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A missing kayaker was found dead at Lon Hagler Reservoir west of Loveland on Wednesday night, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Fort Collins woman, 20, dies after Poudre Canyon rafting crash Crime and Public Safety | Rescue in Loveland after 60-foot fall from cliff Crime and Public Safety | 21-year-old Denver man arrested for child sex assault, human trafficking Crime and Public Safety | Family of man struck by car on I-25 after being shocked with Taser sues Larimer County sheriff’s deputy Crime and Public Safety | South Dakota homicide suspect shoots, kills himself on I-25 in Colorado while fleeing law enforcement The man’s family reported him missing after he did not return home from kayaking on the reservoir Tuesday afternoon, the sheriff’s office said in a post on X. Search and rescue crews found and recovered his body Wednesday evening, the agency said at 7:41 p.m.  This is a developing story and may be updated. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.

It has been an encouraging week for the future of the Colorado offensive line. On Tuesday, the Buffaloes received a verbal commitment from Jay Gardenhire, per a report from 247Sports. The massive, 6-foot-8, 350-pound Gardenhire from West Bloomfield (Mich.) is rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports who also had offers from Florida Atlantic, Buffalo and Boston College.

Dalton Knecht’s winding journey to the NBA found its endpoint — finally. The Prairie View High School product, whose college path included stops at Northeastern Junior College (Sterling), Northern Colorado and Tennessee, was chosen 17th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the NBA draft on Wednesday night in Brooklyn. With L.

A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report into a fatal Arvada plane crash provides new details about the circumstances of the crash, but shows investigators are still determining what caused the crash that killed a Parker woman and seriously injured three others. The Beech V35A airplane crashed near Oberon Road and Brentwood Street in Arvada around 9:30 a.m.

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The latest from the first round Wednesday at the NBA draft: ‘Everybody won’: UConn’s Hurley celebrates Huskies’ picks UConn coach Dan Hurley spoke often about how he recruited NBA lottery picks during the Huskies’ run to back-to-back national titles. Two UConn players went in the top seven of this year’s draft.

The sound of construction on the 16th Street Mall is music to the ears of the Downtown Denver Partnership, which just reopened the newly revitalized section of the pedestrian mall between Larimer and Lawrence Streets. “Almost two years ago, we started a project to invest $150 million into the heart of our city,” said Kourtny Garrett, president and CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership.