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Fans of electronic music producer Of The Trees will have to wait another week for performances scheduled at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, as the venue took the rare step of postponing shows this week due to an ongoing winter storm. Related Articles Colorado News | Country artist postpones Red Rocks concert ahead of Colorado snowstorm Colorado News | Red Rocks’ new holiday show lets you drive through 1 million lights Colorado News | Biggest 2025 concerts coming (so far) to Empower Field, Ball Arena and other big Denver venues Colorado News | Sting, “Weird Al” and every other Red Rocks 2025 concert announced so far Colorado News | Ford Amphitheater noise complaints continue as venue offers public look this weekend “I’ve been trying to keep faith all week as snow has continued to dump down on Colorado, but alas: due to safety and inability to get the venue ready in time, the city is not allowing us to continue operating this weekend as planned,” the producer wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. Concertgoers at Red Rocks have braved winter weather recently to see their favorite musicians perform — a video posted earlier this week shows a packed amphitheater dancing in a snow shower — but with state agencies warning that multiple feet of snow could make travel dangerous, the drive to the venue in Morrison could be difficult or impossible for some. Country singer Lynch’s Wednesday show at Red Rocks was previously pushed to April 16, 2025, while Of The Trees’ performances originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday were postponed to next weekend. According to the venue and musicians, tickets purchased for the original show dates will be good for the rescheduled dates. Red Rocks spokesman Benjamin Heinemann said the venue consults with promoters and artists when deciding whether to postpone or cancel a show.

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A space heater that was being used to keep pipes warm in an unoccupied apartment sparked a fire on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, that destroyed the Lakewood building, displacing four people and killing two cats. (Courtesy of West Metro Fire) Four people were displaced and two cats died Friday morning in an apartment fire in Lakewood. The fire sparked before 5 a.m.

A storm is projected to dump up to a foot of heavy, wet snow in parts of the Denver metro area from Friday, Nov. 8, through Saturday afternoon, with higher totals expected east of metro Denver. “Travel will be impossible east and southeast of Denver,” National Weather Service forecasters said in a winter storm warning Thursday.

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for Nov. 7-8, 2024 as of 10 a.m. Friday: Air Force Academy — 6.8 inches at 7:00 AM Alamosa — 6.7 inches at 7:10 AM Arvada — 7 inches at 10:11 AM Aspen Springs — 16.1 inches at 1:06 PM 11/7/24 Aurora — 11.3 inches at 11:10 AM Bennett — 11 inches at 6:00 PM 11/7/24 Bethune — 1.8 inches at 9:12 AM Beulah — 28.7 inches at 7:00 AM Black Forest — 17.5 inches at 6:30 AM Blende — 7.1 inches at 6:00 AM Boulder — 9.1 inches at 1:17 PM 11/7/24 Breen — 2.7 inches at 7:00 AM Buena Vista — 12.1 inches at 7:00 AM Burlington — 12 inches at 8:25 AM Campo — 2 inches at 7:00 AM Cedaredge — 1.2 inches at 7:00 AM Chimney Rock — 1.8 inches at 8:00 AM Cokedale — 18.9 inches at 6:00 AM Colorado City — 12 inches at 7:00 AM Colorado Springs — 12.2 inches at 7:15 AM Creede — 7.1 inches at 7:00 AM Crestone — 2.1 inches at 11:58 PM 11/7/24 Cuchara — 34.7 inches at 7:00 AM Denver Intl Airpo — 9 inches at 5:00 AM Denver — 5 inches at 5:26 AM Divide — 12.8 inches at 5:02 AM Durango — 2 inches at 8:25 AM Egnar — 1 inches at 8:00 AM Englewood — 6 inches at 11:29 AM Falcon — 15 inches at 10:31 AM Falfa — 2.5 inches at 7:00 AM Flagler — 21 inches at 8:41 AM Foxfield — 7 inches at 5:45 AM Georgetown — 7 inches at 12:45 PM 11/7/24 Kim — 10 inches at 12:00 PM 11/7/24 Kline — 1.2 inches at 7:00 AM La Veta Pass — 37 inches at 7:00 AM Lamar — 4.8 inches at 6:30 AM Leadville — 2.9 inches at 7:00 AM Lone Tree — 13.9 inches at 3:57 PM 11/7/24 Marvel — 2.1 inches at 7:00 AM Monte Vista — 13.6 inches at 7:00 AM Monument — 16 inches at 7:00 AM Nederland — 14.5 inches at 11:00 AM Pagosa Springs — 2 inches at 8:00 AM Parker — 12.1 inches at 5:51 AM Penrose — 10.8 inches at 7:00 AM Peterson AFB — 13.7 inches at 7:00 AM Peyton — 21.1 inches at 8:00 PM 11/7/24 Pinon — 6.7 inches at 6:00 AM Ponderosa Park — 17 inches at 1:42 PM 11/7/24 Pueblo Reservoir — 5.9 inches at 6:00 AM Pueblo West — 5.2 inches at 7:00 AM Pueblo — 4 inches at 10:35 AM Redmesa — 1.1 inches at 8:00 AM Rocky Ford — 8.5 inches at 6:00 AM Saguache — 5.6 inches at 7:00 AM Security — 12.8 inches at 7:00 AM Stratton — 11.7 inches at 12:00 PM 11/7/24 Texas Creek — 2.4 inches at 7:21 AM Tiffany — 4 inches at 7:00 AM Timpas — 12 inches at 7:00 AM Trinidad — 23 inches at 5:58 PM 11/7/24 Vallecito — 3.3 inches at 7:00 AM Vernon — 9.3 inches at 3:30 PM 11/7/24 Westcliffe — 20.5 inches at 7:00 AM Wetmore — 9.1 inches at 6:45 AM Yuma — 3 inches at 9:30 AM

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