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The Nuggets got too heated and let it spill onto the court.Their offense went to waste. Their coach went nose-to-nose with a referee. Their defense deteriorated.And with one flick of Jamal Murray’s wrist, their championship pedigree disappeared.Murray’s rash decision to throw a heat pack onto the floor during play was a brutally on-the-nose metaphor for the collective loss of composure that characterized Denver’s Game 2 embarrassment against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.“I thought we lost control of our emotions a little bit tonight,” coach Michael Malone said.“We’ve gotta leave the officials alone, honestly,” Aaron Gordon said. “They’re not looking…

Arvada is getting a bite of the In-N-Out madness. The California fast-food chain is bringing its famous Double-Doubles and Animal-Style fries to the southeast corner of Wadsworth Boulevard and 52nd Avenue in the Arvada Marketplace shopping center. The building is still under construction, so the opening is a ways off, according to a spokesperson for the city of Arvada. This will be In-N-Out’s 10th Colorado location, including Castle Rock, Lakewood, Aurora, Central Park and two in Colorado Springs. The company is in the midst of a statewide building spree, proposing additional sites in Parker, Longmont, Brighton and Timnath. In-N-Out didn’t…

A 16-year-old boy with a mental disability reported missing in Aurora Monday evening has been found safe, according to an X post by the Aurora Police Department.  The boy was last seen walking northbound on South Granby Street at 9 a.m. Monday morning and was reported missing around 6 p.m. that evening. Police reported the teenager had been found safe just before 8 a.m. Tuesday morning. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Leadville’s first Black police chief says city administrator, racist officers forced him from job Crime and Public Safety | Glass falls from downtown Denver high-rise windows after…

Nearly everyone who joins the Colorado Avalanche from another NHL organization has their own story about when they learned that this place was different.Josh Manson has been in Colorado since March 2022, so he’s had the chance to watch plenty of new teammates go through the same experience. The veteran defenseman’s own education came a few days after he was acquired in a trade from Anaheim — at his first morning skate.“I was tired,” Manson said. “I was like, ‘Man, this is tough.’ The speed is just way higher. I was exhausted.”Now, Manson said, “I hear a lot of that from…

Part of the Regional Transportation District’s A Line light rail train will be replaced by shuttle buses on Tuesday for maintenance, according to a Monday RTD news release.Shuttle buses will run between Union and Central Park stations from 2:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday while RTD repairs a signal issue near the 38th/Blake Station.Travelers can board a shuttle bus at Central Park gate B3, 40th/Colorado gate B and 38th/Blake in front of the station. Those boarding a bus at Union Station should check the signs in the downstairs bus concourse, RTD states.A Line trains will operate as scheduled between Central…

Colorado’s first-round series began with a couple of clear advantages for the Avalanche and a couple for the Winnipeg Jets — at least on paper. The margins in this series ahead of Game 1 are much, much tighter. All six of these categories could say “even” at the end of them, and it wouldn’t entirely be a bit.Who has the edge?ForwardsColorado’s forwards were awesome against Winnipeg. All four lines had big games. The second line dominated the Jets’ top guys. Valeri Nichushkin and Artturi Lehkonen scored in all five games. Dallas doesn’t have a Nathan MacKinnon or a Mikko Rantanen,…

A Colorado bill to ban the sale, transfer and manufacturing of many high-powered, semi-automatic firearms is set to die Tuesday amid opposition in the state Senate, a month after the measure passed a historic vote in the House.Sen. Julie Gonzales, the bill’s Senate sponsor, announced in a statement Monday that she would shelve the bill voluntarily during a committee hearing Tuesday, the penultimate day of the legislative session. The Denver Democrat said she wanted to continue conversations around the policy in the coming months, “outside the pressure cooker of the Capitol during the last weeks of the legislative session.”House Bill 1292…

A Castle Rock man pleaded guilty on Monday to stabbing his mother to death before setting a house on fire in 2022.Matthew Buchanan, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder, one count of criminal attempt to commit murder in the first-degree and one count of criminal attempt to commit aggravated cruelty to animals — the latter for leaving dogs inside of the house before setting it ablaze.Ten other counts were dismissed as part of a plea deal, including one first-degree murder charge, two animal cruelty charges, three first-degree arson charges, one charge of tampering with a dead body,…

Glass fell from the window of a high-rise building in downtown Denver after it was shot at on Saturday night.The Denver Police Department and Denver Fire Department were both alerted to shots fired near the 600 block of 15th Street on Saturday around 8 p.m., Denver police officer Siena Riley said.One window on the 25th floor of office high-rise building Block 162 at 675 15th St. appears to have been damaged by gunfire, she added in an emailed statement. Responders at the scene cleaned up shattered glass that had fallen to the street. Representatives of the building told officers that…

The former El Paso County sheriff’s deputy who went missing for a year before being arrested last month lied about having cancer and getting a divorce to solicit money from friends, family and colleagues, and led a double life while married to two women, investigators allege in his arrest affidavit.Kevin Sypher, 57, is charged with two felony counts of theft and charitable fraud and two misdemeanor counts of misconduct. He was booked into the Teller County Jail on a $100,000 bail following his arrest on April 2, according to court records.An investigation into Sypher’s conduct began in March 2023 after a…