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A video of three wolf pups playing in a puddle on a dirt road was confirmed as the first offspring of Colorado’s wolf reintroduction effort, state wildlife officials said Monday.Colorado Parks and Wildlife leaders shared a video of the pups playing in a post on X. The agency did not disclose when or where the video was taken but said wolf biologists reviewed it and confirmed the three pups were part of the Copper Creek pack. Seen here: three healthy wolf pups (around 40-50 lbs) and one adult from the Copper Creek pack. We received this video and our wolf…

Sean Payton wants Nik Bonitto to improve as a run defender. On Sunday night against the Packers, the speedy edge rusher seemed ready to answer the call.In the second quarter Green Bay was positioned at its 11-yard line, and running back Emanuel Wilson received a handoff before getting stopped by Bonitto and defensive lineman Angelo Blackson for a 2-yard gain. On second down, Bonitto read the run play perfectly as he greeted running back Ellis Merriweather in the backfield for a 2-yard loss.Bonitto is known for being a pure pass rusher and one of the fastest players in Denver’s outside…

Under a sunny Colorado sky at Pikes Peak National Cemetery, Kennedy Pugh took a breath Thursday afternoon, bracing himself as members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard slid a gleaming silver casket out of a hearse.His brother, Alvin Pugh, was finally home.As Taps echoed through the cemetery, the Honor Guard draped a flag over the casket, and the priest from the Pugh family’s parish in Pueblo began the ritual of laying Alvin to rest.“It was beautiful,” Kennedy said.Alvin Pugh’s remains arrived at Pikes Peak National Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Pugh, a 60-year-old Air…

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Pisces.Happy Birthday for Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024:You are complex, self-contained and mysterious. You are also intelligent, humorous and caring. Take inventory of your life. It’s time to let go of people and places from the past that have held you back. This is the last year of a nine-year cycle. Clear the decks!ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★Today you might be licking your wounds from yesterday’s challenges with others, which is why you feel the need to withdraw and seek out some privacy. This is probably…

On Sunday, Aug. 4, Denver set a record for the hottest temperature in the city since the National Weather Service started keeping track of the city’s highs and lows. That day, which peaked at 102 degrees at the airport, was the fifth day Denver tied or broke a heat record this summer. Although the heat wave is finally fizzling, hotter summers are the new normal for the foreseeable future. Climate change means longer, hotter summers, drier soils, and more frequent droughts.Given this trajectory, homeowners may feel they have to choose between a crispy brown lawn, a high water bill, or…

Don Sturm, a successful Denver financier, knew what it was like to see billions of dollars evaporate in the dot-com bust and to watch the ownership of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche, seemingly in his hands, slip away at the last minute.But Sturm never lost his work ethic, his vision for the future, his desire to help the larger community in the present, and his sense of humor, family and colleagues said.Sturm, a mover and shaker on Denver’s business scene in the 90s and 00s, died on Saturday at age 92, overcoming his setbacks and leaving his indelible mark…

A severe thunderstorm could bring 2-inch hail, wind gusts up to 70 mph and frequent lightning to Colorado’s Eastern Plains and communities east of the Interstate 25 corridor, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 9 p.m. for a large section of northeastern and southeastern Colorado, including Weld, El Paso, Cheyenne, Elbert, Pueblo, Otero, Lincoln, Crowley, Kiowa, Logan, Yuma, Kit Carson, Morgan and Washington counties. A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming until 9 PM MDT pic.twitter.com/kRzxZqPfBV — NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) August 19, 2024 Thunderstorms could produce…

Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88.NBC’s “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness.Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the first to incorporate audience participation in a talk show, typically during a full hour with a single guest.“Just one guest per show? No band?” he remembered being routinely asked in his 1979 memoir, “Donahue, My Own Story.”The format set “The Phil Donahue Show” apart from other interview shows of…

More than 400 flights were delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport on Monday afternoon as a severe thunderstorm swept across Colorado’s Eastern Plains.Related Articles Transportation | RTD rail riders face more slow zones, and bus shuttles to DIA Transportation | More than 600 flights delayed at DIA for severe thunderstorms Transportation | What do airlines owe passengers for flight delays, cancellations at DIA? Transportation | D Bar closing its Uptown location after 16 years Transportation | Copper wire thefts disrupt RTD rail service in metro Denver The average delay time for arriving flights is approximately one hour, according to…

A black bear spotted wandering near a Douglas County elementary school Monday morning is now being rescued and removed from a tree near Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree.Douglas County sheriff’s deputies first saw the bear on Maximus Drive near Acres Green Elementary School on Monday morning, the agency said in a post on X.The bear was caught on camera sitting on the front porch of a home and later wandered south into Lone Tree, where emergency crews found it in a tree near the mall.Police and fire crews are working with Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers to safely remove…