The Gazette’s Katie Carrol talks with Richard A. Sauers, the executive director of the Western Museum of Mining and Industry, about the museum’s family-friendly attractions including: gold panning, mine machine demonstrations, tours of a mine tunnel and their two adorable donkeys. Visit wmmi.org or better yet, stop by the museum at 225 North Gate Blvd.

Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried is taken off the court in a stretcher after an injury at the end of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Marcio Jose Sanchez