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• Flooding Closes Highway, Damages Waterways Near La Junta

  14-05-2017 23:14
  LA JUNTA, Colo. (CBS4) – Floodwaters that damaged fire-ravaged hillsides south of Pueblo three days ago have impacted highways and waterways this weekend.
  ( credit – Otero County Sheriff’s Office)
  CBS4 reported Thursday from Beulah, where more than six inches of rain fell in three days and tore through roads and creekside property.
  By Friday, water levels had ballooned downstream.The Arkansas River at La Junta at 5PM today. Still on the rise pic.twitter.com/g7Nb5YwhQ6
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• Broncos Want Charles To Carry The Ball, Not The Load

  14-05-2017 22:22
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo (The Sports Xchange) – Jamaal Charles wasn’t brought in to start at running back. But he wasn’t brought in to twiddle his thumbs, either.
  The Kansas City Chiefs’ all-time leading rusher signed an incentive-heavy contract with the Denver Broncos right after the draft. His lengthy history of knee problems, especially in the last two seasons, put a cap on his potential effectiveness as he heads into his 10th season.
  But in a group that includes 2015 Pro Bowle
  
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• Wanted Domestic Violence Suspect Turns Self In

  14-05-2017 22:00
  
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A 32-year-old man released from jail following his arrest on domestic violence charges violated the terms of his bond and was wanted by authorities.
  The Adams County Sheriff’s Office said Thomas Benjamin Armijo turned himself in Sunday afternoon.Thomas Benjamin Armijo turned himself in to Deputies at about 2pm. Thank you to everyone keeping an eye out and sharing. pic.twitter.com/erfvyruRMy
  — Adams Sheriff's Page (@AdamsCoSheriff) May 14, 2017
  
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• Masked Gunmen Storm Popular Mexican Restaurant

  14-05-2017 21:47
  
  By Andrea Flores
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) – The owner and founder of Santiago’s is offering a reward after two armed robbers broke into the popular Mexican restaurant in Brighton.
  The crime happened around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, shortly after the restaurant near East Bridge Street and South 11th Avenue had closed for the night.
  (credit: CBS)
  “They’ve traumatized people,” said Carmen Morales, the owner and founder of the Colorado franchise. “They got one of the worke
  
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• Hockey Organization Once Again Comes Together For Someone In Need

  14-05-2017 20:56
  By Dillon Thomas
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – The family of Rylie Guentensberger, the teenager who was injured by a vehicle driving through a storefront, told CBS4 her condition may be showing progress.
  Ziggy Guentensberger said medical professionals would soon reduce the medications Rylie was taking, in order to further evaluate her condition. Rylie was in a medically induced coma, and was last listed in stable condition.
  (credit: CBS)
  To help her family pay for medical expenses, the Denver
  
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• 10 Rockies Strike Out, Dodgers Win 4-0

  14-05-2017 20:18
  DENVER (AP) – For the first time, left-hander Alex Wood was in a groove at hitter-friendly Coors Field.
  Wood struck out 10 in six innings and drove in a run with a well-placed bunt on a squeeze play, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Colorado Rockies 4-0 on Saturday night.
  “You have enough bad ones here, eventually you’re able to have a good one,” Wood said with a smile. “That’s just kind of how it went tonight. I just felt the execution was there. That
  
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• Two Stabbed In Fatal Fight At Aurora House Party

  14-05-2017 20:02
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – One person is dead and another injured following an apparent scuffle at an overnight house party.
  The Aurora Police Department reports its officers responded at 1:13 a.m. Sunday morning to the 16100 block of East Brunswick Drive on a report of a fight at a house party.
  “Upon arrival, officers observed people fleeing the house on foot and in vehicles,” reads an APD press release. “Officers on scene were unable to locate any victims.”
  During the
  
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• Domestic Violence Suspect On The Run, Sought By Police

  14-05-2017 19:01
  ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A 32-year-old man released from jail following his arrest on domestic violence charges has violated the terms of his bond and is at large, according to police.
  The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is now asking for the public’s help in locating him.
  Thomas Benjamin Armijo was awaiting trial on charges of domestic violence assault and violation of a protection order, according to an ACSO press release.
  He is also wanted for similar charges out of Denver
  
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• Latest Forecast: Mother’s Day Beauty

  14-05-2017 15:34
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – A very weak and dry cold front pushed through the state early on Sunday. This will shave about 5 to 8 degrees off of the afternoon highs across the state. That will still leave temperatures above normal for this time of year. The normal or average high in Denver for this date is 70 degrees.
  There is a very small chance for a few high based gusty, thunderstorms over some of the Front Range Foothills and northeastern Colorado Sunday afternoon. However, most o
  
