A quick summary of the news of the day for Friday, April 25, 2014.
1. ARRESTS MADE IN MEDICAL POT RAIDS
Federal agents on Friday arrested individuals in on Colorado medical marijuana businesses.
2. FAMILY, FRIENDS REMEMBER SHOOTING VICTIM
for her close family ties, love of life and, most of all, how she placed her three young sons at the center of her world. Kirk, 44, died April 14 of a gunshot wound while she made a 911 emergency call from her home in Observatory Park.
3. ROY GETS SALTY AFTER SERIES-TYING LOSS TO WILD
Avalanche coach Patrick Roy on Friday in Games 3 and 4 against the Minnesota Wild, but equally defiant in assessing the state of the first-round series that is tied 2-2 going into Saturday night’s Game 5.
4. ST. MARY’S GLACIER WATER SYSTEM RUNNING, BUT NOT READY
Household water is running again in the St. Mary’s Glacier area, but the water district is.
5. RTD’S NEW BUS STATION “HANDSOME”
RTD unveiled a new underground bus depot at Union Station Friday that promises to make a daily trip to the office downtown . ()
6. SUNNY TODAY, BUT RAIN ON THE WAY
The Denver weather forecast looks rosy on Friday, but a .
7. DENVER ON “HIGH WIRE” BETWEEN RED ROCKS, RESIDENTS
Denver faces the delicate “high wire” task this summer of dealing with neighbor anger over the while keeping the iconic concert venue an attractive place for live acts to play.
8. BILL TO KEEP MENTALLY ILL OUT OF SOLITARY ADVANCES
A bill that would make it tougher to keep a mentally ill inmate in solitary confinement Friday morning.
9. THAT’S NICE OF THEM
The woman who reported a coyote attacked and ran off with her dog after she let if loose on the Bear Canyon Trail on Thursday .
10. BETANCOURT, POST-SURGERY, SIGNS WITH ROCKIES MINOR LEAGUE
The Rockies declined a $4.25 million team option on extending Rafael Betancourt’s contract after last season. But even though Betancourt, 38, underwent Tommy John surgery in the offseason,.
11. “COACH BOYLE WILL LET YOU MAKE PLAYS”
During Spencer Dinwiddie’s news conference to announce that he will forgo his final year of eligibility at Colorado and , the 6-foot-6 point guard was asked what he would tell future CU recruits about living in Boulder and playing for Buffs coach Tad Boyle.
12. VARLY FINALIST FOR TOP GOALIE
Semyon Varlamov, whose performance during the past two playoff games against the Minnesota Wild has kept the Avalanche in contention to win, .
13. JUDGE REJECTS INSIDER TRADING SETTLEMENT
Saying he will not sign off on any agreement where a defendant skirts culpability, U.S. District Judge John Kane and the securities agency that sued him.
