Denver police allege the boy shot and killed Richard Sanchez on a bus near South Federal Boulevard and West Mississippi Avenue on the evening of Jan. 27 because Sanchez’s leg was blocking the aisle.
Sanchez was pronounced dead at a local hospital due to multiple gunshot wounds. A second person on the bus was also injured but was not taken to the hospital.
The boy was arrested on Feb. 1 and is facing 14 charges including first-degree murder, Denver District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Maro Casparian said Wednesday.
Prosecutors consider many factors when deciding whether to pursue trying a juvenile as an adult, according to a statement from the district attorney’s office.
Those include the circumstances of the crime, the suspect’s age, what contact they’ve had with the juvenile system, their upbringing and background, provisions of the law and the perspective of the victim or victim’s family.
“We balance the need for punishment with the opportunity to rehabilitate the juvenile. We are now in the process of making the decision in the case of the 13-year-old,” the DA’s office said in a statement.
A preliminary hearing in the case is set for March 8.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado alleges Children’s Hospital Colorado is discriminating against transgender patients by refusing to perform surgeries it offers to cisgender patients with other conditions.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Denver District Court, also states the hospital is discriminating on the basis of disability, because gender dysphoria — distress when a person’s sense of their gender doesn’t align with physical characteristics — is a medical condition.
The ACLU filed it on behalf of an 18-year-old Denver patient who was on track to receive gender-affirming surgery before the hospital discontinued that service.
The patient, who is identified in the lawsuit by the pseudonym Caden Kent, started receiving care at Children’s for mental health concerns when he was 16. He was diagnosed with gender dysphoria a few months later and had undergone about eight months of assessment before determining he was a candidate for surgery once he turned 18.
The hospital stated it had received an unusual number of referrals for gender-affirming surgery as programs shut down in other states, and that it didn’t shut down the program because of threats. It came at a time when children’s hospitals were scrubbing references to transgender care from their websites, though, with at least 21 removing information in 2022. A search on the hospital’s website for its TRUE Center for Gender Diversity no longer turns up any results.
According to the lawsuit, Kent chose to undergo surgery at Children’s because he received other care there, and hoped to recover from the surgery before leaving for college in the fall. Other surgical providers who accept his family’s insurance are booked up, meaning his parents will have to pay out-of-pocket for him to undergo the surgery in that time frame. Kent had resorted to chest-binding to ease his dysphoria, but found himself withdrawing from others when binding became too painful and he couldn’t otherwise hide the breast tissue, it said.
“(Children’s Hospital Colorado’s) abrupt cancellation of all gender-affirming surgeries for its trans patients was devastating to Caden, other impacted patients, and Colorado’s transgender community,” ACLU of Colorado legal director Tim Macdonald said in a news release. “Refusal to provide medically necessary care based on the identity of the person seeking it, and the condition for which they are seeking it, is discriminatory and illegal under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act.”
Tattered Cover’s current CEO can be paid a salary of $120,000 this year, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge ruled Monday, despite the objections of its former CEO.
Kwame Spearman, who owns a minority stake in the company, led Tattered Cover between early 2021 and early 2023, when he stepped down following an aborted mayoral bid to focus on running for Denver school board, ultimately unsuccessfully.
His successor is Brad Dempsey, a bankruptcy attorney who took over soon before the company filed for Chapter 11 in October and has led it through the bankruptcy process. Tattered Cover’s board of directors wants him to stay on through 2024 in exchange for $120,000.
That salary had to be approved by a bankruptcy judge. Spearman objected to it.
“We have not seen any official plan for the reorganization of the business and there is concern that a compensation for Mr. Dempsey at $10,000 per month might be extraordinarily excessive,” Spearman told Bankruptcy Judge Michael Romero at a hearing Monday afternoon.
Tattered Cover was scheduled to submit its plan by Jan. 16 but asked for and received a one-month extension instead. Gabrielle Palmer, an attorney for the bookstore chain, said Monday that Tattered Cover will likely need another extension this week.
