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Featured Today in History: October 8, the Great Chicago Fire breaks out Aurora police release new details, but no footage, of fatal shooting Donald Trump announces Aurora campaign rally at Gaylord Rockies Latest Headlines Hurricane Milton forces NFL, NHL and other sporting events to adjust game plans 1 killed, 3 injured in fatal Commerce City hit-and-run crash Dead leaf, pumpkin drop-off recycling program opens in Denver Latest Headlines Opinion: We need mountain lions to do their job, curtail chronic wasting disease Keeler: Is Travis Hunter the greatest CU player ever? Former Buffs icons sure think so. Here’s why. Hurricane Milton’s winds drop to 155 mph after becoming one of the strongest hurricanes on record Colorado man survives losing both legs in wood-chipper accident Asking Eric: Imprisoned nephew wants family connection again Crime and Public Safety 75-year-old pedestrian killed in fatal hit-and-run crash near Boulder on U.S. 36 Lake City man attacked by black bear, three cubs inside home Motorcyclist killed in fatal Denver crash Saturday night El Paso County deputies search for missing teenager last seen Friday near Colorado Springs Should Colorado spend $350 million on police and require more prison time for some criminals? Voters will decide. Weather Colorado weather: Smoky skies, near-record heat continues Denver and Colorado Springs see record-breaking heat amid Utah wildfire haze Colorado weather: Fire danger “critical” heading into weekend Hurricane center gives high odds Gulf of Mexico system headed to Florida will develop Northern lights could return to Colorado skies Friday Education Will Colorado schools start using AI surveillance cameras with facial recognition? Some already are. Neighborhood parks in Arvada, Denver receive more than $15 million in grant money for improvements ABA therapy in school: Some Denver families are still being told no despite state law billed as “a path to yes” SJSU taking steps to protect volleyball players amid transgender controversy Parents sue Poudre School District over autistic students’ assault on a school bus Environment A metro Denver water provider is asking voters for help, saying TABOR keeps it from seeking grants for projects US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Hurricane Helene response as a “truly dangerous narrative” Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas Man kills mountain lion with shovel in Colorado campground; wildlife officers investigating Colorado seeks public comment on new draft of Suncor pollution permit more than a year after EPA rejection Health Denver Ballot Issue 2Q would increase sales taxes to support Denver Health Kaiser Permanente Colorado adds Rose, Presbyterian St. Luke’s hospitals to network Most Colorado counties lack access to aid-in-dying, abortion or gender-affirming care at hospitals Parents of CSU freshman who died of an allergic reaction in 2022 sue university Colorado hospitals collected $13 billion in facility fees over 6 years, new state report finds Politics Ordinance 309 would shut down Denver’s remaining slaughterhouse Ballot Question 3A gives Aurora voters final say on whether to keep pit bull ban A Denver woman’s home caught fire during a SWAT standoff with her son. Now the city will pay for the damage. How to move faster around metro Denver at stake in RTD election battles Harris pledges ongoing federal support as she visits North Carolina to survey Helene’s aftermath Colorado News Broncos HC Sean Payton “loved” QB Bo Nix’s heated response Sunday: “We’re looking for people with passion for the game. Not other things.” Jack White schedules surprise Denver show. Here’s how to get tickets. I-70 reopens after multi-hour closure in both directions near Idaho Springs SNL gives weird nod to Denver with Mile High Burger Challenge sketch Who won the $3 million Colorado Lottery jackpot? References

Featured

Today in History: October 8, the Great Chicago Fire breaks out

The Great Chicago Fire began; more than 300 people died and more than 17,000 structures were destroyed during the three-day blaze.

Aurora police release new details, but no footage, of fatal shooting

Donald Trump announces Aurora campaign rally at Gaylord Rockies

Latest Headlines

  • Hurricane Milton forces NFL, NHL and other sporting events to adjust game plans

  • 1 killed, 3 injured in fatal Commerce City hit-and-run crash

  • Dead leaf, pumpkin drop-off recycling program opens in Denver

Latest Headlines

Opinion: We need mountain lions to do their job, curtail chronic wasting disease

Mountain lion hunting violates a foundational value of “fair chase” that I was taught as a child.

