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The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service as of 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Angelus, CO — 2 inches at 8 a.m. Arthur, CO — 2.5 inches at 6 a.m. Arvada, CO — 0.8 inch at 7:30 a.m. Atwood, CO — 2 inches at 7:15 a.m. Aurora, CO — 7.5 inches at 7:10 a.m. Benkelman, CO — 1 inch at 9:10 p.m. – 12/25/2023 Bird City, CO — 5 inches at 8:30 a.m. Cheyenne, CO — 4 inches at 8:38 a.m. Colby, CO — 2 inches at 9:40 p.m. – 12/25/2023 Crescent Village, CO — 1…

The Nuggets used a career game at the foul line by Nikola Jokic, key buckets from Jamal Murray down the stretch and tenacious defense by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to wrap up a 120-114 Christmas Day victory over Golden State. But from the point of view of Warriors coach Steve Kerr, the Nuggets’ victory was gift-wrapped by an inordinate number of cheap fouls. “I have no problems with officials themselves. All across the league, we have really good officials,” Kerr said after the Nuggets made 26 of 32 free throws, including an 18-of-18 by Jokic in a game where he shot an…

Conditions were mostly nice this year for travelers flying ahead of and on Christmas, but some naughty disruptions again plagued those flying with Southwest Airlines. For millions of people traveling over the holiday, this year was much better than last. Christmas morning put a bow on a relatively smooth weekend. Only 157 flights within, into or out of the U.S. had been canceled and 2,111 were delayed as of late afternoon on Monday, according to the tracking website FlightAware. For this holiday season, U.S. airlines prepared for massive waves of travelers by hiring thousands of pilots, flight attendants and other…

Kareem Jackson’s time with the Denver Broncos is now in limbo. The franchise released the veteran safety Monday, according to the NFL transaction wire, a day after Denver’s playoff hopes took a serious blow with a 26-23 loss to the New England Patriots. Jackson will be available to any team on the waiver wire for 24 hours. If he goes unclaimed, the Broncos are expected to sign him back to their practice squad, according to a league source. The team has had conversations with Jackson about the process over the past few days. Jackson, of course, has been suspended twice…

By The Associated Press Kamar de los Reyes, a television, movie and voice actor best known for playing a gang member-turned-cop in the soap “One Life to Live” and a villain in the video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” has died in Los Angeles at 56, the family announced. De los Reyes died Sunday following a brief battle with cancer, according to a statement from Lisa Goldberg, a publicist for de los Reyes’ wife, Sherri Saum. In “One Life to Live,” de los Reyes starred as Antonio Vega, a former gang member who became a lawyer and then…

Virginia Tech quarterback Kyron Drones (1) is tackled by Florida State linebacker DJ Lundy (10) and Florida State defensive lineman Byron Turner Jr. (54) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Colin Hackley) More reinforcements are on the way through the transfer portal. The Colorado football team added a holiday bonus present on Monday as former Florida State linebacker DJ Lundy committed to the Buffs. Lundy played four seasons at Florida State, collecting 170 tackles, with 14 for a loss plus 2.5 sacks. Lundy also recorded seven pass breakups,…

It wasn’t as if Dominique Collier was planning for the end of his professional playing career. Unfortunately for the former Colorado point guard, fate proved otherwise. Spurred in large part by diminished opportunities overseas caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Collier found himself back in his native Denver no longer playing for a paycheck while pondering the next move in his basketball journey. Coaching was the answer. Since his playing days ended abruptly, Collier has been an assistant coach at Accelerated Prep (formerly Denver Prep), the local prep school that helped produce current CU freshman forward Assane Diop. “I was still…

Colorado’s long-awaited first custom firefighting helicopter has been delayed nearly a year longer than expected, but its backers are hopeful for delivery by early 2024. The Firehawk is a Black Hawk helicopter that’s undergone a near-complete retrofit to equip it to fight wildfires. In addition to custom technology and outfitting for fire crews, the aircraft also sports a water tank that can slurp up 1,000 gallons of water and dump it on hot spots within moments. Lawmakers approved funding for the first Firehawk, at a cost of $24 million, in 2021 with near-unanimous votes in both chambers just months after…

A flat bicycle tire during a trip to the mountains put a Denver man in the position to save another man from a rushing creek, which would later earn him one of the highest honors for heroism in North America. John Chase sits at Lionshead Village in Vail July 17, 2023, in his cycling gear after saving Joseph Radtke’s life after he fell into Gore Creek and got swept up in rapids. Chase jumped into the water and pulled Radtke to shore so first responders could resuscitate him. (Provided by John Chase) On July 17, John Chase, a 53-year-old lawyer…

Finally, after most of a quarter spent climbing out of a hole they dug themselves, the Broncos had control of Sunday night’s game against lowly New England and a chance to actually win it. Set up first-and-10 at their own 39-yard line with 1 minute, 42 seconds to go in a tie game, the Broncos had several paths to the finish line. They only needed about 25 yards to get to field goal range and give kicker Wil Lutz a chance to win the game. At worst, they should have made it to overtime. Instead, they suffered a crushing 26-23…