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Friday
Variable clouds with thunderstorms, especially during the afternoon hours. High near 85F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
Friday night
A few thunderstorms this evening. Mostly clear skies late. Low 61F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%.
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- Lightning injured 12 people Thursday afternoon while thunderstorms created mudslides that damaged structures in northern Colorado. A lightning strike before 4 p.m. at a farm near Wellington injured eight workers, two of them critically. Five of those workers took shelter from the storm under, for unknown reasons, a work vehicle, a supervisor for the workers said through a translator. Some workers were taken to Medical Center of the Rockies and others to Poudre Valley Hospital. Three other people were also treated at those two hospitals for lightning-related injuries.(DP)
- While Denver has become a national leader in how it regulates medical marijuana, an audit released Thursday found serious problems with how the city licenses, tracks and manages the booming medical marijuana industry in the city. Denver has the most medical marijuana dispensaries in the state — more than the number of liquor stores — but the city's oversight has been "ineffective" and "inefficient" and poses "substantive risks to the city," according to the report.(AP)
- Crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation will be shutting down all lanes of I-70 from Federal Blvd. to I-25 starting at 10 p.m. Friday until Monday morning. They will be overhauling the interchange at Pecos Street. CDOT will demolish the existing Pecos Street bridge and then roll the new bridge into place. The $18.6 million project is going to look a lot different with modern merge lanes and exit ramps. The entire project was financed by vehicle registration fees. The best detours around the construction are 6th Avenue and I-76. (GC)
- Two Democratic Colorado state senators who supported gun restrictions won’t appeal a Denver judge’s ruling Thursday refusing to stop recall elections against them, meaning their political fate lies with voters now. (AP)
- A gun-rights group denies it's being insensitive by scheduling a rally in the same park where another group plans to read the names of gun violence victims on the anniversary of the Colorado theater shootings.(KRDO)
- Sheriff's officials say human remains that were found along a Garfield County road last week are that of a woman who disappeared in December 2005. Sheriff's officials said Thursday that a DNA analysis by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation confirmed the remains were those of Mary Comiskey.(AP)
- A new court filing in the Aurora theater shooting case shows detectives delicately, but persistently, attempted to question suspect James Holmes after his arrest.(DP)
- Loveland Ski Area is already looking forward to opening day this fall thanks to a dusting of snow on Thursday.(GC)
- The judge in the Colorado theater shooting is rescinding an order to bar witnesses from the courtroom during testimony from other witnesses, as he considers prosecutors' request to let alleged victims attend the trial and key hearings(AP)
- Colorado's plans for a comprehensive system to track recreational marijuana from seed until sale won't be quite so comprehensive. Officials from the state Department of Revenue said Thursday the system won't be able to start tracking marijuana weights until after the buds are harvested off the plant.(DP)
- Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) reported another quarter of steady profits Thursday, and officials of the Denver fast-casual restaurant chain said they have no plans to increase menu prices despite the escalating costs of several key ingredients.(DBJ)
- The teen accused of murdering Jessica Ridgeway appeared in court on Thursday and his mother took the stand with some emotional testimony.(GC)
- A former recycling company executive in Englewood will do prison time for sending electronic waste to China where it was illegally dumped.(AP)
- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado will add nearly 300 jobs at its Denver operations center as the insurer prepares for growth shortly before 16 million new Americans are expected to become privately insured in 2014.(GC)
- Ana Cabrera, 7News early morning anchor, will depart KMGH for the new CNN Denver bureau — a new domestic bureau that has been a long time coming and which would be a significant addition to the regional news scene.(DP)
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