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Wednesday
Mainly sunny. High 76F. W winds shifting to ENE at 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday night
Clear skies. Low near 45F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.
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- A Colorado teen charged with kidnapping and killing a 10-year-old girl pleaded guilty Tuesday to all 15 charges against him, against the advice of his attorneys. Austin Sigg, 18, could be sent to prison for the rest of his life for the slaying of Jessica Ridgeway in Westminster nearly a year ago. Jessica was abducted while walking to school, and her disappearance panicked thousands of residents in Denver’s western suburbs. Sigg also pleaded guilty Tuesday to a May 2012 attack on a 22-year-old jogger at a lake in Jessica’s neighborhood
- A Denver anti-gang activist has been formally charged with attempted murder following a shooting in the parking lot of a community center.
- The damage to the state's infrastructure from recent flooding could impact Colorado getting its own wildfire air fleet.
- Police in Denver will host a community notification meeting about a sexually violent predator who has been released from the Department of Corrections.
- Frontier Airlines’ contract to lease 14 gates at Denver International Airport on a preferential basis runs through the end of 2016, regardless of whether there is a change in ownership in the company, DIA officials said Tuesday.
- The government shutdown has closed national parks and monuments, including Rocky Mountain National Park, and the timing couldn’t be worse for the town of Estes Park as it tries to recover from the floods. For a town that needs tourists the park shutdown is terrible news. One of the few ways into Estes Park and other towns that depend on Rocky Mountain National Park was by taking Trail Ridge Road, but now it’s closed.
- A 13-year-old girl said her father shielded her as boulders crashed down on them.
- A wintry forecast and the government shutdown has prompted the Colorado Department of Transportation to close all of Mount Evans Road early. The stretch from Summit Lake to the peak closed the day after Labor Day. The lower portion will close for the season Thursday morning. The road up Mount Evans is the highest paved road in the nation
- Denver Police Chief Robert White on Tuesday unveiled a proposed 2014 budget of $212 million, a $9.9 million annual increase that would include money to train new recruits. The proposal includes $1.5 million for training and salary of recruits in a Police Academy class that will begin in December and two more classes next year, White told members of the City Council. Two classes are now under way, training 64 fledgling officers. The department loses about 40 officers a year through attrition, and budget constraints halted the classes in 2008.
- The Denver Zoo lost another member of its animal family Tuesday when a 16-year-old male South African lion died. The lion, Krueger, was euthanized by zoo staff because of failing health due to his battle with cancer, according to a news release from Denver Zoo.
- A Denver man accused of sneaking past disaster-zone barricades, stealing radios and impersonating a firefighter during the High Park Fire in 2012 avoided trial with a plea deal, according to court records.
- Noble Energy — the biggest operator in the Denver Julesburg Basin — suffered between $7 million and $17 million in flood damage and production losses, company officials said
- Boulder County commissioners Tuesday imposed a temporary 22-day moratorium on accepting applications from anyone seeking to engage in retail sales of recreational marijuana, or the growing of that marijuana, in unincorporated parts of the county.
- The Lyons Regional Library District Board has decided to go ahead with asking voters to authorize the district to begin collecting property taxes next year that eventually could help pay for a larger, more up-to-date public library facility.
- Olympic and world champions Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky and Ryan Lochte are the leading nominees for USA Swimming’s Golden Goggle awards. Franklin is up for five awards, while Ledecky and Lochte received four nods each. The 10th annual awards will be given out Nov. 24 in Los Angeles.
