@Denverheadlines Wed 10/2

	Highs	Lows	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.
	76° F	45° F
	24 C	7 C
			Sunrise: 6:56 am    Sunset: 6:39 pm    Moonrise: 4:32 am    Moonset: 5:16 pm

• 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.

@Denverheadlines Tues 10/1

	Highs	Lows	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.
	76° F	50° F
	24 C	10 C
			Sunrise: 6:55 am    Sunset: 6:40 pm    Moonrise: 3:33 am    Moonset: 4:45 pm

• 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.

@Denverheadlines Monday 9/30

	Highs	Lows	Monday Abundant sunshine. Warm. High 81F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Monday night Clear skies. Low 49F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
	81° F	49° F
	27 C	9 C
			Sunrise: 6:54 am    Sunset: 6:42 pm    Moonrise: 2:34 am    Moonset: 4:14 pm

• Friends and family gathered at Prospect Lake Sunday for the anniversary of Stephan Wilson's death. Three years after his murder, the case remains unsolved. Wilson's body was found in his Colorado Springs condo October 1, 2010. Police said he was shot in the head.

• Two people are dead after an early morning car accident in Arvada. The crash happened at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 70 near the Wadsworth Boulevard exit.

• Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter from Colorado is recovering from a stroke. Carpenter, 88, had a stroke last week. He’s being moved to a rehabilitation center. Carpenter is from Boulder

• Agriculture officials say an invasive insect responsible for the death of tens of millions of ash trees in almost two dozen states has been detected for the first time in Colorado.  The Colorado Department of Agriculture says the emerald ash borer, a green metallic beetle, was found by Boulder forestry staff Monday. The beetle, originally from Asia, was first detected in North America in 2002 in southeastern Michigan and has since killed more than 50 million ash trees across the country. It has now been detected in 21 states — Colorado being the westernmost.

• A search continued on Sunday for an Arvada man missing in the mountains of southern Colorado.  Search teams and Mark Stice’s mother are both fearing the worst.  Search crews found Mark Stice’s car on South Colony Road southwest of Westcliffe. Custer County authorities believe he hiked another 10 miles to Crestone Peak, a 14er where overnight temperatures dipped down to about 10 degrees this week. He’s also missing in an area of up to 50 square miles.

• A Colorado Springs three-year-old boy has cancer. His mom is swapping out chemo for cannabis. It’s a choice conventional doctors are calling dangerous, but the mom says it's the right choice for her child as he's now in remission. Sierra Riddle is giving her son Landon a capsule form of cannabis. She believes, as the saying goes, mom knows best.

• Off-Roaders, hunters and campers were asked to stay off Old Stage Road Sunday to prevent further damage to the vulnerable road. Sunday's sun coupled with cool temperatures and trees' changing leaves drew drivers to Old Stage Road.

• Investigators are working to identify human remains found in a remote area north of Deckers  The area is so remote that rescue crews used rafts to get across the South Platte River and then hike into the woods to reach the scene.  Hunters found what looked like human bones and called authorities. The sheriff’s office says they could have been there for months.  The remains are headed to a coroner or a lab in Texas for examination.  A Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson said they are calling the person’s death a homicide. It could take months to find out who the person is and the cause of death.