Sports

MacKinnon, Grubauer lift Avs to 4-1 win over Blues in Game 1

DENVER — Nathan MacKinnon scored the tiebreaking goal 30 seconds into the third period and wrapped it up with an empty-netter, Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St.

Sports

David Perron out for Blues in Game 1 against Avalanche

DENVER — The St. Louis Blues will be without leading scorer David Perron for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against top-seeded Colorado on Monday due to the NHL's virus protocols.

Justin Lawrence

Nunez passed ball, Sheffield wild pitch gift Reds 7-6 win

DENVER — Dom Nunez's passed ball allowed home the tying run in the ninth inning and Jordan Sheffield's wild pitch scored the go-ahead run, gifting the Cincinnati Reds a 7-6 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.

Antonio Santos

Reds win again in extras, beat Rockies 6-5 in 12 innings

DENVER — Nick Castellanos hit a tiebreaking double in the 12th and the Cincinnati Reds kept up their success in extra innings, beating the Colorado Rockies 6-5 on Saturday night.

Sports

MacKinnon on track to return for Game 1 against Blues

DENVER — Nathan MacKinnon returned to the ice for practice Saturday and all signs point to him being back in the lineup for Game 1 of a first-round series against the St. Louis Blues.

Sports

Hampson homers, triples as Rockies beat Reds 9-6

DENVER — Garrett Hampson led off the first inning with a triple, one of 15 hits for Colorado, and the Rockies spoiled Wade Miley’s encore to his first career no-hitter with a 9-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.

Sports

Reds move to 100% capacity in June, Rockies to 70%

NEW YORK — The Cincinnati Reds will move to 100% capacity at Great American Ballpark on June 2, and the Colorado Rockies will increase capacity to 70% at Coors Field on June 1.

Lifestyle

Hundreds mourn Colorado Springs shooting victims at vigil

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — About 200 people attended a candlelight vigil outside a Colorado Springs mobile home park where six people celebrating family birthdays were shot and killed before the gunman took his own life.

Entertainment

Fuentes, Gonzalez shine as Rockies hold off Reds 13-8

DENVER — Josh Fuentes homered for the second straight game to back seven shutout innings from Chi Chi Gonzalez, and the Colorado Rockies held on for a 13-8 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night.

Sports

Jost scores twice, Avs clinch No. 1 seed with win over Kings

DENVER — Tyson Jost scored two of Colorado’s five second-period goals as the Avalanche clinched the West Division and the top overall seed in the NHL playoffs with a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

Business

Colorado speedway program aims to curb illegal street racing

MORRISON, Colo. — Frustrated by an increase in dangerous street racing amid the pandemic, Denver police have deployed the department's helicopter to track races, closed lanes in areas often used by racers and sent officers to places where the groups meet.

Business

‘Amazing’: Pilots, passenger uninjured after midair crash

DENVER — The pilot of an airplane that collided with another midair near Denver requested emergency landing for engine failure, not knowing that his plane was nearly ripped in half, according to air traffic control audio.

Sports

Golden Knights finish regular season with 6-0 win vs. Sharks

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Alex Pietrangelo and Keegan Kolesar scored in the first period, Marc-Andre Fleury earned his 67th career shutout and the Vegas Golden Knights finished the regular season with a 6-0 victory Wednesday night over the San Jose Sharks that keeps them alive in the race for the division title...

Sports

Fuentes, Rockies split doubleheader with virus-short Padres

DENVER — Josh Fuentes capped a big night with a two-out, walk-off single in the eighth inning after earlier hitting a two-run homer and the Colorado Rockies salvaged a doubleheader split by beating the virus-hampered San Diego Padres 3-2 on Wednesday...

Oddities

Two planes collide midair above Denver, no one injured

DENVER — Two small airplanes collided in midair Wednesday near Denver, leaving one aircraft nearly ripped in half and forcing the pilot of the other to deploy a parachute attached to the plane to land safely...

Business

Colorado store where gunman killed 10 to reopen in fall

BOULDER, Colo. — A supermarket in Colorado where a gunman killed 10 people last month plans to reopen in late fall following renovations, the store said Wednesday.

Sports

Virus-depleted Padres add Myers to IL before doubleheader

DENVER — The virus-depleted San Diego Padres made a series of moves Wednesday to bolster a lineup that is missing outfielder Wil Myers and shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. after they tested positive for the coronavirus...

Government and politics

Police misconduct records secret, difficult to access

CARBONDALE, Illinois — Police misconduct records are either secret or difficult to access in a majority of states - 35 of them plus Washington, D...

Sports

Padres hit by COVID-19 concerns, 5 players out, beat Rockies

DENVER — Already minus star Fernando Tatis Jr. and two backups before the first pitch because of COVID-19 concerns, the San Diego Padres then needed to pull Wil Myers and Eric Hosmer in the middle of the game for virus-related reasons...

Sports

Padres’ Tatis, Myers test positive for virus; 3 others out

DENVER — San Diego star Fernando Tatis Jr. and outfielder Wil Myers have tested positive for COVID-19 while first baseman Eric Hosmer and two backups are now out for contact tracing, leaving the Padres shorthanded at Coors Field...

U.S. News

Police: Man killed 6, self after he wasn’t invited to party

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man who fatally shot six people at a Colorado birthday party before killing himself was upset after not being invited to the weekend gathering thrown by his girlfriend’s family, police said Tuesday, calling the shooting an act of domestic violence...

Sports

West-side story: Avs have shot to take division over Knights

DENVER — Gabriel Landeskog recently caught a teammate staring at him over breakfast.

Peyton Krebs

Avalanche top Golden Knights 2-1, close in on 1st in West

LAS VEGAS — J.T. Compher scored a go-ahead goal in the third period, Philipp Grubauer made 36 saves, and the Colorado Avalanche preserved their chances to finish in first place in the West Division with a 2-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday night...

General News

Colorado police seek motive in party shooting that killed 7

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A shooting at a birthday party inside a trailer park home in Colorado Springs that killed six people before the gunman took his own life stunned a state weary of gun violence just weeks after another Colorado mass shooting killed 10 people...

Sports

Arenado homers, Wainwright pitches Cards past Rockies 2-0

ST. LOUIS — Nolan Arenado homered against his former team, Adam Wainwright pitched three-hit ball into the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 2-0 on Sunday.

Sports

Reilly Smith’s first career hat trick lifts Vegas to 4-1 win

LAS VEGAS — Reilly Smith got his first career hat trick, Marc-Andre Fleury made 20 saves, and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Saturday night.

Rasmus Kupari

Toews, Makar lead Avalanche to 3-2 win over Kings

LOS ANGELES — Devon Toews scored twice for his first multigoal game and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 on Saturday night.

Sports

Molina 3 RBIs in return from injured list, Cards top Rockies

ST. LOUIS — Yadier Molina drove in three runs in his return from the injured list, Paul Goldschmidt homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 Saturday.

Race and ethnicity

‘A hot mess’: Hickenlooper stumbles into Democratic primary

DENVER — Former Gov. John Hickenlooper was supposed to be Democrats' worry-free solution to the Colorado Senate race, but he's stumbled badly in the weeks leading up to the party's June 30...

Shootings

The Latest: Portland reporters injured by police at protests

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Colorado

Senate hopeful Hickenlooper apologizes for slave comment

DENVER — Former Colorado governor and current Senate hopeful John Hickenlooper apologized Monday for comments he made six years ago comparing politicians to slaves being whipped to row “an...

General News

Public health workers fighting virus face growing threats

Emily Brown was stretched thin.