- Baristas at three more Denver and Colorado Springs-area Starbucks coffee shops have voted to unionize, bringing the total number of organized locations to five out of several hundred statewide.
- The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning about dangerous fire conditions, which will last through Thursday afternoon due to dry and hot weather.
- The area has been closed to the public since last July, when mudslides in the Grizzly Creek Fire burn scar washed away several bridges along the lake’s main access trail.
- The fire, burning west of Cripple Creek, ignited on Thursday amid critical fire weather caused by high winds and dry conditions.
- A grass fire near the 6700 block of Ackerman Drive in Colorado Springs started around noon.
- The jump is a remarkable shift from a year ago, when one gallon of unleaded gasoline cost $3.02 on average.
- Colorado is an ideal place to raise alpacas because its arid climate mimics the Andes Mountains in South America.
- Austin Hopp was sentenced by a Larimer County judge on Thursday after pleading guilty to second degree assault in March. He will serve an additional three years of parole following his release.
- Commissioner Lori Saine is preparing to introduce a ‘human life sanctuary’ measure in the coming weeks."
- “I'm a little tired of having to be this resilient, but we'll be resilient because our ancestors have fought for us to be here in this moment so that our future generations can not only survive, but thrive, y’all.”
- On Tuesday, abortion-rights supporters across Colorado protested against the leaked Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v.
- This is the second year forest officials will mandate timed vehicle entry to help prevent overcrowding along the mountain’s 14-mile scenic roadway.
- Lightning started the fire north of Holly, near the Kansas border, before dark Sunday, authorities said. High winds allowed it to spread before it was brought under control before 10 p.m.
- The backcountry path was closed last August due to damage from mudslides.
- Drivers should still expect delays as traffic clears up in the area.
- Last summer, mudslides wreaked havoc on a 12-mile stretch of Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon, forcing drivers to take hours-long detours and at one point trapping more than 100 people in a tunnel overnight.
