Sunday Headlines

• 	Highs	Lows	Sunday A mix of clouds and sun with a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. Hot. High 93F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Sunday night Widely scattered showers or a thunderstorm this evening. Then partly cloudy. Low 63F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
  	93° F	63° F
  	34 C	17 C
  			Sunrise: 5:38 am    Sunset: 8:29 pm    Moonrise: 5:16 am    Moonset: 7:55 pm

  
  
  • New details have emerged about a former University of Colorado professor who disappeared while sailing off the coast of New Zealand.  The search for the crew lost at sea has been suspended. Evi Nemeth and family members have been missing for a month. They were sailing from New Zealand to Australia.(KCNC)
  
  
  • Residents of Manitou Springs are still recovering from Monday night’s damaging mud invasion.  About 20 homes in the tourist destination at the base of Pikes Peak were flooded. Nearly a dozen had significant damage.  Businesses are trying to get back on track. Business owners have putting out tons of sandbags to prevent another repeat.(AP)
  
  
  • Pueblo County officials say a teen suspected of breaking into a Colorado State Fair building while wearing a Batman shirt and mask has turned himself in.  Sheriff's officials say the 16-year-old boy and two other people are suspected of breaking into the building early Thursday, taking televisions, a laptop and an empty cash register.  The teen turned himself in after seeing his likeness on television, but the other suspects haven't been found.(AP)
  
  
  • Kitten with rabies bites 8 people in Larimer County.  Three adults and five children bitten or scratched by a rabid kitten are undergoing rabies treatments in Larimer County, and the kitten has been euthanized, state health officials say.(Coloradoan)
  
  
  • Fire crews are slowly getting control of the West Fork Complex Fire in southwest Colorado. The fire has grown to more than 170 square miles and is 25 percent contained. The blaze burned a pump house east of the Rio Grande Reservoir. No other structures have been damaged. (AP)
  
  
  • Saturday, the City of Brighton lifted a boil-water advisory put in place on Wednesday after water samplings tested positive for E. coli bacteria.  According to the City of Brighton, the boil advisory was cancelled by the Colorado Department of Health and Environment after additional mandatory testing was done and showed the problem was isolated from the rest of the water-distribution system.(DP)
  
  
  • Law officers across the state are on the roads looking this holiday weekend as part of the “100 Days of Heat” campaign.  There are saturation patrols and cities are running DUI checkpoints.  A DUI can cost up to $10,000 or more in fines, fees and higher insurance rates.(DP)
  
  
  • A Colorado Springs police officer was bitten during an arrest Saturday. It happened at a Wells Fargo Bank on W. Colorado Avenue. According to police, Angela Flummer, 32, was trying to open an account under a fake name. When officers tried to arrest her she reportedly bit the officer.(KRDO)
  
  
  • An arrest was made Saturday in a Colorado Springs sexual assault reported Monday. Police said Felicion Alexander Charles, 22, was involved in the home invasion and sexual assault that occurred near the 4000 block of Westmeadow Drive. The victim said she was raped at gunpoint while another man burglarized her home.(KRDO)
  
  
  • The drought that has scorched the state is sending hay prices skyward and forcing horse owners to make painful decisions.(DP)
  
  
  • The new Veterans Affairs hospital in Aurora may be nearly $200 million over its construction budget, according to a January letter from the VA to its design team and a department statement Friday.(DP)
  
  
  • Drew Pomeranz gets roughed up for five runs in four innings as the Colorado Rockies fall to the Arizona Diamondbacks by a final score of 11-1.(GC)
  
  
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