1 Dead, 3 Injured in Evergreen School Shooting

One student is dead and three others are in the hospital following a shooting at Evergreen High School on Wednesday afternoon.

Officials first received reports of the shooting at 12:24 p.m. The school, about 28 miles southwest of Denver, went into lockdown following reports of an active assailant.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies responded to the scene. The suspect, a student, sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The suspect died in the hospital on Wednesday evening. Two other students remain in critical condition, and a third student was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Court Upholds DA’s Disbarment

The Colorado Supreme Court voted 4-2 on Monday to uphold the disbarment of Linda Stanley, former 11th Judicial District Attorney and lead prosecutor in the high-profile murder case of Barry Morphew.

A disciplinary board barred Stanley from practicing law in 2024, ruling that inappropriate comments she made to the media in the Morphew case and another case contributed to both cases being dismissed.

In its Sept. 8 ruling, the court found that disciplinary officials didn’t err in making the rare decision to disbar an elected DA.

Morphew, accused of murdering his wife, Suzanne, is now awaiting a second trial following the development of new evidence.

10 Safeway Stores to Close

Ten Safeway stores in Colorado will be closing on or before Nov. 7, including four in the Denver area, two in the Fort Collins-Loveland area, and four in southern Colorado. See a list here.

In a statement, Safeway said the closures are part of a “strategic consolidation” of its Intermountain and Denver divisions into the new Mountain West Division.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, the union representing workers at eight of the 10 stores being closed, criticized the decision, saying it will leave Lamar and La Junta without a full-service grocer.

The mayor of Lamar said he was told the decision stemmed from lower sales, increased expenses from a labor strike, and the failure of Kroger and Albertsons’ $24.6 billion merger.

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➤ Colorado: Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a university event in Utah on Wednesday. Kirk had been scheduled to speak at the Truth & Liberty Conference in Woodland Park today before appearing at Colorado State University on Sept. 18. (See Details)

➤ Brighton: Court records show James Benavidez, accused of killing a pregnant woman in a violent crime spree last month, had been arrested 61 times before his latest release from prison in 2024. (More)

➤ Northwestern Colorado: Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Tuesday that a reintroduced gray wolf found dead in May was most likely struck by a vehicle. (See Details)

➤ Denver: Mayor Mike Johnston confirmed the city will seek to demolish Empower Field at Mile High after the Broncos’ new stadium is completed in the 2030s. (More)

➤ Pueblo: Authorities have identified four of the 24 decomposing bodies found at Davis Mortuary, a funeral home owned by former County Coroner Brian Cotter. (See Details)

➤ Boulder County: Crews rescued a seriously injured snowboarder Monday after he fell and slid about 100 feet down Skyscraper Glacier, landing in a large crevasse. (See Details)

➤ I-70: The Colorado Department of Transportation installed a new electronic closure system on Vail Pass, allowing instant shutdowns of the interstate during weather emergencies. (See Details)

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➤ A runner from Colorado just became the first American to win a 95-mile endurance race through the Italian Alps. (More)

➤ The University of Denver announced that six highly touted international student-athletes are joining its Nordic skiing team—five from Europe and one from Canada. (More)

➤ The average ticket price for a Denver Broncos game is $433.71, one of the highest in the NFL. (More)

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➤ Anthem and Rocky Mountain Health Plans reversed their decision to discontinue several individual insurance plans, mostly along the Front Range, after the passage of special-session bills unlocked new funding. (See Details)

➤ Two Colorado restaurants—a Denver mezcaleria and a seasonal Colorado-cuisine spot in Grand Junction—were named to a New York Times list of the 50 best restaurants in the U.S. (See Restaurants)

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➤ F1 Arcade, an arcade bar featuring state-of-the-art Formula 1 racing simulators, opened its fourth U.S. location in Denver on Wednesday. (See Details)

➤ Idaho Springs has officially opened its new $1 million mountain skateboard park, the first of several planned recreation projects in the town. (See Details)

➤ Empower Field at Mile High has hosted iconic moments—from opening night in 2001 to record-setting games and concerts—as the Broncos plan their move to a new stadium. (See List)

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