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KEYSTONE, Colo. — Rolling through Keystone, Highway 6 is a busy road that Ken Riley says people rarely drive 45 miles per hour on, and has become too dangerous for people who have to walk next to it. “We have had two fatalities over the past decade there,” said...

Colorado mountain community fights to become a town

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Did you see the aurora borealis this morning?. The National Weather Service (NWS) said the opportunity Friday was the best chance for Coloradans to see the aurora borealis in a long time, even better than when the Northern Lights were spotted one month ago on Feb. 27.

Northern Lights put on a dazzling show in Colorado

DENVER — The Denver startup Honest Jobs landed a contract to help formerly incarcerated Coloradans find employment. Honest Jobs, an early-stage startup that relocated in 2021 from Columbus, Ohio, to Denver, will work to implement Attorney General Phil Weiser's Fair Chance Hiring Initiative, a $1.1 million program to bolster job options for people leaving Colorado's prison system. According to Weiser's office, 8,500 people leave Colorado prisons each year, and many of them struggle to find employment.

Colorado startup lands contract to help people find jobs after prison

FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. — A popular water park in the Denver area is hosting a job fair Wednesday. Water World is looking to hire people to fill hundreds of positions. Some of the positions the park is looking to fill include:. Guest service attendants. Lifeguards. Food service attendants. Horticulture...

Water World hosts job fair Wednesday

Boulder, CO

BOULDER, Colo. — How safe is the air inside schools? It's a question that many researchers have asked, and now, a University of Colorado team is finding the answer. From his lab on the CU Boulder campus, engineering professor Mark Hernandez has been studying the quality of the air inside Denver Public Schools. Hernandez and a team researchers installed Attune Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Sensors inside 200 schools last summer so they could see what the students were breathing in real time.

Study finds poor air quality in school dramatically improves with filters

DENVER — Snow showers will return to the Denver metro area and Front Range this weekend. The snow showers will first develop Friday afternoon and continue into Saturday. A few inches of snow could fall in the Denver metro area Friday night into early Saturday. The showers will likely...

Here's how much snow Denver could get this weekend

BOULDER, Colo. — It will soon cost a bit more to park on the street in certain areas of downtown Boulder. The City of Boulder said in a release Thursday that starting April 3, parking close to "high-demand" areas of downtown Boulder will cost another 50 cents per hour.

Boulder to raise price of downtown on-street parking

DENVER — Two staff members at a Denver school were in the hospital after a 17-year-old opened fire at them on Wednesday morning. The Denver Police Department (DPD) was called to East High School for two people that had been shot. Police said a student shot the staff member in an office area--- away from students.

Statements from public officials on East High School shooting

DENVER — If you saw the plume of dark, black smoke in downtown Denver Friday morning, don't be alarmed. The Denver Fire Department (DFD) responded to a vehicle fire near Broadway and 6th Avenue in Denver around 9 a.m. Friday. SKY9 captured the large flames of a pickup truck...

Seeing smoke? Firefighters had to extinguish a truck on fire in Denver

DENVER — Just one day after two staff members were shot at East High School by a student, the Denver Public Schools Board voted unanimously Thursday to suspend a policy that prevented the district superintendent from allowing armed officers in schools. The staff members were shot by the 17-year-old...

Where school resource officers intersect with racial equity in school safety

Idaho Springs, CO

IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. — An Idaho Springs man who illegally obtained more than $1 million by submitting a number of fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans, pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and money laundering. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced the plea deal for...

Colorado man who used PPP funds to buy property, cars pleaded guilty

DENVER — Denver Public Schools and other Denver metro school districts have policies that allow for students to be searched, including for weapons. Austin Lyle, a 17-year-old East High School student, was the suspect in a shooting at East High School on Wednesday morning that wounded two school deans. Both DPS Superintendent Alex Marrero and Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said that Lyle was under a safety plan that required him to be searched at school.

