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My Neighbor Felix has raised the white flag. “My Neighbor Felix and Alma Fonda Fina have resolved their dispute,” according to a joint statement from both parties. “My Neighbor Felix has generously agreed not to seek to enforce a noncompete clause that exists between the parties. As a result, Alma Fonda Fina will remain open for business.” Last month the casual Mexican restaurant, owned by Lotus Concept’s Francois Safieddine, sued its former executive general manager Kasie Curiel and her new LoHi restaurant, Alma Fonda Fina. Lotus Concepts also requested a temporary restraining order, which, if approved, would have shut down…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Nuggets are playing all five regular starters in their regular-season finale Sunday against the Grizzlies despite the possibility that a win wouldn’t benefit their seeding. “We’re trying to win a game,” coach Michael Malone said in his pregame news conference. “We’ve got everybody healthy, so I think everybody is good to go.” The Nuggets (56-25) need a win combined with Minnesota and Oklahoma City losses to climb back to the No. 1 seed in the West after their blown lead Friday in San Antonio. But they can at least move up one position to the No.…

For the first time in Colorado history, House Democrats passed a bill Sunday to ban the sale, purchase and transfer of so-called “assault weapons” in the state, setting the measure on a collision course with the state Senate. House Bill 1292 passed on a 35-27 vote, two votes past the threshold needed to pass. All of the supporters were Democrats, though nine Democrats joined with House Republicans in opposition. Under the measure, which received initial House approval Friday, “assault weapons” are defined as certain high-powered, semi-automatic rifles and pistols that have fixed, large-capacity magazines or have the ability to accept…

Interstate 25 southbound reopened near Pueblo West after closing because of a three-vehicle crash Sunday, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Related Articles Transportation | Fear of getting assaulted, drug use are factors in RTD driver shortage Transportation | RTD board members skeptical of proposed overhaul: “This is a hostile takeover” Transportation | U.S. 287 reopens after train derailed in Longmont Transportation | RTD A Line replaced by shuttle buses on Saturday due to maintenance Transportation | Engine cover detaches from Southwest Airlines plane, forcing emergency landing at DIA The road was closed at mile point 114, Young Hollow,…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The tarp is being removed from the pool for the first time this year at the Jokic household. “We have good weather,” Nikola Jokic said Sunday afternoon in Memphis, his mind already back in Denver enough to know the local forecast. “So I’m going to go in my swimming pool. … Probably get some treatment. Relax a little bit.” The Nuggets have five nights off before they play again, in Game 1 of the Western Conference playoffs Saturday at Ball Arena. They have two full days before they’ll know their first-round opponent — either the Los Angeles…

The Colorado women’s lacrosse team will take a dose of high-scoring momentum into its biggest game of the season. The 20th-ranked Buffaloes continued a scoring spree on Sunday, topping Kent State 20-5 in the final nonconference contest of the season at Kittredge Field. The Buffs matched a season-high scoring total they reached during a Pac-12 win against Arizona State on Friday, and the result gives CU wins in five of six games heading into a Sunday road match against No. 19 USC. CU (10-4, 4-1 Pac-12) and the Trojans are tied for second in the Pac-12, and the winner next…

The Colorado Rapids (3-2-3) extended their unbeaten streak to three games Saturday night against the San Jose Earthquakes (1-7-0) at PayPal Park with a dominant 3-0 victory over a side struggling to find any sort of momentum. Rafael Navarro took initiative early by drawing a penalty on his former teammate, San Jose keeper William Yarbrough, and proceeded to bury the try in the 10th minute. In the 60th minute, Navarro struck again by scoring his first goal from the run of play for the first brace of his career in Colorado. On a funky play where the ball bounced around…

Tom Stritikus, a white guy from out of state who talks a mile a minute, in the summer of 2018 took the helm of a rural southern Colorado college with a significant Native American student body and an institutional history of Indigenous oppression and cultural genocide. It was a nuanced task, with the potential for distrust and risk of amplifying a more palatable, revisionist history of Fort Lewis College’s past as an Indian boarding school. But Indigenous tribal leaders, students and staff say Stritikus chose a different path. Under Stritikus’s leadership, Durango’s Fort Lewis College confronted its brutal past and…

Two people were injured overnight in two shootings across Denver. The first shooting happened in the 3700 block of North Peoria Street, Denver police reported at 11:28 p.m. Saturday on X. One woman was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries and no arrests have been made, police say. The second shooting happened at East 12th Avenue and Lincoln Street, police reported at 3:32 a.m. Sunday. One victim, an adult male, was found and taken to the hospital, according to police. The extent of his injuries is unknown at this time and no arrests have been made. Anyone with information…

For the first time in years, Jay Ortengren has seen his 16-year-old son, Ethan, reach milestone after milestone as he lives with a severe form of autism. Ortengren and his family uprooted their lives in search of the best treatment for Ethan after he was diagnosed as a young child. Finally, they seemed to find it when they moved to Jefferson County during the pandemic. At Seven Dimensions Behavioral Health, Ethan has benefited from true wrap-around services, with two-therapist teams helping him for 40 hours a week. Ethan began hitting goals with his motor functions, social skills and sensory tolerances,…