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Monday
Sunny to partly cloudy. Hot. High 96F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
Monday night
Partly cloudy skies. Low 62F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
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- Police are investigating whether alcohol was a cause in a head on accident in Aurora that left four people injured Sunday morning.(GC)
- Xcel has laid out a list of new programs it says it will implement in response to #Boulder’s attempt to start a municipal utility.(DC)
- Interstate 70 has reopened ahead of schedule after a new bridge spanning the highway at Pecos Street was moved to its final location Saturday night.(GC)
- Eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 have reopened at York Street after a semi-truck rolled over and caught fire at about 9:30 pm Sunday night.(GC)
- Lane closures are planned this week on Interstate 25 near Wellington and the Wyoming border.(GC)
- The builder of Colorado's troubled Veterans Affairs hospital says overruns bring the cost above $1 billion, far higher than the red ink already acknowledged, and has asked for the right to quit the project.(DP)
- Rescue crews have recovered the body of a man who fell 200 to 300 feet while descending Capitol Peak west of Aspen, Colo. The Pitkin County sheriff's office says Ryan Joseph Palmer, of Vail, decided to climb down the north face of the peak Friday instead of crossing the exposed "knife edge" route again. The sheriff's office says search and rescue crews found Palmer's body at the base of the north face just after 2 p.m. Saturday. The body was recovered Sunday. Capitol Peak rises to an elevation of 14,130 feet.(AP)
- Boy Scout camp damaged in East Peak fire will be rebuilt for 2014. Boy Scouts were among the first to spot the East Peak fire west of Walsenburg in southern Colorado, but being so close to the point of origin sealed the fate of the 480-acre Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch. The fire burned as much as 80 percent of the camp's trees, consumed several buildings and caused plumbing and electrical wiring to become defective in other structures.(DP)
- Colorado Springs police reported Saturday night that a Colorado Springs couple discovered a partially decomposed body in their backyard when they returned from a 12-day vacation.(AP)
- A 61-year-old arts marketing consultant from Colorado Springs died after a medical crisis Saturday during the first day of the Courage Classic bicycle tour.(DP)
- An offensive against the Russian olive tree - an invasive species that chokes out native cottonwoods and willows - has been launched by Denver, Lakewood, Englewood, Colorado Heights and the Fort Logan National Cemetery.(GC)
- Investigators won't rule out alcohol as a factor in a crash that sent a woman to the hospital Sunday on Colorado Springs west side. It happened around 7:45 p.m. at the intersection of Colorado Ave. and Walnut St. Police said a car rear-ended a motorcycle ejecting the woman on the bike. Police have not identified her but say she is white and 40 years old. She was not wearing a helmet and suffered a serious head injury. (KRDO)
- Cadets from the Air Force Academy spent much of Sunday helping to restore the Waldo Canyon burn area. A total of 14 cadets volunteered on the project to start restoration on the fire that started in June 2012 and burned 18,247 acres and 346 homes. The crews worked with the Rocky Mountain Field Institute to prevent erosion like mudslides and flooding in the burn area.(KRDO)
- After a year of deflecting accusations of questionable and unethical budget practices, Adams 12 Five Star Schools officials say they are changing the way they develop district budgets.(DP)
- John Hickenlooper was sworn in as Denver mayor 10 years ago today,on July 21, 2003.(GC)
- After hitting the ball hard and coming up empty in recent games, Nolan Arenado finally got one to drop. Tyler Chatwood pitched six strong innings, Arenado snapped an 0-for-18 skid with a go-ahead single and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday to win the three-game series.(ESPN)Updated Daily by 6:00am