“If the plan shows merit that Mr. Dempsey should be making $120,000 annually, we’re all fine with this,” Spearman said, before again criticizing Dempsey for not crafting a plan.
“Moreover, I have not heard (about) the net income situation. I have heard that, allegedly, sales were slightly up from 2022, but as we’re all aware, sales are not the determinant, net income is the determinant. As a creditor, I think there is strong suspicion to believe that the business is actually in a worse financial situation under Mr. Dempsey’s leadership,” he added.
Palmer defended Dempsey’s tenure as CEO, noted that the company’s six-person board of directors wants him to stay on, and called his proposed salary “fair and reasonable.”
Tattered Cover is being propped up financially by a $1.3 million loan from Read Colorado LLC, a company formed by local philanthropists. That loan requires Dempsey to remain as CEO and states that Tattered Cover will be in default of the loan if he leaves the company.
“It doesn’t make sense to change from Brad Dempsey now or to not allow Brad Dempsey to be paid. We are at a critical time,” said Tim Swanson, a lawyer for Read Colorado.
“It can’t be lost that the lone objector to Mr. Dempsey’s continued employment is someone who is seeking to try to purchase the company,” Swanson said of Spearman.
Spearman countered that he hasn’t made a bid for the company but acknowledged he has requested Tattered Cover’s financial reports in order “to evaluate the terms of a potential offer” to buy it. At one point, he repeatedly used the word “we” to describe people who doubt “the viability of the (company’s) board of directors and Mr. Dempsey’s leadership.”
“Who’s ‘we?’” Romero asked. “You’re the only one who filed an objection, Mr. Spearman.”
“I have been in conversation with other individuals, including people who might want to be putting in bids to acquire the company,” Spearman told the judge.
“From the financial information that has been available, this is not a profitable business,” Spearman said of the internal reports that he has received, “and it is adding on increased debt (and) adding on another $10,000 a month for Mr. Dempsey when, quite frankly, we have no indication that net income from the business is going in the right direction.”
Romero took no position on whether Tattered Cover “is going forward or going south,” as he put it, but said he is “hesitant to interfere with the business judgment” of Tattered Cover’s board of directors. With that, he approved the $120,000 salary request for Dempsey.
“Let’s just see where this goes,” the judge said, and then adjourned the hearing.
The RTD will reopen the Downtown Boulder Station lobby on Feb. 19 after over a year of renovations to replace the building’s interior ductwork, which was contaminated with methamphetamines last year.
The inside of the station at 1800 14th St. in Boulder was closed last January after an investigation into strong odors emitting from a restroom revealed levels of meth exceeding Center for Disease Control limits, according to Regional Transportation District news releases. Residue was also detected in the ductwork and was impossible to clean out, necessitating a full replacement of the ventilation system.
“The collective goal of all employees involved in this project was to ensure the station could be reopened in a safe condition,” said RTD General Manager and CEO Debra Johnson in a Monday release. “While illicit drug abuse is a societal issue that is not unique to RTD, it is our responsibility to provide employees and the public with a space that is clean and welcoming to inhabit.”
The agency spent $295,000 on external contractors to remediate the methamphetamine contamination, including testing for contamination, repairing areas affected by replacing all ductwork and repainting the station interiors, said Project Manager Pauline Haberman.
The new ducts installed in the station have exterior insulation, allowing for the insides to be cleaned, the release noted. Additionally, restroom ventilation was improved with more powerful exhaust fans that will keep smoke within those spaces.
The RTD also gave the lobby of the station a refresh, repainting the walls, adding a new coating to the benches and deep cleaning and sealing the main tile floor.
The agency will use its police department — now made up of many sworn officers instead of a traditionally contracted security agency — to proactively reduce potentially dangerous situations, Haberman said.
A cyberattack on the Office of Colorado State Public Defender has forced the office to shut down its computer network, locking public defenders across the state out of critical work systems.
Colorado public defenders do not have access to their work computers, are unable to access court dockets or court filings and can’t do any significant work for clients in court, according to internal emails reviewed by The Denver Post.
