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An instrument built by students at the University of Colorado Boulder is finished and awaiting integration on a NASA spacecraft that will launch in early 2025. The instrument, called STEAM, is one of the instruments that will be integrated on NASA’s PUNCH mission, which is aimed at helping scientists better understand the sun. Mary Hanson, an engineer at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, is finishing the last instrument that will be delivered in the next month. “We’re wrapping things up which is really exciting, getting ready for the final delivery,” Hanson said. PUNCH is a small NASA explorer that…

Firestone officials approved a plan for Thornton to construct a piece of its roughly 70-mile-long water pipeline through the town’s right-of-way earlier this week. When it’s complete, the 42-inch diameter steel pipeline is expected to connect the south side of Thornton to a reservoir northwest of Fort Collins. Thornton officials have worked on the water pipeline project for decades; and the city has had shares of the reservoir since the 1980s. Eight miles of the pipeline project is already complete in Weld County. The project is divided into six different segments with the vast majority of the pipeline running east…

By LINDSEY BAHR (AP Film Writer) People had been coming to Ziggy Marley and his family for years with ideas about how to turn reggae icon Bob Marley’s life into a movie. But it never felt quite right, until a few years ago when they decided to be the instigators. “It was just a feeling,” Ziggy Marley said of getting his father’s life on screen in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “We explored it without knowing that we definitely wanted to do it because we needed to make sure that the people we did it with was the…

As a freshman, Tyler Eise lost a heartbreaking match in the state championship at 145 pounds, a narrow 3-2 decision to Adams City’s Levi Deaguero. Since then, the Ponderosa star hasn’t lost in Colorado, turning superhuman en route to consecutive Class 5A crowns at 175 pounds as he’s established himself among the nation’s elite. RELATED: Colorado state wrestling tournament 2024 results and coverage, Day 3 Eise was untouchable at Ball Arena this weekend, recording the most pins/tech falls in the least time (4:19) of any wrestler in the tournament. After pinning his first three opponents in under a minute each…

By JENNA FRYER (AP Auto Racing Writer) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR has postponed the season-opening Daytona 500 until Monday because of two days of rain at Daytona International Speedway. The race had been scheduled for Sunday afternoon, although the weather forecast put that in doubt all week. The final practice for drivers was canceled Saturday, as was the Xfinity Series race. The Xfinity Series race is now scheduled to be held Monday morning, hours ahead of the 4 p.m. start for the Daytona 500. Joey Logano is set to start from the pole for Team Penske. The last…

An hour before the championship round of the CHSAA state wrestling tournament, spectators filled the stands to the upper level at Ball Arena. The line to get inside stretched to the parking lot. But Mead seniors Otto Black and Jake Glade were unfazed. Their faces were stone-cold, as they were unaffected by the atmosphere and pressure that comes with making school history. There wasn’t an ounce of fear or doubt inside their bodies, as their confidence washed it away. Black and Glade knew the Mavericks were going to finish at the top of the boys 4A team standings. They were…

Colorado forward Cody Williams (10) dunks during the first half of the team’s NCAA college basketball game against Southern California, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Fast break Why the Buffs won: CU outrebounded USC 47-22 and used a 17-3 run in the second half to get back in the game. Three stars: 1. CU’s KJ Simpson: The Buffs’ point guard put on a show in his hometown, recording 30 points, nine rebounds and five assists with a career-high six 3-pointers. 2. USC’s Boogie Ellis: Matched Simpson’s 30 points with five 3-pointers and five assists. 3.…

Even after a disappointing road trip that included five losses in six games, the Colorado Avalanche still began Saturday tied for the most goals scored in the NHL. It’s the goals being scored at the other end that is the issue. The Avs were level with Vancouver and Dallas at 203 goals for, with the Stars slightly ahead on a per-game basis having played one less contest. But a quick glance at the column next to goals scored highlights the biggest concern with 25 games left in the regular season. Among the top 12 teams in the league standings by…

CHSAA’s four-peat club underwent another historic expansion Saturday night at Ball Arena. Four grapplers joined the most prestigious group in Colorado high school wrestling by winning their fourth straight state title, highlighted by the first-ever girls to do it in Pomona’s Persaeus Gomez and Calhan’s Ciara Monger, both of whom finished undefeated. All four cruised to decisive wins. Meanwhile, two others were denied entrance into the club, as Trinidad’s Eddie Bowman beat Buena Vista’s Caleb Camp at Class 2A 132 pounds and Sand Creek’s Landon Drury pummeled Thompson Valley’s Jackzen Rairdon in the Class 4A 144-pound title. Mullen’s Dale O’Blia…

One man is dead after a Friday night shooting in Pueblo and officers are investigating the case as a homicide. Pueblo police officers responded to reports of shots fired just before 10 p.m. Friday in the 2100 block of North Main Street, according to a Friday news release from the Pueblo Police Department. When officers arrived at the scene, they found an adult man suffering from a gunshot injury. Paramedics transported the man to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries, according to a Saturday morning update. The man will be identified by the Pueblo County Coroner’s…