Fly Cheap From Denver to More Places

Prices will soon be on their way down on more flights out of Denver. Southwest has announced it is adding flights to six new destinations and additional trips to 13 more locations. Southwest also has acquired two additional gates at Denver International Airport, where it is the third-largest carrier, and plans to hire more people to support the increased service. Starting in March, new non-stops will be available to Boise, Detroit, Dulles Airport in Washington, DC, Oklahoma City, Hartford, CT and Ontario, CA. More flights will be added in May to Tulsa, Sacramento, New Orleans, Portland, Oakland, Baltimore/Washington, Seattle and New York LaGuardia.

Bad Weather Woes are Easing

The first major weather story of the season saw the closure of I-70 between Denver and Kansas but it has since re-opened, Parts of the highway are still slushy and icy in spots.
The highway had been shut down Wednesday after heavy snow fell in parts of the Plains.
Areas south and east of the Denver metro area had some of the biggest accumulations. The National Weather Service says 15 inches fell in Arapahoe County near Elizabeth.
In the mountains, Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park officially closed for the season Wednesday after days of drifting snow, high winds and temperatures below freezing above 10,000 feet.
Locally, the weather has closed a few schools including Akron and Otis. No word on tomorrow's schedule though.
I-76 wass icy in spots, with some blowing snow between Fort Morgan and Sterling, but the sun has since aleviated most of those problems.

Winter Weather Closes 2 Area Schools, Leaves 9+ Inches of Snow in Arapahoe County

We woke up to blowing snow and ice this morning, and parts of northeast Colorado were covered in heavy snow. Locally the weather conditions caused school closures in Akron and Otis, while some patches of ice were reported on I-76 before sunrise. Spotters reported 9.1 inches of snow last night in Arapahoe County and 4 inches in Fairplay. Trooper Gary Cutler with the Colorado State Patrol was on B106's Morgan Matters this morning, and talked briefly about road conditions:

More Changes Could Be Coming to State, Ensign Streets

Fort Morgan drivers could see some changes to the striping along State and Ensign streets to make that new diagonal parking a bit easier to navigate. The city council was told this week by Engineer Brad Curtis the diagonal parking should stay because it has added capacity to downtown parking. he'd like to restripe the two driving lanes to make them more equal and alleviate some confusion for motorists. There's been no decision yet, but if the council approves, the work would include adding turn lanes at the ends of the one-way portions of both streets, at Platte and Railroad avenues. The Downtown Business Association has asked that the two-hour time limit on the State and Ensign parking spaces be taken away and placed instead on the city parking lots downtown. They believe that would encourage employees to park on the one-way's and leave the downtown lots open for customers.

Why All the Purple Pinkies?

When Fort Morgan travels to Greeley tomorrow night, there will be something going on at the game other than Northridge High's homecoming. it's called the Purple Pinkie Project. The fundraiser supports efforts to eradicate polio in certain areas of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The purple pinkie shows those who have donated a dollar at any one of a number of sporting events this week for Northridge High in Greeley. At the powder-puff football game earlier this week, the Rotary club raised $385, according to club member Bill Widmaier. Tomorrow they'll take donations at a chili supper at 5:30 p.m. in the Northridge cafeteria and at Northridge's homecoming football game against Fort Morgan. And sure, they'll take donations from those making the drive to support Fort Morgan tomorrow night.