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Hope For The Boreal Toad: Conservation Efforts In Colorado
Colorado is home to a wide variety of wildlife and, naturally, some of the species that call the Centennial State home are considered threatened or endangered. Colorado is Home to Seven Endangered or Threatened Amphibians |. As you'll see above, Colorado is home to a total of seven amphibians that...
Colorado Dragon Boat Festival celebrates Asian heritage for 24th year
Drums rang through Sloan's Lake Park Saturday, followed by the chanting of rowers. Off to the side, fumes rose from various Asian food trucks, marking another successful year of the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival. The Colorado Dragon Boat Festival — held at the park Saturday and Sunday — celebrated the...
Banner Health Offers New Injection Treatments for Women to Provide Relief From Urine Leakage
Two providers at Banner Health are now offering Bulkamid injections, a new, minimally invasive treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Emilee Sandsmark, MD, and McKenna Li, DO, are two of only a few practitioners in the region offering this innovative procedure. SUI affects one in three women and causes unintentional urine leakage during activities such as coughing, laughing, sneezing, or exercising.
Currant Creek Fire: Pre-evacuation orders put in place for multiple Redlands Mesa Road and Currant Creek residents
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The Delta County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) provided an update regarding the Currant Creek Fire that is east of Cedaredge near Redlands Mesa. As of 11:30 a.m. Sunday the fire continues to burn. Emergency personnel from the Cedaredge Fire Protection District, Hotchkiss Fire District, crews from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and other additional aviation assets were able to substantially curb fire growth Saturday evening.
Denver Rated Most Polluted City In U.S. For Consecutive Days
What’s been top of mind for most Coloradans recently has been the air quality as of late. Smoke from Canadian wildfires has been filling up the Colorado skyline for the past few days and has seriously affected the quality of our air. However, it’s already been an issue for...
Big heat to start the week across Colorado, near-record heat in Denver
Near-record temperatures are expected to start the week in Denver. A first alert weather day has been issued for both Monday & Tuesday. Temperatures will be just shy of the 100-degree mark. However, these days will be the warmest of the week, and some wildfire smoke returns. 97 degrees is the forecast high on Monday, the old record is 99 degrees set in 2005. 98 degrees is the forecast high on Tuesday, the old record is 101 degrees set in 2005. Wildfire smoke is set to arrive after noon across northern Colorado, this will help limit just how warm temperatures get.
Randy Gradishar 'blessed' with 50-year friendship with former Broncos teammate Tom Jackson, his Hall of Fame presenter
After Randy Gradishar was taken with the No. 14 pick in the 1974 NFL draft out of Ohio State, fellow Broncos linebacker Tom Jackson wondered what sort of spiffy car he might be driving when he arrived in Denver. A Mercedes? A Porsche? “Most of those guys want to get sports cars when they got their initial contract,’’ Jackson said. “When I was drafted (in 1973 out of Louisville), I...
Mark Kiszla: Grumpy Nikola Jokic getting tired trying to haul the deadweight of Nuggets and Serbia on his back
LILLE, France — Upon further review, maybe Nikola Jokic was dead serious about getting himself cloned. Because Jokic looked sick and tired after Team USA beat him down with a 110-84 thrashing at the Summer Olympics. "No interviews, guys," Jokic said Sunday, blowing off both Serbian journalists from his...
Durango’s Riley Amos has ‘special something’ when overlooked
PARIS – Todd Wells can’t quite put a fine point on what makes mountain bike racers successful. He just knows it when he sees it. They have a certain “je ne sais quoi.”. It is sort of fitting that the phrase is French, considering Wells believes Durango’s Riley Amos – who is about to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games – has it in spades.
Neighbors’ last shot at stopping oil and gas drilling near Aurora Reservoir is to be declared “affected persons”
Residents around Aurora Reservoir who are fighting a large-scale oil and gas drilling operation are trying to use an untested maneuver — seeking to be declared “affected persons” — to get their voices heard by state regulators. The affected-person designation is mainly for people living within...
Firearms prohibited in and around Mesa County Justice Center
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Firearms are not allowed in all public areas. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office put out a release reminding people that carrying a firearm in and around the Justice Center is against the law. It is illegal to have guns in the adjacent parking areas to the courthouse.
USPS Price Increases Already Affecting Coloradans
Mailing here in Colorado has become a bit more treacherous than one might expect. In fact, Colorado leads the entire country when it comes to one horrific mail statistic; lost mail. According to iPostal1, Coloradans have 12,667 Google searches per month per 100,000 residents that are asking about lost mail....
After 50 Years Southwest Is Ending Open Seating For Colorado Flights
For over five decades, Southwest Airlines, which flies hundreds of planes out of Denver International Airport each day, has been known for its famous open seating policy. Now, 50 years later, that policy is about to change. Southwest Airlines Open Seating Policy To End. Flying usually means that you're headed...
Another Colorado heat wave on tap this week
After some rain and cooler temps on Friday and Saturday, we're going to see a return of more summer heat on Sunday—mid-to-upper 90s look aplenty for the Front Range. We'll also have some gusty winds (20-35 mph) out of the west. Some scattered fire danger is also possible. Here...
Commissioners support preserving Shoshone water rights
The San Miguel Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted on Wednesday, July 24, to sign onto the Western District (Colorado Counties) letter to preserve Shoshone water rights. The letter, addressed to Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, is in support of the Colorado River Water Conservation District’s aim to...
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