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Colorado Weather: Windy New Year's Day With Widespread Mountain Snow
A New Year's storm is bringing periods of snow to Colorado's high country today along with strong gusty wind.
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A New Year's storm is bringing periods of snow to Colorado's high country today along with strong gusty wind.
The Colorado Department of Transportation said crews have made progress on the Central 70 Project in 2019.
The snow is expected to arrive late tonight and be most widespread during the daylight hours on Christmas Eve.
Interstate 70 will be closed in both directions for three hours on Wednesday morning for rockfall blasting work near Idaho Springs.
A camper caught fire near Interstate 70 before dawn Friday morning. The fire at 39th and Sable caused some traffic backups in the area.
A traffic stop of a U-Haul truck by troopers with the Colorado State Patrol in Avon Thursday night ended with shots fired and a suspect dead.
December is the coldest month of the year in the Denver. Rain is somewhat rare. Yet most areas below about 6,000 feet will see rain through Thursday afternoon before seeing a change to snow.
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Westbound Interstate 70 was closed just east of Avon for most of the day Tuesday due to a deadly crash in snowy conditions.
The Colorado Department of Transportation has reopened Interstate 70 through Colorado's Eastern Plains as well as all of Interstate 76.
Historic snow has fallen in Boulder and Fort Collins and many areas along the Front Range have seen the most snow in three years. The storm quickly moves into Nebraska Tuesday afternoon leaving very cold air and big piles of snow behind.
After several hours, road crews cleaned up a rock slide at Interstate 70 westbound at Idaho Springs. I-70 reopened about 1:30 p.m.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) says they are on track to complete the Central 70 Project by the end of 2022. The $1.2 billion project stretches 10 miles from Brighton Boulevard to Chambers Road.
A jackknifed semi caused some problems on Interstate 70 overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning. Eastbound lanes of I-70 were closed for a time between Genesee and Morrison.
The Colorado Department of Transportation closed Interstate 70 from Airpark Road to Limon in both directions, reopened the stretch and then closed it again on Tuesday.
A semi crash closed westbound lanes of Interstate 70 on Monday morning. The semi came to a stop over the center concrete barrier.
Snowy conditions across the Denver metro area and in the Colorado foothills aren't causing too many problems for drivers early Thursday morning.
Wind will again be the big story across Colorado to start the week.
On Thursday, Colorado experienced significant snow and freezing temperatures which changed the way people drive through the mountains.
Numerous crashes took place on roads across the Denver metro area Thursday morning as snow fell on Colorado's Front Range.
A multi-car crash shut down westbound Interstate 70 just east of Silverthorne Wednesday.
The suspect in last week's carjacking and chase has been identified as Andy Escobar. The crash kept a significant portion of westbound I-70 near the Mousetrap in Denver closed for several hours on Thursday.
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