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Deborah Nicholls' Sentence Vacated, E-Bike Rebates, and Miles the Mascot

A judge has vacated the convictions of Deborah Nicholls, the Colorado Springs mother convicted of killing her three children in a 2003 house fire.
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Article Icon 1Mother's Murder Convictions Overturned

A judge has vacated the convictions of Deborah Nicholls, the Colorado Springs mother convicted of killing her three children in a 2003 house fire.

The ruling found prosecutors suppressed scientific evidence from the fire investigation at the 2008 trial at which Nicholls, now 59, and her husband, Timothy, were both sentenced to life in prison.  

Nicholls' father, Doug Baumgardner, 82, said the family was ecstatic. "We've always known she was innocent. She wasn't even home," he said.

The Fourth Judicial District Attorney's Office is appealing. A former firefighter at the scene commented, "It just makes your heart hurt for those kids." 

Article Icon 1Denver Hits Worst Drought on Record

Nearly a third of Denver County is now in exceptional drought, the U.S. Drought Monitor's most severe category and the highest share ever recorded for the county.

That makes this Denver's worst drought since record-keeping began in 2000, as the county has collected roughly half its normal precipitation since Jan. 1. Thursday's update also pushed the category into parts of Adams and Arapahoe counties.

On the Western Slope, Blue Mesa Reservoir sits about a quarter full and 84 feet below capacity, with the Gunnison River winding through what used to be lake bottom.

The Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association has cut farmers to half their normal allocations, and growers there have fallowed large tracts of cropland.

Article Icon 1State Relaunches E-Bike Rebate Program

Colorado's e-bike rebate program returns Aug. 24 with $3 million behind it, enough for more than 2,800 point-of-sale rebates over the next year.

Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Energy Office announced the relaunch Thursday in Wheat Ridge. The standard rebate is $1,000, with another $300 each for e-cargo and adaptive bikes.

Buyers qualify if their household income is at or below 80% of their county's median. Registration opens quarterly, with the first window running Aug. 24 through Aug. 31.

The first round, which saw 34,000 people apply, ran from summer 2023 until the money ran out in spring 2025. Nearly 8,000 Coloradans saved a combined $9.75 million, and 89% said they couldn't have bought an e-bike otherwise.

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Around Colorado

Lake City: The Elk Fire grew more than 1,000 acres in a day to 5,117 acres. Hinsdale County evacuated the San Juan Springs subdivision immediately and put nearly all of Lake City on pre-evacuation alert. (More)

Statewide: Advance Colorado's "right to natural gas" measure qualified for the November ballot with 146,165 valid signatures. Initiative 177 would add a right to buy and sell gas into the state's constitution. (More)

Glenwood Springs: City Council voted 6-1 Thursday to sue the landlord of a building where ICE runs a short-term detention facility, arguing it violates city zoning. The city revoked the permit in April over hold times; ICE denies exceeding its 12-hour limit. (See Details)

Statewide: The DEA has seized 3.2 million fentanyl pills across its four-state Rocky Mountain Division this year, including 500,000 in a single Western Slope operation in May. Agents seized 3,000 pounds of methamphetamine division-wide last year. (More)

Park County: A man drowned Thursday afternoon after his kayak flipped in high winds on Eleven Mile Reservoir. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said he was wearing a life jacket, but that it didn't fit properly. (More)

➤ Statewide: New sports betting limits take effect Wednesday, Aug. 12. Senate Bill 26-131 caps bettors at six deposits a day and bans credit cards for funding accounts. Sponsors called it consumer protection; critics warned it pushes gamblers to offshore books. (See Details)


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➤ CU football coach Deion Sanders admitted this week that keeping players has become harder than recruiting them. Asked if loyalty still matters in the NIL era, he was blunt: "Not if you got money." (More)

➤ Meanwhile, CBS Sports ranked Deion Sanders 13th out of 16 Big 12 coaches entering 2026, a drop of six spots in the conference and 27 nationally after Colorado's 3-9 season. No Power Four coach saw a steeper decline. (More)

➤ Denver Broncos mascot Miles was elected to the Mascot Hall of Fame's Class of 2026, becoming just the sixth NFL mascot inducted. He's averaged more than 325 community appearances per year since debuting in 2001. (More)

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Denver's Saint Joseph Hospital ranks No. 1 in Colorado in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-27 list, ending University of Colorado Hospital's hold on the top spot since 2012. Saint Joseph drew 19 "high performing" ratings. (More)

Fishers Peak State Park summit trails above Trinidad reopened after their annual closure for peregrine falcon nesting, which runs March 15 through July 31. The hike tops out above 9,600 feet. (More)

The Pentagon's fifth batch of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) records includes two 2023 Colorado Springs sightings, both investigated by the FBI. One witness described a solid black triangle with a red light at each corner. (See Report)

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The Poll

Have you ever ridden an e-bike?

  1. Yes, I own one
  2. Yes, I've tried one
  3. No, but I plan to
  4. No, don't want to
 

Yesterday's Results:

Have you visited any of Colorado’s ghost towns?

  1. Yes, a few: 25%
  2. No, but I’d like to: 23%
  3. Yes, several: 21%
  4. No, not for me: 16%
  5. Yes, one: 15%
Colorado Trivia

Blue Mesa Reservoir was created by damming which river?

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