🌱 Holiday COVID-19 Guidelines + Road Closure + Mask Conflicts

Hey, people of Denver! It's me again, Amber Fisher, your host of the Denver Daily. I've rounded up some COVID-19 holiday safety tips, drought statistics, road closures and crime news.

First, today's weather:

You can expect a partly sunny sky yet again, with a high of 67 and a low of 39.

Here are the top stories in Denver today:

1. With Halloween and the holiday season around the corner, Denver officials are offering safety guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19. The city has released information about trick-or-treating, acceptable face coverings, air travel, vaccinations and special considerations for those who have weakened immune systems. (Denver Patch)
2. Denver has been extremely dry over the past five months — our city recorded fewer than 2 inches of rainfall in that time. Remember all the rainy evenings we had last year? Well it turns out, that five-month stretch was second-driest for that timeframe on record. (9News.com KUSA)
3. Detectives are investigating an officer-involved shooting at an apartment complex on South Parker Road in Denver. An armed man was violating his parole when he was shot by corrections officers, police said. The man was hospitalized, but the extent of his injuries was not known. (Denver Patch)
4. Champa Street will be closed over the weekend between 14th Street and Speer Boulevard as crews set up a third crane in the Colorado Convention Center expansion project. (CBS Denver)
5. Public health conflicts in neighboring counties: After Douglas County left the Tri-County Health Department over mask mandates, Adams County is now leaving Tri-County as well. Now, the Douglas County School District is suing the county's new health department — the district says the new mask rules put medically at-risk students in danger. (Arvada Patch)

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Today in metro Denver:

• Book Group: My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith (9 a.m.)
• 2021 Annual Luncheon - The Women's Foundation of Colorado (11:30 a.m.)
• Free event at Denver Museum of Nature and Science (7 p.m.)
• Vocal Concert - Denver School of the Arts HS (7 p.m.)
• Christina P at Comedy Works (8 p.m.)

Denver Patch Notebook

• Denver Museum of Nature & Science: "Zozobra, also known as Old Man Gloom, is a giant marionette that is built and burned in Santa Fe, New Mexico the Friday of Labor Day weekend as an exciting and fiery finale to the last days of summer." (Facebook)
• Denver Police Department: "ALERT: SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR IN CAPITOL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD Colorado Law requires police departments to publicly share information about parties determined to be “Sexually Violent Predators.” This post is part of that compliance." (Facebook)
• Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure: "October is National Pedestrian Safety Month! More than 6 in 10 people walk for transportation, exercise, relaxation or for other activities. Walking also improves social and community engagement." (Facebook)

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— Amber Fisher

About me: I'm a Patch editor covering news in Denver's metro area and Boulder. I've spent the past nine years working for various news outlets across North America, including Chicago Patch, Global News and WBEZ. I've covered high-profile court cases, civil rights abuses, mass shootings, natural disasters and major crimes — but also countless happy news stories about kindness, innovation and resilience. When I'm not writing articles, I can be found hiking, snowboarding, debating politics with my husband and attempting to be a sci-fi and astronomy geek.

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