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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora is making progress on improving safety for both patients and employees, though more work is still needed, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow said Monday. Crow, a Democrat representing Aurora and some nearby communities, and VA Undersecretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal met with employees of the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System to talk about staff concerns Monday. The VA’s Eastern Colorado system has struggled in recent months, first as the system’s two top leaders were reassigned in October while the Office of the Inspector General completes an investigation into oversight and…

The U.S. women’s national team is coming back to the Centennial State. U.S. Soccer announced Tuesday that the USWNT will participate in two international friendlies against South Korea, the first of which will be played at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on June 1. The team will then travel to St. Paul for a rematch at Allianz Field on June 4. The matches will be the first under new head coach Emma Hayes, who was hired as the 10th full-time head coach in USWNT history back in November. As was the plan, she will finish the current Women’s Super League season…

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and other readers, to share these mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com. “Sisters under the Rising Sun,” by Heather Morris (St. Martin’s Press, 2023) “Sisters under the Rising Sun,” by Heather Morris (St. Martin’s Press, 2023) Based on true events in World War II, this novel traces the fates of English, Australian and New Zealand women captured by the Japanese and…

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Rockies 12, Giants 10 Monday at Salt River Fields On the mound: Starting pitcher Dakota Hudson allowed two runs in two innings, striking out one and walking three. … Ryan Feltner, who missed most of last season with a fractured skull, gave up another five runs — all earned — in an inning of work. … Regis Jesuit grad Ty Blach allowed two runs in two innings pitched, but also struck out two. … Peter Lambert and Jalen Beeks combined for three scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and one walk between them. At the plate: Eleven Rockies recorded a…

Colorado guard Maddie Nolan drives against Oregon guard Priscilla Williams in Pac-12 basketball in Boulder on Feb. 9, 2024.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer) It’s easy to view this week’s Pac-12 tournament as a fresh start for the Colorado women’s basketball team. After closing the regular season with a 1-5 mark over the last six games, the Buffs (21-8, 11-7 Pac-12) slipped five spots to No. 18 in Monday’s Associated Press poll. But, they have an opportunity to get right this week in Las Vegas, starting with Wednesday’s matchup against last-place Oregon in the first round of the conference tournament. “I always think…

Denver Sheriff Department deputies will receive raises over the next two years that will push the top of the pay scale to nearly $102,000 annually under the terms of a new labor contract that the City Council approved on Monday. The raises start with a 3% increase backdated to Jan. 1 under a collective bargaining agreement that the city reached with the Fraternal Order of Police, Denver Sheriff Lodge 27. From there, deputies will receive a 4% raise on July 1, a 2% raise on Jan. 1, 2025, and a 3% on July 1, 2025, according to an outline of…

In addition to the national tour launch for “Kimberly Akimbo,” which won the 2023 Tony award for Best Musical, Denver will host first visits and returns for blockbusters such as “Back to the Future: The Musical,” “Some Like It Hot,” “Hamilton,” “The Book of Mormon” and “Mean Girls” in its upcoming touring Broadway series. “If you’re thinking about broad themes, it’s a very high-energy season with a sense of joy and humor,” said John Ekeberg, executive director of Broadway at Denver Center for the Performing Arts. “The ultimate example of that is a show like ‘& Juliet,’, with confetti cannons…

A man who was shocked in the face with a Taser by a Las Animas County sheriff’s deputy in 2022 was awarded $1.5 million in a lawsuit settlement with county officials. The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Kenneth Espinoza named Lt. Henry Trujillo, Deputy Mikhail Noel, Undersheriff Rey Santistevan and Sheriff Derek Navarette, as well as the sheriff’s office and county commissioners, as defendants, according to a Monday news release from Espinoza’s attorneys announcing the settlement. “This settlement is not only a victory for Mr. Espinoza and his family,” Espinoza’s attorney Kevin Mehr stated in the news release. “It’s…

The wildfire that caused hundreds of people to evacuate in Bent County Saturday is now 80% contained, according to fire officials. The Boggsville fire, which started about 10 a.m. Saturday on Colorado 101 about two miles south of Las Animas, burned 1,030 acres as of 7:15 p.m. Sunday night, according to a Facebook update from the Las Animas/Bent County Fire Protection District. The fire quickly moved east along the Purgatoire River bottom, prompting road closures, nearby homes to evacuate and the Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community and Bent County Correctional Facility to be placed on pre-evacuation notice by 11 a.m.…