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Wednesday
Plentiful sunshine. Hot. High around 95F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph.
Wednesday night
Mainly clear skies. Low 57F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph.
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| 35 C | 14 C | ||
- A tornado briefly touched down Tuesday over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms, stairwells and other safe spots until the dangerous weather passed.
- The El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa says fire investigators have narrowed the area where they suspect the Black Forest Fire started to a 40-by 40-foot piece of land.
- El Paso County officials have released the name of the man and woman who died last week in the Black Forest Fire. Marc Allen Herklotz, 52, and Robin Lauran Herklotz, 50, were killed. They were found in their car in a garage.
- Veteran pitcher Roy Oswalt will start for the Rockies on Thursday in Washington, manager Walt Weiss said, as Colorado looks to provide a boost to its rotation and ease the burden on the bullpen.
- Hail, not wildfires, driving insurance increases. The perception of some is that catastrophic losses caused by wildfires in the last two years are bringing up the rates of home insurance. The reality is very different and proven by insurance statistics.
- Firefighters on Tuesday afternoon extinguished a small fire inside a machine at the Ranch-Way Feeds mill in east Old Town Fort Collins.
- Denver Police and Denver Fire investigate a scene where a train struck a vehicle on a rail crossing at the intersection of Bayaud Avenue and Kalamath Street on Tuesday night. The two people in the car died.
- An autopsy will be done Wednesday morning on a teenager who was found floating face down in a pond in Fort Collins.
- A recall petition against a Colorado lawmaker who supported gun rights was deemed sufficient Tuesday, setting up the first potential recall of a state lawmaker in Colorado history.
- An Arapahoe County man is under arrest, accused of embezzling nearly $1-million worth of cash, gold and silver coins from the Foster Charitable Foundation.
- Ikea on Tuesday said it will add more solar power panels to the roof of its two-year-old Centennial store, nearly doubling the store’s ability to generate electricity from solar power and creating Colorado’s largest rooftop solar power plant.
- Boulder County's 16-month-old moratorium on accepting and processing new applications for oil and gas development in unincorporated areas of the county will be extended for another 18 months.
- A $500,000 bond has been set for Ronald Turner Sr., the man suspected of helping his son kidnap his grandson in Longmont and travel to Canada.
- The Hallmark Channel will film a primetime series in Colorado, Gov John Hickenlooper and the head of the channel announced Tuesday.
- A United Airlines flight of the 787 Dreamliner from Denver to Tokyo was diverted to Seattle Tuesday."United flight 139 from Denver to Tokyo-Narita diverted to Seattle due to an indication of a problem with an oil filter.
- Police in Aurora are warning about a man who posed as a meter reader and tied up and robbed a woman. The man was carrying a clipboard when he knocked on the victim's front door. Police say he told the woman that she needed to sign some paperwork then forced his way inside, where he used zip-ties on her wrists, hit her in the face and robbed her.
- Esmil Rogers took a no-hitter into the sixth inning as the Blue Jays extended their winning streak to seven games with an 8-3 victory over the Rockies on Tuesday night
Next update Thursday 6/20 @ 6:00am
