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Tips for hiking during wildfire season in Colorado
With hot, dry, and smoky conditions taking over Colorado, it's important to keep wildfire safety in mind as you hit the trail. Much like backcountry skiers check avalanche reports, hikers should be aware of air conditions and wildfire risks before embarking on a hike. First of all, hikers should be...
Trustees Corner: Frank Lancaster
I get a little anxious every year when the last couple of weeks of July come around. Three of the largest flooding events that impacted me personally occurred at this time of year — the 1976 Big Thompson Flood, the Lawn Lake Flood in 1982, and the Spring Creek flood in 1997.
Gov. Jared Polis plans to take a sharper interest in this fall’s RTD board elections
Gov. Jared Polis will meet with and endorse several candidates running for the Regional Transportation District’s board of directors, CPR News has learned. RTD board races are typically sleepy affairs, sometimes attracting just one — or occasionally zero — candidates and relatively few campaign contributions. Polis, however,...
4 Athletes Putting Girls Flag Football on the Map
A public service announcement to defensive backs this fall: If you spy wide receiver Sara Walker running a short curl route, don’t bite. She’s probably going long. The fake-out is one of Arvada West High School quarterback Saylor Swanson’s favorite plays. “It pretty much gets the defender every time,” says the reigning female Colorado High School Football Player of the Year. “Also, it’s always fun to throw a deep ball.”
Tattered Cover is now officially owned by Barnes & Noble
It’s official: Tattered Cover has been sold to Barnes & Noble for $1.83 million, ending its 53-year run as a locally owned, independent business. The sale, approved by a bankruptcy court judge Tuesday, marks the end of a saga that started last October. That's when Tattered Cover’s owners filed...
Three Colorado cities rank among the 'best for disc golf' in US, one of which has 72 courses
The blog LawnStarter recently published a list of America's best cities for disc golf, and three Colorado cities made it into the top ten. To create the rankings, the company compared the 500 biggest U.S. cities based on 17 data points falling into five disc golf-related categories - access, quality, community, interest, and climate. Included among those metrics were factors like the number of local disc golf courses, local disc golf tournaments, average course ratings, and weather conditions. Scores were calculated out of 100 points...
How a Growing Colorado Doula Program Is Helping Expectant and New Moms Overcome Addiction
After witnessing her parents suffer from addiction, Felicia Gonsalez swore she’d never touch drugs. But when her 18-year-long marriage ended in a difficult divorce, Gonsalez began dating a man who struggled with substance use and soon found herself using opioids. Within a matter of months, she lost her job, her house, and her car to her addiction. The then Pueblo resident tried to recover dozens of times over the next three and a half years, but it wasn’t until after Gonsalez gave birth to her third child in 2021 that she admitted herself into a rehabilitation program. She’s been sober ever since.
Wildfire smoke may compound the front range’s ozone problem this week
Haze and smoke settled into the front range last week, and it’s about to get worse. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued its second action day alert in two days this week. The alert comes on the heels of a forecast that shows PM 2.5, a category of particulate matter that includes the most harmful components of wildfire smoke, rising into the unhealthy for sensitive groups designation on the EPA’s Air Quality Index tomorrow.
What's Behind the New Name? Meet the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance.
For the first time in its 120-year history, the Denver Zoo underwent a rebrand at the end of June, changing its name to the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance to reflect its ongoing commitment to wildlife conservation and connection to the community. The new name might catch some visitors off guard,...
Blue-green algae in Sloan's Lake kills hundreds to thousands of fish, poses health risk
Team members from Denver Parks and Recreation cleaned up around 400 black crappie carcasses from Sloan's Lake on Monday. Sloan’s Lake Park Foundation, nonprofit organization committed to restoring the popular Denver lake, estimated that around 2,000 fish have died over the past week and that 400 are still floating in it, according to Staff Member Kurt Weaver.
United Airlines no longer employs flight attendant from Terrell Davis incident
Former Denver Broncos running back Terrell Davis shared a screenshot on Tuesday of a letter he received from United Airlines that banned him from traveling with the airline while a July 13 incident was reviewed. United Airlines has since clarified that the letter was received on July 14 and the travel ban has since been lifted. The flight attendant involved in the incident is also no longer employed by United Airlines. “Mr. Davis received this letter the day after the incident,” United Airlines wrote in a statement to Broncos Wire. “It was generated due to the report of the flight attendant –...
Nvidia stock jumps 11% after SIGGRAPH unveil: ‘next wave of AI is robotics’
Nvidia looks like a world-beater again as a slew of announcements related to the “next wave” of artificial intelligence has its market capitalization up about 11%. Speaking at the annual Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) event in Denver, Colorado, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced several new services designed to bridge the gap between the digital and physical worlds.
NFL Team Gathers to Pray After Lineman Leaves Practice in Ambulance
There was a scary scene at Denver Broncos training camp practice Wednesday. Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer reported the Broncos stopped practice when offensive tackle Quinn Bailey suffered an injury. Team trainers placed an aircast on his leg and moved Bailey into an ambulance. Practice didn't ...