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Denver, CO

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DENVER — Girl Scouts have always found a home inside community buildings, schools, and churches for more than 100 years. But now, they have a space to call their own. Girl Scouts of Colorado opened the first-in-the-nation Girl Scout DreamLab center in Denver's Lowry neighborhood. The center in Colorado...

Girl Scouts of Colorado opens nation's first DreamLab in Denver

Pueblo, CO

PUEBLO, Colo. — The Colorado State Fair has added two more entertainment acts to the 151st annual festival this summer. Rapper Lil Jon will perform at the fair's Southwest Motors Events Center on Sept. 2. Chingy will appear as a special guest. Comedian Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias is set to...

Colorado State Fair adds to entertainment lineup

Highlands Ranch, CO

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Sky Zone announced Monday it will open its fourth indoor trampoline park in Colorado. The new location in Highlands Ranch will be opened and operated by franchisees Nick and Lisa Nettleton. Sky Zone said an exact location and opening date will be announced at a...

Indoor trampoline park opening new Colorado location

Fort Collins, CO

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State University (CSU) will close for the day after a winter storm system brought heavy snow to northern Colorado Monday morning. CSU said the campus will be closed Monday and all classes, including remote classes, and operations are canceled. St. Mary Catholic School in...

Colorado State University declares snow day Monday

BOULDER, Colo. — The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Red Flag Warning for the Denver metro area and plains of southeast Colorado. The Red Flag Warning will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday for the Denver metro area, Palmer Divide and Lincoln County.

Red Flag Warning issued for Denver area Thursday

Black Hawk, CO

BLACK HAWK, Colo. — The largest casino heist in Colorado history happened as the clocks sprung forward earlier this month. Investigators said early the morning Daylight Saving Time began, a cashier walked out of the Monarch Casino with $500,000 in cash. At 12:45 in the morning on March 12,...

Black Hawk casino heist is largest in Colorado history

DENVER — Denver School Board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson faces the possibility of a second censure in his four years in office. Anderson disclosed on the Brother Jeff Show on Wednesday that he expects a reprimand from School Board President Xóchitl Gaytán for allegedly violating board policy for, among other things, discussing a confidential meeting following the recent shooting at East High School. His comments concerning the content of an executive session came during a Monday interview on Next with Kyle Clark.

Denver school board member reprimanded over comments following shooting

Lincoln, CA

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The Regional Transportation District (RTD) announced a new construction project Wednesday that will cut the frequency of light rail trains that run along the southeast corridor until October. Starting on Monday, the E Line, which runs from RidgeGate Parkway to Union Station, will operate every 30...

Heads up, light rail commuters...construction will reduce frequency of southeast trains

Florida State

DENVER — 9Wants to Know has found that 55% of all mayoral campaign spending so far this election cycle has been on consultants and staffing. Candidates have spent $379,282.36 so far on consultants. That is one-third of all spending by candidates captured in this data. At least a quarter...

Denver mayoral candidates pay consultants thousands of dollars, some of it from tax funds

DENVER — Winter weather returned to Colorado on Monday morning. A winter weather system is bringing snow to much of northeastern Colorado as well as snow showers to the Front Range on Monday morning. The biggest snow impacts are on the northeastern Colorado plains, where the National Weather Service...

Snowy Colorado: Snow to impact Front Range Monday

DENVER — Eric Clapton will return to the Centennial State later this year. The guitar icon announced Monday a limited series of concert dates across North America in September. The five concerts in Denver, Pittsburgh, Toronto, St. Louis and Minneapolis will be Clapton’s only North American dates for 2023....

Eric Clapton announces Denver concert

DENVER — Metro Denver Crime Stoppers has increased the reward to $20,000 for any information that leads to an arrest for a 2020 homicide cold case. Denver Police (DPD) said Zackary Smith was shot and killed just before 4 a.m. on Sept. 10, 2020, in the area of the 1700 blocks of North Quebec Street and North Quince Street.

