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PHOTOS: 2023 Year in Photos by Gazette Photographer Timothy Hurst

A rainbow appears to arch over Saint Catherine's Chapel on the Rock and not a large statue of Jesus Christ as the church is illuminated by the early morning sun on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in Allenspark, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
A rainbow appears to arch over Saint Catherine’s Chapel on the Rock and not a large statue of Jesus Christ as the church is illuminated by the early morning sun on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in Allenspark, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic holds his daughter Ognjena next to the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy during the Denver Nuggets 2023 Champions Parade and Rally on Thursday, June 14, 2023, in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic holds his daughter Ognjena next to the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy during the Denver Nuggets 2023 Champions Parade and Rally on Thursday, June 14, 2023, in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Newly arrived immigrant Ma'riussy Rosa'do nuzzles her one-year-old son Jeansdes after they, her partner and another family of immigrants were dropped off by a bus from El Paso, Texas, at the bus stop near Federal Boulevard and West 19th Avenue after an overnight snowstorm on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Denver, Colo. A local contact provided them with jackets, though they were dropped off wearing nothing more than socks and sandals on their feet. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Newly arrived immigrant Ma’riussy Rosa’do nuzzles her one-year-old son Jeansdes after they, her partner and another family of immigrants were dropped off by a bus from El Paso, Texas, at the bus stop near Federal Boulevard and West 19th Avenue after an overnight snowstorm on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Denver, Colo. A local contact provided them with jackets, though they were dropped off wearing nothing more than socks and sandals on their feet. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
The shadow of Pikes Peak stretches into the distance as Pikes Peak Open division driver Matus Huska pushes his 2010 Audi TTS up the last straight to the summit during the first day of practice on the upper section the highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
The shadow of Pikes Peak stretches into the distance as Pikes Peak Open division driver Matus Huska pushes his 2010 Audi TTS up the last straight to the summit during the first day of practice on the upper section the highway for the 101st running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Hailey Polumbus takes a drag from a joint during the Mile High 420 Festival on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Hailey Polumbus takes a drag from a joint during the Mile High 420 Festival on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Arnie Valdez, a fifth-generation resident of the San Luis Valley, uses a blower to push chaff from a pale of bolita beans that he harvested and sells to neighbors on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in San Luis, Colo. Valdez utilizes the acequia Cerro Ditch Number Two to grow various traditional row-crops, including this stock of his father’s beans, on the land his father farmed before him, as well as enough alfalfa to feed his goats. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Arnie Valdez, a fifth-generation resident of the San Luis Valley, uses a blower to push chaff from a pale of bolita beans that he harvested and sells to neighbors on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in San Luis, Colo. Valdez utilizes the acequia Cerro Ditch Number Two to grow various traditional row-crops, including this stock of his father’s beans, on the land his father farmed before him, as well as enough alfalfa to feed his goats. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Kolacny Music co-owner and grandson of the music and instrument repair shop’s founder, David Kolacny, takes a moment from his long backlog of harp repairs and invoice organization to visit with and get a hug from longtime customer Joan Fitzpatrick, the principal harpist for the Parker Symphony Orchestra and Denver Concert Band, after Fitzpatrick came into the shop to buy sheet music on Monday, July 17, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Kolacny Music co-owner and grandson of the music and instrument repair shop’s founder, David Kolacny, takes a moment from his long backlog of harp repairs and invoice organization to visit with and get a hug from longtime customer Joan Fitzpatrick, the principal harpist for the Parker Symphony Orchestra and Denver Concert Band, after Fitzpatrick came into the shop to buy sheet music on Monday, July 17, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Denver mayor Mike Johnston looks down while thinking about a question during an interview in his office at the Denver City & County Building on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Denver mayor Mike Johnston looks down while thinking about a question during an interview in his office at the Denver City & County Building on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Jodi Froemming, who’s been unhoused for roughly two years, talks about the circumstances that lead her to losing her home and the difficulties in trying to escape homelessness, while in her tent on a traffic island near I-225 and South Parker Road on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Aurora, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Jodi