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• Runway Damaged After Small Plane Crashes

  14-05-2017 08:18
  GRANBY, Colo. (CBS4) – Granby/Grand County Airport is back open after a small plane crashed nearby.
  The plane went down Friday in a field after the pilot overshot the landing.
  (credit: Grand Fire Protection District)
  (credit: Grand Fire Protection District)
  (credit: Grand Fire Protection District)
  (credit: Grand Fire Protection District)
  Nobody was injured.
  The crash caused minor damage to the runway, but hasn’t affected normal operations at the airport.
  The National Transportation S
  
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• Sheriff’s Office: Suspect Shot By Deputy Had Automatic Weapon

  14-05-2017 02:46
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Police are investigating a bizarre officer-involved shooting in Douglas County.
  Around 6:45 p.m. Friday a Douglas County deputy on routine patrol spotted a white SUV pulled over on the side of County Line Road near Santa Fe Drive.
  The deputy stopped to help what he thought was a stranded motorist, but soon feared for his life.
  (credit: CBS)
  According to Deputy Steve Johnson with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the person inside th
  
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• Not So Fast: Driving A Stick Shift Isn’t Yet A Thing Of The Past

  14-05-2017 02:23
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Cars these days come with all kinds of new gadgets and the auto industry’s future could include driverless vehicles. It is almost as if manual transmissions are a thing of the past.
  Yet one insurance company is hoping to change that by teaching millennials the beauty of classic cars and driving stick shift.
  (credit: CBS)
  “It’s kind of a dying skill, the manual transmission,” Rachel Ventimiglia, Youth Advocacy Coordinator for
  
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• CBS4 Sports Poll: What Was The Worst of The Week?

  14-05-2017 01:58
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• Former Rockies Catcher Iannetta Has Stitches In Lip, Fractured Teeth, Nose

  14-05-2017 01:39
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Chris Iannetta has several stitches in his upper lip, plus a couple of fractured teeth and a broken nose after getting hit in the face by a fastball.
  “He’s doing OK,” manager Torey Lovullo said Saturday, “and I think we’re all lucky and fortunate for that.”
  Iannetta was struck by a 93 mph pitch from Pittsburgh reliever Johnny Barbato in the seventh inning Friday night.
  Lovullo said Saturday tests for a concussi
  
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• Four Rescued From Stuck Raft On Eagle River

  14-05-2017 01:32
  
  EDWARDS, Colo. (CBS4) – Four people were rescued here Saturday from a raft that became stuck on a large rock in the Eagle River.
  Tracy LeClair, a spokesperson with the Eagle River Fire Protection District, said the department received a call requesting assistance to an area behind the Riverwalk Center at 1:45 p.m.
  When they arrived, ERFPD found a large raft hung up on a large rock mid-stream occupied by three men and one woman. Crews quickly realized half the people on the raft did not hav
  
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• Warm And Breezy Start For Weekend

  14-05-2017 01:20
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) – We have a high pressure ridge on the weather map slowly moving east of Colorado. At the same time a cold front is stretching from Idaho to southern California.  This should do a couple of things for Colorado, the first is increase the southwesterly breezes which will be warming our temperatures here on the eastern plains. The second is bringing in just enough moisture for a few , very,  isolated high based, gusty thunderstorms over the mounta
  
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• Good Samaritan Run Down While Helping At Crash Scene

  14-05-2017 01:15
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A good Samaritan is recovering after being hit by a drunk driver at a crash scene.
  A.J. Short and a woman went to help when they heard a crash in Boulder late Sunday night. That’s when another driver plowed into them.
  A.J. Short (credit: GoFundMe.com)
  A.J. Short (credit: GoFundMe.com)
  Short pushed the woman out of the way but his family says he suffered a head injury, a broken leg and hip and many cuts and bruises.
  Police say Jose Hernandez-Altamira, 23, was d
  
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• Police Might Have Suspect In $3 Million Painting Slasher Case

  14-05-2017 00:44
  
  ASPEN, Colo. (CBS4) – CBS4 has reported on surveillance video from Aspen’s Opera Gallery showing a man taking a knife to the painting, but the bizarre crime is still a bit of a mystery.
  There’s still no motive as to why someone wearing a disguise came into the high-end art gallery and destroyed a nearly $3 million masterpiece.
  (credit: Aspen Times)
  “I prefer not to think about it because it’s pretty disturbing for me,” Opera Gallery owner Gregory Lahmi said.
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