Tag: Fort Collins
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Denver’s RTD sticks with diesel buses amid nationwide electric push
While many areas consider the switch to fully electric, hybrid-electric or trolleybus systems, Denver’s Regional Transportation District is sticking with a known variable: diesel powered buses. Colfax Avenue is no stranger to these buses, which run up and down the busy urban road, moving about 20,000 people per day. These are also the same buses…
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Man arrested in Michigan in connection to Fort Collins shooting
Tylen Michael Grays, 35, allegedly shot and killed Keiter Baez Morales, 31, on Aug. 11
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Denver prepares for Labor Day with closings, altered schedules, traffic changes
CDOT to suspend all construction during Labor Day weekend
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New trail to connect shores of popular reservoir in northern Colorado
An anticipated trail touring a popular reservoir in northern Colorado is close to complete. Larimer County is calling it the Bay to Bay Trail — a 1.8-mile path connecting two go-to areas at Horsetooth Reservoir, Inlet Bay and South Bay. A news release announcing recent construction described the trail wrapping around the southern peninsula of Inlet…
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Xcel details energy plan amid Colorado heatwave
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With potentially record-breaking heat pushing through the metro Denver area this weekend, many homes will be relying on air conditioning to get through — all stemming from electricity. Xcel Energy — which serves over 3.7 million customers throughout eight states, including Colorado — is planning ahead on keeping energy…
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Northern Colorado natural area expanding as part of 3,500-acre vision
An area for conservation and recreation is growing in northern Colorado, helping to realize a long-term goal of local land managers. The 140-acre addition to Prairie Ridge Natural Area “represents the final piece in a 25-year effort creating a 3,500-acre separator between Loveland and Fort Collins,” read a recent announcement from Great Outdoors Colorado. That…
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What to know about this week’s massive heatwave and how to stay safe
‘Moderate’ heat risk expected in the Front Range and ‘major’ heat risk in Southeast Colorado.
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8 whitewater parks around Colorado
Drop into many of Colorado’s riverside towns and you won’t need to go far to find the culture of play. Increasingly over the years, towns have built and expanded central meeting places for enthusiastic kayakers, tubers and stand-up paddleboarders: whitewater parks of rock-made waves, drops and rapids. Whether you partake or spectate, here are eight…
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2 fires reported 30 minutes apart in Fort Collins, Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two separate fires damaged two Fort Collins businesses early Friday morning with the possibility both fires were set intentionally, according to the Poudre Fire Authority. Multiple posts on social media platform X show some of the damage and work fire crews made extinguishing each fire.…
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Fort Collins youth pastor arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting children over span of 3 decades
Hipolito Gomez-Perdomo, 65, was arrested in March following multiple reports of abuse