Office spokesman James Karbach confirmed the breach in a statement Monday, saying officials “recently became aware that some data within our computer system was encrypted by malware.”
Karbach did not say how long the public defender’s office expects to be shut down or when the attack happened, but emails sent to public defenders indicate the statewide office is effectively “non-operational” and the outage could last as long as a week.
The “cyber security incident” was underway by about 11 a.m. Friday, according to an emailed notice sent from the Colorado Judicial Department’s Information and Technology Service’s to judges and judicial personnel. The notice indicates that the cyberattack does not pose a threat to the wider court system.
“As a preventative measure, we temporarily disabled our computer network and are working to safely and securely bring systems back online,” Karbach said. “Our operations will be limited while the network is offline.”
The total number of passengers involved in the crash is unknown, but three people were taken to the hospital, one with serious injuries, the post stated.
West Metro Fire Rescue crews responded to the scene.
While the Nuggets didn’t change their 18-man roster at the 2024 NBA trade deadline, other contenders around the league made a variety of moves — mostly on the margins — in an effort to steal the throne from Denver.
From the view at altitude, here are the winners and losers of the deadline:
Winner: New York Knicks
The leader of every other winners-and-losers think-piece is the leader of this one, too. New York landed Bojan Bogdanovic and Alec Burks on deadline day at relatively low cost, but the Nuggets already got a close-up view of the new Knicks when O.G. Anunoby registered six steals against them at MSG. With Milwaukee reeling and Philadelphia hedging after Joel Embiid’s injury (Buddy Hield was a solid middle-ground acquisition), New York suddenly transformed into the most proactive win-now team in the East this deadline.
Loser: Dallas Mavericks
In arguably the highest-profile trade on actual deadline day, Dallas overpaid for P.J. Washington, whose 13.6 points per game felt somewhat like empty calories in Charlotte. The trade was simultaneously an admission of failure in the Grant Williams Experiment and a brand-new roll of the dice. More importantly, the Mavericks did what the Knicks avoided: They traded a precious first-round pick (2027). Future: mortgaged. Draft assets are close to extinct now for Dallas, a franchise throwing darts at the wall and hoping one will stick before it’s too late to salvage and extend the Luka Doncic era.
Winner: Boston Celtics
Is Xavier Tillman going to be a significant role player in Joe Mazzulla’s playoff rotation? Probably not. Will the Celtics feel a lot more comfortable having an affordable, playable backup big ready to aid the injury-prone Kristaps Porzingis and aging Al Horford? Absolutely. Especially if they’re dealing with six or seven games of Nikola Jokic. This was a depth move that felt tailored to fit a Nuggets NBA Finals matchup, but it cost Boston only two second-round picks to add a salary under $2 million.
Loser: Oklahoma City Thunder
The Thunder should have done what Boston did. Don’t get me wrong: Gordon Hayward seems like an outstanding veteran addition to a young team. A lot of teams would have pursued him if Charlotte had bought out his contract. But Oklahoma City’s biggest need still hasn’t been addressed. Back in October, I asked Michael Porter Jr. for his first impressions of Chet Holmgren after Denver won in OKC. “I think he’s very, very talented,” Porter said. “To me, he’s more of a four.” Holmgren, who has an even more injury-prone body type than Porzingis and already missed all of last season, is the Thunder’s starting five. Sophomore charge-taking specialist Jaylin Williams (6-foot-9) backs him up. The center position runs dry from there. For a team so small and with a rebounding weakness (No. 27 in the league), it seems neglectful not to dip into a horde of 10,000 picks and add a more traditional five to at least deploy in bench lineups. Without reinforcements, Holmgren is susceptible to getting worn down by Jokic in a long series.
Winner: Monte Morris
Congratulations to one former Nuggets backup point guard, who moved from the league’s most puzzling team (Detroit) to a Western Conference title contender. Smart trade for the Timberwolves, who needed more offense to support their top-rated defense. Minnesota’s two most common lineups involving point guard Mike Conley have net ratings of 9.6 and 7.6, respectively, in 635 combined minutes. The most common lineup without Conley on the floor is a minus-5.1 in 127 minutes (a lineup including Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns), and second-most common without Conley is a modest 4.9 in 100 minutes (using all four starters except him). Morris supplies 3-point shooting and an upgrade in turnover prevention for an offense that’s third-worst in the NBA at protecting the ball in clutch time.
