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Rick Sallinger, a longtime CBS news reporter who spent more than three decades on Denver’s airwaves, died Wednesday night. “Rick passed away peacefully Wednesday night. We are heartbroken,” Sallinger’s family said on social media Thursday. “For 30 years he was a devoted journalist in Denver. He loved every second of it.” Related Articles Colorado News | Tesla’s Autopilot drove car into tree, killing Colorado man in fiery crash, lawsuit alleges Colorado News | Dogs saves owner from attempted sexual assault in Fort Collins park Colorado News | Mayor Mike Johnston unveils plan to break downtown Denver out of “doom loop”…

The bipartisan deal to extend property tax relief to Colorado homeowners and commercial real estate owners is far superior to any of the highly partisan and heavy-handed ballot measures proposed for this November.The compromise allows counties and special districts to keep some of the increased tax revenue they will generate thanks to the voter repeal of the Gallagher Amendment four years ago, but it also cuts about $390 million from their 2024 tax collections. School districts will see a $560 million reduction, but will be made mostly whole by state funding from other revenue sources.Could lawmakers have justified a larger…

City leaders have zeroed in on a strategy they hope can break downtown Denver out of what Mayor Mike Johnston has described as the area’s post-COVID “doom loop.”The key to that strategy: the expansion of an obscure special taxing authority that played a key part in downtown’s last big boom.Johnston and other city and business leaders stood in front of the dormant fountains outside Union Station on Thursday morning to announce a plan they say could generate $500 million in public investment in downtown Denver over the coming decade.The approach relies on a strategic funding tool that helped turn Union…

A backcountry skier who triggered an avalanche in a Whistler Cliffs snow chute near Interstate 70 and the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels was partially buried and injured in the snowslide on April 30.The skier triggered the avalanche near the Whistler Cliffs area south of Coon Hill in a snow chute — a steep and narrow gully on a mountainside between two rock walls — according to a field report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.The snowslide gained speed and mass as it ran through the chute, catching the skier from behind, the report stated.Before the avalanche, the skier was descending an…

On a day when Kris Bryant took a small step toward returning to the lineup, the veteran first baseman/outfielder talked in-depth for the first time Wednesday about the nature of the back injury that has haunted him since signing with the Rockies before the 2022 season.“I know I have a bad back, and that’s no secret, and there are some things in there you aren’t going to heal. It’s unfortunate, but it’s just part of getting older, and it sucks,” Bryant said after taking infield practice for the first time since going on the 10-day injured list on April 14…

In another season of unpredictably dazzling passes and post moves, the most spontaneous scene of all involved Nikola Jokic simply walking off a basketball court.It was January in Washington after a 42-point masterclass against an unimpressive opponent. A throng of Wizards fans flocked to the corner of their arena where Jokic would disappear down the tunnel toward the locker room. The enemy sent him off with an ovation. “There’s a lot of talented players in this league,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said afterward, “but if you don’t love Nikola Jokic, I don’t know what you’re looking for.”Jokic, 29, was named…

Two teenagers were arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the drive-by shooting death of 19-year-old Dacien Salazar outside Denver’s Downtown Aquarium in February.Antonio Vasquez, 19, and Jason Trujillo Jr., 17, were arrested May 1 and charged with first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree attempted murder and three sentence-enhancing counts for violent crime, according to court records.Vasquez and Trujillo were identified as suspects through a months-long police investigation involving gang-related social media threats, surveillance video, ballistic reports and cellphone location data, according to a redacted arrest affidavit.Salazar and two friends drove from Pueblo to Denver on Feb. 14 to visit…

Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders was specific last month when asked what he and his staff would target in the transfer portal.Depth was the main key, but he mentioned particular spots the Buffaloes wanted to fill, including in the middle of the defense.“A couple linebackers are gonna come in,” he said on April 18, putting a heavy emphasis on making that plural.CU has now added two linebackers since Coach Prime’s comment that day.On Tuesday, former Florida A&M standout Johnny Chaney Jr. announced his commitment to the Buffs. He joins former Charlotte starter Nikhai Hill-Green, who committed on April 27,…

Drag queen and social media personality Pattie Gonia is known for exploring the great outdoors while sporting 6-inch heels, and soon she will be trekking Colorado trails and hosting dance parties along the way.First, the queen will sashay through Telluride’s Mountainfilm festival, May 23-27, for a music video screening followed by a free drag show and dance party. Then on June 20, she hits The Gothic Theatre in Denver for Save Her! Disco, billed as an environmental drag show and pride performance.Pattie Gonia’s trip to Telluride, specifically, has been four years in the making. In 2020, Mountainfilm’s lineup featured a…

An armed man suspected of carjacking a woman was fatally shot by Lakewood police after a car chase Wednesday.Officers responded to West 4th Avenue and Carr Street after a woman called 911 at 10:29 a.m. to report a man pointed a gun at her and took her minivan by force, said Lakewood Police Department spokesperson John Romero. The woman told police she was sitting in her van when the man ran up to her vehicle.Soon after, an employee at a nearby Wal-Mart, 440 Wadsworth Blvd., called 911 to report a man with a similar description had threatened employees with a…