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  • Teen killed, 3 men injured in southeast Denver shooting

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    A teenage boy died and three men were injured in a late-night Saturday  shooting in southeast Denver, on the edge of the city’s Kennedy neighborhood, police said.

    Denver officers responded Saturday night to the shooting near South Galena Street and East Hampden Avenue, according to an 11:06 p.m. post on social media from the police department.

    A group of people had gathered in the area to celebrate the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro when the shooting happened, a spokesperson for the Denver Police Department said.

    Colorado leaders react to U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

    It’s unclear if the shooter was attending the event and, as of Sunday evening, no suspects had been publicly identified or arrested.

    When Denver officers first responded to the shooting, they found one victim, who paramedics took to the hospital with unknown injuries.

    Denver officers later learned about three additional victims, police said. Two were taken to hospitals in private vehicles, and a third — an unidentified 16-year-old boy — was dropped off near Iliff Avenue and South Havana Street, where he died.

    The teenager will be identified by the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner.

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  • One injured after truck hits RTD holiday train in downtown Denver

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    One person was injured after a truck crashed into the Regional Transportation District’s holiday train, the S Line, on New Year’s Eve, according to the agency.

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  • Jonas Valanciunas out 4 weeks in latest injury blow to Nuggets

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    CLEVELAND — New year, new injury update from the Nuggets.

    Jonas Valanciunas will be out for at least four weeks with a right calf strain, the team announced Thursday.

    Valanciunas, 33, was making his first start of the season Wednesday in place of the injured Nikola Jokic when he pulled up with a limp during the third quarter. He had 17 points, nine rebounds, four assists and three blocks when he left the game, an eventual win over his former team in Toronto. He left the arena in a walking boot.

    The Lithuanian backup center was just beginning to take on an increased role with Jokic entering a month-long recovery period from a bone bruise on his knee. Now, the tallest player available on Denver’s roster going into Friday’s game at Cleveland is Zeke Nnaji (6-foot-10).

    Coach David Adelman used DaRon Holmes II (6-9) as the next center up in Toronto. In his first NBA rotation minutes, Holmes went for 11 points and three rebounds in the win over the Raptors.

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  • Denver logs second-warmest December on record

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    Denver broke seven weather records last month and came close to breaking the record for warmest December in city history, according to the National Weather Service.

    By the time the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, transitioning Denver into 2026, Denver had officially recorded its second-warmest December on record, according to the weather service.

    Cold spells at the beginning and end of the month kept the city from breaking the overall December record, meteorologists said.

    But the city still broke daily temperature records seven times in the month, including on Christmas Eve and Christmas. It also documented 21 days where the average temperature was more than 6 degrees above normal, according to the weather service.

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  • Colorado program finds foster care for people’s pets as they recover from addiction, abuse, mental health issues

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    When Ashlee Chaidez’s black Lab mix, Duck, charged toward her and rubbed his face — a little more gray than the last time she had seen him — against her cheek, she knew her struggles over the past several months had been worth it.

    Six months ago, Chaidez, 27, and 6-year-old Duck were living out of her car around the Front Range. Chaidez dropped Duck off at doggy daycare to get him out of the summer heat while she delivered orders for Instacart, narrowly earning the money to board her beloved dog.

    Chaidez barely broke even financially, was off her mental health medication and needed help, she said. But the thought of giving up Duck — her best friend and reason for getting up in the morning — while she sought inpatient psychiatric care was a blow that felt insurmountable.

    After reaching out to animal shelters, Chaidez learned about a program through the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that finds foster caregivers for people’s pets while they recover from addiction, abuse or mental health problems.

    Through that program, Duck lived with a foster family while Chaidez got back on her feet.

    “One of the main things preventing me from getting help was that I didn’t want to give him up because he’s my family,” Chaidez said. “This gave me the peace of mind to get the help I needed, and I don’t think I would be where I am now without this program.”

    The program, Pawsitive Recovery, launched in Denver in 2021 and is so popular that the organization is looking to expand it across the country.

    “This program gave me a lot of hope when I didn’t really see any,” Chaidez said.

