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What pizza rats are to New York, what fountains are to Kansas City, MVPs are to Denver. Come for the sunshine. Stay for the reign. “I asked him a long time ago, ‘Who is your least favorite person to play against? Or guy that guards you best?’” Nuggets wing Peyton Watson said of teammate and presumed NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic after the latter dropped 41 points on Minnesota’s top-ranked defense. “He said, ‘Really? Nobody. I kill everybody.’ And I never asked him again.” One can’t be stopped. The other can’t be caught. Jokic and Nathan MacKinnon are engines…

A black and gold cell phone will soon join the signature sunglasses and fashion line that football hall-of-fame player Deion Sanders, or Coach Prime as he is better known in Colorado, has put his brand on. The head football coach of the University of Colorado Buffaloes has partnered with Boost Mobile to promote the cellular service owned by DISH Wireless, based in Littleton. Some of the earliest customers claiming the phone might even see his number pop up for a quick call. Boost Mobile will offer an exclusive Coach Prime-branded Motorola razr phone starting April 19. (Provided by Boost Mobile)…

Soup’s on Saturday. Denver’s Westwood neighborhood continues to be one of the best places to dine on and learn about the cuisine of Mexico and other Latin American countries as it hosts festivals celebrating everything from tamales to salsa to mole. Today, Cultura Chocolate and Hecho en Westwood host their fourth annual Festival del Pozole, featuring more than 15 pozoles from both professional and community chefs in the Denver area. Made from hominy (a form of dried corn), pozole is a soup-like dish that typically includes chicken or pork, along with a spicy sauce and toppings like avocado, lime, cabbage,…

The Jefferson County treasurer has permanently closed and announced plans to remove a property tax payment drop box after a failed attempt to steal the checks inside Tuesday. The box, located outside of the Jefferson County Administration and Court Facility in Golden, was tampered with twice Tuesday night, according to county treasurer Jerry DiTullio. The checks in the drop box were not accessed and the drop box was not breached, DiTullio stated in a news release Wednesday. “The perpetrators tried to drill out the lock twice in one night. I have decided that the risk to taxpayers associated with any…

Twenty-nine of the more than 2,000 water treatment facilities in Colorado do not meet strict new federal limits on the amount of dangerous “forever chemicals” in their drinking water supplies and it will cost millions to clean those toxins out of the water. The public water systems that do not meet new standards of 4 parts per trillion for the chemicals, which generally are referred to as PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, include the cities of Brighton, Thornton and Keenesburg, as well as water districts in Boulder, Douglas and Jefferson counties, according to a status report from the Colorado…

Nathan MacKinnon put on a majestic display of offensive hockey Tuesday night. His coach called it “pretty much as dominant of a performance as you can have in my books” … and then immediately began talking about MacKinnon’s defense. Jared Bednar has seen his No. 1 center obliterate teams with his offensive prowess, but that wasn’t what truly stood out for him in a much-needed, get-right game against the Minnesota Wild that the Avs won 5-2. “We didn’t talk anything about offense over the last couple days, so when I was watching Nate play, I was just watching how dialed…

A Denver police officer lied about an Aurora police sergeant when she claimed the sergeant tried to ram her patrol car as she pulled him over for driving under the influence in 2021, according to newly released internal affairs documents. Denver police Officer Suzanne Shaffer resigned while the internal affairs investigation was ongoing in 2022, according to the documents, which were released to The Denver Post last week in response to an open records request. The internal affairs investigation concluded in January. Shaffer pulled over Aurora police Sgt. John Moreland in July 2021 after she said she saw Moreland swerving…

Jonathan Babcock was skiing with his sister, Linda Babcock, at Winter Park Resort on Feb. 9 when he says a snowboarder hit him and launched him into a tree, causing him to break two ribs and receive a hairline fracture on his pelvis. The two were skiing on Village Way, one of the longest runs at Winter Park Resort that includes easy and intermediate terrain. Jonathan Babcock thinks that the snowboarder came from the White Rabbit trail, a green and blue run that intersects with Village Way, but said that he is not entirely sure. “I know where I got…

Boulder County sent a letter today to Cemex terminating the company’s right to operate its cement plant east of Lyons, citing a traffic study that shows increased traffic created a hazard and expanded the use of the plant at 5134 Colo. 66, Longmont. Boulder County Community Planning and Permitting Director Dale Case said in a news release that the letter tells Cemex to stop operating. “After a thorough investigation, we have determined that additional traffic at the plant has expanded Cemex operations,” he said in the release, adding an expansion isn’t allowed under the county’s land use rules. Cemex has 30…

A Trader Joe’s store in Greenwood Village was fined almost $217,000 by the U.S. Labor Department for federal safety violations. The location at 5910 S. University Blvd. was cited for not providing adequate safety training to its forklift operators and failing to inspect the lift trucks, according to a Wednesday morning news release by the Labor Department. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration discovered the safety hazards during an inspection of the Colorado location in December. Trader Joe’s was also fined for “repeatedly blocking and rendering inaccessible electrical equipment with boxes,” the news release reports. “Employers must comply with all…