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A 36-year-old man died Saturday afternoon while skydiving in Longmont, according to Longmont Public Safety. The man, a resident of a mountain community near Denver, was wearing a wing suit at the time of his death about 3:27 p.m., Longmont Public Safety said in a Facebook post. The man was a participant of Mile Hi Skydiving in Longmont, and the death happened south of the Longmont airport. Longmont police said the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the death. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day. source

Fast break Why the Buffs won: For most of the day, CU played solid defense, crashed the boards and limited turnovers, while converting Oregon’s turnovers into points. Three stars: 1. CU’s Aaronette Vonleh: Posted the third double-double of her career with 16 points and 10 rebounds, while also having two blocks and a career-best four steals. Seven of her rebounds came on the offensive glass. 2. Oregon’s Phillipina Kyei: Quiet first half, but she finished with 12 points and a game-high 17 rebounds, including five offensive rebounds. 3. CU’s Tameiya Sadler: Came off the bench to score seven points, dish…

By ERIC OLSON (AP Sports Writer) Images of students pouring out of the stands at the final buzzer to celebrate with players on the home team following a big win have long been part of college basketball. Usually, no one gets hurt. But court storming and the safety risks associated with it have received more scrutiny in the week since Iowa star Caitlin Clark collided with an Ohio State fan after the Buckeyes’ upset of the Hawkeyes in Columbus. There have been at least six more instances since the Clark incident and ESPN analyst Jay Bilas on Saturday called for…

Rufo’s destructive work reaches grade-schoolers Re: “Rufo’s CU visit and the meritocracy myth” Jan. 21 editorial The editorial board was right to call out culture warrior Christopher Rufo for hypocrisy. His claim that conservatives aren’t opposed to diversity as long as academic hires are qualified is laughable. The racist overtones of the push to remove Harvard President Claudine Gay were clear. But the board shouldn’t stop there. They should examine Rufo’s destructive work at the K-12 school level, where his baseless claims that critical race theory was being taught in U.S. schools played a role in the development of Hillsdale…

Some families in the Jefferson County community of Indian Hills have been without water for more than a week. The Indian Hills Water District discovered a leak on Jan. 18. Crews have been trying to access the water line ever since. Doing the dishes is not as easy as it used to be for Cindy Richardson and her family. After calling the community of Indian Hills home for 20 years, she said they’ve dealt with an occasional water mishap. “We had no water one time Christmas Eve when I was trying to get dinner ready, which was a little bit…

A man died and another man was injured after a shooting on an RTD bus Saturday night, according to the Denver Police Department. The shooting happened at Mississippi Avenue and South Federal Boulevard on a Transdev bus, a contractor for RTD, a Denver police spokesperson confirmed. Police reported the shooting at 7:18 p.m. on X. Police reported the man dying Sunday morning just after 10 a.m. No one has been arrested, and police ask anyone with information to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day. source

Boulder police shot a dog attacking a person Sunday morning. Animal protection officers later euthanized the dog because of its injuries, police said, and the person was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Police officers responded to a disturbance at 8:17 a.m. in the 3200 block of Palo Parkway and found a dog severely attacking someone, according to a police department post on X. “The dog posed (a) significant risk to multiple bystanders,” the post stated. “Unfortunately, less lethal measures were ineffective, and officers had to discharge their firearm after the dog tried to attack the officers.” Officers applied…

Don’t be tricked by the springlike weather heating up across Colorado this week — more snow is just around the corner. Starting Sunday, the Denver area can look forward to sunny skies and nearly a week of warmer-than-average temperatures. Daily high temperatures will hover in the low to mid-60s through Thursday, with overnight lows climbing back above freezing for the first time since December, according to the National Weather Service. The wave of warm weather will hit its peak Wednesday and Thursday, before declining steadily through the weekend, according forecasters. The weather pattern is expected to change late next week,…

Kris Bryant’s first two seasons in Colorado have been underwhelming. That’s putting it kindly. Hampered by injuries, Bryant has not come close to sniffing the MVP form he showed in 2016 when he slashed .292/.385/.554, hit 39 homers and helped lead the Cubs to their first World Series title since 1908. But Bryant, who signed a Rockies franchise-record free-agent deal for seven years, $182 million in the spring of 2022, believes he can still be the player that the Rockies planned for him to be — and need him to be — if they are going to rebound from a…

One of the memorable high points of the Nuggets’ championship defense so far was their shocking, shorthanded win at the star-studded Clippers in November. They were almost victims of an inverted version Saturday. Without their three best players, the Philadelphia 76ers took the Nuggets to the brink of a season-low point before Denver scrapped out a 111-105 victory in its first home game in two weeks. “It was nice to have an arena cheering for us, for once,” Jamal Murray said. Tied at 96 with 4:30 remaining, the Nuggets (32-15) scored seven unanswered points to claim the lead for good.…