Alva Schools Chief Backs Firing

Educators huddled outside Schmitt Elementary School’s auditorium Tuesday evening as parents, many with children in tow, began arriving. “Hola!” kindergarten teacher Leira Coronado said as Denver Public Schools safety officers ushered families through a metal detector and checked their bags. RELATED: Superintendent recommends DPS close or restructure 10 schools as enrollment continues to fall The district had placed extra security at the southwest Denver school’s front doors ahead of a Board of Education meeting.

DirecTV’s purchase of EchoStar’s subscription television business could collapse unless bondholders agree to accept a discount within the next week. But even if they don’t, EchoStar reassured investors it has raised enough capital to meet upcoming debt payments, allowing it to avoid a bankruptcy filing. On Sept. 30, DirecTV announced it would pay $1 and assume $9.75 billion in Echostar debt to acquire the Dish Network.

Painters and sculptors are known for working in solitude. They spend long hours alone in their studios — thinking, brushing, hammering, polishing — emerging only when they have something they want to share with the world. But it’s different for many ceramicists. They often labor in groups, or in co-ops, each pursuing their own ideas but all but sharing the most important tool of the job: the kiln. They have to work together to make sure the oven can supply the right timing and the proper temperatures that each artist needs.

Colorado ranchers are renewing their demand for state wildlife officials to delay the release of more wolves until they finalize more programs to prevent attacks on livestock. Ranchers on Thursday formally asked Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners to delay the releases — expected in early January — to prevent communication issues and depredations similar to those that happened after the first wolves were reintroduced in December 2023 as part of the voter-mandated program. “CPW needs more time,” Tim Ritschard, president of the Middle Park Stockgrowers Association, told commissioners during their meeting. The Middle Park Stockgrowers and 26 other livestock and agricultural producers first filed their petition to delay the next release on Sept.

Utah (4-5, 1-5 Big 12) at Colorado (7-2, 5-1) When/where: 10 a.m. Saturday/Folsom Field TV/Radio: FOX/850 KOA BetMGM Line: CU -10, 47.5 over/under Weather: 52 degrees, partly sunny Series History: CU trails 32-35-3 and has lost seven straight Three storylines Third downs: The CU offense is converting on third downs 42.5% of the time, a middle-of-the-pack rate that has the Buffs ranked 53rd nationally.

Matt Davis cemented his status as a University of Denver hockey legend last season with one of the most remarkable runs by a goaltender in NCAA hockey history. Then he returned for his senior season. What could he do for an encore? And maybe more importantly, was his incredible late-season success repeatable? “I think that was everyone’s question,” DU coach David Carle said.