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30 inches of snow incoming on multi-day storm: Whiteout daily snow report, April 25
Snow showers, then heavier snow showers, then SNOW, before less snow to end the last weekend of April at Colorado's remaining open ski areas and resorts. Winter's last hurrah starts Thursday and lasts until Sunday via two low pressure systems before a major shift into spring-like weather begins in the high country to start May.
Second victim dies from injuries after Friday’s car crash on Berthoud Pass
The fatal car crash that happened Friday on Berthoud Pass has claimed a second victim. The Clear Creek Coroner confirmed that Judy Servis died and that her husband Ronald Servis was the victim who died at the scene on April 19. Both were 75 years old. The car accident happened...
Wet sticks cause power outage in Kremmling area
Update, 9:22 p.m.: A representative of Mountain Parks says that updated information revealed the power outage was caused by wet sticks on a power line. The Kremmling area experienced a power outage around 7:40 Thursday evening that lasted for a little more than an hour. Nesting birds on a power pole was the cause of the outage, according to Mountain Parks Electric.
DA calls for teens and parents to take caution during prom and graduation season
The Longmont Leader received the following column from the Boulder County District Attorney's Office about impaired driving after prom and graduation:. In 2023, Colorado lost 716 lives to traffic fatalities. This includes 218 lives lost to impaired driving, a 23.8% decrease from the 286 impaired driving-related fatalities in 2022. According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's Colorado Crime Statistics, there were 16,259 DUI cases filed in 2023. But there is no data on how many lives we can, and will, prevent from being ruined if we eliminate impaired driving.
New agreement will boost flow of water in Grand County
Grand County and Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (Northern Water) have agreed to a unique and first-of-its-kind operational framework that provides Grand County with the ability to have as much as 7,000 acre-feet of additional controllable water to release from the Colorado-Big Thompson (C-BT) Project for stream enhancement and other purposes that will benefit Grand County’s recreation and agriculture industries. The volume available for streamflow improvement will be dependent on annual river conditions and C-BT Project storage levels.
Minds Springs Health offers strategies to help children experiencing grief
On April 6, Octavio Ruiz Muñoz Jr. of Granby lost his life after a car accident. The 11-year-old was in the car with his family when it went off the road in Clear Creek County. He went by the nickname Junior and was a sixth grader at East Grand Middle School. Junior was “was known for being happy; he always had a smile on his face,” his family wrote in his obituary.
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