$20,000 reward offered in 2020 cold case that killed local musician

Keenesburg, CO

KEENESBURG, Colo. — Dozens of animals from Puerto Rico's only zoo are coming to Colorado. The zoo is permanently closing, and several animals there will be transferred to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg. Puerto Rico's zoo has been closed to the public since 2017, after hurricanes Irma and...

Colorado sanctuary to take in animals from Puerto Rico zoo

DENVER — Boat ramps around the Denver metro area are starting to open, signaling the beginning of boating season in Colorado. One of the boat ramps at Cherry Creek State Park is set to open this weekend. The west boat ramp will open at 6 a.m. on Saturday, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). It will then remain open from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day.

Cherry Creek, Chatfield announce opening dates for boating

Aurora, CO

AURORA, Colo. — In October, the City of Aurora said it would work with UCHealth to hire employees for its Crisis Response Team, which went for more than a month without full-time clinicians. "The main thing that we missed was just the manpower," said Courtney Tassin, the crisis intervention...

Aurora's partnership with UCHealth adds six clinicians for city's crisis prevention programs

Boulder, CO

BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder Police arrested a man on Tuesday morning suspected of breaking into a home and barricading himself inside for about 12 hours. The woman who owned the home in the 4600 block of 16th Street called police about 8:09 p.m. Monday about a man outside her home. She knew the man, who was not allowed to be there due to a protection order, according to a Boulder Police Department news release.

Man arrested after barricading inside Boulder home for 12 hours

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A wildfire near Fort Collins earlier this month damaged an outbuilding and outhouses associated with the U.S. Forest Service’s historic Arrowhead Lodge. The Arrowhead Fire started March 19 and burned 15 acres in the Poudre Canyon west of Fort Collins. The fire remains under...

Outhouses, outbuildings damaged in Poudre Canyon wildfire

Federal Heights, CO

DENVER — Colorado's largest theme and water parks are gearing up for the summer with the hiring of thousands of workers. Elitch Gardens Theme & Water Park is looking for 1,500 people this season and Water World Colorado aims to hire more than 1,000 employees. Elitch Gardens. Elitch Gardens...

Elitch Gardens, Water World look to fill 2,500 positions for summer

BLACK HAWK, Colo. — A little-known state law enforcement agency is now looking into the biggest case it has ever investigated. Agents with the Colorado Division of Gaming arrested a cashier at the Monarch Casino in Black Hawk, alleging she stole half a million dollars in cash earlier this month.

A little-known state agency is in charge of investigating casino heists in Colorado

Las Vegas, NV

LAS VEGAS — Human remains found last October on the shoreline of shrinking Lake Mead were from a North Las Vegas man who drowned in April 1974, authorities in Las Vegas said Tuesday. Donald P. Smith was 39 when he was reported missing in the waters of the Colorado...

Body found last year in Lake Mead has been identified

BOULDER, Colo. — Police and fire crews are investigating after a man was found dead in a burning home in Boulder Wednesday afternoon, the Boulder Fire Department said. Crews were first called to the fire at 2850 Dartmouth Ave. at around 12:40 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighters removed a man from the basement of the home, and he was pronounced dead, the fire department said. His name has not yet been released.

Man found dead in burning home in Boulder

Greeley, CO

GREELEY, Colo. — Inside Greeley Central High School, student Adriana Herrera has found her focus. "No, I didn’t think I would like the school this much," Herrera, a Junior who moved to the United States from Mexico in 2014, said. Today, she’s organizing a cultural day of celebration....

To find students who've stopped coming to class, one Greeley school knocks on doors

Lakewood, CO

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — From active shooter training to a search for overflow parking, an email obtained by 9NEWS reveals how Casa Bonita managers are communicating with the city and preparing for large crowds when the iconic restaurant reopens in May. Monday marked the restaurant’s 49th anniversary. The Mexican restaurant...

Email from Casa Bonita manager details safety, crowd control plans for reopening

DENVER — Denver Labor, a division of the Denver Auditor's office officially adopted new rules for wage theft this week. The ordinance by Denver City Council passed on Jan. 9 and seeks to hand down stronger enforcement of wage theft. "Wage theft has always been a crime. What's different...

Vigils for Tyre Nichols held in Denver

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