Highs Lows SaturdayScattered clouds with the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm developing this afternoon. Hot. High 93F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.Saturday nightCloudy early with some clearing expected late. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 64F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.93° F 64° F 34 C 18 C
- The man accused in a DUI auto-pedestrian crash that killed the father of 10 and injured four others appeared in a Grand County courtroom Friday. Grand Lake resident Lucas Ackerman, 33, is facing several charges including vehicular homicide and four counts of vehicular assault involving drugs or alcohol. Ackerman's bond was set at $40,000.(KUSA)
- It could be Sunday before residents of Brighton are able to drink their water straight from the tap. That’s when the latest test results in the E.coli investigation will be ready. Crews narrowed down the source of the contamination to 18 homes along 33rd Avenue and Southern. They shut off the water supply to 18 homes in that area until they can find the source. The boil advisory remains in effect for all 34,000 residents and businesses in city limits.(GC)
- Wheat Ridge police have arrested a man they say tried to rob a bank Friday morning. About 10 a.m. officers were called to the 1st Bank branch at 3190 Youngfield on a report of a robbery in progress, police said in a news release. Witnesses told arriving officers that a man had been there and demanded money, but he left without taking any of the cash. A few hours later a suspect was arrested in Wheat Ridge and identified as Paul Hartman, 50, of Denver.(DP)
- Nearly 75 percent of Colorado air pollution enforcement cases during the first quarter of 2013 were oil and gas-related. Of the 98 air pollution enforcement cases the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division handled in January, February and March, 73 of the cases involved oil and natural gas production, exploration or transmission companies, a Coloradoan analysis of the APCD’s quarterly air quality enforcement summary report shows.(AP)
- The West Fork Fire Complex is 25 percent contained with 110,028 acres burned, officials said Friday evening. The complex is made up of three other wildfires — West Fork , Windy Pass and Papoose — which are burning in the San Juan and Rio Grande National Forests and private lands in southern Colorado. Lightning is believed to have started all three fires.(AP)
- One man was arrested after he barricaded himself in a home in Jefferson County on Friday. At one point the suspect fired a gun at SWAT officers. The situation began when two landscapers broke up a fight between a man and a woman on the front lawn of a home on West Grand Drive in JeffCo. The woman got away but the man ran into the home and wouldn’t come out to talk with officers. SWAT teams deployed tear gas into that home and then arrested the man. None of the officers were hurt.(DP)
- A skydiver who had a hard landing onto the roof of a home on Florentine Drive about a mile south of Vance Brand Municipal Airport on Friday afternoon suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to police. He was taken to Longmont United Hospital for treatment. The homeowners were away from the house at the time of the landing, which left a hole in the roof, according to neighbors.(Times Call)
- The Denver district attorney says an officer who shot and wounded a man wielding scissors at a home for military veterans was justified in his actions and won’t face criminal charges.(AP)
- Aurora detectives seized bank records of theater shooting suspect James Holmes without obtaining a judge's permission, prosecutors acknowledged in a court filing this week..DP)
- An arriving British Airways flight to Denver International Airport was detained for about a 30 minutes Friday night because a female child on board had chicken pox.(DP)
- There was nothing typical about Friday night at Chase Field, a game used as a backdrop to honor the 19 firefighters who perished in the Yarnell Hill Fire. In an emotional evening, the Diamondbacks rode the left-arm of Tyler Skaggs and saddled the Rockies with a 5-0 loss.(AP)
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