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Denver’s 96-year-old Esquire Theatre will close this summer as exhibitor Landmark Theatres pulls out of its decades-long operation of the historic movie house. The building’s owners submitted an Adaptive Reuse Plan that was approved by the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission, which will allow them to redevelop the building into “upscale office, restaurant, and retail uses,” according to a Tuesday press statement. The theater is slated to close to the public on July 17. “We have entertained the possibility of leasing to another theater tenant. Unfortunately, we’ve been unable to find a partner for this opportunity,” said Sam Leger, of ownership…

If you love snow, winter is an ideal time to visit Rocky Mountain National Park, according to park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson. Not only is it beautiful, but “there’s a diversity and variety of things you can do, depending on your experience and fitness level.” And that last part is key, as it’s important to be prepared. Here is a guide to visiting Rocky Mountain National Park once winter has taken hold of the landscape. Ranger-led snowshoe hikes are available to the public through winter at Rocky Mountain National Park. (Photo by John Berry, provided by Visit Estes Park) What you…

A “roof avalanche” hit two teens playing outside a home in Breckenridge this week, burying them under heaps of snow and leaving one seriously injured. Heavy snow amassed on a roof, slid off and caught the teens on Monday, according to Colorado Avalanche Information Center officials, who warned risks remain high statewide and urged caution. “This is a tragic accident,” CAIC director Ethan Greene said. “Roof avalanches are a problem every year in mountain communities, but right now we have a lot of snow in unusual places. We remain concerned about this hazard throughout the week,” Greene said. Roof avalanches…

The Denver Post is looking into how school discipline has changed since the coronavirus pandemic and wants to talk to students, parents, educators and others in Colorado about their experiences with out-of-school suspensions. Schools have faced widespread staffing shortages since the return to in-person learning. Children have struggled with the mental health toll of the pandemic, with school officials saying in 2020 that they expected to see a “tsunami of need” for mental health care. At the same time, Colorado school districts issued more suspensions last academic year than any point in the past decade. The Post’s reporting will look…

A Louisville company is studying whether cells taken from patients’ fat could reduce knee pain and improve motion in people with arthritis. GID BIO is conducting a phase 3 trial of a process that extracts fat from the patient, uses a chemical reaction to isolate cells believed to have regenerative properties and injects them into the patient’s knee. Phase 3 trials typically follow hundreds or thousands of volunteers over at least one year to determine whether a treatment is effective and clarify what side effects it can cause, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The trial isn’t enrolling…

Former Broncos quarterback Steve Tensi died last Friday. He was 81 years old. Denver Broncos quarterback Steve Tensi is shown in this Nov. 7, 1970 file photo. (The Denver Post) Tensi played two seasons with the San Diego Chargers before getting traded to Denver in 1967. He went on to play four years with the Broncos, throwing for 5,153 yards, 38 touchdowns and 45 interceptions in 41 games (32 starts). He threw a career-high 16 touchdown passes in his first season with the Broncos in 1967. And in 1969, Tensi had his best season as a pro, recording 1,990 passing…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Freeland takes nothing for granted. So it’s little wonder that the Rockies’ veteran left-hander was “honored” to be named the opening-day starter for the third time in his career. But when Freeland takes the mound against the defending National League champion Arizona Diamondback on March 28 at Chase Field, something extra will raise goosebumps. “Everything in this game is earned, not given,” Freeland said Tuesday. “You always need to make sure you are keeping that mentality.” The Colorado native and Thomas Jefferson High School graduate lived by that creed this offseason. He gave himself a harsh…

On the last day of January, an all-hands meeting was called at Empower Advisory Group, the financial planning division of the massive Greenwood Village-based company. Nine financial advisors for Empower’s wealthy clients had unexpectedly resigned en masse five days before and the company was scrambling to understand what it all meant. What it didn’t know then but believes now is that there were corporate spies at the meeting. On March 1, four more financial advisers resigned abruptly — what Empower called “a second wave” of resignations carefully designed by a competitor to cause it “maximum harm.” These allegations of corporate…

Rockies 8, Guardians 8Tuesday at Salt River Fields On the mound: Right-hander Dakota Hudson, utilizing his best offspeed stuff of the spring, pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and striking out six. Hudson was around the zone throughout his start. … Walks haunted relievers Tyler Kinley, Jake Bird and Nick Mears as the Rockies squandered a 7-0 lead. Kinley, who had not been scored upon all spring, gave up three runs on three hits and two walks in one-third of an inning.  Bird gave up two runs on two hits and two walks in two-thirds of an…

Kris Koehler could tell something was wrong in the summer of 2013, when he started suffering unexplained abdominal pain and his bowels behaved differently. The Fort Collins resident’s doctor couldn’t initially figure out what was causing it, though, and gave him a list of tests to get if the pain got bad enough that he couldn’t work or exercise. A few months later, the pain was finally bad enough that Koehler went in for the tests — and then to an emergency room later that day. He assumed he’d probably be leaving the hospital without his appendix, but a scan…