Froemming, who’s been unhoused for roughly two years, talks about the circumstances that lead her to losing her home and the difficulties in trying to escape homelessness, while in her tent on a traffic island near I-225 and South Parker Road on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Aurora, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Turquisha Moore Armstrong, the mother and stepmother of Torrence McCall and Elias Armstrong, two brothers who were shot and killed roughly four month apart, reminisces while holding Torrence’s keyboard in his and Elias’ bedroom on Monday, March 20, 2023, at her home in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Turquisha Moore Armstrong, the mother and stepmother of Torrence McCall and Elias Armstrong, two brothers who were shot and killed roughly four month apart, reminisces while holding Torrence’s keyboard in his and Elias’ bedroom on Monday, March 20, 2023, at her home in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Elias Alexander Armstrong’s father, Thomas Armstrong, places a white rose into the spray on his son’s casket on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, at Saint Simeon Catholic Cemetery in Aurora, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Elias Alexander Armstrong’s father, Thomas Armstrong, places a white rose into the spray on his son’s casket on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, at Saint Simeon Catholic Cemetery in Aurora, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Trick riders Kora Porter, left, and Kayla McDonald ride through a cloud of dust as they and the rest of the Shockwave Trick Riders team warm their horses up during a practice session on Monday, July 24, 2023, at Prospect Arena in Arvada, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Trick riders Kora Porter, left, and Kayla McDonald ride through a cloud of dust as they and the rest of the Shockwave Trick Riders team warm their horses up during a practice session on Monday, July 24, 2023, at Prospect Arena in Arvada, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Future 4-H cloverbud Nathan Angeloff, 5, gives a hug to his horse while heading back with the 4-H club members after the National Western Stock Show Parade on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Future 4-H cloverbud Nathan Angeloff, 5, gives a hug to his horse while heading back with the 4-H club members after the National Western Stock Show Parade on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Denver, Colo. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Harper Morlan, 10, from La Junta, Colo., looks on from a large crowd gathered to listen from the parking lot to the first of two Taylor Swift shows at Empower Field at Mile High for The Eras Tour on Friday, July 14, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Harper Morlan, 10, from La Junta, Colo., looks on from a large crowd gathered to listen from the parking lot to the first of two Taylor Swift shows at Empower Field at Mile High for The Eras Tour on Friday, July 14, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
University of Colorado Denver mechanical engineering Ph. D student William Schupbach heads up a stairwell in the North Classroom Building on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, on the Aurora Campus in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
University of Colorado Denver mechanical engineering Ph. D student William Schupbach heads up a stairwell in the North Classroom Building on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, on the Aurora Campus in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Ken Leach helps his wife of 50 years, Barbie Leach, clip into her skis after renewing their vows at the 32nd Annual Marry Me & Ski for Free Valentine’s Day Mountaintop Matrimony ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at Loveland Ski Area in Dillon, Colo. The two have been married for 50 years and it’s their fifth time participating in Loveland Ski Area’s Mountaintop Matrimony. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Ken Leach helps his wife of 50 years, Barbie Leach, clip into her skis after renewing their vows at the 32nd Annual Marry Me & Ski for Free Valentine’s Day Mountaintop Matrimony ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at Loveland Ski Area in Dillon, Colo. The two have been married for 50 years and it’s their fifth time participating in Loveland Ski Area’s Mountaintop Matrimony. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
University of Colorado Boulder head coach Deion Sanders greets CU superman Peggy Coppom, 98, before the university’s Black & Gold Day Spring Game on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
University of Colorado Boulder head coach Deion Sanders greets CU superman Peggy Coppom, 98, before the university’s Black & Gold Day Spring Game on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Sister Maria-Immaculata mucks out the horse pen while storm clouds roll over the valley on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the Abbey of St. Walburga near Virginia Dale, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Sister Maria-Immaculata mucks out the horse pen while storm clouds roll over the valley on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at the Abbey of St. Walburga near Virginia Dale, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Janna Steele sits next to her daughter Evie, 10, an incoming sixth grader to Morey Middle School, while asking Denver Police Department officials questions about traffic safety issues around the school during a Commander Advisory Group Meeting at the Denver Police Department District 6 station on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Janna Steele sits next to her daughter Evie, 10, an incoming sixth grader to Morey Middle School, while asking Denver Police Department officials questions about traffic safety issues around the school during a Commander Advisory Group Meeting at the Denver Police Department District 6 station on Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
