Areas of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas are under a severe thunderstorm watch Monday afternoon.

Bent's Old Fort in southeast Colorado will be holding an Independence Dat parade and other activities July 4.

Colorado driver license fees will increase twice over the next two weeks.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials have investigated several elk and moose conflicts resulting in injuries to both people and dogs, and agency officials are cautioning everyone to be extra vigilant this time of year.

Desert locations are likely to have the most brutal conditions, surpassing 110 degrees Fahrenheit for several days this week in places like Phoenix and Needles, California. Death Valley is forecast to reach 120 F one or more times in the coming week. Expect a warm week in drought-plagued southwest Colorado, too.

Tumultuous weather will continue on Monday as an area of low pressure centered over the Great Lakes and an associated cold front stretches from Wisconsin to Texas, and prompts stormy weather across much of the central and eastern portions of the United States, including Colorado, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

Life in Eads and Kiowa County, Colorado, as observed by Doris Lessenden.

Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma can expect to see severe thunderstorms, large hail and even a few tornadoes Sunday afternoon.

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