  • Keeler: Is Travis Hunter the greatest CU player ever? Former Buffs icons sure think so. Here’s why.

  • Hurricane Milton’s winds drop to 155 mph after becoming one of the strongest hurricanes on record

  • Colorado man survives losing both legs in wood-chipper accident

  • Asking Eric: Imprisoned nephew wants family connection again

Crime and Public Safety

75-year-old pedestrian killed in fatal hit-and-run crash near Boulder on U.S. 36

A 75-year-old man walking down the middle of U.S. 36 north of Boulder was fatally struck by the driver of a white truck who then fled the scene, Colorado State Patrol said.

  • Lake City man attacked by black bear, three cubs inside home

  • Motorcyclist killed in fatal Denver crash Saturday night

  • El Paso County deputies search for missing teenager last seen Friday near Colorado Springs

  • Should Colorado spend $350 million on police and require more prison time for some criminals? Voters will decide.

Weather

Colorado weather: Smoky skies, near-record heat continues

Smoke from wildfires burning in Wyoming and Idaho will fill Colorado skies as record heat continues this week.

  • Denver and Colorado Springs see record-breaking heat amid Utah wildfire haze

  • Colorado weather: Fire danger “critical” heading into weekend

  • Hurricane center gives high odds Gulf of Mexico system headed to Florida will develop

  • Northern lights could return to Colorado skies Friday

Education

Will Colorado schools start using AI surveillance cameras with facial recognition? Some already are.

Nearly 400 cameras with artificial-intelligence capabilities are scattered across the Cheyenne Mountain School District in...

  • Neighborhood parks in Arvada, Denver receive more than $15 million in grant money for improvements

  • ABA therapy in school: Some Denver families are still being told no despite state law billed as “a path to yes”

  • SJSU taking steps to protect volleyball players amid transgender controversy

  • Parents sue Poudre School District over autistic students’ assault on a school bus

Environment

A metro Denver water provider is asking voters for help, saying TABOR keeps it from seeking grants for projects

Ballot Issue 6A asks to lift revenue cap for South Adams County Water and Sanitation...

  • US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Hurricane Helene response as a “truly dangerous narrative”

  • Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas

  • Man kills mountain lion with shovel in Colorado campground; wildlife officers investigating

  • Colorado seeks public comment on new draft of Suncor pollution permit more than a year after EPA rejection

Health

Denver Ballot Issue 2Q would increase sales taxes to support Denver Health

If voters approve Ballot Issue 2Q for Denver Health, it would raise the sales tax...

  • Kaiser Permanente Colorado adds Rose, Presbyterian St. Luke’s hospitals to network

  • Most Colorado counties lack access to aid-in-dying, abortion or gender-affirming care at hospitals

  • Parents of CSU freshman who died of an allergic reaction in 2022 sue university

  • Colorado hospitals collected $13 billion in facility fees over 6 years, new state report finds

Politics

Ordinance 309 would shut down Denver’s remaining slaughterhouse

Initiated Ordinance 309 on Denver's ballot would ban slaughterhouses in the city. There is only...

  • Ballot Question 3A gives Aurora voters final say on whether to keep pit bull ban

  • A Denver woman’s home caught fire during a SWAT standoff with her son. Now the city will pay for the damage.

  • How to move faster around metro Denver at stake in RTD election battles

  • Harris pledges ongoing federal support as she visits North Carolina to survey Helene’s aftermath

Colorado News

Broncos HC Sean Payton “loved” QB Bo Nix’s heated response Sunday: “We’re looking for people with passion for the game. Not other things.”

“It’s so important to him. Again, I loved his response and, shoot, we’re on to...

  • Jack White schedules surprise Denver show. Here’s how to get tickets.

  • I-70 reopens after multi-hour closure in both directions near Idaho Springs

  • SNL gives weird nod to Denver with Mile High Burger Challenge sketch

  • Who won the $3 million Colorado Lottery jackpot?

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