Daily searches of students deemed to be threats not unusual, says safety expert

DENVER — During spring break, Jefferson County teachers hoped they would be able to take a break from the work and difficulties that come with being in the classroom. Instead, after two administrators were injured in a shooting at East High School, they are fixated on the challenges and dangers they face as part of their profession.

Teachers question safety, profession after Denver high school shooting

DENVER — Hundreds of students fearing for their lives and safety filled the state Capitol and waited outside the Senate and House chambers Thursday morning in another attempt to demand legislative action on gun safety. It's the second time this month students from East High School have organized a...

East High students protest at the Capitol for the second time this month following more gun violence

COLORADO, USA — Spring has arrived in Colorado with warm temperatures, blooming flowers, robins and bees. This final weekend of March brings more outdoor events, plus some great expos, shows and sporting events. Check out one of these fun events across Colorado this weekend and don't forget to share...

9Things to do in Colorado this March 24-26 weekend

DENVER — East High School will be closed for the remainder of the week after a 17-year-old student opened fire on two staff members. The shooting happened on Wednesday morning just before 10 a.m. The Denver Police Department responded to the school where two staff members were shot in an office area.

East High School closed for the remainder of the week

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Aurora, CO

AURORA, Colo. — The family of a woman who police believe was fatally poisoned by her husband said they're "heartbroken" over the loss but also grateful for the "compassion and concern" they've received from others since her death. Angela Craig, who her family described as "energetic and intelligent" died...

'Heartbroken': Family of woman killed in suspected poisoning releases statement

AURORA, Colo. — The State of Colorado Medical Board issued a cease and desist order to an Aurora convenience store, ordering it to stop practicing medicine without a license after a patient required emergency treatment following a penicillin shot they got at the store. La Morenita on Montview Boulevard...

State issues cease and desist order to convenience store for selling prescription meds, penicillin

DENVER — Just days after an East High School student shot two of that school’s administrators during a daily “pat down,” the principal of Denver's largest middle school tells 9NEWS his school must also perform daily pat downs on a student charged with, among other things, attempted first-degree murder and illegal discharge of a firearm.

Student accused of attempted murder placed in DPS school despite concerns of principal, Denver Police

DENVER — Since 2018, there have been 63 reported crimes at the Denver high school where a student shot and injured two staff members Wednesday morning. According to a 9NEWS review of Denver Police Department data, the most common reported crimes were related to drugs and alcohol or thefts.

Types of crimes most often reported at East High School

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. — Mudvayne will bring its new summer tour to Colorado. The heavy metal band will be joined by Coal Chamber, GWAR, and Nonpoint and Butcher Babies at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre on Saturday, Aug. 26. "The Psychotherapy Sessions" tour is the first headlining tour from Mudvayne in...

Mudvayne announces Fiddler's Green concert

DENVER — Sir Brian May, Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert are bringing back Queen to Colorado for the first time since 2017. Queen + Adam Lambert announced a new tour of North American cities on Friday. The tour is Queen's first in four years. "The Rhapsody Tour" will kick...

Queen is returning to Colorado on 'Rhapsody Tour'

DENVER — If your home renovations have gone sideways or you're not seeing eye-to-eye with your contractor, HGTV could be able to help. The HGTV television series "Rico to the Rescue" is seeking Colorado homeowners for its upcoming season. "Rico to the Rescue" follows Denver-based realtor and renovation rescuer...

Denver homeowners needed for HGTV home renovation show

Bailey, CO

BAILEY, Colo. — A cell phone "ping" and information that the suspect in the shooting at Denver's East High School had previously camped in Colorado's high country helped law enforcement track him down, the Park County Sheriff said Thursday. New surveillance video obtained by 9NEWS showed Austin Lyle's 2005...

Surveillance video shows East High suspect in mountains an hour after the shooting

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Yearly homelessness count may be impacted by cold weather

DENVER — Advocates for the homeless say Denver’s sub-zero temperatures this week will have an impact of this year’s Point-in-Time count of homelessness in the region....

Yearly homelessness count may be impacted by cold weather

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