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BVSD cutting substitute teacher pay for upcoming school year
The Boulder Valley School District this week announced it would cut daily substitute teacher pay by $25 for the upcoming school year, after previously saying subs would earn less as part of an overall $5 million budget reduction. The substitute pay rate for a full-day will drop to $125 from...
Denver weather this weekend: Nice cooldown, a few storms expected
DENVER — A nice cooldown is in store for the metro and across Colorado this weekend with afternoon high temps well below average, dropping into the 80s for both Saturday and Sunday. “We’ll have some cloud cover, some rain and not necessarily the severe storms we see this time...
Los Dos Potrillos opening its first Denver location
A popular, family-owned Mexican restaurant has plans to open its first Denver location early next year. Los Dos Potrillos will open its seventh restaurant in the former Hacienda Colorado location at 4100 E. Mexico Ave., near Colorado Boulevard and Interstate 25, the Ramirez Hospitality Group announced Thursday. Los Dos Potrillos...
Gypsum Daze, Shaggy, live comedy and more in the Vail Valley this weekend
Gypsum Daze offers up big fun in a small town and welcomes everyone to come out for a multitude of events and activities, most of which are free. Signature events include the parade, classic car show and youth talent show. Competitions include a pickleball tournament, a 5k race, a horseshoe tournament and, for those who dare, the jalapeño eating contest. Bounce house, face painting, water features and carnival rides will provide fun for the kiddos and there will be some midway games with a small fee to play those games.
Coors Field to sell new lineup of food, drinks, including this new dish
Major League Baseball is halfway through its 2024 season. If you are already tired of the classic hot dog and beer combo at the games, some ballparks, including Coors Field, are changing it up with new food and drink items.
Chief Lasky Announces Resignation from Estes Valley Fire Protection District
The Estes Valley Fire Protection District today announced the resignation of Fire Chief Richard Lasky, effective Friday July 19, 2024 at 5:00pm. Chief Lasky and his wife, Jami, have made the decision to return to Texas to be with their family. This transition marks the conclusion of his tenure, during which Chief Lasky has made significant contributions to both the District and the community.
Broncos undrafted steal suffers unexpected setback before training camp
Last year, the Denver Broncos found a diamond in the rough in undrafted free agent running back Jaleel McLaughlin. It looked like they might be on their way to finding yet another gem of an undrafted free agent at that very same position in former Old Dominion and Memphis star Blake Watson, but Watson has suffered a pre-training camp setback.
Boebert tells radio hosts she would like to be secretary of the interior under Trump
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert recently said on a radio network that she would be interested in being the U.S. secretary of the interior under former President Donald Trump if he were to be elected in November.
The Sacramento Kings have a chance to leapfrog their big brother in the standings next season
It is no secret that the Sacramento Kings have made an effort to emulate the Denver Nuggets. As the Nuggets have managed to do with Nikola Jokic, the Kings are trying to build a championship team around their offensively-gifted, defensively-limited center, Domantas Sabonis. As motivational speaker Eric Thomas says, "You...
Denver-based dialysis giant DaVita pays $34 million to settle another whistleblower case
DaVita, the Denver-based dialysis giant, will pay $34.49 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company violated anti-kickback laws, the latest in a string of whistleblower settlements for the company. The lawsuit, brought by Dennis Kogod, former chief operating officer of DaVita Kidney Care, claims DaVita illegally compensated kidney doctors...
Late bedtimes and not enough sleep can harm developing brains – and poorer kids are more at risk
Shorter sleep and later bedtimes are linked to potentially harmful functional changes to parts of the brain important for coping with stress and controlling negative emotions, our recently published research found. And children in families with low economic resources are particularly at risk. We are neuroscientists who are passionate about...
Triple-digit temps, industrial fans and carts used to kill millions of sick chickens with gas may have caused the largest bird flu outbreak among US workers to date
Federal health officials are revealing more about the largest bird flu outbreak among U.S. workers to date, and the findings raise alarms about how the highly contagious virus is being handled.
Technology outages impact Colorado on Friday
A global technology outage impacting airline flights, banking and hospitals appears to have had a minimal impact on Colorado. While some hospitals elsewhere have reported disruptions, local health care systems appear to have largely sidestepped the issue. The biggest impact appears to be on Regional Transportation District light rail lines, and the state's Division of Motor Vehicles. ...
Statewide outage reported by Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles
The Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles is experiencing a statewide outage due to the Microsoft outage for customers of its 365 apps. The issue is affecting many computer systems globally. Just after 8 a.m. the Division of Motor Vehicles sent out a press release stating "Due to the major Crowdstrike incident, the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles is currently experiencing outages that affect most services." They said there's no timetable for when the issues will be resolved. State officials asked for residents to be patient as they work to fix the issues. They said the following services are all affected: Online DMV services, MV Express Kiosks, County Motor Vehicle Office services and DMV call centers. Driver license and ID card services at state and county driver license offices are also affected. The Division of Motor Vehicles says people should check their website for updates on the outage: DMV.Colorado.gov/locations.
Colorado’s Number One Issue According to Survey—Do You Agree?
Living in Colorado comes with its frustrations. No matter where you call home, there will always be issues to solve and fix. To be frank, we live in an imperfect world, and there will always be things to improve to make Colorado the best state possible. I could go on...
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