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Three people were killed in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 287 in north Larimer County on Thursday afternoon, according to the Colorado State Patrol. Troopers responded to the crash at 2:44 p.m. near Red Mountain Road on U.S. 287, approximately 7 miles north of Livermore, said Master Trooper Gary Cutler. Five people were in the vehicle and three – an 18-, 19- and 21-year-old – died at the scene. Two people were injured, though it was not clear if they were taken to a hospital, Cutler said. Investigators have not yet determined if speed, drugs or alcohol were contributing factors…

Denver police are searching for a 33-year-old Denver man accused of improperly handling human remains, including storing a woman’s body in a hearse for years and keeping the cremated remains of dozens of people in his home. The Denver Police Department issued an arrest warrant for Miles Andrew Harford after finding a woman’s body and cremains of approximately 30 people at his rented house in the 2500 block of South Quitman Street on Feb. 6. The woman died in 2022 and her family told police Harford had given them cremains, but Denver police believe her body had been stored in…

International relations get the double-entrendre treatment in the history-inspired espionage drama “Rubicon.” In playwright Kirsten Potter’s debut work, spy Betty Thorpe leverages her charms — both social and sexual — to advance American interests during the lead-up and into the early stages of World War II. As hokey as that premise may sound, the play–  receiving its world premiere at the Denver Center and directed by Chris Coleman — is as much about gender politics as geo-politics. Tensions about motherhood, sexuality and the ways the rules of the game were (are?) different for men and women feel very contemporary. As…

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is well known for the management of the state’s 42 parks and applications for hunting and fishing licenses — which requires awareness of sometimes competing interests. In recent years, two shooting ranges in the state have been established as State Recreation Areas managed by CPW, so that people who want to practice shooting guns will have a contained place for the sport. At Colorado Clays, there are various setups for different skills and interests to practice shooting clays. (Jerry Neal, Colorado Parks and Wildlife) “Sport shooting has a huge following,” said Scott Roush, Northeast Region deputy…

Denver’s two-way bikeway on Broadway has been a long time coming, from a weekend demonstration with traffic cones more than eight years ago to the full 1.5-mile, traffic-separated version that debuted this month as one of the city’s premier bicycle amenities. Even as cyclists celebrate the results of the $14.3 million project, the long-controversial lanes continue to stoke skepticism among some, including local business owners, about lost street parking spaces, traffic impacts and other concerns along the busy street. Leaders at the Denver Bicycle Lobby, a grassroots group made up of cycling advocates, foresee a bright future for cyclists on…

When Kevin Morrison opened Tacos Tequila Whiskey in 2012, serving upscale street tacos in a hip environment, it was a revelation for many people in Denver. So much so that Morrison expanded the former food truck from its original spot at 1514 York St. to a larger location in Denver’s West Highland neighborhood and then out of state. A dozen years later, and “taco spots are like coffee shops or breweries in this town. They’re everywhere,” he said. “I truly believe what our staff does at the back and front of the house is awesome. But I just have to…

Denver residents who live along Interstate 70 have been convinced for years they breathe more pollution than people living in other parts of the city. Now first-of-its-kind research from a University of Colorado Boulder doctoral student proves some neighborhoods are more polluted than others, and it illustrates how redlining and other racist housing practices pushed people of color into those neighborhoods. Alexander Bradley, a doctoral student studying atmospheric chemistry, used satellite imagery showing air pollution by census tract and old maps of redlined Denver neighborhoods to connect polluted air to the disproportionately impacted neighborhoods of Globeville, Elyria-Swansea and Commerce City.…

WASHINGTON — The explosive allegations at the center of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were false, federal prosecutors said, and came from an ex-FBI informant who said he was in touch with Russian intelligence. The informant, Alexander Smirnov, is “actively peddling new lies that could impact U.S. elections,” federal prosecutors said Wednesday, as they appealed to a judge to keep him behind bars ahead of trial on charges alleging he lied to the FBI about a phony multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving the Bidens and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Defense attorneys have not directly addressed prosecutors’ claims about…

WASHINGTON — Alzheimer’s quietly ravages the brain long before symptoms appear and now scientists have new clues about the dominolike sequence of those changes — a potential window to one day intervene. A large study in China tracked middle-aged and older adults for 20 years, using regular brain scans, spinal taps and other tests. Compared to those who remained cognitively healthy, people who eventually developed the mind-robbing disease had higher levels of an Alzheimer’s-linked protein in their spinal fluid 18 years prior to diagnosis, researchers reported Wednesday. Then every few years afterward, the study detected another so-called biomarker of brewing…

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s legendary ability to raise massive sums of political cash may be on a collision course with a new and unpleasant reality. Campaign finance reports released this week flashed bright warning lights, showing two key committees in his political operation raised an anemic $13.8 million in January while collectively spending more than they took in. A major driver of those costs was millions of dollars in legal fees from Trump’s myriad of court cases. The latest numbers offer only a partial snapshot of the Trump operation’s finances because other branches won’t have to disclose their numbers until…