Wildfires: Vital Links

2 dead, 502 homes burned as officials announce the Black Forest Fire is 75% contained, scale back mandatory evacuations.
Click here for evacuation maps, home assessment documents, & other vital links.

Big Stories

Red Cross Pikes Peak Chapter Has New CEO

Colorado wildfires: Where to donate

There are dozens of places where you can drop off donations for victims of the Black Forest and Royal Gorge wildfires.

Slideshows

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Colorado wildfires: The damage and saying "thanks."

Black Forest Fire 5 — KDVR

Southern Colorado Wildfires Part 2

Miss Utah Marissa Powell — Screengrab

Biggest beauty pageant blunders

2013 Dodge Dart — Chrysler

11 biggest auto recalls

Movie tickets popcorn — iStock Image

What makes a summer blockbuster?

For sale sign — AndrewJohnson/iStock

Cities where home prices have fallen the most

Jennifer Aniston, 2012, Wanderlust premiere — Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Celebrities' jobs before they were famous

Sebastien De La Cruz — Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

National Anthem controversies

Father helping son with homework — iStock / digitalskillet

Father's Day freebies for Dad

Dennys Fried Cheese Melt Sandwich — Denny's

19 outrageous fast food items

Children playing, day care — iStock Image

25 healthiest counties for kids

Colorado wildfires — Rick Wilking/Reuters

Colorado fires burn homes, force evacuations

Daniel Barden, Sandy Hook shooting — Yearbook photo/Handout

Newtown shooting victims remembered

Local News

Black Forest well water fears

Some water wells in the Black Forest fire that are damaged may need to be tested.
Black Forest crosses help buy lost fire equipment
Pueblo prepares for resignation of Catholic bishop
Black Forest Fire interpreter a mainstay in Southern Colorado homes
Black Forest family amazed by fire's path around home
7-hour standoff ends, suspect found dead

National And World News

Half of NASA's new astronauts women

NASA.gov

NASA has selected another generation of astronauts to travel to new destinations in the solar system, including an asteroid and Mars, and for the first time in its history half of the new candidates are women.
Rask blanks Blackhawks to give Bruins 2-1 series lead
Grilling of potential jurors goes on for Zimmerman trial
US releases names of Guantanamo 'indefinite detainees'

From The Pueblo Chieftain

Crime Tracker

Former Loveland police officer accepts plea deal

KMGH-TV/www.thedenverchannel.com

A former Loveland police officer has pleaded guilty to charges including unlawful sexual contact.
Pueblo West man accused of attempted murder
Pueblo hostage situation ends peacefully
7-hour standoff ends, suspect found dead
Child luring reported in Rockrimmon
Holmes can wear civilian clothes at murder trial
Audit shows former state crime lab supervisor biased in favor of prosecutors
Life sentence for man convicted in teacher's death
Colorado Springs murder suspect found not guilty
Colorado Springs robbery suspects arrested in Pueblo

Links We Mentioned

Entertainment

Police: Man warned in Nigella Lawson incident

CNN

Amid British tabloid reports over the weekend that celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was grabbed around the neck by her husband, Charles Saatchi, London police said Monday that a man accepted a warning related to the case.
London's Metropolitan Police say...
'Curb' actor Jeff Garlin arrested
Sesame Street: 'P' is for prison and that's OK
Netflix to debut original 'Shrek' series

Irresistible News

Sesame Street: 'P' is for prison and that's OK

Sesame Workshop

"Sesame Street" creates its first Muppet whose parent is in jail. And some people aren't happy.
Man survives 15-story fall in New Zealand
Cat runs for mayor in Mexico
Bank error shows woman $300 million in debt

Economy Tracker

Exxon sued over Arkansas pipeline spill

HAWK Center

The Arkansas Attorney General and the federal government are suing ExxonMobil, alleging improper waste storage and water contamination stemming from a March pipeline spill that sent thousands of barrels of heavy tar sands crude flooding into the smal...
Just thinking about money can corrupt you
Stocks bounce back, Fed uncertainty looms
Kickstarter pulls plug on scam minutes before $120K heist

Health

Head lice don't take summer off

SXC

Head lice are more common during the first few months of the school year, but don't take the summer off.
Meningitis vaccines urged before NYC Pride
OFA launches health care ads
Minority children lack access to specialists

Sports

Lakers weighing options with Howard

Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

The Los Angeles Lakers want to retain center Dwight Howard, even though he intends to become a free agent on July 1. However, the team also has not ruled out signing and trading Howard if he insists on leaving.
Driver would unretire if Packers needed him
Former WR Johnson released from jail
Colts' Pagano receives Halas Award