AURORA — Searchers have recovered the body of a 26-year-old man who fell out of an inflatable kayak during a storm that passed over Cherry Creek Reservoir southeast of Denver. Sentinel Colorado reports Christopher Carmon, of Aurora, fell into the water Sunday and was found dead several hours later. The water temperature was about 50 degrees Fahrenheit […]
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Body of park ranger found in Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS — The body of a park ranger was found Friday in a northern Colorado reservoir after he became missing in what authorities called a “strong wind event.” The ranger’s boat was found empty on Horsetooth Reservoir near Fort Collins on Thursday night after the wind, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said. Local and […]
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Coroner says 3-year-old boy found in Eagle River accidentally drowned
EAGLE — Authorities have confirmed that a body pulled from the Eagle River in western Colorado is that of a 3-year-old boy who had been missing for nearly a month. Sebastian Rodriguez Castro went missing June 5 near an apartment complex in Eagle where he lived. Hundreds of volunteers and first responders looked for the […]
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Man, toddler still missing in separate incidents on Colorado’s runoff-swollen rivers
A man and a 3-year-old boy remain missing in Eagle County’s turbid, swollen rivers. Shawn Diaz, a 36-year-old from Denver, has been missing in the Upper Colorado River near Radium since May 31. And 3-year-old Sebastian Castro was last seen in an Eagle apartment complex near the Eagle River late on June 5. More than […]
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Stand-up paddler dies Saturday on Arkansas River, marking Colorado’s eighth water death of the season
BUENA VISTA — “Dude, that guy has been surfing all day long,” said Jon Donaldson as we kayaked through the Buena Vista whitewater park late Saturday afternoon. “I bet he’s tired.” The music was blaring from the town park. A beer fest was in full swing. And this guy was still shredding the wave at […]
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“You fall in and you are not getting out”: Rio Grande in southern Colorado closed because of high runoff
DEL NORTE – Water is flowing so high and fast that recreational access to the Rio Grande river has been shut down indefinitely from near the headwaters around Creede through Del Norte, down to Alamosa and beyond. The river hit flood stage in Del Norte Wednesday afternoon, a condition that is forecast to persist at […]