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Thursday night’s scores Basalt 2, Arvada 0 (F) Cherry Creek 45, Regis Jesuit 10 Eagle Valley 51, Waialua 6 Falcon 7, Rampart 6 Monarch 20, Poudre 0 Friday night scores Arickaree 57, Cheraw 6 Arvada West 34, Fountain-Fort Carson 13 Centaurus 42, Denver North 3 Colorado Springs Christian 36, Holyoke 19 Eads 84, Sierra Grande 54 Elbert 51, Belleview Christian 0 Erie 67, Brighton 17 Legend 63, Fruita Monument 10 Golden 30, Rifle 20 Grandview 42, Vista PEAK Prep 14 Haxtun 46, Melrose 0 Kennedy 24, Moffat County 20 Manual 62, Ignacio 36 McClave 16, Sedgwick County 12 Montrose 35,…

Colorado lawmakers returned to the Capitol this week for yet another special session, their third in three years. While the prior two special sessions focused on property tax reform, this year’s revolves around a nearly $800 million hole that opened up in the state budget as a result of the federal tax bill passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump last month. Here’s how that happened and how lawmakers intend to fix it during the session, which began Thursday and is expected to continue through the weekend. So, what’s up with the budget? On July 1, the state’s…

Struggling Rockies veteran left-hander Austin Gomber, part of the 2021 trade that sent Nolan Arenado to St. Louis, was unconditionally released by the team on Friday. Gomber was 0-7 with a 7.49 ERA in 12 starts this season. He is the only starting pitcher in the majors this season to have 12 or more outings with no quality starts. Tuesday night, the Dodgers hammered him for seven runs on nine hits in a season-low three innings. Los Angeles hit a pair of solo homers in the second inning off Gomber — first by leadoff Alex Call and then Shohei Ohtani…

Two people were killed in a motorcycle crash on Friday afternoon in Aurora. E. Arapahoe Road at E. Peakview Drive will be closed for several hours while Aurora Police Department officers investigate. The two-vehicle crash killed a man and a woman who were riding on a motorcycle near the intersection of E. Arapahoe Road and E. Peakview Drive. The pair was pronounced deceased at the scene after officers responded at about 3:30 p.m. Friday. The driver of the other car, the only person in that vehicle, was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Details about how…

By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL R. SISAK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisoned former girlfriend repeatedly denied to the Justice Department witnessing any sexually inappropriate interactions with Donald Trump, according to records released Friday meant to distance the Republican president from the disgraced financer. The Trump administration issued hundreds of pages of transcripts from interviews that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche conducted with Ghislaine Maxwell last month as the administration was scrambling to present itself as transparent amid a fierce backlash over an earlier refusal to disclose a trove of records from the sex-trafficking case. The records show…

Sean Payton is nothing if not a historian. His lessons are usually built upon stories from his many years in New Orleans, usually revolving around a cast of central characters: Drew Brees, Pierre Thomas, Cameron Jordan and the like. On the Thursday before the Broncos’ final preseason game in a reunion with New Orleans, though, Payton reached back even further for a name lost to history: Bashir Levingston, who played two NFL seasons with the New York Giants from 1999-2000. In the final week of the ’99 preseason, with a single spot on the Giants’ initial roster up for grabs,…

There have been moments when RJ Johnson will make a great play to swat the ball away from a receiver. And other moments when Teon Parks will snag an interception or break up a pass. Throughout preseason camp, both have made their case to start, which makes it difficult on Colorado cornerbacks coach Kevin Mathis to figure out which one will be in the lineup when the Buffaloes host Georgia Tech on Aug. 29 (6 p.m., ESPN) at Folsom Field. “It’s been tough for us,” Mathis said Thursday after the Buffaloes’ practice. “They’ve both been playing really well, and they’re…

Moon Alert: Caution! Avoid shopping or major decisions until 10:45 p.m. PDT. The Moon is in LEO. Happy Birthday for Friday, Aug. 22, 2025: You’re charming, imaginative and practical. You are also strong-willed, curious and courageous. This is a wonderful year to socialize and enjoy life. Your creativity, zest and desire for life are at a pinnacle. Nurture the happiness and beauty that you have within. Old friends might reappear. ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★★★Today the Sun changes signs, which will help you work hard and hustle your buns in the next four weeks. You want to work smart. Check…

Today is Friday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2025. There are 131 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 22,1972, John Wojtowicz (WAHT’-uh-witz) and Salvatore Naturile took seven employees hostage at a Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Brooklyn, New York, during a botched robbery; the siege, which ended with Wojtowicz’s arrest and Naturile’s killing by the FBI, inspired the 1975 movie “Dog Day Afternoon.” Also on this date: In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up against French colonizers. In 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels…

Peter Forsberg needs pants. He is checking golf clubs for the flight from Sweden, not hockey equipment. So a pair of breezers and some shoulder pads were his simple requests to play in the Colorado Faceoff — a benefit game pitting former Avs and DU greats against each other Sunday at 5 p.m. at Magness Arena. “I told him not to worry. We could get him some hockey pants,” said John-Michael Liles, president of the Colorado NHL Alumni Association. “And, honestly, most of our guys don’t wear shoulder pads anymore.” This event represents the culmination — but not the end…