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  • Firefighters battle a wildfire in La Veta Colorado

    Firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire west of La Veta, Colorado. Several fire departments are on the scene working to contain the wildfire located near 9200 W. U.S. Hwy. 160. The fire started around 2:30 p.m. Friday. According to the La Veta Fire Chief David Tray, the winds are presenting a problem in trying to fight the 20 to 50 acre fire. Only one person was evacuated. No reported ...

  • Low river flows affecting reservoir releases

    Under a voluntary program, when mountain snowpack is above average, the operators of Dillon, Green Mountain, Williams Fork, Wolford and Ruedi reservoirs release water to enhance spring peak Colorado River flows for the Colorado pikeminnow and the razorback sucker. The Fish and Wildlife Service said Friday that this year, river flows won't be high enough to trigger the ...

  • RTD touts 2012 bus safety record

    Regional Transportation District officials says new attention to detail and refresher courses for drivers led to a huge drop in bus accidents in 2012.RTD's annual Bus Accident Report categorizes bus accidents by division, type of collision, the direction the bus was moving, if it was bus stop incident, hours on duty and time of day.In nearly every category, there was a decrease in ...

  • Men plead not guilty in Feros Bar stabbing deaths

    < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Three men pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges they slaughtered five people last October at a Denver bar.Attorneys for brothers Joseph and Lionel Hill had asked for more time before entering a plea.Denver District Judge John Madden denied the request and entered not guilty pleas for the Hills and a third defendant, Dexter Lewis.The Denver district ...

  • Officials find nothing alarming after search of Thornton school

    Coursework and classes were not affected by an unconfirmed report of two people with a gun near Thornton High School on Friday that drew a massive police response to the area."Everyone is OK," said Kim Walsh, executive director of the Adams 12 Five Star School District. Final exams were wrapping up at the high school just before noon when police received a report of a gunman that they ...

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Persepolis [Blu-Ray]

Persepolis [Blu-Ray]

One of the best things I can say about Persepolis--which, in my opinion, is one of the best things I can say about any film--is that I cannot imagine it being in any style other than the one in which it is told. The film borrows its simple, yet exceedingly elegant visual look from i ... ...

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  • Xcel fined $150000 for 2007 Colorado accident

    Xcel Energy will pay penalties of $150,000 to settle federal safety citations stemming from the accident that caused five deaths at a Georgetown, Colo. power plant. The settlement was reached with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In 2011, Xcel was acquitted in a criminal case of violating workplace safety rules at the Cabin Creek generating plant in the mountains west of ...

  • Cigarette blamed for 3-alarm fire

    FORT COLLINS, Colo. - The improper disposal of a cigarette is to blame for a 3-alarm fire in Fort Collins Tuesday morning that badly damaged a three-story apartment complex and displaced 30 people, investigators said Friday.The fire at the Buffalo Run Apartments on East Lincoln Avenue and South Lemay Avenue was first reported just before 4 a.m. Damage was estimated at $400,000, according to ...

  • Man offers girl ride sketch released

    Loveland police are trying to identify this male drver who reportedly offered to give ride to a 9-year-old girl playing outside her home on ...

  • Students safe after armed man reported at school

    THORNTON, Colo. -; All students at a Denver-area high school are safe after a report that a man with a rifle was seen near campus, police said ...

  • Report Raptors receive permission to speak with Denvers Ujiri

    The Toronto Raptors have reportedly received permission to speak with Masai Ujiri of the Denver Nuggets about their vacant general manager's position.Yahoo! Sports reports that Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment CEO Tim Leiweke is prepared to offer Ujiri a multi-year deal said to be worth $3-million a ...

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