Loser: Bruce Brown
Pour one out for a different former Nuggets backup point guard. Brown did the Reverse Morris three weeks ago, getting traded from a young playoff-caliber core in Indianapolis to a losing team. But the league-wide expectation was that Toronto would flip Brown. There was a market for his versatility and recent championship experience. So he waited and waited, until the deadline passed Thursday, leaving him temporarily stranded in Canada. Brown was just one bullet point on a list of head-scratching decisions by the Raptors, also including their forfeiture of a 2024 first-round pick among other assets for Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji.
Winner: The NFL
The most lopsided final score of the 2024 sports calendar so far: Super Bowl week vs. NBA trade deadline week. The NFL needn’t worry about its biggest build-up of the season getting hijacked by the NBA thanks to the latter’s new collective bargaining agreement. This was the most boring trade deadline in recent memory. The two biggest deals occurred in January. The biggest surprises were the players who didn’t get traded. Football kept a firm grasp on media attention.
Loser: Hourglass emojis
Is nothing sacred? When LeBron James drops a cryptic social media post and his team doesn’t move heaven and earth for him, that’s when you know it’s an underwhelming trade deadline. The hourglass emoji turned out to be a symbol for NBA fans’ feelings as they refreshed Twitter on Thursday. Among the notable teams to stand pat: Nuggets, Clippers, Lakers, Warriors, Pelicans, Kings, Cavaliers, Magic and Hawks. That encompasses a decent chunk of the Western Conference playoff picture, perhaps an encouraging sign that the rest of the league isn’t catching up with Denver at an alarming pace. Nonetheless, LeBron’s hourglass emoji, and yours, was unfulfilled.
Why the Buffs won: They were incredibly unselfish, posting 32 assists on 36 buckets and were stellar on defense, holding the Ducks to 32.8% shooting.
Three stars:
1. Maddie Nolan: She scored a season-high 19 points, hitting 5-of-9 from 3-point range, while also having a season-high six assists and adding four rebounds.
2. Quay Miller: Posted yet another double-double, with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
3. Jaylyn Sherrod: Finished with six points, six assists, three rebounds and two steals.
Up next: Colorado will host No. 17 Oregon State on Sunday at noon at the CU Events Center.
Maddie Nolan yelled and pumped her fist after another bucket by the Colorado Buffaloes, but while she was the leading scorer on Friday night, this celebration came after one of her passes resulted in points for someone else.
The unselfish nature of the No. 4-ranked CU women’s basketball team was on full display Friday as it raced past Oregon, 90-57, at the CU Events Center.
“I think everyone is buying into that idea of sharing the ball until we find the best team shot,” CU head coach JR Payne said.
It happened a lot on Friday. Nolan had a season-high 19 points but also a season-high six assists. That was part of an eye-popping 32 assists on 36 baskets for the Buffs (20-3, 10-2 Pac-12), who continue to sit atop the conference standings after sweeping the regular season set from the Ducks (11-13, 2-9) for the first time in 11 years.
“Really proud of our preparation all week long,” Payne said. “I thought our team, we’re striking a great balance of focus, keeping things light, making sure we’re prepared. We were in a really good place tonight.
“It thought we played like we’re feeling really good.”
The Buffs posted just the 15th 30-assist game in program history, but only the second since the mid-1990s. Their 32 assists were the most in a game since recording 35 against St. Francis (Pa.) on Nov. 28, 1994.
CU had 19 of those in the first half, setting a school record for assists in a half. By the time the final buzzer sounded, eight different Buffs had assists, led by Kindyll Wetta’s seven. Jaylyn Sherrod matched Nolan’s six, while Frida Formann had five.
True to the Buffs’ nature, they genuinely seemed to enjoy each of those 32 dimes.
