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Monday
Partly cloudy. Hot. High 93F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.
Monday night
Some clouds. Low 62F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
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- A colossal wildfire near a popular summer retreat in southern Colorado continues to be driven by winds and fueled by dead trees in a drought-stricken area, authorities said Sunday. (KCNC)
- While western Colorado continued to sweat out dangerous fire conditions Sunday night, areas east of the Continental Divide were being rocked by thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service. Fire danger remains high across the state for Monday (GC)
- Lakewood police said a woman in her 50s was in a vehicle traveling south on C-470 near Alameda Parkway with her husband when she jumped from the vehicle at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday night. Police said the woman's motive from jumping from the vehicle was unclear. The woman was taken to the hospital. Her husband returned to the scene and was taken into custody on the suspicion of DUI. The couple's car was towed. (Denver Post)
- Authorities say a 32-year-old Denver man died after he was swept away by the North Platte River in southern Wyoming's Carbon County. The sheriff's office says Derick Scovill was camping with his parents and other family members in the Miracle Mile area when he fell into the river Monday. His body washed ashore two miles downstream about an hour and a half after he fell in.(AP)
- The Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled in favor of Coy Mathis, a transgender 6-year-old boy who was was barred from using the girls' bathroom at Eagleside Elementary School in Fountain. (Denver Post)
- #Boulder and Xcel Energy Colorado are battling over the ability to serve electricity to 5,800 households and businesses in unincorporated Boulder County. (Daily Camera)
- The Finest Duct Cleaning Inc. has been getting complaints from customers, and on Friday was ordered to stop doing business. All over the metro area residents tried to have their air ducts cleaned, but they allegedly ended up paying hundreds of dollars more than they thought, and now the company is being sued by the state. (KCNC)
- Hundreds of crimes in Denver were not included in FBI statistics last year largely because of officer error and software glitches, Denver Police Department officials acknowledged. (GC)
- A group of suspects accused of breaking into more than 20 cars in Castle Rock has turned up again. Castle Rock police are trying to nab the group of suspects who broke into the cars after they tried to use stolen credit cards. Police are looking for three to five suspects. Along with the cards the men got away with, guns and electronics.(GC)
- Betsy Markey, who represented Colorado's 4th Congressional District from 2009-2011, is expected to announce Monday that she will run for state treasurer. (Denver Post)
- Colorado Springs Police say two people were killed in a car crash Sunday night. The call reportedly came in as two cars drag racing. (KKTV)
- A Denver teenager died in car wreck near Silt on Interstate 70 at approximately 6:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release by the Colorado State Patrol. Makenzie Leikam died when the Honda CR-V she was traveling in rolled multiple times. The teen was reportedly on her way back to Denver from Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Another person in the vehicle survived the crash. (DenverPost)
- CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries Inc., which has headquarters in Broomfield and Chattanooga, Tenn., has plunked down roughly $10 million so far into a "refresh" of its Old Chicago restaurant concept, which got its start in Boulder in 1976. (Daily Camera)
- Denver Health has fallen back into red ink this year, a deficit the hospital blames in part on profitable competitors avoiding a fair share of the costliest cases. (Denver Post)
- Rockies nearly blow De La Rosa's 7-run lead, but hold on to top Nats 7-6.
Next update Tuesday 6/25 @ 6:00am
