Author: Denver Post
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Colorado high waters take toll; two dead, two more presumed dead
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s high waters took a toll Sunday with as many as four tubers, rafters and kayakers dead or presumed dead on rivers — and county authorities are urging restraint, the Denver Post reports. A man…
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Lance Armstrong to ride Monday in Day 2 of Ride the Rockies
GRAND JUNCTION — Cyclist Lance Armstrong will be riding on Monday in Day 2 of Ride the Rockies from Grand Junction to Hotchkiss with Tim League, the founder of the Austin, Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Armstrong said in a tweet on Sunday. Armstrong said the route looked “epic.” The 96-mile course starts here in Grand…
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Bicyclist killed when Colorado driver swerves into bike lane
A bicyclist died after he was struck by a driver who was trying to avoid a collision with a truck pulling a boat in Fort Collins on Saturday, the Denver Post reports. Police do not believe the driver, Earl Ong, 18, was drunk or distracted, but are investigating the possibility that he fell asleep at…
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“Possible security threat” leads to search of flight at DIA
Federal agents searched a Frontier Airlines flight at Denver International Airport Saturday night in response to a possible security threat. Shortly before Flight 552 arrived in Denver from San Diego at 8:45 p.m., someone reported a possible security threat, Heath Montgomery, DIA spokesman, said Sunday. The flight was parked in a remote part of the…
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Colorado school fires employee who gave free lunch to hungry kids
The Cherry Creek School District’s nutrition services department fired Della Curry, who was kitchen manager at Dakota Valley Elementary School in Aurora, for giving school lunches to students who didn’t have the money to pay for them, the Denver Post reports. The school district has a free and reduced lunch program for children who meet…
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Tornado spotted in northeast Colorado
A tornado was spotted Wednesday afternoon near the town of Holyoke along Kansas border, the National Weather Service says. The tornado was reported by spotters at about 1:20 p.m., forecasters say. A tornado warning is in effect for Yuma County until 2:15 p.m. A tornado watch is in effect for Yuma and Kit Carson counties until…
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Denver drive-in movie theater to unveil giant screen in June
The new Denver Mart Drive-In Theater in southwest Adams County will have its slightly delayed grand opening at 7:30 p.m. June 12, giving construction crews time to put the final touches on the 300,000-square-foot theater space in the pavilion parking lot. “The rain and the weather that we have endured here in Denver lately was…
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Lawsuit claims illegal religious activities at Florence High School
A teacher in southern Colorado is suing his school district claiming the district’s only high school “operates largely to promote the evangelical Christian ideals” of a local church that operates in the school. Robert Basevitz’s lawsuit against the Fremont Re-2 School District was filed Tuesday in federal court in Denver. School district officials did not…
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Live video: Day 10 of Aurora theater shooting trial to begin with FBI agent testimony
The 10th day of the Aurora theater shooting trial was set to begin Monday with prosecutors calling FBI Special Agent Christopher Rigopoulous back to the stand. Prosecutors called the agent, who is an expert in explosive devices, to the stand on Friday but did not finish questioning him before the judge released the jury for…
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Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’ movie already a blockbuster for Telluride registers
While the movie won’t hit theaters until later this year, the people of Telluride already are crowning Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” a blockbuster. From October through February, Tarantino filmed part of his $44 million feature film in Telluride. His crew — close to 170 people — booked 9,000 room nights during the production. The…