- The most critical fire conditions are expected in the northeastern plains, including Weld, Morgan and Washington counties.
- The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office is asking for information from anyone who was hiking south of the NCAR facility around the time the fire started.
- Workers and farmers have criticized the rules for being confusing and difficult to implement across the industry.
- Ball’s Russian plants produce roughly 5.6 billion cans each year, representing four percent of the company’s total net sales.
- Hundreds gathered at a ceremony honoring Officer Eric Talley and the 9 other people shot and killed when a gunman entered the Table Mesa King Soopers on March 22, 2021.
- Both Saturday and Sunday are slated for highs around 60 and sunny skies, according to the NWS.
- Cameras along the highway will help enforce the new rule, which also bans semi-trucks and vehicles with tractor-trailers from using the lanes.
- It’s been almost two years since protesters flooded the streets of downtown Denver and cities around the country in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. The demonstrations lasted weeks and drew a major police response. This week, a federal civil rights trial began in Denver. A group of protestors alleges police engaged in overwhelming and unconstitutional use of force to stop their peaceful demonstrations.
- The state’s highest prices are concentrated in tourist-heavy mountain communities and the southwest corner of the state.
- Team USA will bring 10 Coloradans to compete in Beijing during the 2022 Paralympics this month. The Colorado Springs-based Olympic committee announced the complete national team last week. This year’s roster includes 67 athletes from 27 states.
- The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas and freed the country’s last remaining enslaved people more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
- To get one of the new cards, residents need to renew their license online or at a local Department of Motor Vehicles. The cards are also available in digital form through the myColorado app.
- PERA, Colorado's benefits provider for public workers, plans to divest $8 million in Russian assets in response to Polis' sanctions.
- When Irina Shatlov watched the Russian invasion play out on her television screen at home in Aurora Wednesday night, all she could do was scream and cry. She frantically called her parents, who live in Kyiv, and urged them to evacuate.
- In a statement, Sen. Michael Bennet called on President Joe Biden to punish Russian president Vladimir Putin through additional economic sanctions.
- Packaged beer prices rose just 1.8 percent year-over-year in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But economists and brewers expect those figures to jump, especially for smaller breweries.
