Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , , and the stories that will be talked about today, Thursday, May 8, 2014.
1. FLOW OF CASH
After a decade-long struggle with drought, wildfires and even grasshopper infestations, the future of some of Colorado’s most iconic rivers is only now starting to take shape after the devastation of last fall’s historic floods. .
2. POLICE INVESTIGATE TODDLER’S DEATH
A when he was run over by a car backing out of a driveway. The boy died at the scene, police said.
3. THAT’S A WRAP
The 2014 Colorado Legislature wrapped its session Wednesday. From education funding, to flood recovery, transportation to marijuana edibles, the legislature passed 90 percent of its bill. Even still, . Meanwhile, supporters of a bill to crack down on repeat DUI offenders were disappointed it didn’t survive. And .
4. WHAT’S IN THE AIR?
Scientists have found that Colorado’s Front Range oil and gas boom has been — 19.3 tons an hour — a climate-change problem that state officials hope new rules will address.
5. DUE IN COURT
The 21-year-old man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy in a hit-and-run accident in February . Reporter Jordan Steffen is following the case and will provide updates. In other court news, a , accused of the fatal shooting of his father.
6. THE SMART HOME REVOLUTION
Once relegated to the rich and famous, , spotlighted by Google’s recent $3.2 billion acquisition of Nest, the smart-thermostat startup.
7. WILD, WILD WEATHER
Weather Thursday in northeastern Colorado will be cool and cloudy in the wake of severe storms that rumbled across the region overnight Wednesday. Five tornado touchdowns were reported Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service, and 1 ½ inch hail was produced by the storms along with snow and heavy rains.
8. SIGNING OFF
Mike Landess, the silver-haired veteran of four decades as a TV anchor, 50 years in the business, will retire from KMGH in late August. “We’ve been talking about it for a couple of years and ,” Landess said in a statement released by KMGH Thursday.
9. BRONCOS READY FOR PRIME TIME
. In a matter of hours, the Broncos will add their newest star, a highly paid scrub or nobody at all. “We’ll concentrate mostly on 31,” Broncos general manager John Elway said. “And we’ll look around to see if we can trade up or down.” For . You can even find this dubious list: the .
10. THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING
“Hotter than a stolen tamale” or “Hotter than a honeymoon hotel” are typically reserved for front-porch chitchats about the infernal Texas weather. But those time-honored Texas tidbits provide . In other Rockies news, Michael Cuddyer isn’t running yet, but .
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