Today
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Day: Partly cloudy. Highs around 9°F. Light wind.
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Night: Partly cloudy with slight chance of light snow. Lows around 1°F. Wind chill around -3°F. Light wind. Chance of precipitation near 30%.
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Saturday Dec 7
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Day: Mostly cloudy with slight chance of light snow. Highs around 18°F. Wind chill around 13°F. South southwest wind to 5 MPH. Chance of precipitation near 45%.
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- The city of Aurora wants a lawsuit dismissed that was filed by a group of Front Range hotels seeking to stop the proposed Gaylord Rockies and Conference Center, The Denver Post reports. Aurora, which has received financial incentives from Colorado to help finance the hotel project, claim the opponents don't have the legal standing to intervene in the issue.
- The flu is hitting Colorado with dozens of people hospitalized, and now one death has been reported. Peak flu season is still about a month or more away — January into February – and already 52 people have been hospitalized
- Road crews have been working around the clock to keep metro area streets clear, but there are still icy spots that will have drivers gripping the wheel tight. In some places across the country they use what they have on hand such beet juice, among other things. In Denver, treating the icy streets during the bitter cold can be a little tricky. Pig urea, beet juice and cheese brine — none of them really bring winter weather to mind, but other areas across the country are using them on roads.
- Denver police would like the public’s help locating suspects in a fatal assault. According to police, officers were called West 40th Avenue and Osage Street last Saturday on the report of a large fight. “Upon arrival, officers found the victim, Steven Perez, suffering from injuries sustained in the assault. Mr. Perez was transported to a local hospital and was pronounced deceased,” police said in a statement. Police learned that multiple suspects were involved in the death of Perez, 38.
- The mother of a teenager victimized by a ring that sold sex with underage girls said she fears the sentence given Thursday to a woman involved in the operation puts her daughter in danger.
- The federal government on Thursday said nearly $63 million in disaster-recovery funds will flow into Colorado to help counties with housing, infrastructure and economic rehab
- A burst water pipe caused a 30-foot section of ceiling to collapse at Academia Ana Marie Sandoval Wednesday afternoon.
