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Former University of Denver chancellor Rebecca Chopp was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to Alzheimer's in 2019 and stepped down to protect her work, but years later a newer blood biomarker test (PrecivityAD2) and updated assessments showed little amyloid or tau, leading doctors to conclude she no longer had the disease.
Four people died when a turboprop plane crashed near Emerald Mountain outside Steamboat Springs, Colorado, including Aaron Stokes (47), founder of Shop Fix Academy, and Austin Huskey (37), CEO of Huskey Building Supply, along with Jakson Stokes (21) and Colin Stokes (21). The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause, with a preliminary report expected within 30 days.
A Sunday-wide power outage hit the Denver area, leaving more than 180,000 customers without power across Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Adams counties; Core Electric Cooperative and Xcel Energy reported large outages and crews were working to determine the cause, with restoration times not yet known. A separate outage at Denver International Airport disrupted trains as crews restore service.
Colorado reports its first pediatric death from COVID-19 this season, a Denver-area student, as vaccination rates for young Coloradans remain low; officials say vaccines remain effective at preventing severe illness and urge parents to vaccinate children amid a tough flu season.
Colorado Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera verbally declared Weld County a disaster over a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak, enabling state agencies to coordinate mitigation, response and recovery efforts; avian flu is severe with high mortality and can affect people, per the USDA, and Primavera is acting governor while Gov. Polis is in Washington, D.C.