A man who preferred to not be identified by name pushes a cart of belongings through the opening left in the fence erected around his and other’s campsites during the first encampment sweep under the Johnston administration at an encampment at 22nd Street and Stout Street on Friday morning, Aug. 4, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
A man who preferred to not be identified by name pushes a cart of belongings through the opening left in the fence erected around his and other’s campsites during the first encampment sweep under the Johnston administration at an encampment at 22nd Street and Stout Street on Friday morning, Aug. 4, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
First Lady of the United States Jill Biden shakes hands with Sen. Dylan Roberts while greeting lawmakers during a visit on Monday, April 3, 2023 at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
First Lady of the United States Jill Biden shakes hands with Sen. Dylan Roberts while greeting lawmakers during a visit on Monday, April 3, 2023 at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Freshman Treble Brooks hugs his mother Bobbie Brooks after being reunited following a shooting at Denver East High School on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Freshman Treble Brooks hugs his mother Bobbie Brooks after being reunited following a shooting at Denver East High School on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
FILE PHOTO: Will Saggau, a 2001 graduate of Columbine High School who was present during the 1999 mass shooting, places his hand down at the the Columbine Memorial on Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Robert F. Clement Park in Littleton, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
FILE PHOTO: Will Saggau, a 2001 graduate of Columbine High School who was present during the 1999 mass shooting, places his hand down at the the Columbine Memorial on Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Robert F. Clement Park in Littleton, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Shia Donnell, 13, Sr. Miss Red Lake Nation, has her hair braided by her mother Misty Dow, during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Shia Donnell, 13, Sr. Miss Red Lake Nation, has her hair braided by her mother Misty Dow, during the first day of the 47th annual Denver March Powwow on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. The Powwow will be running through Sunday, March 19, 2023. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Lee Maxwell, 91, stands for a portrait among a few of the washing machines in his collection of over 1300 at the Lee Maxwell Washing Machine Museum on Monday, May 22, 2023, in Eaton, Colo. Maxwell stared collecting washing machines during a road trip in 1985 and has since built two buildings to house the massive collection of both refurbished machines and hand-built replicas of machines that Maxwell built from patent schematics. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Lee Maxwell, 91, stands for a portrait among a few of the washing machines in his collection of over 1300 at the Lee Maxwell Washing Machine Museum on Monday, May 22, 2023, in Eaton, Colo. Maxwell stared collecting washing machines during a road trip in 1985 and has since built two buildings to house the massive collection of both refurbished machines and hand-built replicas of machines that Maxwell built from patent schematics. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Fifth-generation rancher Randy Rooney watches as the Hogback Fire burns on the ridge above his family ranch and Dinosaur Ridge after being evacuated with his wife Sheila Rooney and their two long-hair dachshunds, Calvin and Hobbes, on Friday, March 31, in Morrison, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Fifth-generation rancher Randy Rooney watches as the Hogback Fire burns on the ridge above his family ranch and Dinosaur Ridge after being evacuated with his wife Sheila Rooney and their two long-hair dachshunds, Calvin and Hobbes, on Friday, March 31, in Morrison, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Volunteer veterinarian Dr. Susan Barden, right, lets Julie Reinhardt’s 11-week-old kitten Biggie Smalls check her out before getting vaccinated and having his claws trimmed at a pop-up veterinary clinic at the New Directions shelter on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Volunteer veterinarian Dr. Susan Barden, right, lets Julie Reinhardt’s 11-week-old kitten Biggie Smalls check her out before getting vaccinated and having his claws trimmed at a pop-up veterinary clinic at the New Directions shelter on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Colorado Peaches player Barbara “Mom” Johnson (24), playing for the Turnovers, straps on her batting loves before heading to the plate in a game against the Tarts during the Second Annual Gail Klock Memorial Peach Bowl on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at Addenbrooke Park in Lakewood, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Colorado Peaches player Barbara “Mom” Johnson (24), playing for the Turnovers, straps on her batting loves before heading to the plate in a game against the Tarts during the Second Annual Gail Klock Memorial Peach Bowl on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at Addenbrooke Park in Lakewood, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Family members, from left, Lily, 14, Owen, 5, Alexis, 9, and father T.J. Gray enjoy some ballpark snacks at their seats before the Colorado Rockies home opening game against the Washington Nationals on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at Coors Field in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Family members, from left, Lily, 14, Owen, 5, Alexis, 9, and father T.J. Gray enjoy some ballpark snacks at their seats before the Colorado Rockies home opening game against the Washington Nationals on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at Coors Field in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