    Serena Saunders got sober from alcohol about five years ago through an inpatient program. The former veterinary technician told her therapist at the time that she wished she could work with dogs while going through recovery. That was the impetus for Pawsitive Recovery, a nonprofit Saunders started out of her Denver home, where she cared for the cats and dogs of people in recovery.

    Two years ago, Saunders met an employee with SPCA International who became interested in her work. The longstanding animal advocacy organization hired Saunders and folded her nonprofit into their mission.

    “It was probably the best decision of my life,” Saunders said.

    Pawsitive Recovery partners with mental health treatment and sober living facilities across Colorado. People who need inpatient care but have pets they don’t want to leave behind get referred to the SPCA and connected with a foster caregiver.

    The organization and its host of volunteers care for around 30 to 40 animals at a time — mostly cats and dogs, although Saunders has looked after 10 tarantulas in her office and found temporary homes for guinea pigs, too.

    The fosters are typically volunteers from the recovery space — therapists, people in long-term recovery, parents of family members impacted by addiction, Saunders said. (Anyone interested in volunteering or getting connected with the program can find information at spcai.org/our-work/pawsitive-recovery.)

    Sometimes, due to challenges like homelessness, the pets have trauma that can lead to behavioral issues, Saunders said. The program partners with a training facility in Brighton that takes on behaviorally challenged animals, she said.

    Ashlee Chaidez, right, hugs SPCA volunteer Sara Broene after being reunited with her dog, Duck, after six months apart while Chaidez sought psychiatric care, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at Hounds Town dog daycare and boarding in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

    They also have a standing arrangement with local boarding facility Hounds Town, which can take in pets quickly, Saunders said. A fast placement can be critical if a client is escaping a domestic violence situation and needs to leave right away, she said.

    “We are not limited to dogs that are in perfect shape,” Saunders said. “We can take broken ones, too, which is amazing because the dog and the person get to heal simultaneously.”

    Pawsitive Recovery commits to fostering pets for six months, giving the person in recovery time to figure out their next move, Saunders said. The SPCA charges $100 per month for a boarding fee, which Saunders described as an accountability tool for the person in recovery.

    “It’s part of their responsibility, having a little skin in the game when it comes to the care of their animal,” Saunders said. “If they’re in treatment, a lot of these people are not working, so what we do is set up a fundraiser for them, and as they start rebuilding their life, they can go in and make payments. It’s all situational.”

    For Chaidez, the program was life-changing.

    She got the medical care she needed, secured a job at a Starbucks in Vail and got her own apartment.

    When times in recovery got hard, the thought of reuniting with her furry friend kept her motivated, she said.

    Ashlee Chaidez give a kiss to her dog, Duck, after being reunited after six months apart while Chaidez sought psychiatric care, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at Hounds Town dog daycare and boarding in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)
    Ashlee Chaidez give a kiss to her dog, Duck, after being reunited after six months apart while Chaidez sought psychiatric care, on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at Hounds Town dog daycare and boarding in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

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  • Brandon Ingram’s buzzer beater called off, Nuggets survive Raptors without Nikola Jokic

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    TORONTO — The new year couldn’t arrive soon enough for the Nuggets.

    Already down four starters, including three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, they were hanging on for dear life to a third-quarter lead Wednesday in Toronto. Then, as the final hours of 2025 ticked away, one more cursed injury beat the buzzer. As spontaneously as if he was struck by lightning, Jonas Valanciunas pulled up with a sudden limp between possessions and reached for his right leg — a non-contact calf strain.

    Jokic’s replacement was done before he could finish a stellar performance in his first start of the season, and the Nuggets were missing more than half of their usual rotation for the last 16 minutes of game time at Scotiabank Arena. What followed was a New Year’s Eve miracle under the circumstances: a 106-103 win over the Raptors despite shooting 28.2% as a team in the second half.

    Bruce Brown missed a pair of free throws with three seconds left when making just one would have clinched the game. Toronto didn’t have a timeout, but Scottie Barnes seized the rebound and fired ahead to Brandon Ingram — “absolutely unbelievable pass,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said afterward — who then buried an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime. Multiple Nuggets players thought Ingram got the shot off as they watched the play in real time.

    It would have stretched them even thinner for an extra five minutes. Instead, the review process revealed the ball was still on Ingram’s fingers when the clock struck midnight.

