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Participation in America’s running races took a hit from the pandemic and its aftermath, but race officials say rebounding registration numbers for Colorado’s two largest road races, and others around the country, demonstrate the sport is thriving again.“It’s back,” said Andrea Dowdy, executive director of Denver Colfax Marathon, “and in a lot of cases, it seems like a resurgence.” Registration for the Colfax Marathon and its associated events — a half marathon, 10-miler, 5K and marathon relay races, all of which will be held this weekend — have surpassed 24,000. The Colfax races set a record last year with 21,000.The…

A 15-year-old girl is missing after she was last seen in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Leah Black was last seen near Constitution Avenue and Marksheffel Road in Colorado Springs on Wednesday night, agency officials said in a missing person alert Thursday.Leah is Indigenous and described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 130 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.She was last seen wearing black pajama pants and a black hoodie with white Crocs.Anyone with information about her whereabouts can call 911 or Colorado Springs police at 719-444-7000.Sign up to get crime news sent…

A man in custody at Denver’s downtown detention center died after experiencing a medical emergency Thursday morning, sheriff’s officials said.A medical emergency team was called to the detention center around 6 a.m. Thursday, after staff noticed the man was unresponsive in a housing unit, according to a news release from the Denver Sheriff’s Department.The team administered medical aid, but the man died at the detention center, the release stated.The Denver Police Department has opened a death investigation into the incident and said no further information can be shared at this time, according to the release.The man’s identity and official cause…

Groundwork for possible car-free living along Colorado’s Front Range got done Thursday as Gov. Jared Polis signed four bills into law to boost public transportation.The new laws let state leaders pump tens of millions into transit projects, foremost a multi-billion-dollar rail system linking Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins and, eventually, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.Polis rode a Regional Transportation District B-Line train from Westminster to Union Station Thursday and signed the following measures:— SB24-229 – A crackdown on air pollution from oil and gas production. It makes reducing nitrogen oxide pollution, which leads to worse ozone, a matter of law and sets…

A former hotel owner in LoDo has been charged with defrauding the federal government by lying on loan applications and then using the public money for personal purchases.Amin Suliaman, 47, was arrested in Miami on Tuesday, one week after a federal grand jury indicted him on four counts of wire fraud. Suliaman, who moved from Colorado to Houston in 2022, faces up to 20 years in prison and $900,000 in fines if convicted.“We look forward to our day in court,” his lawyer, Harvey Steinberg of Springer & Steinberg, said Wednesday. “We feel that we will be completely vindicated and that…

LAKEWOOD — Lochlan Walker was still winded and hunched over from his 100-meter dash when his mom, Paige, mobbed him with the news of his personal record time of 12.48 seconds.They smiled simultaneously and shared a moment they won’t soon forget as Walker, a Fairview High School senior, notched the fastest time for a Special Olympic/Paralympic athlete on Thursday afternoon at the 2024 CHSAA state track and field meet at Jeffco Stadium.About an hour later, Walker also recorded the best Special Olympic/Paralympic time in the 200 meters, at 25.92. Those marks made him the fastest disabled athlete in the state,…

Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon fully reopened Thursday evening following a vehicle fire, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The highway was closed for several hours between exit 114 for West Glenwood Springs and exit 133 for Dotsero. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day. source

LAKEWOOD — The fans at Jeffco Stadium didn’t have to wait long for an eye-popping performance on the opening day of the 2024 CHSAA state track and field championships.On Thursday morning, Overland junior Jarrius Ward broke the Class 5A state meet record in the discus with a launch of 203 feet, 4 inches. That shattered the classification’s previous record of 192-5 set by Westminster’s Todd Austin in 1977.In the process, Ward trumped his club teammate and the reigning champion in the event, Chatfield’s Charles LaFore, who also broke Austin’s mark with a toss of 193-6 in a valiant runner-up effort.“I…

Sellers may have to negotiate a little more than before, but they maintain a strong grip on metro Denver’s housing market, even as other once-hot areas like Miami and Honolulu shift in favor of buyers, according to Zillow’s “Market Heat Index.”The index measures whether sellers or buyers dominate a given market or if a market is “neutral” indicating a balance between the two sides. After briefly touching neutral territory In October and November, metro Denver shifted back to a “strong seller’s” market this year with a heat index score of 71.7 in April.“It’s all about supply and demand. Even if…

Armando Payan has watched northern Denver change over several decades as thousands of residents have moved to Globeville and other neighborhoods near downtown, bringing more traffic with them.But one nearby piece of infrastructure — the shadowy, run-down 38th Street underpass that crosses below railroad tracks — has caused him headaches for years, with little change despite the population growth.“It’s a horror story,” Payan said, with low clearance, a narrow two-lane road and flooding during heavy rains. When he approached the underpass recently, a semitruck was wedged beneath it.The outdated crossing serves as one of few connections across the freight tracks —…