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The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for April 3, 2025 as of 6:30 p.m. Thursday:Coal Bank Pass, CO — 6.5 inches at 10:36 a.m. MDTDurango, CO — 0.5 inch at 9:17 a.m. MDTMolas Pass, CO — 5 inches at 10:36 a.m. MDTPagosa Springs, CO — 1.5 inches at 8:30 a.m. MDTRed Mountain Pass, CO — 4 inches at 10:34 a.m. MDTTelluride, CO — 3 inches at 8:33 a.m. MDT source

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Cancer.Happy Birthday for Friday, April 4, 2025:You are compassionate, kind and protective. You are also ambitious and decisive. Good news! This year you will reap the benefits of all your hard work. Seize opportunities and be ready to act on them. Expect a promotion, kudos, an award, a scholarship — some kind of acknowledgement. Bravo!ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★★Unexpected events might occur today because you have strong impulses to make changes at home. Or perhaps surprising and unexpected events will impact your family. It’s a…

Colorado companies that sell goods imported from overseas were hammered during Thursday’s stock market plunge, which was the worst one-day drop seen in the U.S. since pandemic fears roiled investors on March 16, 2020.Denver-based VF Corp., owner of several iconic brands like The North Face and Vans, lost 28.7% of its market value on Thursday, making it one of the hardest hit stocks in the country. VF shares suffered their largest one-day drop since Oct. 19, 1987, also known as Black Monday, when they fell 26.1%.VF shares reached a 52-week high of $29.02 on Jan. 29, reflecting a rebound in…

Dear Eric: I am a 75-year-old professional woman married to a great 74-year-old Ph.D. who works in Pharma and has no desire to retire. We have a very good marriage, but I am struggling with resentment and negativity due to hubby’s work situation. We both work from home. His workload has been nonexistent for three and a half months.His boss keeps saying work is coming but it doesn’t. The company is not laying off anyone in his department. Hubby basically takes a walk in the morning and then comes home and naps for hours. Then he goes to the library…

Denver city officials are opening additional cold weather shelters starting Friday afternoon ahead of weekend snow storm.Denverites can expect to see snow, rain, wind and below-freezing temperatures through Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service.Starting at 1 p.m. Friday through 11 a.m. Sunday, city officials are expanding shelter capacity at the city’s regular “front door” shelter access points, including: Denver Rescue Mission Lawrence Street Community Center, 2222 Lawrence St., for individual men Samaritan House, 2301 Lawrence St., for individual women Urban Peak, 1630 S. Acoma St., for individuals ages 12 to 24 Families in need may call the Connection…

Today is Friday, April 4, the 94th day of 2025. There are 271 days left in the year.Today in history:On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot and killed while standing on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King’s death triggered a wave of unrest in cities across the United States that killed 43 people and injured more than 3,000.Also on this date:In 1841, President William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia one month after his inauguration, becoming the first U.S. chief executive to die in office; Harrison’s vice president, John Tyler,…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cale Makar scored to become just the ninth NHL defenseman with 30 goals in a season and the Colorado Avalanche clinched a playoff berth with a 7-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.Makar also had two assists while Charlie Coyle, Nathan MacKinnon and Devon Toews also had a goal and two assists each for the Avalanche, who scored five straight times after falling behind 3-2 in the second period.Miles Wood, Parker Kelly and Brock Nelson also scored for Colorado while Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves.Sean Monahan, Zachary Aston-Reese and Boone Jenner scored for…

By Abby Badach Doyle, NerdWalletWhen you’re saving for your first home, it’s natural to wish for a helping hand. It might even feel like everyone else is getting a check from Mom and Dad. But if you don’t have a financial head start, where should you begin?The good news: Homeownership isn’t just for the lucky few with a windfall. In fact, most first-time homebuyers don’t wait for one. According to the National Association of Realtors, only one in four first-time buyers used a gift or loan from family or friends to fund their down payment.If you don’t have gift money…

Speaker Johnson on wrong side of proxy voting Re: “Speaker’s effort to block proxy voting rejected,” April 2 news story I find it painfully ironic that the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, is so outspoken and combatively negative on the topic of allowing new parents in Congress the limited right to vote by proxy. That should be given an easy pass. The Republican Party proudly touts its adherence to “family values,” however, with a few brave enough to defy the party’s stand, it is once more rejecting any bipartisan proposal, no matter what. The excuse given by Johnson, the third most…

By WILL WEISSERTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump promised tariffs that would raise U.S. import taxes high enough to mirror what other assess as trade penalties on American goods.What he’s actually imposing is based on far more complicated math.Here’s a look at how the White House got its numbers:Why do the new tariff rates often differ by country?The Trump administration has declared an “economic emergency” to bypass Congress and impose a 10% tariff on nearly all countries and territories. It has set even higher levies for about 60 nations that it says are the “worst” offenders.The 10% global tariffs take…