    “I was really close to telling Spencer (Jones) to get back to match up with him,” Adelman said, “and then the other part of me thought, Bruce just missed one, am I really gonna wait 15 more seconds for Bruce to shoot it? … I knew it was really close. Right away, guys behind the bench said it wasn’t good, so that did calm me down a little bit.”

    “I really wasn’t thinking too much about whether he got it off in time or not. Just gotta think about the next minutes, prepare for that,” Jones told The Denver Post. “But we got the win either way. We deserved the win. We fought our (butts) off. We’ll go out and celebrate and have a good new year.”

    The Nuggets (23-10) missed 12 of their last 15 field goal attempts but escaped Canada with a messy win in their first game without Jokic, only at the cost of another center. DaRon Holmes II finished the game as Denver’s healthiest remaining option at the five.

    “I don’t know how serious it is. We’re just getting used to this,” an exasperated Adelman said. “It just seems like every night, somebody has something. The cool thing about it is there’s somebody else to get an opportunity from it. And that’s how you have to look at it. Hopefully Jonas heals up correctly. Hopefully it’s not serious, just like I’ve said the other 19 times this month.”

    Face-guarded, double-teamed and full-court pressed throughout the night, Murray patched together 21 points, seven rebounds and six assists in his home country. Watson was the team’s leading scorer with 24 points, hunting shots with the sort of reckless abandon his team needed.

    Valanciunas amassed 17 points (on six field goal attempts), nine rebounds, four assists and three blocks before he limped off as the latest casualty of the highly contagious injury bug going through Denver’s locker room. He left the arena in a boot, but early indications were that he didn’t suffer an Achilles injury.

    “He was great. … He’s been sick,” Adelman said. “I saw a much different energy from him tonight. … If he ends up playing the 32 minutes I thought I was going to play him, you’re probably looking at 25 (points) and 12 (rebounds). That’s what he can do, especially when teams have small-ball lineups like they do.”

    The Nuggets needed contributions from everyone in Adelman’s makeshift eight-man rotation just to carry a 63-54 lead into halftime, and that was before Valanciunas went down. Jalen Pickett started at shooting guard, while Tim Hardaway Jr. slid back to the bench to create the illusion of reinforcements. Four starters were in double figures at the break, and the fifth (Spencer Jones) was a team-best plus-10 despite scoring. He played more minutes than anyone for either side.

    Valanciunas set the tone by scoring Denver’s first four points and was impactful across the board in his first nine-minute stint, which ended when he picked up his second foul. As he took his seat, he had already supplied eight points, six boards, two assists, a steal and a block. He was replaced by DaRon Holmes II, who joined forces with Jones in the frontcourt for the next seven minutes.

    It was a rag-tag duo — one player on a two-way contract, another who’s on a standard rookie deal but has spent most of his season developing in the G League. Yet they made it work together, winning their first-half minutes together by three. Denver’s limited sources of shot creation when Murray isn’t on the court will be a major topic for the next month, so Holmes’ confidence driving and kicking multiple times — including once to assist a Pickett 3-pointer — was an important variable.

    Holmes also knocked down a corner three of his own and delivered a bruising screen to free up Bruce Brown for a floater, a play that kick-started a 5-0 mini-run without Murray or Valanciunas in the game. Those small surges of momentum will be crucial for a team trying to survive without so much talent. After Brown’s floater, Jones forced a live-ball turnover and found Hardaway in transition for a side-step three, forcing a Toronto timeout.

    The Raptors made runs throughout the night but couldn’t find consistent rhythm. Denver survived a 13-1 push to start the second half and a 9-0 run early in the fourth quarter, both of which gave Toronto brief leads.

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  • Can activists ban foie gras in Denver? Here’s how their last campaign went

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    Voters will decide in November whether force-fed ducks and geese can be raised or sold in Denver.

    Anne Fulton (from left) and Justin Clark canvass in support of ballot measures to ban slaughterhouses and fur sales in Colorado, during the annual Tennyson Street Fall Festival. Oct. 19, 2024.

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    Denver voters will decide in November 2026 whether to ban the production and sale of foie gras in the city.

