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Festivals, from horror to family friendly Through Sunday. There’s a festival for nearly every taste this weekend in Colorado. Adams County’s Festival Latino, free and family-friendly, takes place Sunday, Sept. 15, at Riverdale Regional Park in Brighton (adcogov.org/festival-latino). Michelada Fest visits Mile High Flea Market Sept. 14-15 (7007 E. 88th Ave. in Henderson; milehighfleamarket.com), while Telluride Blues and Brews Fest returns to that mountain town Sept. 13-15 (tellurideblues.com). Our top pick in Denver, however, is the Colorado Festival of Horror, which returns with a bulked-up lineup and programming for its fourth year. The event takes place Sept. 13-15 at the…

Kaiser Permanente Colorado members will be able to use CommonSpirit hospitals in the Denver area for health care after the two announced an agreement this week.Starting early next year, four CommonSpirit hospitals will be in-network for inpatient care, meaning Kaiser Permanente customers won’t have to pay as much if they want to use them. The facilities include: St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, OrthoColorado Hospital in Lakewood and Longmont United Hospital.Kaiser members could already use those hospitals for emergency care. Under federal and state law, insurers can only require their customers to pay the in-network rate…

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Capricorn.Happy Birthday for Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024:You are charismatic, energetic and full of ideas. You love to encourage, motivate and educate. Fortunately, you can use this slower-paced year to take time to rejuvenate your energy. Concentrate on your own needs. Focus on friends and partners who have your back. Be discriminating to protect yourself.ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★You continue to be high-viz today, which puts you in a strong position to talk to co-workers, employees and people associated with your work. You’re in a practical…

Six years after the first electric scooter companies blitzed the Denver market, the future of shared scooting in Denver could shift dramatically.Lyft, one of two major providers in the city, said last week it was restructuring its electric bike and scooter business. The company will no longer operate dockless bike and scooter networks like the one it has spread across Denver, with users able to park them virtually anywhere in the public right-of-way within its coverage zones.It’s unclear if Lyft will bring in the new dock-based system it now favors — an electrified version of Denver’s old B-cycle stations, which provided…

A Mountain View Town Council member is accused of shooting a 17-year-old in the face as the teen was sitting in his car and writing a note to ask for permission to take pictures near a mountain lake for an upcoming homecoming date.The teen was seriously injured in the Tuesday afternoon shooting in the 23000 block of Pleasant Park Road near Conifer when Brent Metz, 38, allegedly fired a gun through the windshield of the teen’s car, according to a news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.Metz was arrested in connection with the shooting on charges of first-degree assault,…

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare is returning to the Colorado Avalanche on a tryout contract, the club announced Wednesday.Bellemare, 39, played for Colorado during the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, scoring nine goals each season as a depth forward. He was with the Tampa Bay Lightning for two seasons after that and spent last year with the Seattle Kraken, appearing in 40 games (four goals, seven points).He was a popular player in the Avalanche dressing room and could fill a void left by the retirement of Andrew Cogliano on multiple levels. The Avs could use another veteran player on the fourth line, especially on…

Coloradans will soon be able to file their federal income taxes directly online for free under a program created by the Inflation Reduction Act.Beginning with tax year 2025 — filing for which happens in early 2026 — Coloradans will be able to use the IRS’ free Direct File program to submit their state and federal taxes online for free. Taxpayers can now directly file their Colorado state income taxes for free — separately from federal filings — through the Colorado Department of Revenue website.Under the program, Coloradans will save an estimated $140 million a year in filing fees, and the…

Facts and fiction: Many debate questions go unanswered In our home Tuesday evening we watched the full 90-minute presidential debate. Two observations we agreed upon: First, the ABC network moderators repeatedly referred to the debaters as “Vice President Harris” and “President Trump.” No one appeared to correct that obvious error on the air. It is “former president Trump.” We only have one president at a time, and for the past three and a half years, that person is President Joe Biden. Second, we frequently expected Harris to make the observation that “nothing Mr. Trump has said in the past two minutes…

Smoke from wildfires burning in southern California, Idaho and Oregon is expected to drift over Colorado in the next two days, causing hazy skies and potential health hazards for people with respiratory conditions.Smoke from the three major California wildfires is already drifting across Nevada, Arizona and Utah and will arrive on Colorado’s Western Slope by Wednesday night, state Public Health and Environment officials said on the Colorado Smoke Blog.National Weather Service forecasts show wildfire smoke spreading across a large swath of the state, including metro Denver. 👀Incoming Smoke: We’ll see some smoke from #CaliforniaFires arrive late tonight, but a thicker…

We’re the ones paying for all this theft Re: “Grocery stores ramp up theft deterrents,” Sept. 7 news story Depending on the neighborhood, The Denver Post reported that stores are securing merchandise or going to extraordinary lengths to inconvenience legitimate shoppers from purchasing items. Items under lock and key now necessitate a store employee to provide the key to the locked storage. Good luck with getting a quick response. Store and corporation policy dictates against any employee action against shoplifting because of liability and risk of violence. But in the meantime, legitimate shoppers have to foot the bill. Police and…