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Tuesday
Mainly sunny. High 76F. Winds SE at 10 to 20 mph.
Tuesday night
Clear skies. Low around 50F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph.
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- Roughly 120 Colorado National Guard engineers working on road and bridge repair primarily along U.S. Highway 36 could be told to return home Tuesday if Congress fails to avert a partial government shutdown.
- Five hikers were trapped and confirmed late Monday to have been killed by a rock slide on a trail in south-central Colorado on Monday, and another was pulled out with injuries and flown to a hospital, authorities said.A seventh person was unaccounted for, the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Department said.
- Attorneys in the murder trial of Austin Sigg will meet at a hearing on Tuesday to discuss a possible plea agreement in the Jessica Ridgeway case.
- The E-470 Public Highway Authority has won an international award recognizing its solar-power program. The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association presented its “President’s Award for Excellence” to the metro-Denver tollway’s managers at the toll-industry association’s 81st annual meeting and exhibition in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Two new oil spills have been discovered as inspectors continue to survey flooding damage to oil and gas wells in Weld County. State regulators said Monday they have found a total of 14 notable spills
- The University of Colorado has added a game against Charleston Southern on Oct. 19 to replace the Sept. 14 Fresno State football game that was scuttled because of flooding.
- The debate in Washington over Obamacare has people wondering about the impact on the new health care exchanges as open enrollment for Colorado’s new marketplace is set to begin Tuesday
- A Longmont tobacco store is being accused of selling illegal synthetic marijuana. Tobacco King owner Sang Leaming faces criminal charges in Boulder County. State attorney general John Suthers announced Monday that his Consumer Protection Section has filed a civil lawsuit. Suthers says the Longmont store sold products last summer without warning consumers that the contents may contain illegal synthetic cannabinoids or other undisclosed chemicals. The attorney’s general office wants to see Tobacco King pay fines.
- A federal government shutdown doesn't mean it would be painless for Colorado aerospace. Ask the folks at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., University of Colorado Boulder and United Launch Alliance. Freezing non-essential federal government spending — something possible after midnight due to a congressional impasse — could threaten next month's launch of the MAVEN mission that’s slated to send a probe to study the climate on Mars.
- The Tattered Cover Book Store will stay in Lower Downtown Denver but plans to consolidate onto one floor from the current two, owner Joyce Meskis said Monday.
