The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning Saturday for parts of five states, including Colorado, due to high fire danger.

Birthdays

October 11

• Kathy Engstrom
• Easton Hofferber
• Louis Brown
• Ciara McCracken
• Hayden Uhland
• Brock Shalberg

October 12

• Joshua Kliesen
• Ellee Bake Jeffryes
• Barbara Uhland
• Itzi Ramirez
• Terry Riley
• Morgyn Johnson
• Robert Lee Lucero
• Kindel Hoffman
• Monica Halde

October 13

• Bernie Thomas
• Allye Batterton
• Kourtney Richards
• Gene Lutz
• Bud Adamson

October 14

• Landri Tuttle

A storm will blossom and produce windy conditions with snow across most of the northern Rockies, leading to travel disruptions due to the season's first snowfall of consequence across this part of the country according to AccuWeather.

Colorado statewide fishing report and conditions for October 10, 2021, from Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Friday marks the first day county clerks across Colorado can begin mailing ballots for the November 2 Coordinated Election.

Colorado has the ninth highest gas prices in the nation at an average of $3.53 per gallon of regular grade gas, according to AAA.

Photo of the week from the October 8, 2021, edition of the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado - Grasshopper cleaning its antennae - Jeanne Sorensen.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis gave opening remarks to the country's western governors for a workshop on public land management, touting his state’s conservation and wildfire mitigation efforts.

Summit and Eagle counties have seen significant increases in second home purchases over the last year.

Federal economic data released Thursday showed a sharp drop in in new unemployment filings, ending several weeks of rising claims.