Author: Michael Braithwaite
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Single-engine plane crashes near Telluride Thursday
A single-engine plane crashed near Dolores Peak southwest of Telluride on Thursday, prompting emergency crews to respond via helicopter. Denver air traffic control reported the missing plane just after the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office received a call about smoke near the peak just before 3:30 p.m. Thursday, the office said in a social media…
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Waymo in Denver: Everything you need to know about the self-driving car service
The days of driving yourself around downtown Denver may be over. After deploying to over a dozen other cities throughout the U.S., Waymo robotaxi service is now open to anyone in the Mile High City. Here are answers to key questions about Denver’s new ride-hailing service. What is Waymo? Waymo robotaxis are autonomous driving vehicles,…
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Waymo in Denver: Everything you need to know about the self-driving car service
After deploying to over a dozen other cities throughout the U.S., Waymo robotaxi service is now open to anyone in the Mile High City. Here are answers to key questions about Denver’s new ride-hailing service. What is Waymo? Waymo robotaxis are autonomous driving vehicles, or self-driving cars, that operate as a ride-hailing service similar to…
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Rockies record longest home losing streak in Coors Field history
On the same day that the Colorado Rockies honored one of their franchise legends with a statue outside Coors Field, they fell to a new low on the baseball diamond within. After the Cleveland Guardians scored three runs in the top of the first inning Sunday, Colorado only put up two of their own the…
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1 killed, 8 injured in shooting at southeast Denver nightclub
One person was killed and eight others were injured in a shooting at a nightclub in southeast Denver, police said early Monday morning. The Denver Police Department first reported the shooting in the 9700 block of East Hampden Avenue on social media just before 1 a.m. Police later added to the thread just after 5…
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Drowned man recovered from Cherry Creek Reservoir
An adult man drowned in the Cherry Creek Reservoir Tuesday, state parks officials said. Witnesses described a man with two other adults on an inflatable raft when it flipped over off the shore of the Cherry Creek swim beach around 4:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. One of…
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Mandatory evacuations near Leadville as Willow Fire grows to over 1K acres
Areas west of Leadville were placed under a mandatory evacuation order as the Willow Fire grew over 1,000 acres Sunday evening. An immediate mandatory evacuation order has been issued for several county roads — 4, 9, 8D, 5A, 48 and 99 — was well as all campgrounds around Turquoise Lake and Hagerman Pass, according to…
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Child drowns in Cherry Creek Reservoir Saturday
A child was pulled from Cherry Creek Reservoir on Saturday night after going under the water several hours earlier, parks and wildlife officials say. Witnesses said that the victim was initially with another child on a float near the Cherry Creek State Park swim beach around 4 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from…
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Boy dies after falling into Fort Collins irrigation ditch
A boy died after falling into an irrigation ditch in Fort Collins Tuesday evening, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities were called to the 3100 block of N County Road 19 just before 6 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a child falling into an active irrigation ditch, which is fed by the Cache…
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I-70 reopened after crash involving about 70 vehicles
Interstate 70 reopened Tuesday night after a crash involving approximately 70 vehicles just east of the Eisenhower Tunnel, Colorado State Patrol Said. In a news release just before 5 p.m., Colorado State Patrol said that 19 people were being taken to the hospital with varying injuries from the crash, and that there have been no…