Four teenagers died Wednesday night when the SUV they were riding in on Colorado’s Eastern Plains was struck by a tractor trailer. The youngest victim was 15 years old and the oldest was 16. The crash happened in Prowers County at the intersection of U.S. 287 and Prowers County Road 196 near the town of […]
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Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park will be closed for two days after “incident” on ride leaves 6-year-old dead
The Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park in Glenwood Springs will be closed on Monday and Tuesday after an “incident” on a ride Sunday evening left a 6-year-old Colorado Springs girl dead. The park said in a news release that an investigation into what happened is ongoing. “We are deeply saddened and ask that you please keep […]
Posted inBusiness, News, Outdoors
Vail Resorts names its first female CEO as longtime chief steps back
Kirsten Lynch, Vail Resorts’ chief marketing officer for a decade, will become the company’s CEO on Nov. 1. The first woman to lead the resort giant, she will take over from Rob Katz, who will become executive chairman of the board, the Broomfield-based company said Tuesday. Lynch also will be on the board. Katz on […]
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Coloradan pleads guilty to federal offense in deadly Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol
A Colorado man has pleaded guilty to a federal offense in the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Glenn Wes Lee Croy, of Colorado Springs, admitted to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building late last month, according to federal court records. Croy is set to be sentenced Oct. 15. He faces […]
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Colorado Sun receives Facebook grant to extend statewide outreach
The Colorado Sun this week was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Facebook Journalism Project to help support its initiatives to reach readers statewide. The funds are part of $700,000 in grants Facebook is giving to 32 alumni of its global Accelerator program to bolster continuing digital transformation nationwide. Last year, The Sun was awarded […]
Posted inClimate, News, Transportation, Wildfire
U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass shut by mudslides, hazmat vehicles must now go through Eisenhower tunnel
A mudslide late Saturday near Arapahoe Basin ski area shut down traffic on U.S. 6 over Loveland Pass which means traffic on Interstate 70 must occasionally stop to allow trucks carrying hazardous materials to pass through Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels. The Colorado Department of Transportation on Sunday evening said the road had reopened. Heavy rains across […]
Posted inCOVID, Health, News
See if your Colorado county is among those where the CDC recommends you resume wearing a mask indoors
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday urged people, regardless of their vaccination status, living in communities with high COVID-19 transmission rates to resume wearing masks when indoors. A majority of Colorado counties have transmission rates high enough that the CDC’s new guidance, prompted by surging cases of the delta variant, applies. Check […]
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Coroner identifies two of the three people killed in Poudre River flooding; one person remains missing
The Larimer County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday identified two of the three people killed by flash flooding in the Poudre River west of Fort Collins last week. A fourth person remains missing. Patricia Brown, 59, of Madison, Wisconsin, died near Bellvue. David Brown, 61, of San Antonio, Texas, also was killed in the Bellvue area. […]
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WATCH: Sen. Michael Bennet talks the Child Tax Credit
Roughly 1 million Colorado families started receiving payments under the program last week. But many don’t know if they are eligible — and how much money they will get. We’re here to help. Sen. Bennet joined us along with a representative from the nonpartisan Taxpayer Advocate Service to answer your questions about how to access the Child Tax […]
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Mudslides bury I-70, prompt “extended” Glenwood Canyon closure during busy holiday weekend
They warned it would happen again — and on Saturday it did. Mudslides buried Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon on Saturday afternoon, prompting the Colorado Department of Transportation to shut down the heavily traveled route during the busy Fourth of July holiday weekend. Both westbound lanes of the highway opened Sunday morning. The eastbound lanes […]