“Because we know we’re going to make the shots,” forward Quay Miller said when asked why the Buffs get so much joy out of assists. “And if we’re not going to make it, we know we’re going to get the rebound.”
That was certainly the case on Friday. Miller, who had three assists, posted yet another double-double, with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The Buffs outrebounded the Ducks 46-31 and outscored them in the paint 40-14.
Formann and Vonleh also had 12 points, while Tameiya Sadler had 11.
Among all of the stellar numbers, Nolan’s might have been the most impressive. The Michigan transfer began to cook midway through the second quarter.
CU led just 31-24 and Nolan had yet to hit a field goal before she drained her first of five 3-pointers with 5:25 to play in the first half. In the last 65 seconds of the half, she hit three 3s in a row, turning a nine-point lead into an 18-point advantage, 49-31, at intermission.
The Buffs never looked back from there.
Colorado Jaylyn Sherrod passes off against Oregon in Pac-12 basketball in Boulder on Feb. 9, 2024.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)
“I was just joking with JR, her son comes out and contests me during warmups. He needs to do that every game,” Nolan said.
“I thought my teammates did a really good job of finding me.”
Of course they did. It’s because the Buffs are at their best – and have their most fun – when they’re sharing the ball. And Friday was a fun game for the Buffs, who have their best 23-game start to a season since the 1994-95 team was 21-2 at this stage.
“I know what this team is capable of, so I expect this of us,” Miller said. “We’re having a lot of fun. Obviously winning is fun always. Because we’re playing such good basketball, everyone is good.”
Colorado civil rights attorney Kevin Williams died this week after 26 years of fighting to improve the lives of people with disabilities. He was 57.
Williams died Tuesday after a short illness, according to colleagues at the Denver-based Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, where he launched the legal program in 1997 upon graduation from law school.
A quadriplegic paralyzed from his chest down following a car crash at age 19, Williams steadily increased access for disabled people by filing lawsuits — pressing for enforcement under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act and the Fair Housing Act.
He began this work as a third-year law student at the University of Denver. Shortly before his graduation, he sued his law school. The issue was compliance with the ADA. He prevailed, leading to required improvements, including a wheelchair-accessible graduation venue.
Often serving as the plaintiff, Williams repeated that feat again and again, expanding access for Coloradans with disabilities in stores, restaurants, public transit systems, theaters, arenas and travel pathways around the state. For example, his litigation compelled the operators of Red Rocks Amphitheatre to provide accessible parking, seating and ticketing.
He also led other lawyers into disability rights work.
Williams grew up in the suburbs of Cleveland. He made Colorado his home in 1990, the year President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA into law. He enjoyed drives in the mountains, attending concerts and visiting local breweries and distilleries.
Friends this week remembered him as passionate in his pursuit of civil rights.
“Kevin was contemplative, thorough and certain not to leave any stone unturned, especially in litigation,” said Andrew Montoya, who worked in the coalition’s legal program as an assistant and then was inspired to attend law school.
“Even seemingly mundane legal issues could occupy hours of lively discussion ranging from interpretive case law to contemporary and historical politics to litigation strategy to the meaning of life, and back again,” Montoya said. “His passion for civil rights, both in general and specifically those of people with disabilities, clearly animated his work, both in the courtroom and in the rest of the world.”
He also had a knack for making light of difficulties. Friends recalled his adaptation of the Beatles’ “Let It Be” — a rendition that he titled “Let Us Pee.” (“When I find myself in times of trouble; The bathroom door is two-foot-three; Whisper words of wisdom; Let us pee, let us pee.”
“He was intense, passionate, focused and very analytical. What kept him motivated was seeing people with disabilities face discrimination and knowing that the laws that are supposed to protect us are being violated,” said Julie Reiskin, co-executive director of the coalition.
“What bothered him was the blatant violation of the law, especially by those who should know better, such as courts and lawyers that made excuses rather than working to fix the problem.”
There have been times this season when players for the Colorado women’s basketball team have been unable to hear play calls from the coaches during a game at the CU Events Center.
