Forecasts Call for Snowy Winter

Colorado’s El Niño has a 75% chance of ranking among the strongest on record, according to a new long-term forecast.

The forecast favors southern Colorado, with outlook in the north less certain. OpenSnow, meanwhile, found the state’s median El Niño winter finishes at 106% of normal snowpack, naming 1997-98 as the closest match to this year’s event.

OpenSnow forecasters gave Colorado a 50-50 shot at an above-average winter, with strong odds of a snowy spring.

The season’s first major storm may arrive Oct. 10 to 14, though some meteorologists expect modest Colorado totals, including 2 inches at Crested Butte and 1 inch at Wolf Creek.

Adams 12 Closes Six Schools

The Adams 12 Five Star Schools board voted 4-1 Wednesday to close five elementary schools and Shadow Ridge Middle School, affecting 1,586 students starting in 2027-28.

Superintendent Chris Gdowski said the district has about 7,400 fewer students than eight years ago. The plan is expected to save about $5 million a year after its first year.

Separately, in Boulder Valley, parents from Douglass, Flatirons, and Mesa elementary schools took their fight against consolidation to court Thursday, claiming the district broke Colorado’s Open Meetings Law.

After a two-hour hearing, the judge took the case under advisement and won’t rule for at least two weeks. The district’s consolidation plan affects 16 schools.

Great American Beer Festival Kicks Off

The Great American Beer Festival heads outdoors for the first time this weekend, trading the Colorado Convention Center for Denver’s Levitt Pavilion in the Ruby Hill neighborhood.

More than 200 breweries will pour from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and the PAIRED beer-and-food experience returns with independent breweries and acclaimed chefs.

The reworked festival tests a new format with fewer people and bigger pours. For the first time, Sunday’s awards ceremony will be open to everyone attending.

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➤ Aurora police’s Human Trafficking Unit opened 53 investigations, arrested 28 suspects, and recovered 29 survivors, including 15 minors, in its first year. (More)

➤ DIA: Fall break is driving a travel surge, with Denver International Airport expecting more than 965,000 passengers through security from Oct. 8 to Oct. 19. Oct. 8, Oct. 9, and Oct. 18 should be busiest. (More)

➤ Front Range: An opponent to Issue 7A, the passenger rail tax, wants the measure thrown out after about 800,000 voters outside the rail district got the question on their ballots by mistake. (More)

➤ Boulder will soft-launch AI answering for non-emergency calls in late October and unveiled a safety center that can monitor 225 camera feeds and fly drones. (More)

➤ Teller County: Gravel roads are eroding in Tranquil Acres, a private community of about 250, after the county stopped maintaining them. (More)

➤ Denver: A Waymo passenger filmed a driver pelting his robotaxi with eggs, then cutting it off at 11th and Broadway to throw more. Waymo comped the ride and added credits. (See Video)

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➤ On Thursday, Devon Toews and Jaden Schwartz each scored twice as the Avs routed the winless Flames 7-3 in Calgary. Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon added three points apiece. (More)

➤ Bo Nix brushed off TV analysts who called him impatient after the Broncos’ 24-14 loss at San Francisco, saying he listens only to coaches and teammates on X’s and O’s. (More)

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➤ A Colorado School of Mines professor performed live improv with a robot at Robot Riot, a Denver comedy show about AI, in what he believes was a Colorado first. (More)

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