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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).It’s been a bad year for my garden tomatoes so far.I planted seeds indoors too soon, in early April; even after a month, they all were stunted in their starter pots. Not many of the 40  or so seedlings survived the transplanting to larger containers. Still more withered when I moved them outside a little too soon, for too long,…

By MELANIE LIDMAN (Associated Press)JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs.The move does not immediately pose a threat to Netanyahu, who still controls a majority coalition in parliament. But the Israeli leader becomes more heavily reliant on far-right allies who oppose the latest U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal and want to press ahead with the war.“Unfortunately, Netanyahu is preventing us from achieving true victory, which is the justification for the painful…

When your bats snooze, you lose. The 2024 Rockies are familiar with that scenario.Their offense took a Sunday siesta in a 5-1 loss to the Cardinals at Busch Stadium. With a chance to capture a rare series in St. Louis, Colorado managed just five hits.The Rockies dodged their eighth shutout of the season when they got to lefty reliever John King in the ninth. Ezequiel Tovar led off with his 20th double of the season and scored on Elias Diaz’s single.Let the record show that one of Colorado’s hits came from second baseman Adael Amador on the first swing of…

A 10-year-old girl driving a dirt bike died after being hit by a car near Pagosa Springs on Thursday, according to the Colorado State Patrol.Around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, state troopers received a call about a fatal crash at the intersection of Forest Service Road 631 and Forest Service Road 640 in Archuleta County near Pagosa Springs, according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol. A girl driving a dirt bike south on Forest Service Road 640 ran a stop sign at the intersection of Forest Service Road 631. She was unable to navigate a sharp right turn…

A man died and another was injured in a rafting accident on the Roaring Fork River near Basalt Whitewater Park, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office.Around 2:05 p.m. Saturday, Pitkin County dispatch received a call about a swift water incident near the Basalt Whitewater Park on the Roaring Fork River, according to a Saturday news release from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. According to the call, two rafts had capsized and two occupants were floating downriver. Rescue crews searched the Roaring Fork River and pulled the two rafters from the river near the intersection of West Two Rivers Road…

Cake wasn’t on the menu at Arby’s, unfortunately.Four teenagers were out for lunch during a free period in the school day at Prairie View High in Henderson. Zavier DeHoff and Dalton Knecht were friends by then, both juniors on the basketball team. But Knecht was an introvert at heart, and he hadn’t bothered to share that April 19 was his birthday. Well, until the most spontaneous possible moment, as if to use the news as a punchline: in the middle of a conversation halfway through a fast food meal.“This guy just casually mentioned it was his birthday,” DeHoff recalled years…

The ghosts of Canvas Stadium debt are waving receipts in my face and cackling as I type this, but hear Jack Graham out.While the blue bloods are putting the chess pieces in place for a college football super conference, you line up the best of the rest. Oregon State, Washington State, San Diego State, Boise State, CSU, Air Force, Army, Navy, Tulane, UConn. Get private equity to foot the bill. The Wild Card Conference, presented by Bain Capital.Crazy? Heck, yeah, it is. But crazy left the station about five stops north.“If someone came forward and said, ‘We’re going to form…

A lot of Coloradans are worried about our democracy. And they want candidates to pay attention to it, too.That is the message that comes through loud and clear from more than 4,500 responses to the Voter Voices survey that The Denver Post and dozens of other newsrooms around Colorado are circulating during this election year, as of last week. The effort has been coordinated by the Colorado News Collaborative.“Democracy/Good government” was the top issue for voters who identified as moderate or liberal. For conservatives, it landed further down — a distant third after immigration and cost of living.But that simple…

Dear Amy: My aunt has fallen on hard financial times and has begun leaning on me. Although she has a daughter, two stepsons, a nephew, and the biological father of the granddaughter she is raising, I’m the only one willing to help.Others are quite able but unwilling due to choosing not to work, refusing to pay child support, or falling out over the years.I have agreed to directly deposit a certain amount of money into her account every month, but she consistently asks for more.I’ve suggested she reach out to the others instead of solely relying on me, but she…

A severe storm swept across Colorado on Saturday, bringing with it heavy rain, up to baseball-sized hail and damaging winds, according to the National Weather Service.The strongest severe weather affected Colorado’s plains eastward of Greeley, but storms started around noon across the state, NWS forecasters said.Throughout the day, large hail and damaging winds were the main threat, forecasters said.NWS meteorologists logged hail as small as mothballs — approximately half an inch in diameter — and as large as baseballs — nearly 3 inches across, according to weather service records.The largest hail recorded at 2 3/4 inches in diameter was logged…