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By GRAHAM LEE BREWER (Associated Press)A report published this week by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of $1.7 trillion worth of Indigenous homelands in Colorado by the state and the U.S. and the more than $546 million the state has reaped in mineral extraction from them. The report, shared first with The Associated Press, identifies 10 tribal nations that have “aboriginal title, congressional title, and treaty title to lands within Colorado” and details the ways the land was legally and illegally taken. It determined that many of the transactions were in direct violation of treaty rights…

Places matter. Spaces matter. That’s never been more clear than it was when the Vine Street Pub & Brewery reopened its doors this month, four years after closing them for the pandemic.“People have been so kind, sharing memories and telling stories, said Kevin Daly, who founded the Mountain Sun Pub and brewery group in Boulder in 1993 and opened Vine Street in 2008.“It feels great. I’ve always felt like I had a mission-based job that creates community, that offers that third place for people to go. I think we will do well,” he added.Kevin Daly, the owner of Vine Street…

A 54-year-old woman died in Colorado National Monument on Monday afternoon while hiking the Lower Monument Canyon Trail.At around 2:27 p.m., Colorado National Monument staff received a report that a female hiker, identified as Marsha Cook of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, had collapsed and lost consciousness two miles up the trail, according to a news release. Park rangers responded, as did Lower Valley Fire crew members, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff and Mesa County Search and Rescue team members.Family and first responders performed CPR on Cook, but life-saving efforts were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at the scene.“Colorado National Monument…

A 35-year-old Douglas County man was arrested for sexual exploitation of a child for the third time, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office. Stacy Garrett Suppeland previously pleaded guilty to felony sexual exploitation of a child in 2013 and 2020, according to court records.He was arrested again Tuesday for sexual exploitation of a child after “a very intense investigation,” sheriff’s officials said in a news release.“Our priority remains the protection of our children and the enforcement of justice, and we will continue to work tirelessly to ensure the safety of Douglas County residents,” Sheriff Darren Weekly said in a statement.Suppeland…

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the Supreme Court.Durbin, D-Ill., said Thursday the committee obtained information from Crow that Thomas took three trips, and at least six flights, on Crow’s private jet in 2017, 2019 and 2021. The panel also found evidence of private jet travel during trips to Indonesia and California that Thomas recently disclosed in an amendment to a 2019 financial disclosure report.The Democratic-led Judiciary panel launched the investigation last…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host a White House event next week celebrating an Obama-era directive that offered deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, as his own administration prepares potential new benefits for others without legal status but with long-standing ties in the United States.White House officials are closing in on a plan that would tap Biden’s executive powers to shield spouses of U.S. citizens without legal status from deportation, offer them work permits and ease their path toward permanent residency and eventually American citizenship, according to five people with knowledge of the deliberations.The people said those actions could…

NEW YORK — In a region that provides few tests, the United States views the Copa America as its last significant challenge ahead of the 2026 World Cup.“A World Cup on home soil is the biggest thing that you know we’ll probably do in our career,” star attacker Christian Pulisic said. “It’s a special time for this sport in America.”Eighteen players from the 2022 World Cup roster were in training camp ahead of the tournament. The U.S. opens against Bolivia on June 23 at Arlington, Texas, plays Panama four days later at Atlanta and closes the group stage vs. Uruguay…

When the founders of California’s Shelter Distilling began searching for a place to build a new location, they had a few prerequisites. The spot needed to be large enough to house a brand new production facility for making spirits and beer, it needed to be accessible enough to launch regional distribution, and, perhaps most importantly, it needed to have ample access to the outdoors.That may not sound like a long list, but according to Matt Hammer, it was a seemingly impossible combination to fulfill even as he and fellow co-founders Jason Senior and Karl Anderson conducted a nationwide search.“We looked…

Hot weather continues in Denver Thursday with near-record temperatures before Friday’s waves of storms roll in, bringing with them heavy rain, flooding, hail and damaging winds, according to the National Weather Service.The Denver area will see a high of 96 degrees Thursday — three degrees less than the hottest June 13 in history, a record set in 1936, according to NWS records.It’s still possible for the city to break that record.NWS meteorologists forecasted a 95-degree high Wednesday, but temperatures in the city reached 97 degrees, tying with 1952 for the all-time hottest June 12, the weather service said.Isolated thunderstorms are…

Groceries and gasoline in metro Denver are slightly cheaper in May compared to a year earlier, but eating out has become more expensive and rising housing costs are keeping inflation above the target the Federal Reserve wants to see, according to the latest Consumer Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Prices rose 2.6% year-over-year in May in the Consumer Price Index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood. That is below the annual increase of 3.3% measured nationally and down from the 5.1% annual rate seen in May 2023.Across April and May, consumer prices rose 0.6% in metro Denver matching the rate seen…