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RATON, N.M. — A suspect has been arrested after allegedly killing a Colorado man at a northern New Mexico rest area, stealing a vehicle at knifepoint and leading state police on a car chase, authorities said Tuesday. Police said 21-year-old Dorien Ray was arrested Monday on suspicion of numerous charges including first-degree murder, armed robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle. Ray allegedly was driving a car reported stolen from Aurora, Colorado, when he stopped around 7 a.m. at a rest stop in Colfax County south of Raton. Ray is accused of fatally stabbing a 79-year-old man while the victim’s…

Steve Pomerance’s March 22 article in The Post discussed a 2022 poll purporting to show widespread opposition within Colorado to population growth. Pomerance does a disservice to readers by failing to provide important background about this poll. First, the poll was funded by an organization called NumbersUSA, an immigration restriction policy advocacy organization with well-documented and long-standing ties to white supremacist networks. In 2009, the Southern Poverty Law Center named NumbersUSA as one of the three faces of a nativist network funded and coordinated by John Tanton, who has spent his career pushing behind the scenes for a nativist movement…

DU-nasty, anyone? “Absolutely,” Pios goaltender Matt Davis said Monday night inside the bowels of Magness Arena, home of the best college hockey program that ever lived. “I mean, (we got) three (championships) in seven (NCAA tournaments). “Guys might as well get four in eight.” No program — not Michigan, not North Dakota, not Wisconsin — got to 10 NCAA titles before DU. No school had won three within a seven-year span since BC from 2008-2012. And no team has nabbed four titles over a decade’s worth of Frozen Fours since the Wolverines did it all the way back in the…

The wave of recent local brewery closings has pulled another into the undertow. On Monday, Renegade Brewing Co. (925 W. Ninth Ave., Denver) announced it will close in just a couple of weeks, on May 3. The social media post suggested the closure came as a surprise to ownership. Michael Mulcahy, managing partner with Silver Fox Partners, which owns the brewery in the Art District on Santa Fe, declined to elaborate on factors that played into the closure. When reached by phone, he attributed it to “a variety of circumstances, seen and unforeseen.” One certain thing is that head brewer…

Roosevelt girls basketball coach Enoch Miller announced his resignation to the team on Monday, after leading the Rough Riders to consecutive Class 5A titles during his two seasons at the helm. Miller cited two primary reasons for his departure: A desire to spend more time with his daughter, a seventh grader whom he coaches in club basketball, and the difficultly of not being a teacher at Roosevelt. Miller teaches health sciences and PE in the district at nearby Milliken Middle School, where he plans on continuing to work. “(Regis Jesuit boys coach) Ken Shaw told me early in my career……

By DEVI SHASTRI and MIKE STOBBE (Associated Press) Measles outbreaks in the U.S. and abroad are raising health experts’ concern about the preventable, once-common childhood virus. One of the world’s most contagious diseases, measles can lead to potentially serious complications. The best defense, according to experts? Get vaccinated. Here’s what to know about the year — so far — in measles. How many measles cases has the U.S. seen this year? Nationwide, measles cases already are nearly double the total for all of last year. The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention documented 113 cases as of April 5.…

This April marks the 25th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, a watershed moment in American history that has become emblematic of a harrowing chapter in our national narrative on gun violence and mass shootings. The tragedy of Columbine, where two students embarked on a meticulously planned attack, leaving 13 dead and 24 injured, was not just a moment of national mourning but a turning point that shifted the American psyche. We are criminologists who study gun violence. This January, we surveyed 10,000 Americans about their experience with and exposure to mass shootings. We asked each of them a poignant question: “Please…

U.S. 287 northbound after it was closed Monday morning because of a crash, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The road, also signed as W. 120th Avenue, was closed at 8:44 a.m. between Sheridan Boulevard and Ash Street. Southbound Sheridan Boulevard was also blocked at the U.S. 287 intersection. The roadway reopened at 9:25 a.m. Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter. source

A suspect in a fatal shooting on April 5 in Glendale turned himself in on Friday, according to a Monday release from the Glendale Police Department on X. Caleb Choice, 22, who police believed was traveling from Texas to Florida, turned himself in on Friday and Sarah Sandoval, 21, was arrested in Texas last week. One male suspect is still at large. The suspect is described as a tall Black man with a medium build and a possible tribal tattoo on his right hand. He was last seen wearing a hooded sweatshirt, police say. The shooting happened about 3 a.m.…

The Broncos’ defensive line is likely to again be anchored by Zach Allen and D.J. Jones in 2024. Perhaps a rookie draft pick, too. The rest of the rotation is going to look different. Denver’s already made several moves this offseason and added another Monday by agreeing to a one-year deal with veteran defensive tackle Angelo Blackson, sources told The Denver Post. Blackson, 31, has plenty of experience. He’s played in 128 games for five different teams. In 2023 he appeared in 11 games for Jacksonville. The four seasons before that, he ranged between part-time and full-time starter in Houston,…