    Animal rights advocates with the advocacy group Pro-Animal Colorado turned in more than 16,000 signatures — just over 11,000 of which were valid — to put the question on the Denver ballot. The same group previously made unsuccessful attempts to ban fur sales and slaughterhouses in 2024.

    This time, the advocates’ aim is more niche: banning the sale and production of fatty fowl liver, better known by its French name, foie gras.

    Foie gras is the liver meat produced by force-feeding ducks and geese. The French delicacy has a reputation among some consumers as delectably rich and buttery, and among animal rights advocates as utterly inhumane.

    Denver voters will consider a proposal that would prohibit individuals from force-feeding birds to enlarge their livers beyond normal size or hiring someone to do so. Additionally, restaurants, grocery distributors and others could no longer sell foie gras. 

    “Eliminating the production and sale of force-fed products from the marketplace is in our city’s interest and authority to reduce animal cruelty, unsustainable environmental practices, and spread of zoonotic disease, and to uphold our city’s values of humane animal treatment, public health, and environmental stewardship,” the measure states. 

    The proposal condemns the practice of injecting excess feed down a bird’s esophagus, declares foie gras as a danger to workers and the environment, and states that foie gras is a health hazard for humans. 

    Those who violate the rules would be fined between $1,000 and $5,000, and each violation would be deemed a separate offense. Businesses that violated the ban repeatedly could lose their license for up to six months. 

    If voters approve the ban, it would go into effect on July 1, 2027.

    Olivia Hammond, a spokesperson for Pro-Animal Colorado, previously said that Denver doesn’t have any factories or farms that force-feed birds, but added that the proposal’s language would ban any facilities from opening in the future. Meanwhile, she said, up to 15 restaurants in Denver serve products derived from force-feeding, depending on the season.

    Here’s how the last campaign went:

    In 2024, the group fell short of its goals of banning fur sales and slaughterhouses in the city.

    • The fur vote failed 42 percent to 57 percent. 
    • The slaughterhouse vote failed 36 percent to 63 percent. 
    • Pro-Animal Denver (as the group was known at the time) raised $352,045. Fur and slaughterhouse supporters raised more than $2 million.

    Several countries, including Brazil, the United Kingdom and Germany, ban either force-feeding or the production of foie gras. California lawmakers passed a bill to ban force-feeding and foie gras in 2004, which has been constantly challenged in courts.

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  • Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic suffers knee injury, leaves game in Miami

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    Nikola Jokic limped to the locker room after injuring his left knee three seconds before halftime of the Nuggets’ game in Miami on Monday night.

    Jokic’s left leg extended then buckled after the right foot of Denver’s Spencer Jones landed on his left foot during a defensive possession. In a nightmare visual for every Denver sports fan, Jokic crumpled to the ground holding his knee as the half ended. He had 21 points, five rebounds and eight assists in the half — numbers on pace to tie Oscar Robertson for the second-most career triple-doubles in NBA history by the end of the night.

    The three-time MVP center was officially designated as questionable with a knee injury. Jonas Valanciunas started the second half in his place.

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  • Will run game undermine Broncos without J.K. Dobbins?

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    Troy Renck: The Broncos offense was a chore to watch on Christmas. Like eating vegetables. While it is fair to suggest Denver is a year ahead of schedule in its return to excellence, the Broncos are here, so their flaws must be examined like cells under under a microscope. They can secure the No. 1 seed with a win over the Chargers on Sunday. But a lingering issue persists: Will Denver’s run game, led by rookie RJ Harvey, become the Broncos’ undoing?

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  • Here’s how to get around Denver safely on New Year’s Eve

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    A decorated RTD bus rolls down 15th Street during 9NEWS’ annual Parade of Lights downtown. Dec. 7, 2024.

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    Drunk and drugged driving can be a real temptation in the wee hours of New Year’s morning, after New Year’s Eve festivities have wrapped and sobriety is but a dream.

    But there are life or death risks — and real consequences — with that, and the message is clear from officials across the state: Don’t do it.

    “There are absolutely no safe levels of drinking or drug use when it comes to driving,” said Matthew Packard, chief of the Colorado State Patrol, in a statement. “We must stop convincing ourselves that we’re ‘OK to drive’ after a drink or two. If you feel different, you drive different. Plan ahead — because one bad decision can change lives forever.”