“Yeah, that was something we’ve been talking about,” guard Maddie Nolan said. “(Head coach JR Payne) is like, ‘All right, if you can’t hear us, you just kind of gotta look and tell us because you don’t want to run the play wrong’ and stuff like that.”
It’s certainly a new “problem” the fourth-ranked Buffaloes are dealing with, but Nolan laughed and said, “Definitely happy to deal with it.”
They’re dealing with it because fans are flocking to the Events Center to see the Buffs, who can’t wait to get in front of the home crowd again on Friday when Oregon comes to Boulder. After two straight road trips, it’ll be CU’s first home game in 19 days.
“Very excited to play at home this week,” said Payne, whose team will also host No. 17 Oregon State on Sunday. “We need big crowds, great energy. These will be two big ones this weekend.”
Through 10 home games, the Buffs are getting 5,374 fans per game, ranking third in the Pac-12 and 19th nationally in average attendance. The average is on pace to be the second-best in program history, behind the 1994-95 season (5,538). The only other season with at least 4,000 on average was 1993-94 (5,167).
This season, CU has already had four of the 15 largest crowds in program history, including a program-record 11,338 for the Jan. 19 matchup with UCLA.
A year ago, despite having a team that went to the Sweet 16 and spent the second half of the year in the national rankings, the Buffs averaged just 1,660 fans per game.
“This year it’s just nice that we’re starting to get the actual recognition that we need,” guard Tameiya Sadler said. “This is how much we built, this is what we’ve done. It’s nice to see that everybody’s starting to recognize that we’re a really good program and we can really make some noise this year.”
On the court, the Buffs are making a lot of noise. With seven games to play in the regular season, they are tied for first in the Pac-12 with Stanford (while holding the tie-breaker over the Cardinal) and they’re projected as a top two seed for the NCAA Tournament.
The Buffs have been stellar on the road (10-2 away from Boulder), but Sadler believes they’re a different team at home. They’re 9-1 at the Events Center, with the only loss coming to then-No. 5 UCLA.
“Our camaraderie is great at home. We just play really well together,” Sadler said. “On the road, you have no energy besides your own and maybe like five fans behind your bench. Here, it’s just everyone’s really just feeding into us. We just thrive on that.”
Nolan agrees. Although she’s a first-year Buff after four seasons at Michigan, she can already see the impact of the crowd. The fans have helped fuel game-changing runs and get the Buffs out of ruts.
“It’s a huge difference,” Nolan said. “You can feel that energy and you can hear everyone screaming. In the UCLA game, to have a sellout crowd and have that student section behind us and even when things weren’t going our way, to hear encouraging words is just super helpful.”
Nationally, Iowa and star Caitlin Clark have been a main attraction, playing to sold-out crowds in Iowa City and on the road. Top-ranked South Carolina, defending champion LSU and perennial power Connecticut join Iowa in averaging over 11,000 fans per game.
Overall, 23 women’s basketball teams are averaging at least 5,000 fans – up from 18 last year (and Baylor is just shy, at 4,994). In the 10 years before that, there was never more than 17 teams averaging at least 5,000.
Nolan said the Buffs are pleased to be a part of the growing interest in the sport.
“It’s been awesome,” she said of playing at the Events Center. “I think it’s a really cool trend to see all across women’s college basketball recently; just constant sellouts from really big-time programs, which is cool. … That energy (from the home crowd) makes it so much fun to play and then it gives us momentum. When you go on a run and you can feel that energy building, it’s really rewarding.”
Colorado guard Maddie Nolan heads to the basket against Stanford during the Jan. 14, 2024 game in Boulder.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)
No. 4 CU Buffs women’s basketball vs. Oregon Ducks
TIPOFF: Friday, 7 p.m., CU Events Center in Boulder
COACHES: Colorado — JR Payne, 8th season (138-96; 239-209 career). Oregon — Kelly Graves, 10th season (223-102; 605-265 career).
