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Colorado defensive back Carter Stoutmire stretches during football practice Tuesday at Folsom Field. (CU Athletics/courtesy photo) In his first two seasons with the Colorado football team, Carter Stoutmire has been asked to do a little of everything in the secondary. Whether he’s playing cornerback, safety or nickel back, Stoutmire typically has come through for the Buffaloes. This year is a bit different for the junior, but he still views his versatility as a top asset. “This year, they want me to focus on safety, but I’m a Swiss Army Knife still,” he said this week as the Buffs opened preseason…

Attendance Did not practice: Physically Unable to Perform list — WR A.T. Perry (foot/ankle). Out — ILB Alex Singleton (thumb), ILB Drew Sanders (foot), ILB Dre Greenlaw (quad), OLB Que Robinson (knee). Singleton graduated from a cast to a small brace on his left hand. He went through stretching but was not in pads for practice and is slated to return next week. Payton provided insight into the timelines for both Greenlaw and Robinson. He said the team was “fortunate” Greenlaw only suffered a “tweak” to his quad and said the injury was in a different area of the muscle than…

A visitor from out of state stopped at the gift shop atop Monarch Pass last week while contagious with measles, possibly exposing others who shopped there. People could have encountered the measles virus at the Monarch Mountain at the Crest Gift Shop, 24500 U.S. 50, east of Salida, between 4:30 and 7 p.m. July 25. Anyone who visited the shop during that window should watch for symptoms through Aug. 15, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Symptoms of measles include a fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a rash that usually starts on the face.…

A man died while in custody at the Downtown Detention Center on Friday morning after he was found unresponsive in a housing unit, Denver Sheriff Department officials said. The unidentified man was found at 11:40 a.m. and was pronounced dead after life-saving efforts by an emergency medical team, the agency said in a news release. No other identifying details about the man, including his age, were released. His death will be investigated by the Denver Police Department, and his name and cause of death will be released by the medical examiner’s office. Sign up to get crime news sent straight…

Colorado Rockies management has taken the training wheels off the Kid Rox. Will they improve or crash and burn? Veteran third baseman Ryan McMahon, 30, was traded to the Yankees. So was 29-year-old workhorse reliever Jake Bird. Right-handed reliever Tyler Kinley, the 34-year-old sage of the bullpen, was shipped to Atlanta. So, with slightly more than a quarter of their historically bad season remaining, what does general manager Bill Schmidt want to see from the kids? “As I’ve said from Day 1, I want to see continued growth from these guys,” Schmidt said Friday before the Rockies hosted the Pirates…

A tornado watch is in place for Colorado’s northern Interstate 25 corridor and Eastern Plains until late Friday night, according to the National Weather Service. Severe weather is possible in Weld, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and Washington counties, including scattered apple-sized hail and winds up to 70 mph, forecasters said in a severe weather alert. The tornado watch is active until 10 p.m. A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming until 10 PM MDT pic.twitter.com/GH8YiIT5T8 — NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) August 1, 2025 This is a developing story and may be updated. Get more Colorado…

By JOSH BOAK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, criticizing the head of the U.S. central bank for not cutting short-term interest rates. Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Powell “stubborn.” The Fed chair has been subjected to vicious verbal attacks by the Republican president over several months. The Fed has the responsibility of stabilizing prices and maximizing employment. Powell has held its benchmark rate for overnight loans constant this year, saying that Fed officials needed to see what…

Denver Zoo’s only hippo will move to the Lone Star State this fall so the organization can conserve water and update the hippo exhibit, which no longer meets certification standards. Mahali, a Nile hippopotamus, will leave the only home he’s ever known and relocate to a three-acre habitat at a Texas wildlife preserve, Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance officials announced in a news release Thursday. He was born at the zoo in 2002 to parents Samantha and Bert and has been a crowd favorite, according to the release. “Kids and adults alike delight at his antics and even the occasional splatter…

A husband-and-wife duo behind a fine-dining restaurant in Evergreen has opened an Italian steakhouse on Morrison’s main drag, the duo announced this week. At La Rocca Rossa, 209 Bear Creek Ave., Rand G. Packer and his kitchen staff are grilling octopus, Colorado bison short ribs and other dishes over open fire. The rustic cooking will match the property’s own artisan flair; the stone building was originally built as a hardware store about 149 years ago, according to the Morrison Historical Society. Packer’s wife, co-owner Tiffani Packer, said in a statement that Morrison was one of their “family’s favorite places in…

Denver police arrested a 21-year-old in connection to a downtown shooting that injured four people over the weekend. Damion Britt is being held on suspicion of four counts of attempted murder in connection with the early Sunday shooting near the intersection of 20th and Market streets, police said Thursday. Detectives believe Britt opened fire at another person he knew after a verbal fight escalated. The gunfire struck that person and three bystanders, police said. The intersection is a few hundred feet south of Coors Field and on the edge of Denver’s Union Station and Five Points neighborhoods. Originally Published: August 1, 2025…