1982 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Champion bull rider Charles
1982 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Champion bull rider Charles “Charlie” Sampson shakes and bucks a folding chair while Mutton Bustin’ competitor Jeremiah Walker, 4, laughs back stage during the MLK Jr. African-American Heritage Rodeo on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colo. Sampson was the first ever Black rodeo champion in 1982. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Fountain Valley Danes junior midfielder Mia Lybecker (5) yells with teammates before playing the Colorado Springs Christian Lions in the Colorado State 2A championship girl’s soccer game on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Fountain Valley Danes junior midfielder Mia Lybecker (5) yells with teammates before playing the Colorado Springs Christian Lions in the Colorado State 2A championship girl’s soccer game on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders hugs Colorado Buffaloes safety Rodrick Ward (29) before a game against the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders hugs Colorado Buffaloes safety Rodrick Ward (29) before a game against the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
JoLee Huffaker, 17, drifts around a turn in front of a cloud of snow and ice during the first day of the Our Gang 4 Wheelers ice racing club’s 2023 racing season on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Georgetown, Colo. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
JoLee Huffaker, 17, drifts around a turn in front of a cloud of snow and ice during the first day of the Our Gang 4 Wheelers ice racing club’s 2023 racing season on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, in Georgetown, Colo. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Driver Lucy Block wipes away a tear as she greets her daughter Lia Block at the summit after Lia drove her late father’s car, named “Hoonipigasus,” in a tribute drive to honor Ken Block during The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, June 25, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Driver Lucy Block wipes away a tear as she greets her daughter Lia Block at the summit after Lia drove her late father’s car, named “Hoonipigasus,” in a tribute drive to honor Ken Block during The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, June 25, 2023, in El Paso County, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Neal Shipley Nick Dunlap holds the Havemeyer Trophy after beating Neal Shipley in the second of two rounds to decide the winner of the 123rd U.S. Amateur Championship on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colo. Dunlap won the championship on hole 15. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Neal Shipley Nick Dunlap holds the Havemeyer Trophy after beating Neal Shipley in the second of two rounds to decide the winner of the 123rd U.S. Amateur Championship on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colo. Dunlap won the championship on hole 15. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Répétiteur Urtzi Aranburu, center, works with dancers during their first day of rehearsals of Colorado Ballet’s Sinfonietta on the opera house on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Répétiteur Urtzi Aranburu, center, works with dancers during their first day of rehearsals of Colorado Ballet’s Sinfonietta on the opera house on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Husband and wife Spike and Jan Lemly attempt to stay dry under an American flag themed blanket during a brief rain shower that fell while fireworks illuminated the sky above the Denver City & County Building at the city’s Independence Eve celebration on Monday, July 3, 2023, in Civic Center Park in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Husband and wife Spike and Jan Lemly attempt to stay dry under an American flag themed blanket during a brief rain shower that fell while fireworks illuminated the sky above the Denver City & County Building at the city’s Independence Eve celebration on Monday, July 3, 2023, in Civic Center Park in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Anwar Zuraigat, left, leads Friday prayer during a break in an all-day picketing outside the Colorado Convention Center in protest of the Jewish National Fund-USA’s Global Conference for Israel on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Anwar Zuraigat, left, leads Friday prayer during a break in an all-day picketing outside the Colorado Convention Center in protest of the Jewish National Fund-USA’s Global Conference for Israel on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Colorado National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Uschuk hands a folded Colorado state flag to Catherine Rose, the daughter-in-law of Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, after her daughter Audra Rose-Kight, and before her other daughter Phyllis Causey