KEY PLAYERS: Colorado — G Frida Formann, 5-11, Sr. (13.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.3 spg, .457 FG%, .423 3PT%, .918 FT%); C Quay Miller, 6-3, Sr. (9.8 ppg, 8.1 rpg, .338 3PT%); G Maddie Nolan, 5-11, Sr. (5.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg, .379 3PT%); G Jaylyn Sherrod, 5-7, Sr. (13.2 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 4.7 apg, 2.1 spg, .461 FG%); C Aaronette Vonleh, 6-3, Jr. (14.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, .595 FG%); G Kindyll Wetta, 5-9, Jr. (5.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.8 spg, .485 FG%). Oregon — G Sofia Bell, 6-1, Fr. (7.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 1.3 spg); G Chance Gray, 5-9, So. (14.7 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.3 apg, .383 3PT%); C Phillipina Kyei, 6-8, Jr. (13.2 ppg, 12.1 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.4 bpg, .558 FG%); F Grace VanSlooten, 6-3, So. (15.4 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 2.6 apg).
NOTES: CU returns home after a four-game road swing. The Buffs are 9-1 at home this season. … Oregon leads the all-time series 19-11, but the Buffs have won the last three meetings. … CU beat the Ducks, 61-48, on Jan. 28 in Eugene. Vonleh had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Buffs. … Oregon is making its first trip to Boulder since Feb. 23, 2022. … CU is 15-0 against unranked opponents this season, while the Ducks are 0-7 against ranked opponents. … Oregon is 2-8 on the road, losing its last eight. The Ducks have lost five games in a row overall. … In conference play, CU has had the best 3-point percentage defense (.289), while Oregon is tied for second (.300). Offensively, the Buffs are fourth in scoring (70.5) and the Ducks are last (55.5) in conference games. … Miller has averaged 10.0 rebounds over the last 10 games. … Miller needs 10 points to become the 35th player in CU history to reach 1,000 points as a Buff. Formann needs three points to become the 25th Buff to reach 1,200 points. … Kyei has had four consecutive double-doubles for the Ducks, averaging 16.0 points and 16.3 rebounds in that stretch. She leads the Pac-12 with 15 double-doubles this season.
Though many school students have sat through presentations about the dangers of drugs, some community members worry about the tactics of an upcoming speaker in the Weld RE-4 School District.
Laura Stack, founder of the marijuana prevention nonprofit Johnny’s Ambassadors, will speak this month at multiple schools across Weld County, teaching students and their guardians about the negative impact of THC, the component of cannabis that makes users feel high.
Stack said her findings are based on research about the difference between today’s marijuana and the marijuana past generations ingested.
Stack intertwines her son’s story with marijuana use into her attempts to wean middle and high school students off or keep clear of marijuana.
Three days before Johnny, Stack’s son, died by suicide at the age of 19, he told his mother that weed ruined his life and his mind. Stack said Johnny began using marijuana at 14 in the form of heating and inhaling highly potent marijuana concentrates, known as “dabbing.”
Stack’s upcoming stops in the Weld RE-4 School District to educate children about the dangers of THC generated a handful of concerned community members and parents who question Stack’s credibility and bias, arguing she conveys a fear-based approach that may not have…
The Boulder County Commissioners will hold a public hearing Thursday to discuss marijuana licensing regulation updates.
The hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in a hybrid format, with community members able to attend and comment virtually via Zoom or in person at the Commissioners’ Hearing Room at 1325 Pearl St.
The proposed amendments largely deal with changes in terminology due to the Colorado Medical Marijuana Code and Colorado Retail Marijuana Code being combined into the combined Colorado Marijuana Code and other state and county name and department changes.
The regulations would also strike a prohibition against stores selling products online and allow in-person pickup for marijuana products with sufficient identification would provide hearings for alleged violations.
To register for the virtual meeting, visit www.boco.org/BOC-NOV30-2023 or call in by dialing 1-833-568-8864. The Webinar ID is 160 534 0974.
Reach out to the Permit and License Operations Manager Kathy Gissel with any questions at kgissel@bouldercounty.gov or call 720-564-2626.
