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It was only a month ago when Colorado and Arizona State collided in Tempe. In what has evolved into a recurring theme for the CU men’s basketball team, the Buffaloes played that game without Cody Williams and Julian Hammond III, while Tristan da Silva made his first appearance following a three-game injury absence. The Buffs had hoped da Silva’s return would spark a bounce-back performance in the wake of a drubbing suffered at Arizona two days earlier, but instead porous first-half defense led to a three-point loss for CU. CU hasn’t exactly floundered since then but, in large part due…

Mayor Mike Johnston has selected Jaime Lewis, a transit adviser for the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, to serve on the Regional Transportation District’s board of directors representing areas including central and east Denver. Mayoral staffers confirmed the nomination to The Denver Post on Wednesday. If approved by the City Council, Lewis will fill a vacancy created in District A last month by the resignation of Kate Williams, who cited a terminal cancer diagnosis. Lewis said he will step in under an agreement to serve only through the end of this year, when Williams’ second term would have ended. Jaime Lewis, the…

Retail giant Target is eyeing a new store along Tower Road near Denver International Airport, according to a developer’s website. Illinois-based Kensington Development shows a “proposed Target” in online maps of “Link 56,” a project the firm wants to build at the northwest corner of Tower and 56th Avenue. The site is currently undeveloped. The store would be about 150,000 square feet, according to plans submitted to Denver. Most Target stores are about 125,000 square feet, but the retailer announced in 2022 that it was rolling out “larger-format” stores with an additional 25,000 square feet. The retailer’s closest existing store…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment preventing those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. Many legal observers expect the nation’s highest court will reverse the Colorado ruling rather than remove the leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination from…

The Denver Police Department is searching for a missing teenage girl last seen Tuesday evening at Denver International Airport, according to a Missing Indigenous Person Alert from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Missing Indigenous Person Alert Activation: 14-year-old Jordan Tafoya was last seen on the evening of February 6, 2024 at the Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado. If seen, please call the Denver Police Department at 720-913-2000. pic.twitter.com/xJie565B4K — CBI (@CBI_Colorado) February 7, 2024 Jordan Tafoya, 14, is a citizen of the Northern Arapaho Tribe and is a five-foot-six-inch, 185-pound girl with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone who…

Weld RE-1 School District officials will reduce staffing for the 2024-25 school year due to a budget deficit. No one in the district faces layoffs as part of the reduction, according to Superintendent Johan van Nieuwenhuizen, who said officials will instead not fill certain roles as they’re vacated. In the past decade, Weld RE-1 has lost an estimated $21 million because of the budget stabilization factor, according to van Nieuwenhuizen. The budget stabilization factor has allowed lawmakers to divert K-12 funding to other areas in the state’s budget since 2009. Weld RE-1’s budget deficit now sits at $4.2 million, according…

As part of an $11 million renovation which includes updates to the great hall and The Crawford Hotel, Denver Union Station, at 1701 Wynkoop St., has temporarily closed its swanky upstairs cocktail bar, The Cooper Lounge, with plans to reopen it in late May. In the meantime, La Caverne Supper Club, a French-inspired pop-up jazz lounge and restaurant, is opening on Thursday, Feb. 8, in the basement, which is called the Lower Level Gallery Bar. La Caverne, open nightly from 4 p.m. to midnight, will serve three-course dinners for $55 a person with a weekly rotating menu. Online reservations are required…

A pedestrian was killed in a crash near East Sixth Avenue and Kenton Street just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Aurora Police Department. The crash occurred when the driver of a silver Chevrolet pickup truck was headed eastbound on East Sixth Avenue east of Kenton Street and struck a 28-year-old Aurora man crossing the street, spokesperson Joe Moylan said. The man was walking from north to south across Sixth Avenue in the middle of the block, Moylan said. His identity will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office. The driver remained on scene and cooperated with the…

NEWARK, N.J. — The Colorado Avalanche was one of the hottest teams in the NHL before an extended break in conjunction with the All-Star game. The Avs don’t look quite the same on the other side of it. John Marino scored with 2:17 left in regulation to help the New Jersey Devils turn back a spirited comeback attempt Tuesday night by the Avalanche in a 5-3 win at Prudential Center. It was the first back-to-back losses for Colorado since Dec. 7 and 9 — a span of nearly two months. Just like the night before across the Hudson River in…

It’s with great dismay that we read the Colorado Republican Party leadership’s recent call to all Colorado Republicans to support disgraced former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. As current and former Republican election officials in Colorado, your decision to support an individual who has actively worked to undermine our elections statewide is a slap in the face and an affront to each of us who have worked to become experts in election administration and to build and sustain secure elections in Colorado over many decades. Tina Peters now faces criminal charges in Mesa County in an upcoming trial. She is…