    In that spirit, the Regional Transportation District is offering Zero Fare for New Year’s Eve. 

    From 7 p.m. on Dec. 31 through 7 a.m. on Jan. 1, all RTD rail and bus lines, Access-a-Ride and FlexRide will be free. 

    “Ring in the new year without worrying about how you will get home,” said RTD CEO Debra Johnson in a statement. “Thanks to RTD’s continued partnership with Molson Coors, the entire transit system will be fare-free on New Year’s Eve, so customers can focus on celebrating safely.”

    A couple snags, though. 

    Many of the downtown Denver bus lines don’t run long after midnight — so plan ahead or leave a little early. Check the RTD Nextride app for more information. 

    And fair warning: There will also be two fireworks shows on 16th Street – one at 9 p.m. and one at midnight. Both will slow down the RTD’s 16th Street FreeRide, causing potential connection problems.

    Final trains from Denver’s Union Station include the following:  

    A Line: 1 a.m.

    B Line: 1:09 a.m.

    D Line: 12:48 a.m.

    E Line: 12:55 a.m.

    G Line: 1:01 a.m.

    N Line: 1:26 a.m.

    W Line: 12:56 a.m.

    As for buses, the final rides run as follows: 

    16th Street FreeRide:

    • Final departure from Union Station at 12:52 a.m.
    • Final departure from Civic Center Station at 1:20 a.m.
    • Services may be paused between 7 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. because of fireworks displays

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    Departs Civic Center Station Gate 5 at 1:10 a.m., after which the station will close 

    Route 15:

    Departs Union Station at 12:14 a.m. with the Union Station Bus Concourse closing at 12:45 a.m.

    What if you miss your bus or train? 

    If your New Year’s Day partying goes far beyond midnight, you may need an alternate way to get home. 

    Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Uber, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol are offering up to $8-off ride shares for people who use the code JOYFULCO25. To enter it, download the Uber app, go to the Account section, click on Wallet and scroll down to “Add Voucher Code.” 

    “The holidays should be a time of joy, not heartbreak,” said Uber spokesperson Stefanie Sass, in a statement. “By providing a reliable alternative to drinking and driving, we’re helping Coloradans make the responsible choice to get home safely.”

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  • Firefighters extinguish vacant house fire in Globeville on Christmas night

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    Denver firefighters responded to a house on Thursday night that was “fully involved” in a fire, extinguishing the blaze in the Globeville neighborhood in less than 15 minutes.

    Division Chief of Operations Robert Murphy said the house, at 43rd Avenue and Cherokee Street, was vacant and no one was injured in the fire.

    The Denver Fire Department got the call on a one-alarm blaze around 8:40 p.m. Christmas night, Murphy said, and seven trucks and emergency vehicles responded to the scene.

    “There was nobody there when we got there,” he said. “We started attacking from the outside. There are still parts of the house standing, but it’s going to have to come down.”

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  • Broncos kickoff time for Week 18 home game vs. Chargers announced

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    The Broncos will play for the No. 1 seed in the AFC on Sunday afternoon.

    Denver is set to host the Los Angeles Chargers at 2:25 p.m. Sunday at Empower Field. CBS has the broadcast.

    The NFL announced the full set of games for the final week of the regular season on Sunday night.

    The Broncos have put themselves in the best position of any team in the AFC. When the Chargers lost Saturday to Houston, Denver clinched the West division championship.

    Their ideal scenario is simple: Beat the Chargers and clinch the No. 1 seed in the conference, a bye through the Wild Card round and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

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  • Broncos win AFC West for first time since 2015

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    A decade-long drought is over.

    The Broncos are AFC West champions again.

    The long wait ended Saturday evening in the midst of a long weekend for the Broncos, who beat Kansas City on Christmas night and then watched with joy as Houston knocked off the Los Angeles Chargers two days later.

    That result cemented the Broncos’ status as division champions by knocking the Chargers to 11-5, two games behind with just a Week 18 tilt between the teams at Empower Field remaining.

    Head coach Sean Payton has said since the beginning of the season that the team’s three goals, in order, are to win the division, earn the best seed possible and then play for a Super Bowl title.

