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The U.S. Forest Service is set to start prescribed burns on federal lands in Jefferson County in the coming days in a bid to blunt wildfire risk, the agency said Friday.The South Platte Ranger District plans to burn up to 536 acres of national forest lands near Green Mountain and Little Scraggy Peak in southern Jefferson County. The burns near Green Mountain are expected to start as early as next week, depending on weather and vegetation conditions, the agency said in a press release.“Prescribed fire reduces woody debris, small trees, and shrubs on the forest floor,” the agency wrote. “Removing…

AIR FORCE ACADEMY — The glory of a state baseball championship may reach its acme in the moments immediately following the final out, but it’s the small decisions that make or break a team under pressure.Holy Family’s sprint toward its fourth state crown — and second in Class 4A — on Saturday on Erdle Field culminated by way of a Hail Mary a week earlier, a hitting inferno from senior first baseman Jayden Watts throughout the entire postseason, and a baffling decision from the opposing coach in the early innings of Saturday’s matinee.The Tigers rode a hefty third inning to…

Cal Quantrill needed a difference-maker.“I was having good results, but it was becoming more difficult to strike out batters,” the Rockies right-hander explained. “There were too many times in a game when I needed a pitch to balance things out. My cutter was too hard as a secondary pitch. And my fastball and cutter could get a little bit jumpy at times.”Quantrill, a cerebral pitcher, studied his dilemma and found a solution — not a simple solution, mind you, but one that works for him.He decided to try the split-finger fastball, which is difficult to master and rarely used by…

Colorado’s 4th Congressional District special election debate at the Grizzly Rose on Saturday featured two political novices, a guy who doesn’t want to win and an empty chair set aside for the presumed favorite in the race.Republican Greg Lopez was a no-show at the debate, sponsored by the Republican Women of Weld and the Lincoln Club of Colorado, a decision libertarian candidate Hannah Goodman called a travesty.“I disapprove of taking your ball and going home when things don’t seem to be going your way,” she said to a crowd of 200 or so packed into the venerable country-western bar in…

(Photos by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post) A large crowd gathered in City Park to march through the streets in response to recent Israeli military strikes on Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Denver, Colorado. source

There were just too many family members and friends for Highlands Ranch native Mallory Swanson to provide with tickets for her first match back in Colorado since tearing her patellar tendon a little more than a year ago.Knowing her teammates from Colorado, Lindsey Horan and Sophia Smith may do the same, she rushed to purchase a suite at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, so all her closest people could witness a healthy, full-strength forward do her thing.And that’s exactly what she did.In the 34th minute of the U.S. Women’s National Team’s 4-0 win against South Korea — the first match of…

COMMERCE CITY – Still looking for a reason to give Denver a women’s pro soccer team? Ben Hubbard can give you 19,000. And change.“We have hundreds of ambassadors now, around the state, who (were) organizing watch parties, tailgate parties (Saturday),” said Hubbard, co-founder of For Denver FC, nodding at the shoulder-to-shoulder jam on the concourse at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park for the USWNT’s 4-0 thrashing of South Korea.“(We’re) really active on social media, but they’re self-organizing now. So this thing has taken on a life of its own. As any good fan base does.”The fans here aren’t just good. They’re…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son was in federal court, prepared to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax offenses. The culmination of a sprawling investigation, the deal between Hunter Biden and prosecutors was going to spare him a politically explosive trial in the middle of his father’s reelection campaign and likely prison time. But it all fell apart. Now, Hunter Biden is headed to trial on federal gun charges in a case brought by his father’s Justice Department at a time when America’s political and legal worlds are colliding like never before. Dogged for years…

Boasting that child poverty in Colorado would soon be cut nearly in half, Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed a large new tax credit for low-income families into law.The ceremony put an underline on a legislative session that featured state policymakers looking again and again to the state surplus to flatten inequalities. Lawmakers passed dozens of new tax credits this year that tapped into massive revenues the state couldn’t keep and otherwise would have to return through refund checks.The new family affordability tax credit that received Polis’ signature is by far the largest individual tax credit in terms of cost.…

The Broncos’ 2024 draft class is all signed and ready to roll.Denver agreed to terms with fourth-round wide receiver Troy Franklin on his four-year rookie contract and Franklin signed it Saturday, the team announced.Franklin, drafted No. 102 overall with the second pick of the fourth round, is the last of Denver’s seven draft picks to sign his rookie contract.The slot value according to OvertheCap data: Four years and $4.875 million with a signing bonus of $854,836.Franklin will count $1.009 million against Denver’s 2024 salary cap.The standout receiver was rookie quarterback Bo Nix’s top target at Oregon the past two seasons,…