Sunday, June 28, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1880, frontier scout and cowboy showman Texas Jack Omohundro died of pneumonia in the silver-mining town of Leadville. A stage partner of Buffalo Bill Cody, he's buried there in Evergreen Cemetery.

Speaking of being buried, a time capsule in De Beque almost stayed that way, but a town employee discovered the directions letter 20 days before its planned opening. Read the story in Et Cetera.

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Peters Rallies Supporters After Prison Release

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters told a packed crowd at a conservative festival in Castle Rock on Friday that her supporters were "my heroes."

Peters spoke at Rocky Mountain Voice's two-day Freedom Festival about 25 days after her release from prison. She urged the crowd to "stand up and fight back", warning that what happened to her could happen to them.

A Republican elected in 2018, Peters was convicted in 2024 of felony and misdemeanor counts tied to a 2021 breach of Mesa County's voting equipment and sentenced to roughly nine years. Gov. Jared Polis commuted that sentence in May, citing a formal apology.

No fraud was found in Mesa County's 2020 election, and Peters' case remains before the Colorado Supreme Court.

Hot, Dry Weekend Elevates Fire Danger

Hot, dry, and gusty weather is driving up fire danger across Southern Colorado this weekend, with the highest risk west of Interstate 25.

The National Weather Service has posted red flag warnings as afternoon highs climb into the 80s and 90s—triple digits in spots—alongside wind gusts of 25 to 40 mph and single-digit humidity.

The dry, windy pattern reaches statewide: the Denver area faces a hot, sunny stretch, while the Western Slope braces for strong gusts of its own.

Forecasters urged residents to avoid open flames, secure trailer chains, and skip mowing or grinding near dry grass, all of which can throw a spark.

Forest Service Clears N95s for Firefighters

Colorado firefighters and researchers are at the center of new authorization for federal wildland firefighters to wear N95 respirators on the fire line for the first time, a reversal of decades of Forest Service policy.

The change addresses wildfire smoke, which studies link to higher rates of lung cancer and heart disease among firefighters who often worked in it with only a bandanna.

Colorado State University has been a hub of that research, where scientists have spent years documenting wildfire smoke's health effects and launched a Rocky Mountain symposium on firefighter exposure.

Officials called the masks an interim step, noting no respirator yet meets federal workplace standards for the grueling conditions on a fire line.

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➤ Colorado Springs: A new city audit found Mayor Yemi Mobolade had city staff supervise his children during work hours and at city events, and flagged personal use of his city vehicle. (More)

➤ Jefferson County: The U.S. Department of Education threatened to cut $98 million in federal funding, 8% of Jeffco Public Schools' budget, over policies letting male students who self-identify as transgender use girls' facilities and compete in girls' sports. (More)

➤ Bent County: Two boaters were pulled alive from John Martin Reservoir on Friday afternoon after their boat capsized. Both were wearing life jackets, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers and a county deputy brought them out of the water. (See Details)

➤ Pueblo: A judge halved the bonds for Brian and Christopher Cotter, co-owners of Davis Mortuary, to $500,000 each, and the brothers posted bond. They face 125 counts of abuse of a corpse, forgery, and theft after 24 decomposing bodies were found at the Pueblo mortuary last August. (See Details)

➤ Lakewood: Four years after losing her son Gary to an overdose, Angela Hernandez has baked hundreds of cakes through her home business, A Glimpse of Heaven, to pay for his grave marker. (More)

➤ Colorado Springs: A former Navy SEAL is converting the former Crawford House building in downtown Colorado Springs into eight affordable rental units, addressing a housing shortage the city estimated at more than 27,000 units in 2023. (More)

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➤ The Colorado Avalanche had a busy Day 2 of the NHL Draft yesterday, entering the day with 10 picks, beginning with Russian center Egor Shilov at No. 43 overall, the team’s first selection of the draft. (See Results)

➤ Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman capped off a five-run ninth inning with a go-ahead two-run home run to give the team an 8-7 lead, but Colorado’s bullpen was unable to hold the lead, surrendering runs in the bottom of the ninth and tenth innings, resulting in a 9-8 loss. (See Home Run)

➤ The Colorado Buffaloes 2027 football recruiting class now ranks as the No. 35 class in the nation after landing a commitment from three-star receiver Ryan Ferdinand on Friday. (More)

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➤ A time capsule buried in De Beque in 1976 was nearly lost until a town employee found a directions letter 20 days before its planned opening. Cracked open Friday, it held a 1922 newspaper and a letter citing the 1776 Dominguez-Escalante expedition. (See Details)

➤ The Grand County mountain town of Fraser, long called the "Icebox of the Nation," is rebranding around the arts. A local nonprofit has raised $4 million toward a sprawling performing arts center it hopes will become the economic anchor for the town of 1,500. (More)

➤ Widespread Panic opened a three-night Red Rocks stand Friday, extending its record for the most sold-out shows at the Morrison amphitheater. Guitarist Nick Johnson is filling in while longtime guitarist Jimmy Herring recovers from cancer treatment. (See Photos)

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