were given flags, during the Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose Monument Dedication Ceremony on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Colorado National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Uschuk hands a folded Colorado state flag to Catherine Rose, the daughter-in-law of Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, after her daughter Audra Rose-Kight, and before her other daughter Phyllis Causey were given flags, during the Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose Monument Dedication Ceremony on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Kimberly Williamson, a union steward who works in Kaiser Permanente’s claims department, uses a bullhorn to lead chants with employees during a strike outside the Kaiser Permanente Aurora Centrepoint Medical Offices on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Aurora, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Kimberly Williamson, a union steward who works in Kaiser Permanente’s claims department, uses a bullhorn to lead chants with employees during a strike outside the Kaiser Permanente Aurora Centrepoint Medical Offices on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Aurora, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Sheneen McClain, the mother of Elijah McClain, who died after an encounter with Aurora Police officers and paramedics in 2019, raises her fist as she leaves the courtroom after the verdicts were read in the trial of officer Randy Roedema and former officer Jason Rosenblatt on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, at the Adams County Court in in Brighton, Colo. The jury found Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault while Jason was found not guilty of manslaughter and assault. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Sheneen McClain, the mother of Elijah McClain, who died after an encounter with Aurora Police officers and paramedics in 2019, raises her fist as she leaves the courtroom after the verdicts were read in the trial of officer Randy Roedema and former officer Jason Rosenblatt on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, at the Adams County Court in in Brighton, Colo. The jury found Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault while Jason was found not guilty of manslaughter and assault. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Gus, the tom turkey, stands between Gov. Jared Polis and the audience while three other turkeys, Maple, Pumpkin and Matilda, trot past Polis during his speech at the first official Turkey Pardon ceremony in state history on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, at the Governor's Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver, Colo. The turkeys, all from Hayden Fresh Farm, were named by the Governor’s children and spent the night before the ceremony in the Boettcher Mansion. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Gus, the tom turkey, stands between Gov. Jared Polis and the audience while three other turkeys, Maple, Pumpkin and Matilda, trot past Polis during his speech at the first official Turkey Pardon ceremony in state history on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, at the Governor’s Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver, Colo. The turkeys, all from Hayden Fresh Farm, were named by the Governor’s children and spent the night before the ceremony in the Boettcher Mansion. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Protestor Meera Alul chants over a megaphone during a pro-Palestine protest on the steps of the Capitol Building on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Protestor Meera Alul chants over a megaphone during a pro-Palestine protest on the steps of the Capitol Building on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
A Denver Sheriffs Department employee stands in an entryway as during a protest to disrupt the Jewish National Fund-USA’s Global Conference for Israel’s Opening Plenary on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
A Denver Sheriffs Department employee stands in an entryway as during a protest to disrupt the Jewish National Fund-USA’s Global Conference for Israel’s Opening Plenary on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Denver mayor Mike Johnston hugs and kisses his mother Sally after being sworn-in during the inauguration ceremony for city and county of Denver elected officials on Monday, July 17, 2023, at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Denver mayor Mike Johnston hugs and kisses his mother Sally after being sworn-in during the inauguration ceremony for city and county of Denver elected officials on Monday, July 17, 2023, at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Incoming first grader Noemi Barrientos, 6, hugs her kindergarten teacher from last year, Hannah Zonski, on the first day of school at Jewell Elementary School on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Aurora, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Incoming first grader Noemi Barrientos, 6, hugs her kindergarten teacher from last year, Hannah Zonski, on the first day of school at Jewell Elementary School on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Aurora, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
President and founder Chuck Rozanski hugs his dog Nicky in the upper office area where Rozanski’s collection of southwestern pottery is displayed on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, at the Mile High Comics Jason Street Mega Store in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
