Trashaun Willis Wins All-iowa Courage Award

A Colorado superhero was rescued by a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy on Wednesday after his motorcycle broke down along C-470 while he was on his way to Children’s Hospital in Highlands Ranch. Deputy Zach Zepeski encountered Captain America – or as he’s known locally, the Colorado Captain – after the hero’s bike broke down along the highway shoulder, according to the sheriff’s office. Zepeski’s body-worn camera caught the encounter as the deputy intervened to help The First Avenger, who also goes by Matt Gnojek. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DougCo Sheriff (@dougcosheriff) “I can’t in good conscience leave a nice motorcycle,” Zepeski told him, detailing plans to have a tow truck drive up from Castle Rock and safely move the bike. “I’m going to pay for it,” Zepeski said, to Cap’s protest.

Five years ago, Henry Navarro, a lifelong Denverite, wanted to leave the city behind and purchase a home in Conifer in the foothills, but his wife was drawn to the Pinehurst Estates neighborhood in southwest Denver. Navarro, a retired U. S. Army Ranger, warmed up to the house on the edge of Fort Logan National Cemetery, where his grandfather is buried.

The Palmer Lake Board of Trustees took the first step Thursday night in a series of actions that eventually could annex land where a Texas company wants to build Colorado’s second Buc-ee’s location. The proposal to build a 74,000-square-foot convenience store and gas station along Interstate 25 about 50 miles south of Denver has angered residents of Palmer Lake and surrounding communities. Buc-ee’s opened its first store in the state in March in Johnstown, at the southwest corner of I-25 and Colorado 60 about 47 miles north of Denver. About 300 people attended a Dec.

The bags weren’t going to hold themselves. They belonged to DeAndre Jordan and Russell Westbrook, but those two have been around the NBA far too long to carry their own postgame meals. They needed someone else to look after the grocery bags. Naturally, they enlisted their team’s only rookie, who was seated on the opposite side of the visitors’ locker room in Atlanta. A few of the Nuggets were sitting around, hanging out, taking their time after a 30-point win over the Hawks.

The Gold Pan has gotten weightier. The annual showdown between Denver and Colorado College, which dates back to 1950 and is one of college hockey’s most storied rivalries, has long been a local on-ice highlight since the trophy’s inception in 1993-94. But with the Tigers’ competitive reemergence, the rivalry is more than just a trophy series these days.

Dear Eric: The last four years of my father’s life, I was a near constant caregiver. I visited him daily, did his lawn work, took him to doctor’s appointments, to the barber, occasionally to dinner or a movie. I always took care of his finances and medications. He would call me as many as 10 or 15 times a day about various things or just to talk. After he died about a year ago, I have been overcome with guilt.