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Off-year elections are often sleepy affairs, featuring ballots filled with questions about tax increases, changes to charter language, minutiae on vacancy appointments and details about municipal office terms. While all of that is true in Tuesday’s election, there are a …

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we give our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden …

By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from her Denver home in February when another driver T-boned her Subaru, totaling it. She was taken by ambulance to …

This year, Tami Butters and her husband paid about $500 per month for health insurance for both of them. Next year, the price will double, even with one less person using it. Butters, 64, expects to pay about $1,000 per …

Eduardo Robledo’s print “Bienvenidos (Welcome),” from 2022. (Ray Mark Rinaldi, Special to The Denver Post) We don’t think of art galleries and museums as seasonal places. With their walls painted white and their windows covered, it is difficult to discern …

Jasmine Kendall had $86 left in her bank account this week. In October, the 34-year-old single mom was informed that, due to a lack of federal funding, she and her children may no longer qualify for their subsidized housing in …

For children living in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood, places to play outside are hard to come by. There’s a small temporary park and a couple grassy areas near Lakewood Gulch. But other than that, the street is the only place …

Snow has yet to fall in Denver this year, and the first flakes are on track to be some of the latest on record, according to the National Weather Service. On average, Denver sees its first measurable snowfall by Oct. …

Colorado Lottery bonus The Colorado Lottery is giving players a bonus chance to win this month. Nov. 1-30, visit any lottery retailer and ask for the Colorado’s Own Sampler for a total cost of $10. In return, receive $5 Cash …

LITTLETON – For deer,  the fall time change Sunday morning means trouble: a 16% spike in collisions with vehicles over the following week, despite years of safety campaigns and the construction of 75 special crossings along highways. Drivers in Colorado …

Pet supplements It’s heartbreaking watching your pet struggle due to joint issues, such as arthritis, but these problems are prevalent in senior dogs and cats. Hip and joint supplements for pets can’t work miracles, but they can decrease pain and …

Paris Connolly (left) and Destiny Connolly (right) sobbed in court (Picture: MEN Media) A pair of sisters who distributed cocaine and heroin were caught after parcels of the drugs were mistakenly intercepted by a neighbour. Paris Connolly, 32, and Destiny …

No cause has been established for the fire which killed Anthony Barnes in 2023 A father-of-two from Peterborough died from smoke inhalation when a hotel spa where he was relaxing in Morocco caught fire, a coroner has ruled. Anthony Barnes, …

Andrew will stop using his titles and honours (Picture: EPA) Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of his titles following increasing pressure over his links with Jeffrey Epstein. Following a discussion with the King, it was announced that the disgraced royal …

Within Silicon Valley, there’s a low-grade yet persistent anxiety on the minds of, well, nearly everyone, and it boils down to one question: Are we losing our place as the geographic center of the global tech industry? That’s not paranoia. …

The Trump administration announced sweeping changes Thursday that will exclude employees of organizations that provide support for undocumented immigrants or gender-affirming care for minors from student debt relief, defending the move as excluding “illegal” activities. The change — which the …