    Now the first of those goals is achieved. Next weekend Denver will play for the second.

    The game against the Chargers loses some juice because, had Los Angeles won Saturday, it would have been a division championship game. Still, the stakes are plenty high for Payton’s team. A win secures the No. 1 seed in the AFC, a bye through the Wild Card round and the assurance that the playoffs will run through Denver as long as the Broncos are playing.

    Regardless of what happens in Week 18 — the NFL sets the playing slate after Week 17 action finishes, meaning the Broncos and Chargers could play Saturday or Sunday — Denver is assured of a top-3 seed in the conference and a home playoff game.

    The difference between the top spot and any other, though, should be plenty to keep Payton’s team motivated as it returns to the practice field this week.

    “We have to play the final game and we have to take care of it,” quarterback Bo Nix said Thursday night after beating the Chiefs but before the division was secured. “They’re going to be a good football team. Some other team could help us along the way, but at the end of the day, it is going to come down to us vs. them. We’re excited to have them at home. It is going to be a really good environment and atmosphere. It’s honestly a playoff atmosphere. It is going to be tough.”

    Now the Chargers have only seeding to play for, but Jim Harbaugh’s team has been a thorn in Payton’s side. Harbaugh to date is 3-0 against Denver since returning to the NFL before the 2024 season.

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  • Broncos’ Bo Nix explains fear of dogs to Kirk Herbstreit after first interaction went viral

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    We continue to learn things about Bo Nix that surprise us.

    Last year, we found out he does not curse. On Christmas Day, he revealed his fear of dogs to Kirk Herbstreit after an awkward meeting with the broadcaster’s famous golden retriever Peter went viral last month.

    Herbstreit reunited the pair, with Nix petting the pup during warmups before the Broncos beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 20-13.

    “My wife (Izzy) will be shocked,” Nix said.

    Herbstreit travels the country with Peter, who took over the role of unofficial ambassador after his brother Ben passed away last November following a battle with leukemia and lymphoma.

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  • Waste Management plans to build plant to turn landfill methane into useable natural gas

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    DENVER – All landfills face a similar challenge.

    “Decomposition occurs of organic materials within the landfill as it’s compressed, and creates Methane and CO2,” said Zachery Clayton, Manager of Environmental Medicine Planning with the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment.

    Denver owns the Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site or the so-called DADS Landfill in Arapahoe County. It’s operated by Waste Management that currently has a procedure to reduce methane gas.

    “We’re actually capturing landfill methane gas, sending it to an electric engine plant, and we convert that gas into electricity and export it to the grid. Many of the residents throughout Denver enjoy that electricity, not even knowing that it came from the landfill,” said Brian Snyder, Director of Operations for Waste Management (WM) Renewable Energy.

    In that process, there is excess methane that is then burned off, or ‘flared.’

    “What it does is, it burns all the methane off, and then there’s subsequent pollutants that go into there, such as sulfur oxides and things like that, nitrous oxides,” said Clayton.

    WM and the City and County of Denver recently agreed on a partnership to change and update that whole process.

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    WM is hoping to pay for and build a new renewable natural gas plant at the DADS landfill.

    “It’s going to capture about 98% of the methane that comes out of the landfill. It goes to the plant, it scrubs it, it cleans it to 98% and then it puts it into a pipeline and transmission line and goes out for distribution,” said Clayton.

    The renewable natural gas can then be used as power.

    “We’re going to collect over a million MMBtu of gas from the landfill, and that’s going to power nearly 15,000 homes with natural gas,” said Snyder.

    Snyder adds WM has already started investing into compressed natural gas vehicles, and plans to use some of the gas from the new plant to power around 900 trash collection vehicles a year.

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    There’s another large impact for anyone outside the landfill.

    “Improve the air quality: that’s number one, which is extremely beneficial. It takes something that’s currently, could be dangerous, and puts it as a beneficial reuse,” said Clayton.

    The project still needs to go through the planning and permitting phase. Clayton said that will also include a public input process.

    If approved to move forward, the plant could be up and running by 2027.

