Sabtu, 18 Juli 2026

CO Rescue Team to TX, DST Change?, and Season Openers

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 2002, a PB4Y-2 Privateer air tanker lost its left wing and crashed near Estes Park while fighting the Big Elk Fire, killing both crew members.

For years, spotting an email scam felt easy. Bad grammar, a fake logo, an obvious ask, and you'd catch it. But the emails that drained nearly $21 billion from Americans last year didn't look sloppy at all. They looked like they came from your bank, your pharmacy, even your own family, and adults over 60 lost the most of anyone. In today's episode of The Flyover Podcast, Amy breaks down five quick inbox moves that clean up your clutter and quietly lock scammers out. Which one are the con artists counting on you never learning? Tune in here to learn more!

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Colorado Rescue Team Deploys to Texas

Colorado Task Force 1 sent 48 members and two search dogs to Texas on Thursday to help with water rescues as flash flooding battered the Hill Country.

The FEMA urban search and rescue team, based in Lakewood and drawn from 23 Front Range fire agencies, was given four hours to roll out. It is built to operate for 72 hours without resupply.

The team was called first to San Antonio but expects to head to the Kerrville area in Kerr County, the same region it worked last year, when floods killed more than 100 people.

Officials said the destination could shift while crews are en route as conditions change across the saturated region.

Woman Shot Near Aurora ICE Facility

A woman was shot and wounded Thursday night just outside the GEO Group-run ICE processing center in Aurora, and police say her injuries are not life-threatening.

The shooting happened near the facility on the 3100 block of Nome Street, not inside it, according to Aurora police spokeswoman Gabby Easterwood. A man was detained as a possible suspect.

It occurred shortly after a weekly protest outside the center had ended, said Andrea Loya, executive director of Casa de Paz, a nonprofit that helps released detainees reunite with family. Loya was not present but spoke with people who attended.

Police said they did not yet have details on what led to the shooting or a motive. No charges had been filed as of Friday morning.

House Passes Permanent Daylight Saving Bill

The U.S. House passed the Sunshine Protection Act this week in a bipartisan 308-117 vote, a step toward ending the twice-yearly clock change nationwide.

For Colorado, the bill could revive a 2022 state law that would keep the state on year-round daylight saving time. It cannot take effect unless Congress acts and at least four other Mountain Time states follow suit.

Democrat Cathy Kipp, who sponsored the Colorado law, said the goal was to stop the disruptive clock changes, citing research tying the spring shift to heart attacks and crashes. Not everyone agrees.

State Sen. Cleave Simpson, an Alamosa Republican, favors permanent standard time, citing dark winter mornings and kids at bus stops. The U.S. tried it once before and quickly scrapped it.

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➤ Pueblo County: Containment of the Aspen Acres fire reached 48% Friday morning, with the blaze holding at 99,820 acres and more than 1,700 personnel assigned. Evacuation orders have eased around Beulah as crews gain ground on one of Colorado's largest wildfires on record. (More)

➤ Garfield County: Sheriff's deputies responded to flash flooding that covered several roads near New Castle, including Buford Road and Main Elk Road, with mud left across the pavement. Officials urged extreme caution or avoiding the affected routes. (More)

➤ Statewide: A new Colorado Health Foundation Pulse Poll found 76% of respondents are worried about being able to afford living in the state, and many said elected leaders are not doing enough to help. (More)

➤ Also Statewide: Backers of a ballot measure to cap Colorado's income tax rate at the current 4.4% submitted about 190,000 voter signatures to election officials for review. The proposal aims to counter a competing push for a graduated income tax. (More)

➤ Ignacio: At a commission meeting in the southwestern Colorado town, state wildlife regulators moved a proposed ban on commercial sales of fur from 17 furbearer species into formal rulemaking. The petition came from the Center for Biological Diversity, while sportsmen's groups oppose the measure. (More)

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➤ The Colorado Rockies will open the 2027 season on the road against San Francisco as part of the earliest Opening Day in Major League Baseball history. (More)

➤ Colorado men's basketball will face Purdue at the Indy Classic in Indianapolis on Dec. 19, pitting Buffaloes freshman Eric Jacobsen against his older brother, Purdue center Daniel Jacobsen. (More)

➤ The Colorado Avalanche will open the 2026-27 season at home against the Los Angeles Kings on Sept. 30 before making their first Winter Classic appearance Dec. 31 against the Utah Mammoth outdoors in Salt Lake City. (More)

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1Source: https://www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/ai-productivity-tools-market-23074
2Source: https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/ai-productivity-tools-market-report
3Source: https://www.giiresearch.com/report/grvi1512062-ai-productivity-tools-market-size-share-trends.html

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➤ Tourism in the Lake County mountain town of Leadville has slumped since the Willow Fire, but roughly 9,000 registrations across this year's Leadville Race Series, including the famed 100-mile ultramarathon, have businesses and residents hoping for a rebound. (More)

➤ Surgeons at Banner North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley performed what the Greeley Tribune describes as a first-of-its-kind operation, using a "frozen elephant trunk" procedure to rebuild the main artery carrying blood from a patient's heart. (More)

➤ The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service downlisted the razorback sucker, a Colorado River native, from endangered to threatened, citing substantial recovery progress. (More)

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