Friday, August 23, 2013

@Denverheadlines Friday


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Friday
Some clouds and possibly an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. High 89F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Friday night
Isolated thunderstorms early, becoming clear after midnight. Low 62F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
89° F62° F
32 C17 C
Sunrise: 6:18 am    Sunset: 7:43 pm    Moonrise: 9:04 pm    Moonset: 9:17 am
  • Students at the University of Colorado in Boulder got a text at 4 a.m. warning them about an aggravated assault on campus Friday morning.
  • Retired U.S. Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, former drug czar under the Bill Clinton administration, said Colorado voters erred in passing Amendment 64 legalizing recreational marijuana and predicted that adolescent drug use here will rise because of it.
  • Black Forest is dealing with the aftermath of Thursday night's flash flooding. Both Black Forest Road and Woodmen Road opened around midnight after they were closed for hours because the rain built up so badly on both streets. Just miles from Black Forest on I-25 off the Woodmen Road exit, you can tell mother nature was in charge. The storms stopped traffic as water poured onto the highway.
  • Police say four people have come forward regarding a Colorado veterinarian who is accused of providing care to a man who later had to have three toes amputated.
  • Fort Collins residents may drop off household hazardous waste free of charge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 7 in the CSU parking lot at the northwest corner of College Avenue and Lake Street.
  • Police in Wheat Ridge are searching for the man wanted in a double stabbing at a trail head. Police believe Marvin Gean Wilson attacked a woman and her little boy Thursday morning at the trail head
  • The chairman of the Colorado Republican Party says a state senator's "careless" remarks about minorities and their eating habits don't reflect the views of the state party.
  • As new construction continues after the destructive wildfire, the Black Forest Fire District has passed new fire codes for those rebuilding which now go to county commissioners for final approval.