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  • Broncos sign C Sam Mustipher from Chargers’ practice squad

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    The Broncos continued tinkering with their offensive line mix Friday by signing center Sam Mustipher from the Los Angeles Chargers’ practice squad.

    To clear a spot on the 53-man roster, Denver waived offensive lineman Calvin Throckmorton. If Throckmorton clears waivers, he is in line to return to the Broncos’ practice squad.

    The move is interesting for multiple reasons.

    First, Mustipher spent 2024 training camp with the Broncos before being waived at the roster cutdown deadline. He’s a veteran player and one who is familiar to the Broncos.

    Also: Mustipher played 12 games last year for the Chargers and has been on Jim Harbaugh’s practice squad for a chunk of this season, too. Denver plays what is sure to be a meaningful game and still could end up a titanic one in Week 18 at home against the Chargers.

    Throckmorton served as the No. 2 center for Denver on Thursday night at Kansas City as Alex Forsyth stepped into the starting lineup.

    He replaced Luke Wattenberg, who was placed on injured reserve Thursday with a shoulder injury. Head coach Sean Payton said the IR placement for Wattenberg, who just signed a four-year, $48 million extension in November, came down to roster management.

    “He’s right at that (four-week) mark,” Payton said of Wattenberg.

    Wattenberg is first eligible to return if the Broncos make the AFC Championship Game.

    Assuming Denver gets Throckmorton back to the practice squad, it will have four experienced interior options as depth: Throckmorton, Mustipher, Geron Christian and whoever doesn’t start at left guard between Alex Palczewski and Ben Powers.

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  • Ditch the shorts, pull out the shovel — winter weather is coming to northern Colorado this weekend

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    After a pleasant days-long stretch of warm weather often eclipsing the 70-degree mark, northern Colorado and metro Denver will see quite a change in conditions starting Friday night.

    Instead of breaking records for heat, temperatures will drop substantially and snow will begin falling in the far northern mountains tonight, spreading southward into the Interstate 70 mountain corridor and Summit County by late Saturday afternoon.

    By late Saturday night, the National Weather Service predicts areas of snow to develop along the Interstate 25 corridor and along the adjoining eastern plains, with travel impacts continuing into Sunday morning. Some of those areas of snow could start out as rain earlier Saturday evening before turning to snow.

    Just how severe those travel impacts will be in metro Denver are still in question.

    “There is considerable uncertainty with regard to the amount of snow, since we anticipate bands of snow,” according to a weather service bulletin issued Friday afternoon for the metro area. “Thus, some areas may receive very little or no snow, while others get a few inches.”

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  • Cam Johnson injury: Nuggets say forward out 4 to 6 weeks with hyperextended knee

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    As two Nuggets starters inch closer to a return, another will replace them in street clothes on the sideline.

    Cam Johnson is expected to miss at least four to six weeks after hyperextending his right knee Tuesday in Dallas, the team announced before hosting Minnesota on Christmas. Johnson underwent an MRI that revealed a bone bruise on Wednesday — a best-case outcome after a painful landing that could’ve resulted in structural ligament damage.

    Still, after another day of assessing the severity of the injury, Denver determined Johnson will be its third starter to miss a stretch of four or more weeks this season. Aaron Gordon (hamstring) and Christian Braun (ankle) have not played in December, with coach David Adelman eyeing an upcoming seven-game road trip as the earliest opportunity for one or both to return from injuries.

    Johnson, 29, is averaging 11.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game in his first season as a Nugget. Denver traded Michael Porter Jr. and a future first-round pick for him in June. He started the season in a nasty slump but turned a corner around mid-November, helping the Nuggets to an 10-5 record in games without Gordon and Braun.

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  • Broncos-Chiefs scouting report: No Patrick Mahomes. No Gardner Minshew. Hello, Chris Oladokun.

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    Broncos (12-3) at Chiefs (6-9)

    When: 6:15 p.m. Thursday

    Where: GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.

    TV/radio: Prime Video, 850 AM/94.1 FM

    Broncos-Chiefs series: Both Denver and Kansas City know this well. The Broncos are still down all-time to the Chiefs, at 57-73-0 in 130 total matchups in the franchises’ history. But Denver has the recent upper hand, with two straight regular-season wins and a nail-biting 22-19 win over Kansas City on Nov. 16. The Broncos’ defense hasn’t been the same since that win and subsequent bye, though.

