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The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for Jan. 19, 2025 as of 6:54 p.m. Sunday:RELATED: Everything you need to know about the polar vortex bringing extreme cold to Colorado-mile Canyon Re, CO — 3.5 inches at 7 a.m.Agate, CO — 4.7 inches at 7 a.m.Arapahoe Peak, CO — 1.8 inches at 12:02 p.m.Arvada, CO — 6 inches at 9 a.m.Aspen Park, CO — 3.7 inches at 7 a.m.Aspen Springs, CO — 8 inches at 7 a.m.Aurora, CO — 3.5 inches at 7 a.m.Berthoud, CO — 4.5 inches at 7 a.m.Blue River, CO —…

The Front Range and Eastern Plains saw freezing, below-zero temperatures in the double digits overnight, but the worst of the arctic blast is yet to come.Park County, southwest of metro Denver, experienced some of the coldest temperatures overnight Saturday, National Weather Service meteorologist Robert Koopmeiners said.Temperatures fell to minus 33 degrees at Lake George, about 40 miles west of Colorado Springs, and to minus 37 at the nearby Elevenmile Canyon Reservoir, Koopmeiners said. Some areas out east on the plains, including Berthoud, saw overnight lows near minus 19.RELATED: Everything you need to know about the polar vortex bringing extreme cold…

A Fort Collins woman will undergo a surgery to prevent pregnancy. A Thornton couple has decided to embrace male birth control through a vasectomy. A mother in Evergreen plans to stock up on morning-after pills. And a transgender man in Colorado Springs worries about his access to testosterone.Although voters enshrined abortion access in the state’s constitution last fall, some Coloradans still feel uneasy about the permanency of reproductive health care and gender-affirming care under President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. With the Republican leader set to take office for the second time on Monday, several Front Range residents told The Denver…

Superintendent Alex Marrero sent a memo to Denver Public Schools’ principals last week ahead of President Donald Trump’s return to office, offering training about what they and their front-office staff should do if federal immigration officers show up at their schools.School leaders, he wrote, should deny U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entry into their buildings. Next, staff should place those schools on a secure perimeter, meaning no one is allowed in or out.Meanwhile, Marrero wrote, school staff should use the intercom to communicate with ICE officers, including asking for their badge numbers and whether they have a warrant. Then…

As the chair of Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee, a billion dollars is a lot. Maybe folks in Congress can joke that a billion here and a billion there adds up to real money, but in Colorado we run a tight ship. This year we’ll balance our state’s general fund at right around $16.5 billion.Without changing any of our budget investment strategies from last year, then adding in the $350 million for public safety required by voters, we’re at just over a billion in the red. That’s really not good for Colorado families and our state’s economic future.Unlike a household budget,…

With the presidential inauguration on Monday, the Trump administration is set to kick off a series of policy moves focused on, among many things, reducing government waste.It’s not surprising to see a renewed focus on our government’s and politicians’ extravagant spending, especially when some families struggle to put food on the table because of persistent inflation (which is arguably also a result of government action). Aptly named “DOGE,” an acronym for the Department of Government Efficiency — and a subtle nod to a cryptocurrency by the same name — Trump has appointed well-known entrepreneur Elon Musk of Tesla fame, and…

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post readers, to share their mini-reviews with you. Have any to offer? Email bellis@denverpost.com. “Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books,” by Kirsten Miller (William Morrow, 2024) “Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books,” by Kirsten Miller (William Morrow, 2024) If you’re dismayed by the state of current U.S. politics (meaning the far right, as well as the far left), you…

Traffic was flowing on major Colorado roadways Saturday morning despite the snow and ice that settled across the Front Range late Friday, putting many emergency services agencies on accident alert. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s statewide map showed all interstate and major state highways open as of 10:30 a.m., with dozens of plows busy scraping roadways. RELATED: Everything you need to know about the polar vortex bringing extreme cold to ColoradoA Winter Weather Advisory published by the National Weather Service remains in effect around Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, Castle Rock and Greeley through 5 p.m., reflecting slick driving conditions. Colorado…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, ASHRAF KHALIL and CHRISTINE FERNANDO, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people from around the United States rallied in the nation’s capital Saturday for women’s reproductive rights and other causes they believe are under threat from the incoming Trump administration, reprising the original Women’s March days before President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration.Eight years after the first historic Women’s March at the start of Trump’s first term, marchers said they were caught off guard by Trump’s victory and are determined now to show that support remains strong for women’s access to abortion, for transgender people, for combating climate…

At least 204 flights were delayed Saturday morning at Denver International Airport, as snow and bitter cold brought by a polar vortex gripped the metro area. Nearly half of the flights — 101, as of 11:45 a.m. — belonged to United, according to flight tracking service FlightAware. An additional 54 belonged to SkyWest and 33 to Southwest, while AeroMéxico, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, Frontier, Jazz and Key Lime Air experienced a smaller number of delays. No cancellations have been reported so far. Snow and ice began impacting ground transportation across Colorado late Friday, and the National Weather…