The Associated Press

The National Hockey League brought in a sign language interpreter for Commissioner Gary Bettman’s annual news conference at the Stanley Cup Final. It’s the first time the NHL has had a news conference translated into American Sign Language.

The family of a Texas woman who died after falling from a chairlift at a small Colorado ski resort as she was riding up with her two young daughters has settled a wrongful death lawsuit.

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Jack Johnson played in 1,000 NHL games before making his first Stanley Cup Final. It took him that long to steadily chip away at his college degree as well. Johnson finished his general studies degree from the University of Michigan this spring.

Denver’s Street Enforcement Team is the city’s latest effort to impose its controversial camping ban, which makes it illegal for people to sleep on city streets, parks and sidewalks. The goal is to remove police from enforcing the ban and free officers up to work on higher-level crimes. But since it started working in September, the team hasn’t given out any tickets.

Yellowstone National Park will partially reopen at 8 a.m. Wednesday, after catastrophic flooding destroyed bridges and roads and drove out tourists. The Park Service announced Saturday that visitors will once again be allowed on the park’s southern loop, under a license plate system designed to manage the crowds.

The Colorado Avalanche overwhelmed the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-0 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

The two-time defending champion Lightning are no strangers to making adjustments and bouncing back in a playoff series. Their biggest test begins with trying to slow down the speedy Avalanche ahead of Game 2.

Colorado and the Navajo Nation also have inked multimillion-dollar agreements to settle claims and sort out responsibility for ongoing cleanup at the Superfund site that was established following the spill.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its vaccine advisers are set to discuss the shots Friday and vote on Saturday. A final signoff would come from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

The Colorado Avalanche opened the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-3 overtime victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night in front of a deafening crowd in Ball Arena.

Authorities say a 52-year-old man ran out of water and died while mountain biking in intense heat in western Colorado.

The bidding war for Spirit Airlines continues. The budget airline said this week that it has been in talks with JetBlue about last week’s buyout offer while still engaging with Frontier Airlines, with which Spirit has already signed a merger agreement.

Day three of the Jan. 6 House committee hearings.

Auditors said the Division of Gaming and Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission rushed to issue temporary licenses to meet a May 2020 start date for legalized sports betting, shortly after voters approved expanded gaming in November 2019.

The case involved a Navajo Nation member accused of rape. He served nearly five months in jail after being charged in a Court of Indian Offenses. The man was later prosecuted again in federal court and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Day two of the Jan. 6 House committee hearings.