Saturday Headlines

• 	Highs	Lows	Saturday Scattered 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 night Cloudy 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
  			Sunrise: 5:37 am    Sunset: 8:30 pm    Moonrise: 4:25 am    Moonset: 7:13 pm

• 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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Friday Headlines

• 	Highs	Lows	Friday Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming cloudy during the afternoon. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. High 94F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Friday night A stray thunderstorm is possible through the evening. Some clouds. Low 64F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
  	94° F	64° F
  	34 C	18 C
  			Sunrise: 5:36 am    Sunset: 8:30 pm    Moonrise: 3:38 am    Moonset: 6:27 pm

The boil water order has been extended for Brighton until further notice.  Brighton put the water boil order into place on Wednesday because of possible E.coli contamination in the city’s water supply.  This statement was released by the City of Brighton on Thursday evening:

The City of Brighton Utilities Department has performed a second Bacteria Analysis test on the location in which the positive sample was found.  The test again returned positive, as a precaution, we will be keeping the BOIL WATER Advisory in effect until further notice. (GC)

One person was killed and at least four more were injured when a truck hit several pedestrians after the fireworks in Grand Lake, according to the Colorado State Patrol.(GC)

The remains of a missing teenage girl discovered near Fort Morgan last week have been identified as those of a Kayla Chadwick, 17, who disappeared 16 months ago, authorities say.(DP)

Denver police arrested two people Thursday after clashes with protesters upset over spying by the U.S. government.  Some protesters carried signs railing against the National Security Agency, while others swore at police in riot gear patrolling near the state Capitol.(DP)

The West Fork fire complex burning in southern Colorado has grown to more than 160 square miles.  No structures have been harmed in the West Fork complex, though some communities around the fire remained evacuated Saturday.(AP)

A 15-year-old Longmont boy is presumed drowned after he and a friend went missing Sunday and divers recovered two bodies from a New Mexico lake Wednesday night.(TC)

Two men have been charged with felonies and 13 others face less serious charges for their alleged roles in an April riot in Fort Collins.  Police were helped in their investigation by photos and information they received from a CSU journalist who was on scene that night.(Coloradoan)

Boulder police broke up a large Fourth of July party on University Hill and cited two people with obstruction of a peace officer when they refused to leave the premises.(DC)

In a game of more wait-and-see, the Vail Town Council made the first of two steps Tuesday to extend a current temporary ban on recreational marijuana businesses.  The council is waiting to see what consequences, if any, arise in other towns that allow the businesses to operate since last November's passing of Amendment 64.(DP)

Colorado Springs Police are on the hunt for a man who pushed his way into a woman's apartment Wednesday morning and sexually assaulted her. The woman told investigators about what happened while being evaluated at the hospital that afternoon. She answered her door around 11:30 a.m. The man burst through, knocked her down and raped her.(GC)

Michael Cuddyer hit a solo homer and drove in three runs to help the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-5 on Thursday night.(GC)

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Independence Day Headlines

• 	Highs	Lows	Thursday Sunny to partly cloudy. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. High 91F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night A stray thunderstorm is possible through the evening. Partly cloudy. Low 63F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
  	91° F	63° F
  	33 C	17 C
  			Sunrise: 5:36 am    Sunset: 8:30 pm    Moonrise: 2:54 am    Moonset: 5:37 pm

Three Colorado children reported abducted were found safe early Wednesday as police said they were working to determine how two deaths were tied to the kidnapping.  The body of a woman was found inside the home and police learned the children should have been with her.  An Amber Alert was issued for the children about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. Police said they were looking for a white Chrysler in connection with the apparent abduction.  The vehicle was found along the road near Franktown about 6 a.m., police said. The body of a man who apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound was found inside.  The missing children were found about 7 a.m. at a home in Aurora.(UPI)

Brighton City Council is held  a special public meeting Wednesday night "to discuss an emergency issue regarding water service" after a water sample tested positive for E. coli.

