After a day that saw reports of heavy rain, flooding and two-inch hail in parts of northern Colorado, along with at least one tornado warning in Washington county, severe thunderstorm potential will extend to all the eastern border counties Sunday.
Eastern Colorado
Harvesting a deer or elk in the wrong Game Management Unit is not only illegal, it can be very expensive. Consider the experience of an Oklahoma couple hunting in southwest Colorado.
A Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer drove into their camp late one morning during the first rifle season. When he asked how the hunt was going the husband explained that they had each killed a cow about a mile away from their camp.
The officer congratulated them and then asked to see their licenses. After looking at the licenses he asked exactly where they'd hunted.
There have already been several people/bear interactions this year. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) website has many great resources for those exploring the Colorado outdoors. Before heading out to enjoy the Colorado outdoors take a minute to learn how to be “Bear Aware” and enjoy a safe hike or camping trip. If you are camping or hiking west of Interstate 25 there’s a good chance you are in bear country. According to the CPW website, “Bears that learn that people have food routinely visit camp sites, picnic areas and resorts in hopes of finding an easy meal.&n
Desdemona died sometime in the night. Aunt Ada had had the cat since she was a tiny kitten, and she was naturally heartbroken. So was Boots, Desdemona’s partner in crime and play and food and everything else that makes life worthwhile for two old cats.
Through her tears, Aunt Ada wondered if she could’ve noticed something or had done something differently that would have given Desdemona back to her for a while longer, but there just wasn’t anything. The cat had looked good at bedtime, and was gone before the sun came up.
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In a series of Twitter posts Saturday, Republican Colorado Senator Cory Gardner called ongoing violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, domestic terrorism and called on U.S. President Donald Trump to likewise call the incident terrorism.
Today's attack is not the result of “many sides”— it's an act of domestic terrorism. @POTUS should explicitly denounce white supremacy.
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