Denver set yet another daily heat record Wednesday, surpassing a nearly two-decade-old mark, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures in Denver hit 89 degrees, beating the 88 degree mark set on Oct. 2, 2005. The city repeatedly broke or tied daily heat records last month, amid what became the hottest September on record.
Pueblo and Colorado Springs both similarly tied or broke daily records last month, and both did so again Wednesday.
CLASS 5A
No. 8 Ralston Valley (4-1) vs. No. 6 Chatfield (5-0)
When/where: 7 p.m. Thursday at Jeffco Stadium
Last meeting: Ralston Valley 42, at Chatfield 28, Oct. 20, 2023
The unbeaten Chargers begin league play with their toughest test to date: A meeting with the Ralston Valley Mustangs, fresh off a field-storming loss at Valor Christian and eager to turn things around.
Natural Grocers plans to close its store in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood at the end of the month, pointing to failed attempts to address theft and safety issues at the location.
“Despite our investment in security and loss prevention strategies over the years, these factors have continued to challenge our ability to operate our store safely and sustainably, and we have made the difficult decision to close our doors at this location,” Kemper Isely, co-president of the Lakewood-based grocery chain, said in a release on Wednesday.
Isely said the decision to close the store at 1433 N.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation launched an inquiry into the chief of police at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo last week and the chief was removed from his position, The Denver Post confirmed Wednesday.
Richard McMorran was escorted from the hospital’s sprawling 300-acre campus last week, sources with knowledge of the incident told The Denver Post.
The 35-year-old man accused of attempted murder in a June shooting spree in Aurora allegedly apologized to his first victim before driving off and shooting two more people, according to an arrest affidavit.
After shooting a 49-year-old woman in her car outside her house, Austin Benson allegedly told her and other family members who had rushed outside, “I am sorry.
Immediately after hauling in a diving, 47-yard touchdown catch on Saturday, Colorado receiver Will Sheppard repeatedly yelled, “I’m back!”
Head coach Deion Sanders had to check him on that.
“He caught the touchdown, and he was yelling, ‘I’m back!’” Sanders said after CU’s 48-21 win at Central Florida. “And I said, ‘You never left.