Copper Creek Pack Kills Again

The Copper Creek Pack, Colorado’s first pack of reintroduced gray wolves, killed a calf at McCabe Ranch on July 19, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) confirmed.

This is the pack’s eighth confirmed kill this year. CPW moved the pack to Pitkin County in January after it was tied to repeated livestock depredations in Grand County.

On July 18, the CPW Commission narrowly approved a payment of $100,045 to rancher Conway Farrell, who claimed the pack’s depredations cost him 89 calves in 2024. Farrell previously received $287,408 for losses attributed to the pack.

Three other packs formed in western Colorado this spring. CPW says it’s in talks to acquire more wolves for a release in January 2026.

Aurora Community Remembers Shooting

Members of the Aurora community held a candlelight vigil outside the Aurora Municipal Center on Sunday, 13 years after the mass shooting at a local theater took 12 lives.

The vigil featured 12 crosses with photographs of the victims and messages from the community. A display of 70 paper cranes honored those injured in the tragedy.

Earlier in the day, Dylan Boxer, a survivor of the shooting, helped organize a blood drive at the Century Aurora Theater. Organizers said the donations collected could help save more than 50 lives.

In addition to Sunday’s vigil, the 7/20 Memorial Foundation will host a Day of Resilience this coming Saturday.

CDOT Launches Bike Safety Campaign

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Bicycle Colorado have launched a summer safety campaign aimed at curbing a rising number of bicycle fatalities.

According to CDOT, bicyclist deaths in the state have risen by 8% since 2015, with nearly half occurring during the summer months.

To educate the public, CDOT placed dozens of signs in Denver’s Washington Park. The signs display crash statistics and remind drivers of the Three-Foot Law, which requires passing drivers to give bicyclists at least three feet of space.

The campaign in Washington Park is expected to last through the summer. CDOT hopes to expand it to other urban areas across the state.

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➤ Nederland: Town officials met last week to discuss plans for a critical fire evacuation route, a project stalled for over a decade by lack of consensus, funding issues, and competing priorities. (Read More)

➤ Denver: Several veterans groups released a joint statement expressing “unequivocal opposition” to the proposed CO 150 Walkway, a pedestrian bridge connecting the Capitol to Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park. (See Details)

➤ Erie: Police Chief Lee Mathis says local emergency services and other facilities need additional funding to keep up with the town’s rapid growth. (See Details)

➤ Denver: Archbishop Samuel Aquila, first appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012, will submit his resignation before turning 75 this September, as required by canon law. (More)

➤ Westminster: Police launched an investigation after a possible human bone was found in an open space near 122nd Avenue and Park Centre Drive on Friday. (See Details)

➤ Aurora: Rep. Jason Crow, a Democrat from Centennial, says he was unlawfully denied access to the city’s ICE detention center while attempting to conduct oversight of the facility. (See Details)

➤ Statewide: Law enforcement agencies began cracking down on seatbelt usage Monday as part of an enforcement campaign scheduled to run through Aug. 1. (See Details)

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➤ Colorado Mesa University tennis player Diogo Manzano beat his own head coach in the Western Slope Open on Sunday, prompting coach Dan MacDonald to joke about revoking his scholarship after the match. (More)

➤ Colorado native Wyndham Clark was banned from Oakmont after damaging a locker during the U.S. Open golf championship in June. Reinstatement requires payment, charity work, and anger management. Clark called the incident “awful.”  (More)

➤ The Cleveland Browns are deliberately easing former Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders into QB duties so he doesn’t have to play the early, harder portion of the team’s schedule. (More)

➤  Joe Vigil, a Colorado native and longtime USA Track & Field coach, died on Friday in Alamosa. He coached at Adams State for decades and was a top middle- and long-distance coach.  (More)

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➤ A black bear in Colorado Springs was found trapped inside a storm drain. Wildlife officials, with the help of city workers, safely rescued it by opening the manhole cover. (See Video)

➤ Reese’s chocolate is Colorado’s favorite flavor of ice cream, according to a state-by-state analysis of Google search trends from the last five years. (See List)

➤ A retired teacher is hiking the entire 567-mile Colorado Trail to raise awareness and funds for youth mental health in Clear Creek County. (Read More)

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