President and founder Chuck Rozanski hugs his dog Nicky in the upper office area where Rozanski’s collection of southwestern pottery is displayed on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, at the Mile High Comics Jason Street Mega Store in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Fairmount Funeral Home, Cemetery & Crematory President and CEO Kendra Briggs walks down one of the many halls in the large mausoleum, which houses the state’s largest collection of stained glass windows, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at Fairmount Funeral Home, Cemetery & Crematory in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Fairmount Funeral Home, Cemetery & Crematory President and CEO Kendra Briggs walks down one of the many halls in the large mausoleum, which houses the state’s largest collection of stained glass windows, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at Fairmount Funeral Home, Cemetery & Crematory in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Metropolitan State University of Denver student Amber Kalafus walks to class through a rainstorm on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, on the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Metropolitan State University of Denver student Amber Kalafus walks to class through a rainstorm on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, on the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Barry Gager plays the vintage “Dealer’s Choice” machine during the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at the Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows in Lone Tree, Colo. Admission to the expo comes with being able to play hundreds of pinball and classic arcade games without the need to feed quarters into the machines, as well as various tournaments throughout the weekend. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Barry Gager plays the vintage “Dealer’s Choice” machine during the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown and Gameroom Expo on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at the Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows in Lone Tree, Colo. Admission to the expo comes with being able to play hundreds of pinball and classic arcade games without the need to feed quarters into the machines, as well as various tournaments throughout the weekend. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Olivia Butzin, 4, looks on with wide eyes while sitting next to mother Nicole Doheny, holding Olivia’s one-year-old brother Wyatt, while the three watch the lightshow of the Mile High Tree from underneath the tree after the annual lighting of the tree on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023,at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Olivia Butzin, 4, looks on with wide eyes while sitting next to mother Nicole Doheny, holding Olivia’s one-year-old brother Wyatt, while the three watch the lightshow of the Mile High Tree from underneath the tree after the annual lighting of the tree on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023,at Civic Center Park in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Ramen, a neighborhood cat that had his teeth removed at the Dumb Friends League Veterinary Hospital at CSU Spur due to a case of stomatitis, a condition that caused painful sores inside his mouth, gets a scratch from Mieke Lippstreu, who organized the vet care and has given Ramen a warm home to sleep in and administers his daily medications, on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Ramen, a neighborhood cat that had his teeth removed at the Dumb Friends League Veterinary Hospital at CSU Spur due to a case of stomatitis, a condition that caused painful sores inside his mouth, gets a scratch from Mieke Lippstreu, who organized the vet care and has given Ramen a warm home to sleep in and administers his daily medications, on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Noah Warburton-Pitt, 4, sits in artist Juan Fuentes’ mixed media installation “When I Roll” and watches “The Cruzers were the First to Go” on an old television in the museum’s new exhibit “Desert Rider: Dreaming in Motion” during a Free Day at the Denver Art Museum on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Noah Warburton-Pitt, 4, sits in artist Juan Fuentes’ mixed media installation “When I Roll” and watches “The Cruzers were the First to Go” on an old television in the museum’s new exhibit “Desert Rider: Dreaming in Motion” during a Free Day at the Denver Art Museum on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in Denver. (Timothy Hurst/Denver Gazette) ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Texas Longhorns from Silverado Ranch are driven past Union Station and down 17th Street during the National Western Stock Show Parade on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Denver, Colo. The parade, which marks the beginning of the National Western Stock Show, makes its return after a two year hiatus. The 2021 parade was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2022 parade was cancelled due to sub-zero temperatures. (TimHursttim.hurst@gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
Texas Longhorns from Silverado Ranch are driven past Union Station and down 17th Street during the National Western Stock Show Parade on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Denver, Colo. The parade, which marks the beginning of the National Western Stock Show, makes its return after a two year hiatus. The 2021 parade was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2022 parade was cancelled due to sub-zero temperatures. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca82bd62b4ee425c598527cd6faa1b1?d=mm&r=g)
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