews responded to a water rescue at Chatfield State Park in Littleton around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to a post from the fire department on social media.Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers and Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies also responded to the water rescue, the fire department said.Around 9:15 a.m., the water rescue turned into a body recovery and death investigation after a man was spotted face-down in the water, according to a statement from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. The cause…

Broncos fans will have more chances to see Sean Payton’s team in action when training camp opens later this summer.Denver is set for 16 open training camp practices beginning Friday, July 26, Broncos president Damani Leech told The Post on Tuesday, a substantial increase over the 12 open dates last summer.The full set of dates will be released Wednesday, but they include the NFL’s Back Together Weekend celebration on July 27 and a Friday, Aug. 16, joint practice with Green Bay before the teams play a preseason game Aug. 18 at Empower Field. Most or all of the open practices…

Sunday section devoted to hating on conservative ideals Re: June 2 Sunday Perspective section Who are the contributors of divisiveness, hate, corruption of truth, and avoiding facts of democracy? It is any contributor to last Sunday’s Perspective. The leader is the New York Times’s Thomas Friedman, followed by The Denver Post’s own Megan Schrader, Doug Friednash, and Krista Kafer; let’s include the LA Times’ LZ Granderson. It was a continued mass depression of corrupted hatred of 75 million conservative voters who want to return to a previous common sense democracy provided by President Donald Trump and his entire administration. The…

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday rejected a proposed ballot measure that would have broadly banned gender-affirming care and surgery for minors.The court ruled that the supporters of Initiative 175 had not quickly enough appealed a state administrative board’s rejection of the proposal. If it had advanced and then passed in November, the measure would have prohibited the use of surgeries or hormone treatments on people younger than 18 unless necessary for reasons other than gender affirmation, like premature puberty or a birth defect.The Colorado Title Board, the administrative body that approves and rejects ballot measures, at first approved the…

Denver voters will be asked in November to consider increasing the city’s sales tax to raise $70 million a year to help stabilize Denver Health, the region’s financially ailing safety-net hospital.The Denver City Council voted 12-1 without discussion Monday to send the .34% sales-tax increase — which would add 34 cents to a $100 purchase — to the ballot. The city’s current sales tax is 8.81% and, if this measure is approved by voters, it will increase to 9.15%.Councilman Kevin Flynn, who represents District 2, cast the only dissenting vote. He previously had expressed concern about “burdening Denver taxpayers” with tax…

A wildfire burning in southwest Pueblo County grew by 270 acres on Monday, prompting mandatory evacuations and pre-evacuation warnings.The Oak Ridge fire had no containment as of 7:20 p.m., fire officials said in a post on Facebook.Flames were first reported 3 miles northwest of Beulah on Saturday morning and the wildfire grew from 5 acres at 1:32 p.m. Monday to 275 acres within six hours.The fire is burning in a mix of conifer, according to U.S. Forest Service staff. Colorado’s Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA) has mapped the #OakRidgeFire_CO which has increased the size to 275 acres. This is a video taken…

His final season at Colorado may not have unfolded exactly the way he might’ve scripted it a year ago.Yet Tristan da Silva and his Buffaloes teammates eventually got to where they wanted by March. The next step of da Silva’s basketball journey arrives on Wednesday night with the opening round of the 2024 NBA Draft, an event that is expected to feature the selection of three CU players — da Silva, KJ Simpson and Cody Williams — for the first time in the draft’s modern era.Da Silva tested his draft stock a year ago before ultimately returning to CU for…

Shanna Henkel can dish it out with the best of them. Piping hot, with a side of wheat toast and two country-fresh eggs.“If it helps us get awesome talent, then I would name a breakfast burrito after awesome talent,”  Henkel told me Monday, a devious chuckle forming under her breath. “I’m not above that.”The Bryce Underwood Biscuit?The Akili Smith Jr. Omelet?Husan Longstreet Hash Browns?Where does it end?Better question: When can we dig in?“I love seeing community support behind awesome new talent that is maybe headed our way,” said Henkel, a CU alum who’s been slinging Boulder breakfast favorites, along with…

Nuggets point guard Reggie Jackson is picking up his $5.25 million player option for the 2024-25 season as expected, a league source confirmed to The Denver Post. Jackson, 34, will return for the second and final year of his contract. He came to Denver in February 2023 after reaching a contract buyout with the Charlotte Hornets and won his first career NBA championship five months later as a reserve for his hometown team. The Palmer High School alum then took on a larger role as Jamal Murray’s everyday backup point guard the following season, having re-signed at the taxpayer mid-level…

Temperatures from 95 to 100 degrees and scattered afternoon thunderstorms are expected across Colorado again today, according to the National Weather Service. Highs in the mid 90s and low 100s are expected today in northeast Colorado. Isolated to scattered afternoon thunderstorms may produce wind gusts up to 50 mph, but little rainfall, in the northeast and north central portions of the state, NWS meteorologists said. A heat advisory is in effect for the Denver metro area from 11 a.m. this morning to 9 p.m. Tuesday, according to the NWS. High temperatures Monday and Tuesday will be in the mid to…