Thursday, October 29, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1875, U.S. Sen. Alva B. Adams was born in the southwest Colorado town of Del Norte.

Colorado’s ski season kicked off Wednesday when Arapahoe Basin opened for its 80th winter. Find the details below. Do you plan on skiing this season? Vote in our Poll or hit reply to tell us.

Misplaced keys, a name that won’t come, and a parent telling the same story twice in one afternoon. Somewhere around age 50, memory stops being something we take for granted and starts being something we worry about. Researchers say nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, and the steps that help are surprisingly ordinary. The No. 1 suggestion isn’t a puzzle or a pill, and it might be the easiest one on the list. Ayla counts down the seven things you can do to protect your memory on today’s episode of The Flyover Podcast. Tune in here!

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PSD Votes to Close, Consolidate Schools

After nearly nine hours of debate, the Poudre School District (PSD) board voted early Wednesday to close and consolidate schools amid declining enrollment in northern Colorado.

Beattie, Johnson, and Putnam elementary schools and Blevins Middle School will close in 2027, while Centennial High School and Poudre Community Academy will merge into a new school.

Irish Escuela Bilingüe and Timnath elementary schools are set to close in 2028, though Timnath Elementary could be spared if the town secures funding for a new school by November 2027.

Livermore, Red Feather Lakes, and Stove Prairie elementary schools, the three mountain schools that families fought to save, will stay open. The board’s resolution passed 5-2.

Search Underway for Missing Hikers

Dozens of searchers are combing the area around Ice Mountain in Chaffee County for two Colorado Mountain College students who haven’t been heard from since Friday.

Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, left the college’s Leadville campus on Oct. 23, and campus staff reported them missing on Monday morning.

On Tuesday, a helicopter spotted the pair’s tent near Lake Ann, collapsed under heavy snow, with sleeping bags, a stove, and clothing inside but no sign of the hikers.

Sheriff Andy Rohrich said crews remain optimistic the men are hunkered down somewhere, but the window is closing with more poor weather expected this week.

A-Basin Opens for Season

Arapahoe Basin opened Wednesday, kicking off Colorado’s ski season and its own 80th winter as the first Ikon Pass destination to open for 2026-27.

The ski area won the race this year, a contest that typically pits it against Keystone Resort, Loveland Ski Area, and Wolf Creek Ski Area.

Skiers and riders can reach High Noon, an intermediate run, via the Black Mountain Express, and more terrain will open as snowmaking continues.

Ikon Pass and Ikon Base Pass holders get unlimited access to A-Basin this season. Breckenridge and Copper Mountain are both targeting Nov. 6 openings.

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➤ Fort Collins: CSU President Amy Parsons announced Wednesday that she will step down Dec. 31 without giving a reason. She said she and her husband will remain in Fort Collins. (More)

➤ Southwest Colorado: CDOT asked federal officials Wednesday for about $65 million in emergency relief to repair highways damaged by last week’s near-historic floods. (More)

➤ Capitol: A device designed to look like an explosive was found on a Capitol windowsill Wednesday, prompting a brief evacuation. State troopers have identified a person of interest. (More)

➤ Larimer County: The county is seeking feedback on draft data center rules that would cap power use, ban evaporative cooling, and keep hyperscale facilities out of unincorporated areas. (More)

➤ Weld County: Byron Roth, who escaped a halfway house transport vehicle on Oct. 16, surrendered peacefully at a Greeley apartment complex Tuesday after an anonymous tip. (More)

➤ Loveland: A worker was taken to the hospital after a gas leak reportedly caused an explosion and fire at a Loveland construction site Wednesday morning. (More)

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➤ Broncos linebacker Alex Singleton was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week, his first such honor, after recording 19 tackles and a sack in the win over Arizona. (More)

➤ Malik Beasley, who spent his first three and a half NBA seasons with the Nuggets, will reportedly plead guilty Dec. 9 in a federal sports gambling case in Brooklyn. (More)

➤ CU coach Deion Sanders said a claim that he’d pay critics $50,000 to stop mentioning him was a joke, as the Buffs carry a five-game skid into Saturday’s game against Kansas State. (More)

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➤ Denver Water approved a rate hike Wednesday that will raise average single-family bills by $3.25 to $4.53 per month starting Jan. 1, 2027, as reservoirs sit well below target. (More)

➤ New Airbnb rules taking effect Nov. 20 will limit the checkout chores hosts can require of guests, worrying some Colorado cleaners and hosts ahead of ski season. (More)

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➤ A new analysis estimates a single adult needs $54,071 a year to retire comfortably in Colorado, compared with $64,504 in Hawaii and $40,627 in West Virginia. (More)

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