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Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or important decisions after 9:15 p.m. PDT today. The Moon is in Gemini. Happy Birthday for Saturday, March 16, 2024: You know how to inspire others because you have a good balance between dreamy realism and practical know-how. This is the last year of a nine-year cycle for you, which means it’s time to let go of people, places and things that have been holding you back. Clear the decks! ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★★★You have a lot of mental energy today, which is why you’re pumped with enthusiasm. This is an excellent day for a…

Dear Amy: I’m a high school student, and I have an issue with my ex-boyfriend. We dated for two years but then I broke up with him back in November. We got together again and tried to make it work, but I ended it again with him in early January. Our relationship wasn’t good. He was a very controlling person, wanting to decide what clothing I wore or the music I listened to. A couple of weeks after we broke up, I started dating another boy who is amazing. We’ve been dating for about three weeks and I would say…

AUSTIN, Texas — When Nikola Jokic directed his gaze upward for the opening tip, a giant University of Texas logo stared back at him from the underside of the jumbotron like a well-placed reminder of his opponent. The Longhorn’s outstretched horns were maybe half the length of Victor Wembanyama’s arms. Wembanyama blocked Jokic on the first possession of the game, but Jokic and the Nuggets steadily built a 19-point lead by the end of the first quarter and held off the upstart Spurs’ comeback for a 117-106 win Friday night. Jokic sent a message early when he backed down Wembanyama…

A bipartisan group of Colorado policymakers approved nearly a dozen recommendations to soften the pinch of property tax increases Friday, including an “adjustable cap” on future hikes and mechanisms to spread out hefty tax bills. State Sen. Chris Hansen is chairman of the state Property Tax Commission, which issued its recommendations Friday. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) The recommendations approved by the Property Tax Commission will go to lawmakers for possible legislation in the coming weeks as state leaders continue to grapple with structural issues challenging Colorado’s property tax system. The commission was formed during the November special session…

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has acquired Collard Ranch in Park County and will turn it into a state wildlife area, an acquisition Gov. Jared Polis hailed Friday as an “enormous opportunity” for hunters, anglers, bird watchers, wildlife lovers and photographers. The 1,860-acre property located near Fairplay provides an important elk migration corridor, officials say, and offers five miles of good fishing habitat along Tarryall Creek. “Within 60 miles of the Denver metro area, to be able to have a breathtaking, significant 1,800-acre property with hunting and fishing for Coloradans to enjoy is absolutely incredible,” Polis said. Colorado Parks and Wildlife…

To those working out in the snowstorm, thanks Thank you: snow plow drivers, utility workers, EMTs, nurses and all hospital staff, journalists, animal shelter staff and volunteers, homelessness outreach workers, postal workers, and the anonymous neighbor who blew our sidewalk clear, and so many more (and sincere apologies if I’ve missed you)! All those keeping us safe, informed, and warm during this storm. Bless you! Allyson Sawtell, Denver Modular homes are an important tool in the housing shortage Re: “Colorado’s affordable housing crisis has spread from the mountains to the Front Range,” March 10 news story One significant method to…

The Mile High 420 Fest returns to light up downtown Denver this year with a mix of legendary rap stars, viral sensations, and the latest names in hip-hop. The beloved event, coming to Civic Center park on Saturday, April 20, announced its lineup Friday and it’s bound to satisfy several generations of weed smokers as they celebrate the high holiday. Hip-hop veterans Gucci Mane and Afroman top the bill alongside Candian rapper Tommy Genesis and Big Boss Vette, known for her viral hit “Pretty Girls Walk.” Other artists slated for the daylong festival include Ohgeesy, Fedd the God, Dro Kenji,…

One word to describe the first week of NFL free agency: chaos. The Falcons found their quarterback. The Dolphins watched multiple key players leave. Derrick Henry moved to Baltimore, where he and quarterback Lamar Jackson might have the most unstoppable zone reads in football. And former Giants running back Tiki Barber sounded off on Saquon Barkley joining the Eagles. “You’re dead to me,” will be my go-to phrase whenever someone rejects my trade request in fantasy football in the fall. There are still more moves to be made, but let’s take a look at some of the winners and losers…

Douglas Latchford, left, and Emma C. Bunker (Photos by Tang Chhin/AFP via Getty Images and provided by the University of Colorado Denver) The Denver Art Museum plans to return nearly a dozen antiquities from Southeast Asia that passed through the hands of indicted art dealer Douglas Latchford or his longtime Colorado collaborator, Emma C. Bunker. The 11 pieces soon will be repatriated to Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, senior provenance researcher Lori Iliff wrote in an announcement on the museum’s website Thursday. All of objects came from Bunker, who played a critical role in Latchford’s decades-long illicit antiquities trafficking operation, The…

A woman was killed in an overnight shooting in Aurora on Friday that also hospitalized one of the four suspects. Three of the suspects attempted to flee the scene in a moving truck but got stuck in the snow near E470 and Peña Boulevard in Denver where Aurora officers arrested them, according to a Friday morning news release from the police department. Officers are investigating the shooting as a homicide. Just before 3 a.m., Aurora police officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 14600 block of East 2nd Avenue, the release stated. When first responders arrived at the scene,…