CLEVELAND – Two Ohio counties settled with four drug companies on the eve of a landmark federal trial over responsibility for the opioid epidemic, in a $260 million deal that emerged just an hour before …
Continue readingDeparting U.S. troops pelted with potatoes by residents of northeast Syria city
AKCAKALE, Turkey — Angry over the U.S. withdrawal from Syria, residents of a Kurdish-dominated city pelted departing American military vehicles with potatoes Monday as they drove through. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said U.S. troops will …
Continue reading3 people arrested on 1st-degree murder charges in death of 26-year-old Steamboat Springs man
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Law enforcement officials have arrested three people in connection with the death of 26-year-old Elliot Stahl of Steamboat Springs. Skyla M. Piccolo-Labbs, 23, William C. Ellifritz, 26, and Brooke L. Forquer, 21, …
Continue readingDenver weather: Crisp, breezy Monday paves way for mid-week snow
Expect to see autumnal leaves carried by a crisp breeze Monday afternoon as fall weather kicks off a week that could bring snow showers by Wednesday night. Monday should be mostly sunny with some afternoon …
Continue readingAlexander Johnson a future All-Pro? One former Broncos star thinks so.
Is Alexander Johnson the Broncos’ next All-Pro linebacker? One former Denver star thinks so. Al Wilson — a first-team All-Pro linebacker in 2005 and five-time Pro Bowler — told DenverBroncos.com that “there’s no question he’ll …
Continue readingCU Buffs recruit and Cherry Creek OL Carson Lee: Class of 2020 hasn’t given up on Mel Tucker
Any jamoke can fly the flag after a win over Nebraska. It says a lot about the Buffs’ trip Pullman that Carson Lee was pretty much the highlight of CU’s Saturday night. It also says …
Continue readingFight over TABOR gets hot in Jeffco, as sides square off over controversial state amendment
The warnings from Jefferson County officials are stark. If Ballot Issue 1A — a measure to authorize the county to keep tax revenues it otherwise would have to refund to taxpayers under TABOR — does …
Continue readingDenver school board candidates want to cut central expenses, but is it enough?
Candidates for the Denver Public Schools board have lots of ideas about how the district could better spend its money, but it’s not clear that they can find enough savings to make their dream programs …
Continue readingNuggets approach season opener with payback, championship attitude on mind
The Nuggets don’t have to wait long before they’ll get a chance to exact some measure of revenge on Portland. When Denver opens the regular season against the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night on ESPN, …
Continue readingThere are nine Democratic Senate candidates. But how many can get on Colorado’s ballot?
Colorado’s crowded U.S. Senate race field has been winnowed in the past six weeks by an exodus of candidates who saw little or no path to victory. Next spring, it will be narrowed again by …
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