The city issued a warning to all residents stating in all caps: "Do not drink the water without boiling first."  On either July 1 or July 2, one or more water samples routinely taken by the city resulted in a positive result for E. coli and total coliform, according to an advisory from the city.(DP)

The first human case of West Nile virus in Colorado has been reported by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Wednesday.  Research shows the West Nile virus is currently circulating in mosquitoes around the state. The human case happened in Delta County. The person became sick with West Nile fever, a less severe form of the disease.(AP)

The body of Randy Udall, brother of Sen. Mark Udall, was located Wednesday after six days of searching by authorities.  Randy Udall, 61, never returned from a solo backpack trip to Wind River Range of Wyoming.  Authorities were notified of his disappearance Friday and had been searching since.(AP)

A former Colorado Springs priest has been found not guilty of sexual assault on a child. Father Charles Manning, 78, used to be the pastor at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church Manning was accused of sexually assaulting a child who was interested in joining the Catholic Church in 2011.(KDRO)

A two-alarm fire inside Columbine High School on Wednesday is believed to have been started by construction workers on the roof.  The first call for the fire came in at 5:40 p.m., said Doug Ireland, spokesman for the Littleton Fire Department.  Crews working on the roof caught insulation on fire, which spread and created a lot of smoke, Ireland said.  The fire was out by 6:16 p.m. Ireland said.(DP)

Investigators were back out on Middle Mountain Wednesday afternoon, searching for additional clues that could lead them to Dylan Redwine's killer.  Some of the 13-year-old's remains were discovered on a desolate side of Middle Mountain last week. Along with Redwine's remains, detectives also found the boy's shirt and one of his shoes.  On Wednesday, investigators combed different areas of Middle Mountain with search dogs.(KUSA)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 38 Colorado counties suffering from severe losses due to drought as natural disaster areas. The designations mean that farmers and ranchers in these counties are eligible for additional Farm Service Agency assistance. Fourteen counties were declared primary natural disaster areas, while 24 counties were designated as contiguous disaster counties. (AP)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Wednesday furloughs of appropriated fund civilian employees, set to begin next week, will "impact DOD operations."  The U.S. Air Force said its civilian employees will have one furlough day without pay each week for 11 weeks beginning Monday and running through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.(UPI)

Colorado GOP hopeful Jaxine Bubis is taking heat for publishing erotic romance under the name Jaxine Daniels, which may hurt her chances in a fall recall election of Democratic Senate President John Morse.  In a statement to the Denver Post, Bubis only admitted writing "Beantown Heat," an erotic novel published by eXtasy Books in 2004. "Beantown Heat" and Bubis' pen name, Jaxine Daniels, have been removed from the eXtasy Books website.(GC)

Hanley Ramirez had four hits, including a solo homer in the ninth, to help the Los Angeles Dodgers hold off the Colorado Rockies 10-8 on Wednesday night.(GC)

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Wednesday Headlines

	Highs	Lows	Wednesday Sunny. High 88F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday night Mainly clear skies. Low 59F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
	88° F	59° F
	31 C	15 C
			Sunrise: 5:35 am    Sunset: 8:30 pm    Moonrise: 2:15 am    Moonset: 4:43 pm

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  An Amber Alert issued for children who were last seen in the 7700 block of East Orchard Avenue in Greenwood Village a few minutes before midnight Tuesday was canceled Wednesday morning after the children were found safe and the suspect was found dead.(GC)

  
  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  
• A Castle Rock man who ran multiple cancer-themed charities but used them for his own gain faces a lawsuit by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, according to a news release. Adam Cole Shryock, 33, faces allegations that he deceived customers into thinking they were donating to charities Boobies Rock, Inc., The Se7ven Group and Say No 2 Cancer.“Shryock misled thousands of consumers in Colorado and across the country into believing they were supporting breast cancer-related charities,” said AG John Suthers.(AP)

• A spike in car thefts drove a 3.6 percent increase in property crime throughout Colorado last year, but violent crime dropped 3.4 percent, according to statistics released this week by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.(DP)

• Former students who lived through the Columbine and Virginia Tech massacres joined demonstrators breaking a new law Tuesday when they exchanged high-capacity magazines outside Larimer County Justice Center.(Coloradoan)

• The West Fork fire complex burning 14 ½ miles northeast of Pagosa Springs is at 94,476 acres Tuesday with 7 percent containment, fire managers reported.(DP)

• Colorado Gov John Hickenlooper said Tuesday there are initial talks with Western governors about sharing a regional aerial fleet to fight fires, although the idea is far from reality at the moment.(AP)

• Residents of Manitou Springs started the task Tuesday of cleaning up from a flash flood.  20 homeowners are dealing with damage from a flash flood that washed through the Waldo Canyon burn scar from last year.  Three homes are a total loss.  More than a half inch of rain fell in less than 20 minutes Monday, causing mud to flow into the houses in Manitou Springs and western Colorado Springs.(GC)

• The University of Colorado conducted a casting call Tuesday, looking for students to star in a television commercial that will air during nationally broadcast football games in the upcoming season. (Daily Camera)

