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Public programs are the way that colleges and universities connect with the local community. The lectures, art exhibits, concerts  and classes they offer primarily serve the needs of students, but they are also a way for these institutions to give back to the cities and towns they call home. They enrich lives; they’re important. That came to mind as I was wandering the galleries of the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design last week. The college’s three exhibition spaces have long served as a rich (and free) resource for the Front Range. The lecture series that RMCAD presents of…

BOULDER — The NCAA still can’t read a room. But man, can they ever kill one. Kindyll Wetta and her teammates on the CU women’s basketball team were belles of the ball inside the Dal Ward Center. You shoulda seen it. Balloons. Cheerleaders. Catering. One of the sweetest pep rallies to grace the Touchdown Club since Coach Prime got injected into the Buffs’ bloodstream here some 16 months ago. As the NCAA Tournament brackets came on the screen, the party hushed. Then when Kansas State came up as a 4 seed and as a host for the first weekend of…

The mother of this Adams County child with disabilities is suing his school district after her son allegedly broke both of his legs at school when he was unsupervised and his wheelchair slipped down a ramp. (Photo provided by Igor Raykin) An Adams County mother filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging her disabled 12-year-old son was left unattended at his Westminster elementary school, slid down a ramp in his wheelchair and crashed into a wall, breaking both of his legs. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Denver, alleges Adams 12 Five Star Schools violated the federal Americans with…

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems). Right now, fans of sci-fi/fantasy films are going ga-ga over “Dune: Part 2” (which certainly is gorgeous). But I’m here to sing the praises of another space opera. A young George Lucas talks with Anthony Daniels, who plays the robot C-3PO, for the film “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in 1977. I was a bit late jumping on the…

Explosive growth in visitation at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve over the past eight years has reached a point where park officials say they need to improve the visitor experience, starting with increasing parking and relieving traffic congestion. “Current conditions are not acceptable,” said park superintendent Andrea Compton. “They’re not safe. We’re seeing resource damage. Ultimately, we need to figure out an alternative. Right now we’re looking for, ‘What are the public’s ideas of some things we can do?’” Since parking lots at Colorado’s second-busiest national park fill up quickly, one of the biggest problems is visitors parking…

Defending champion Connecticut, along with Houston, Purdue and North Carolina, are the top seeds in a March Madness bracket that started going haywire even before the pairings came out Sunday. Of the four top seeds, only UConn heads into the tournament coming off a win. That played into the Huskies receiving the No. 1 overall seed. The other three top seeds lost in their conference tournaments. Those were hardly the only surprises over the final weekend of hoops before the sport’s main event hits center stage. Unexpected titles placed teams like Oregon, North Carolina State and even Duquesne, none of…

The CSU Rams are headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years — just barely. Two days after falling to New Mexico in the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament, the Rams are headed to Dayton and the First Four. The 10th-seeded Rams will take on fellow No. 10 seed Virginia on Tuesday night for the right to face No. 7 seed Texas in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday in the Midwest region of the men’s basketball bracket. The Rams were listed as the last team in the bracket by the tournament selection committee, two…

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DALLAS — In a make-or-miss league, the Nuggets missed too often and the Mavericks made the only two shots anyone will remember: the last two. Luka Doncic tied it with a 3-pointer with 24 seconds remaining, and Kyrie Irving buried a left-handed miracle shot over Nikola Jokic’s contest at the buzzer to hand Denver a 107-105 loss Sunday afternoon. The Nuggets (47-21) erased a 13-point deficit in the last seven minutes and briefly led 105-102 after Jamal Murray drained a three with 26 seconds left. But Dallas scored on sideline out-of-bounds plays after using Jason Kidd’s last two timeouts, and…

The Buffs and Tad Boyle are back in the Big Dance. But their march through March Madness is going to have to start the long way ’round. CU (24-10) will face Boise State as one of the NCAA Tournament’s First Four on Wednesday night in a battle of two 10 seeds in Dayton who were two of the last at-large teams to earn berths. The winner gets 7-seeded Florida in Indianapolis on Friday. It’s the Buffs’ first NCAA tourney bid since March 2021. The Buffs were one of a handful of teams expected to sweat it out on the NCAA…