Dear Eric: I am newly in love and engaged. My fiancé and I are both in our early 70s. Quite a few of my friends (not my close friends but others) have responded to the news with: how cute! Somehow the fact that we have fallen in love and plan to marry is "cute."

"I'm just bitter and fuming this time, instead of annoyed and amused like last time."

"Although I love him like a cousin, he can be a bit creepy, like he makes sexual comments out of the blue for no reason."

"I know what you’re thinking. Ballot Issue 2R sounds great, Mike, but where is all that money going?"

"As former governors, we support the Colorado River District’s purchase of Xcel's water rights for $99 million." -- former Govs. Roy Romer and Bill Ritter

When paraprofessionals miss a day of work, the children they ordinarily support are sent home or kept out of school altogether. This is not just unacceptable -- it’s a crisis. And some of Colorado’s most vulnerable students are the victims.

"Please, Mr. Kroenke. You have your 124,000 playground ranch and billions in cash. Can't we have some space? How much money do you need?"

"We shouldn’t accept an election system where most of us don’t have a voice." -- Nick Troiano, Denver

"Along with Colorado's increased property taxes and inflated grocery, utilities, and gas prices, I'm not sure how we will make our 2025 monthly budget work, but I know I’m voting for change, I’m voting for Gabe Evans." -- Susan Walker, Greeley

"Instead of taxing law-abiding gun owners who purchase ammunition for recreational shooting and hunting, or defense, why don't we just reallocate part of the $40 billion Colorado annual budget?" -- Richard D VanOrsdale, Broomfield

YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul had to wait an extra four months for his high-profile match with 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

Junk fees “are in line with deceptive and unfair trade practices because landlords are advertising a fake price to get consumers interested, but it’s not what they’re actually going to pay at the end of the day,” said state Rep. Javier Mabrey.

Tuesday's election offered a wide range of results to digest, both in Colorado and nationally -- at times going in different directions. Here are major takeaways from voters' decisions.

MTT conducts Mackey and Tchaikovsky; Gil Shaham plays Prokofiev.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts and all-Stravinsky program featuring violinist Leonidas Kavakos.

Tune in at 8pm to hear Anton Dvorak's most famous opera, Rusalka, based upon Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid. This 1998 recording stars Renee Fleming in the title role.

Beat Deion. Because if Jay Norvell can notch CSU's first Rocky Mountain Showdown win since 2014, the load of those first two seasons lightens considerably.

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Fashion house Dolce & Gabbana has launched a new alcohol-free perfume for dogs called "Fefé" in honor of Domenico Dolce’s poodle, but not all vets and pet owners agree it’s safe or appropriate.

Darko – the duo featuring producer Josh Miller (ex-Spite, ex-Emmure) and vocalist Tom Barber (Chelsea Grin, ex-Lorna Shore) – is plotting the release of their new EP Deathmask, Pt. 3 […]

Great name, better music.

They've got plans for a new record in 2025, too.

Pretty valid reasons, honestly.

"I felt a physical threat and had I not tried to avoid the attack, I would have been assaulted."

"There was nothing tawdry about it. It was companionship. And they loved music."

"Controversies aside, From Zero is a mostly strong (if unsurprising) rebirth for Linkin Park."

Give us the Heavywork, please.

“We saw him play the track 'The Devil's Orchard', and he just nailed everything”

Plus Cradle Of Filth, Lorna Shore, Sikth, Jinjer, Poppy, and more!

It's unclear why.

She was unchallenged in her reelection, and is the first speaker to be reelected to the role since 2007.

United, Southwest and SkyWest airlines reported the most delays, according to FlightAware data.

Bud Black sees big improvement in pitching next season for the Rockies.

According to Forbes, the Rockies rank 20th in MLB with an evaluation of $1.48 billion.

Freddie Freeman hit the first game-ending grand slam in World Series history.

Freddie Freeman homered for the third straight game and Walker Buehler pitched another World Series gem as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night for a 3-0 lead in the Fall Classic.

Yankees' Anthony Volpe's third-inning grand slam sparked the Yankees to an 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night that forced a Game 5.

At 23 years and 60 days, Tovar is the youngest shortstop to win the Gold Glove Award in NL history, and the second-youngest player in franchise history to win the honor behind Nolan Arenado in 2013 (22 years, 167 days).

The 26-year-old is now the first outfielder in NL history, and the third outfielder all-time, to win a Gold Glove in each of his first two seasons.

A kangaroo gave three Durango police officers a late-night workout after taking an evening hop through the southern Colorado city's streets, according to a video shared by police Wednesday.

It may not feel like it when the worst stomach flu of your life has you in its grip, but often, the best thing to do when you have E. coli is to rest and keep drinking beverages with electrolytes.

The new guidance comes after blood tests for 115 farmworkers in Michigan and Colorado showed that eight workers -- or 7% — had antibodies that indicated previous infection with the virus known as Type A H5N1 influenza.

But the most dangerous attackers of American democracy aren’t the Russians or the Chinese. They are the leaders of the Republican Party.

Colorado Democrats will continue to dominate state government, possessing the most power Democrats have held in our state since FDR was president.

Perhaps, years from now, if existing trends are reversed and more police officers start to be held accountable for using excessive force against Black people, we will be able to look back at this verdict as a turning point. But that would have to be a retrospective judgment based on change.

Before weighing in on Denver’s competing ballot questions 301 and 302, we want to take the time to empower Denver residents with some important history and perspective -- the 155 acres at the former Park Hill Golf Course were put under a conservation easement in 1997 with the clear intent of protecting the land from development.

Senate Bill 60 was a rare bill that claimed to protect consumers yet did not have the endorsement of a single consumer protection group.

Steph Curry and Kevin Durant both didn't include Nikola Jokic among their candidates for the next face of the NBA after their generation. But Jokic, even after winning a championship heightened his exposure, is happy to just be the class clown anyway.

Q: What time is it at Ball Arena right now? A: Four past Georgiev.

"If you take politics as a game, you have to play underneath the rules. You can't appear to be disagreeable; you have to appear to voters as someone who’s getting things done."