• A man who pleaded guilty to using his home computer to obtain and share 30,000 images and 2,600 videos of child pornography was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 years in prison.  Jon Baker, now 33, sent undercover FBI agents in Maryland and Colorado images of child pornography using a file-sharing program before he was arrested in Denver on April 27, 2012. Authorities found thousands of child pornography images and videos — many of which Baker produced himself — on his hard drive.(DP)

• Thirty-nine people were caught with guns at TSA checkpoints at Denver International Airport last year, part of a growing trend at airports nationwide.(KMGH)

• Fox News reporter Jana Winter says her journalism career is suffering and she is "paralyzed with fear" because of attempts to force her to reveal her sources for a story about Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes.(KMGH)

• The Colorado Rockies just can’t seem to stay healthy. Dexter Fowler was placed on the disabled list Tuesday.  Adding insult to Fowler’s injury, the Rockies lost to the Dodgers 8-0 Tuesday night.(GC)

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Tuesday Headlines

	Highs	Lows	Tuesday Sunny to partly cloudy. A stray afternoon thunderstorm is possible. High 82F. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday night A stray thunderstorm is possible through the evening. Some clouds this evening will give way to mainly clear skies overnight. Low around 55F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.
	82° F	55° F
	28 C	13 C
			Sunrise: 5:35 am    Sunset: 8:30 pm    Moonrise: 1:39 am    Moonset: 3:47 pm

• Heavy rains Monday afternoon in the Waldo Canyon burn area with lots of erosion brought mud down in Fountain Creek.  Some 20 homes suffered damage.(AP)

• Search teams in Wyoming are looking for the 61-year-old brother of Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado, who was due back from a hike in the Wind River Range last week.(KCNC)

• The 22-year-old man injured in a boating accident Sunday at Horsetooth Reservoir remains in critical condition at Medical Center of the Rockies. The victim of Blue Riverwas being taken back to shore to leave the reservoir Sunday when he jumped from the boat as it was backing up to let him out. The boat continued in reverse, running over the victim and hitting him with the boat’s propeller. The driver of the boat is a 22-year-old Fort Collins man who is believed to have been intoxicated while driving.(Coloradoan)

• Denver police have arrested two members of a graffiti tagging crew in connection with the April shooting of an 8-year-old boy in southwest Denver, though only one has been criminally charged, court records show.(KMGH)

• The judge in the Colorado theater shooting says most witnesses won’t be allowed in the courtroom during the trial or pretrial hearings until they are called to testify.(AP)

• A Colorado man accused of trying to trade pipe bombs and hand grenades for drugs or cash has pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing firearms that weren’t registered with a national database.(AP)

• The La Plata County coroner says it is unlikely a cause of death will be determined in the Dylan Redwine case.(AP)

• New-car sales in Colorado have topped used for the first time in years, according to the latest Colorado Auto Outlook Report. The June report found 67,217 new cars had been sold in the state from January through May — 83 more than used.(DP)

• The confidence of Colorado business leaders has continued its strong upward trend, surging into the third quarter of 2013, according to the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index released.(AP)

• Xcel Energy on Monday announced some help to keep low-income families cool this summer.
  Flipping on air conditioners can really jack up energy bills, so Xcel and Denver Human Services announced a program called Heat Wave Help. It can help people pay a portion of their summer utility bills.  Xcel also presented a check for $100,000 to Denver Human Services to help get the program started.(KCNC)

• A jury on Monday convicted a Highlands Ranch businessman of trafficking in forced labor for luring foreign nurses to the United States with promises of high-paying jobs but then demanding they kick back a portion of their wages or face deportation.Kizzy Kalu was convicted in U.S. District Court in Denver on all but six of the 95 counts he was facing.(AP)

• Troy Lowrie, the owner and operator of a string of strip clubs across the country, including five in the Denver metro area, can now be found handing out traffic tickets and enforcing the law in the town of Morrison near Red Rocks.(KCNC)

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Monday Headlines

	Highs	Lows	Monday A few isolated thunderstorms developing during the afternoon under partly cloudy skies. High 81F. NW winds shifting to ENE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Monday night Isolated thunderstorms during the evening, becoming clear overnight. Low near 55F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
	81° F	55° F
	27 C	13 C
			Sunrise: 5:34 am    Sunset: 8:31 pm    Moonrise: 1:05 am    Moonset: 2:49 pm

• Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet played a key role in getting the immigration bill passed in the Senate this week. Now the legislation heads toward the Republican-led House where it faces much opposition. Supporters rallied at the University Of Denver campus on Sunday calling on the House to follow the Senate’s lead. They say the bill impacts real lives.(AP)

• Frontier Airlines will soon be flying from its Denver hub to Montego Bay, Jamaica, making it Denver International Airport's ninth country with nonstop access.(AP)

• The University of Colorado is now considering the end of live animal experiments in undergraduate classrooms. The move to review their program comes after animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a complaint against the university.  “It is an important goal to be able to teach our young people how to be the doctors and researchers of the future,” CU spokesperson Bronson Hilliard said.  The latest complaint filed against CU last fall has triggered a new argument on ethics.(KCNC)

• Starting today, Boulder shoppers will need to pay 10 cents for disposable paper or plastic bags at city grocery stores, convenience stores and big-box retailers like Target.(Daily Camera)

• The man accused of shooting an AR-15 at a Longmont police officer will appear in court on Monday.  The shooting happened last month after a traffic stop. Investigators say Jonathan Shank started firing at the officer. The officer took cover behind his car and fired back.  Shank was hit three times and has been in the hospital ever since. Doctors now say he has recovered enough to be arrested and go to court.  Shank is charged with attempted first-degree murder.(Times Call)

• As you get ready for Fourth of July cookouts and family gatherings, consider this roundup of laws starting Monday in Colorado. Thanks to a busy legislative session that saw Democrats pass a flurry of legislation, there’s an unusually long list of changes:

- MAGAZINE LIMITS: A law limiting most ammunition magazines to 15 rounds goes into effect July 1. House Bill 1224 grandfathers existing magazines, but newly produced clips will have to be date-stamped and in compliance with the ammunition limit. 
- RENEWABLE ENERGY: A new law requiring rural electricity co-ops to double the amount of electricity they get from renewable sources by 2020. The change – from 10 percent to 20 percent – likely won’t bring any immediate changes for rural power customers.
- MARIJUANA SAFETY: Colorado has the nation’s first recreational marijuana regulation law. House Bill 1317 took effect in May, but July 1 marks a major deadline in the law. The state Department of Revenue, which will oversee pot regulation, must release detailed regulations on the how the drug is grown and sold. One major detail the Department must announce by Monday is how the newly legal drug should be tested for safety and potency before going on sale to the public Jan. 1.
- CRIMES AGAINST PREGNANT WOMEN: Colorado joins other states with a felony crime of unlawful termination of a pregnancy. House Bill 1154 details how to punish people who harm pregnant women, resulting in the loss of a fetus. 
- JOB-SEEKER CREDIT PROTECTION:  Colorado employers face new limits on accessing the credit history of job applicants. Senate Bill 18 prohibits an employer’s use of consumer credit information for employment purposes if the information is unrelated to the job.
- CAREER ASSISTANCE: Another Democratic-sponsored plan to boost the state workforce is a new “career pathways program.” House Bill 1004 sets up a three-year grant program and a study of current labor pool requirements and qualifications.
- TOBACCO TAXES: Cigarette taxes aren’t going up. But they’re not going down, thanks to House Bill 1144, which makes permanent the state sales tax on tobacco. Sales taxes on tobacco are separate from excise taxes, but Colorado actually charged no statewide cigarette sales tax before 2009.
- GOVERNMENT LIABILITY: Suing Colorado for wrongdoing? You could be eligible for more if your claim stands up in court. Senate Bill 23 raises state liability limits from $150,000 for a single occurrence to $350,000 for a single occurrence.
- HELP FOR SENIORS: Starting Monday, Colorado tax payers will spend more on a fund to help the elderly with things like nutrition, transportation and legal services. Senate Bill 127 increases the amount of state sales tax that goes to the Older Coloradans Cash Fun from $8 million a year to $10 million a year.
- THE OL’ SUNSET EXTENSION: It’s a perennial quirk of state lawmaking: Politicians set up programs, giving the programs a sunset date to assure skeptical colleagues that the program won’t go on forever. Then, a few years later, the Legislature quietly extends the sunset they made a few years back, if not removing it altogether. Several sunset extensions take effect Monday, including extensions for pedestrian boards like the Water and Wastewater Facility Operators Certification Board (Senate Bill 150) and the Board of Mortgage Loan Originators (Senate Bill 156). (AP)

• Madison Bumgarner scattered four hits over seven innings, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer and the San Francisco Giants ended their longest losing streak in three years with a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.(AP)

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