Tuesday, July 28, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1997, unprecedented heavy rainfall led to the Spring Creek Flood, the worst natural disaster in Fort Collins history. At its peak, Spring Creek rose 30 feet beyond its banks, killing five people, injuring 54, and causing over $200 million in property damage. A wolf has […]

Monday, July 27, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1881, the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad reached Durango. Have you factored these three flaws into your retirement math? Financial advisers have leaned on the same rule of thumb for decades, and the plan you’ve been counting on may be built around a number that […]

Sunday, July 26, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1880, the mining camp of Columbia got a post office under a name it hadn’t chosen: Telluride. The Post Office Department wouldn’t approve “Columbia,” fearing mail mix-ups with a California camp. In case you missed it, this week on The Flyover Podcast, Ayla tackled the […]

Saturday, July 25, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1998, Rockies shortstop Neifi Perez hit for the cycle at Coors Field, finishing it off with a first-pitch homer into the second deck as Colorado beat the Cardinals 5-2. Could the health habits you swear by be built on dementia myths that scientists abandoned years […]

Friday, July 24, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1896, a massive thunderstorm led to flash flooding along Clear Creek and tributaries of Bear Creek. If you’re sick of the heat but love spicy food, this summer may have a silver lining, as we report in Business. Looking ahead to winter, a popular frozen […]

Thursday, July 23, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2015, Boulder County deputies came across a fledgling owl at Rainbow Lakes Campground. A video of the encounter, in which a deputy can be heard “conversing” with the baby owl, went viral when posted online. Is the password you’ve been trusting for years already floating […]

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1893, schoolteacher and poet Katharine Lee Bates wrote what would later become “America the Beautiful” after climbing to the top of Pikes Peak. Mudslides shut down part of Interstate 70 on the Western Slope yesterday. Meanwhile, the town of Carbondale had its own road trouble […]

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2004, guards at a privately run prison in southern Colorado quelled a five-hour prison riot that had begun the previous night. A convey of emergency vehicles traveled across the state Monday to honor the life of Nicholas Dale, a helicopter pilot who died while battling the […]

Monday, July 20, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2019, an ambient air temperature of 115 degrees at John Martin Dam in Bent County set the state’s all-time record for highest temperature. It may not get quite that hot today, but triple-digit highs are still possible for parts of the Front Range and Eastern […]

Sunday, July 19, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1943, a B-24 bomber on a wartime training flight broke apart in the clouds and crashed in Taylor Canyon northeast of Gunnison, killing all 11 crew members. In case you missed it, this week on The Flyover Podcast, Ayla tackled the phone battery problem that […]