- Colorado’s avalanche danger this month has hovered around the moderate and considerable levels, and experts say that’s when most fatal avalanche accidents happen.
- It used to be free for hikers, bicyclists and horseback riders to enter most state parks. That changed last year, thanks to state law. And as of this month, even more of them are charging a daily entrance fee.
- The East Troublesome Fire is now the second-largest wildfire in recorded Colorado history. And on Thursday, there was a chance it would merge with the Cameron Peak fire, which is burning west of Fort Collins.
- “Today’s mission is going to be on life safety, it’s going to be on evacuations and ensuring that people are out of the way of future fire growth,” said incident commander Noel Livingston.
- The new order adds protections for renters, including those whose leases have expired.
- People still spent more than $218 million on cannabis, the state’s second-highest total ever.
- Andrew Wommack Ministries held a conference in July that led to a COVID-19 outbreak resulting in 63 cases and one death.
- The Glenwood Springs Fire Department responded to reports of a brush fire near mile marker 120 on Monday afternoon.
- The state now has two more community COVID-19 testing sites in Adams County and Aurora in addition to the one at the Pepsi Center in Denver.
- A federal commission recently gave approval for Denver Water to move forward with the project. But a Colorado Court of Appeals case and a lawsuit against three federal agencies are still pending.
- Environmental groups had sued to stop the project, saying it would harm aquatic life and wildlife as well as hinder streamflows.
- Guess what? Table tennis drew the largest sum of wages of any sport in Colorado in May.
- The festival takes place every year over the Labor Day weekend, which is widely considered the start of Oscar season.
- Hospitalizations in Arizona and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Utah have been on the rise recently.
- Officials warn that the lack of social distancing and face coverings during the demonstrations against police brutality mean someone infected with the disease could transmit it to many others.
- The pandemic hasn't been kind to concert loving Colorado.
