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Friday
Morning sunshine will give way to isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot. High near 95F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Friday night
Partly to mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms mainly during the evening. Low near 65F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
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- Crews have fully contained one of two small wildfires that sprung up Wednesday afternoon in the mountainous area between Estes Park and Loveland and are about three-quarters of the way toward containing the second blaze, officials said Thursday evening. (DC)
- A CBS4 Investigation has found that 100 Colorado state senators and representatives are apparently not getting photo radar tickets in Denver, and never have, due to a loophole in the system.
- A lawsuit filed by descendants of American Indians killed in the Sand Creek Massacre argues the federal government hasn't fully paid reparations for the slaughter of their Cheyenne and Arapaho ancestors in 1864. The Department of Interior isn't commenting on the pending litigation. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Denver on behalf of four Oklahoma-based members of the Sand Creek Massacre Descendants Trust. It seeks class-action status.(AP)
- United Airlines again posted the best on-time arrival rate among Denver International Airport's three biggest airlines in May, but it also had the highest rate of consumer complaints of all major U.S. carriers, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Thursday.(DBJ)
- A center to help Aurora residents handle the lingering effects of last year's mass shootings at a movie theater opened its doors Thursday. The Aurora Strong Community Resilience Center offers one-on-one and group counseling, wellness classes, art and music classes and faith-based discussions. All the services are free, said Grace Zolnosky, the center director.(AP)
- A marijuana businessman wants to start a specialized farmers market for pot in Boulder that he hopes will become a model for other states with new marijuana laws. Justin Hartfield said that if regulators agree, his plan would offer vendors better access to consumers and give them more choices. State laws on retail marijuana sales and businesses could make the venture too difficult under current regulations.(DC)
- Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and others broke ground Thursday on the first residential project that is officially part of the greater Five Points Redevelopment Plan.(DP)
- Gov John Hickenooper's administration has joined a lawsuit, filed by an oil-and-gas trade association, seeking to invalidate Longmont's voter-adopted citywide ban on a key drilling (DP)
- A Loveland man accused of illegally killing and eating a bear and other animals likely avoided prison time Thursday when he admitted to four of 24 hunting-related criminal charges.(Coloradoan)
- The current fire ban in unincorporated Jefferson County will be lifted on Friday because of recent rainfall and the reduced threat of wildfire.(KCNC)
- Colorado Springs and the Balloon Classic have reached a deal to keep the event here for another year, but there are still questions about the future of the Labor Day weekend tradition.(KRDO)
- More mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus are turning up in Longmont. Insects from five traps collected over the weekend have tested positive for the potentially deadly virus. (TC)
- Powerful earthquakes thousands of miles (km) away can trigger swarms of minor quakes near wastewater-injection wells like those used in oil and gas recovery, scientists reported on Thursday, sometimes followed months later by quakes big enough to destroy buildings. The discovery, published in the journal Science by one of the world's leading seismology labs, threatens to make hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," which involves injecting fluid deep underground, even more controversial.(Reuters)
- Severe lightning and rain forced Barry Manilow to cut his Red Rocks concert short Thursday night, police confirmed.(GC)
- Electronic Recyclers International Inc. says it will open an 81,000-square-foot electronic-waste recycling facility in Aurora in September.(DBJ)
- Drew Pomeranz struggled again on the road, where Colorado dropped to 18-18 even as Troy Tulowitzki returned to the Rockies' lineup. The Rockies lost 6-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the series opener on Thursday night, falling to 2-5 with three games left on their 10-game trip.(AP)Updated daily by 6am
