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1. CANDIDATE TOLD TO STEP DOWN
The chairman of the Jefferson County Republican party is after learning he has ties to a white supremacist group and a criminal record.
2. CLASH OF THE SKI RESORT TITANS
. The buyout offer comes days before the resort titans meet in court to battle over a lease lawsuit that could leave Vail controlling the Utah ski area.
3. SEARCH IS ON IN AURORA
after a woman was attacked in Aurora. The woman has serious injuries and was transported to the hospital, according to the Aurora Police Department, but is expected to survive.
4. GRIM RECOVERY PLANNED
A and the wreckage of a small airplane from a southwestern Colorado reservoir on Thursday. The single-engine plane is upside down and partially buried in silt under about 60 feet of water.
5. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE DENVER WEATHER
Temperatures are expected to climb near the seasonal average on Thursday in Denver, but winds could could kick up just a bit. , where winter conditions are expected to continue today.
6. 35 YEARS AGO TODAY
Bonita Raye Reynolds-Morgan was a Vietnam War-era flower child who wore beads, smoked pot and recited poems. Thirty-five years ago today, . Reporter Kirk Mitchell examines why this case remains unsolved.
7. DENVER METRO CRIME BLOTTER
A brawl inside Taco Bell, smoking cigarettes inside 7-Eleven, falling asleep inside King Soopers? Here they are: The .
8. “LOVE AT FIRST SOUND”
When Ena Iraheta and Brent Batron met in May 2001, just days after arriving at the Colorado Center for the Blind, they said. Today, the two are married with five sighted children — 2-year-old twins, Noah and Roman; Olivia, 4; Sienna, 7, and Gavin, 8. “They are all about their kids,” said second-grade teacher Marcy Guthrie.
9. HOW MANY GAMES WILL THE ROCKIES WIN?
There’s every reason to believe the Rockies can win 90 games in 2014, according to the math of franchise owner Dick Monfort. Before you choke on your Cracker Jack, there’s more: Here’s .
10. NUGGETS OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED
The clock struck midnight at approximately 8:52 p.m. Mountain time Wednesday night. The Nuggets’ 10-year playoffs streak? Poof! Gone.Just like that. The at the AT&T Center.
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