    In the spotlight: Who the Kel(ce) is Chiefs starting quarterback Chris Oladokun?

    How the mighty have fallen.

    On Christmas, the Broncos will take a short flight up to Kansas City to witness the death throes of a franchise that only has a couple of games left on the throne. The Chiefs will not win the AFC West for the first time in a decade, and they’ll finish with a losing record for the first time since the 2-14 days of Romeo Crennel in 2012. This may well be the last time that Denver sees 36-year-old future Hall of Fame tight end Travis Kelce, who will make a retirement decision after the season. They won’t see quarterback Patrick Mahomes — and might not next year, either — after Mahomes tore his ACL and LCL in Dec. 14’s 16-13 loss to the Chargers.

    To make matters worse, Kansas City’s QB stopgap Gardner Minshew hurt his knee in Sunday’s loss to the Titans. That leaves this Kansas City dynasty, for a primetime affair with the country watching on Christmas evening, turning to … Chris Oladokun.

    Who?

    Here’s what’s known on the 28-year-old Oladokun, from a national perspective. He played two seasons of FBS football as a backup at USF, from 2017-18. He transferred to FCS program Samford for a couple of years. He started at South Dakota State for one year after that, and played well enough (3,164 yards, 25 TDs) to warrant a seventh-round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022’s draft. Oladokun was waived during roster cuts that fall, signed to Kansas City’s practice squad a few days later, and has stuck there pretty much ever since.

    Now, after being promoted to the active roster after Mahomes’ injury and filling in for an injured Minshew mid-game against Tennessee — 11-for-16, 111 yards — Oladokun will make the first start of his NFL career against the current No. 1 seed in the AFC.

    “It’s something I don’t take lightly,” Oladokun told Kansas City reporters Tuesday. “These opportunities don’t come around often, and so when you get ‘em, you gotta take that and run with it. So, this is not only a big game for our team, but me personally a big game, in terms of letting the league know what I can do and letting these coaches know what I can do.”

    So what can he do? Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said this week that Oladokun has had an “easy transition” because of his knowledge of Kansas City’s offensive verbiage, but that they’d naturally ease back on specific formations without Mahomes. One obvious similarity: just 8% of Mahomes’ attempts this season have come from under center, in Kansas City’s shotgun-heavy offense. Just one of Oladokun’s 16 attempts against the Titans came from under center, too. That doesn’t seem destined to change.

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  • Man convicted of murder shot Denver woman inside her apartment last year

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    A 53-year-old man was convicted of murder Monday for shooting and killing a Denver woman in her apartment last year, according to court records.

    After a six-day trial, a Denver jury found Ernest Cunningham guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Kelsey Roberts, 23, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office.

    Another resident in Roberts’ building called the police shortly after 4:30 p.m. on June 29, 2024, when he heard a gunshot and what sounded like someone running away toward the building’s stairwell, according to Cunningham’s arrest affidavit.

    When he looked out into the hallway, the resident spotted a spent bullet casing on the floor, police said in the affidavit.

    Another resident saw Cunningham leaving the building from his balcony and took a video of Cunningham’s car as it left the parking lot, police said. Police traced the car back to Cunningham using that video, which showed its license plate, and surveillance video from the apartment complex.

    Roberts’ husband told police that he works with Cunningham and that Cunningham “knew where they lived and had issues with him,” police wrote in the affidavit.

    The husband said he did not like Cunningham because the man used drugs at work. After Cunningham was fired, he began calling Roberts’ husband and threatening him. Cunningham had visited the apartment before, but did not live in the building, according to the affidavit.

    Denver police officers arrived at the southeast Denver apartment building in the 800 block of South Dexter Street less than five minutes after the first 911 call was made.

    When they arrived, Denver officers saw blood splatters on Roberts’ door and said it appeared someone had forced their way into the apartment, according to the affidavit. Roberts’ body was found just inside the apartment.

    She died from her injuries on scene, police wrote in the affidavit.

    Denver and Aurora police officers found Cunningham’s car near a northern Aurora hotel in the 16400 block E. 40th Circle later that evening. Cunningham was arrested inside.

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