Littleton Schools Canceled Thursday, City Offices To Open Late

LITTLETON, CO – Littleton Public Schools announced that the district schools would be closed again on Thursday, March 14, in the aftermath of the "bomb cyclone" blizzard that struck Denver and the Front Range.

"Due to the challenges of power outages at several schools, icy and unplowed parking lots and roads, and road closures, LPS will be closed and all school sponsored activities are cancelled tomorrow, Thursday, March 14, 2019," the district posted on their website Wednesday.

Electricity outages in metro Denver were so extensive that Xcel Energy predicted it was likely that 200,000 Denver-area residents will not get their power back until Thursday,the company said. Wednesday afternoon, a significant outage in Littleton affected almost 2,000 customers, according to Xcel.

The City of Littleton announced that all city offices would be on a "late start" schedule, opening at 10 a.m. Thursday.

The winter storm, dubbed "Ullmer" by storm-naming weather agencies, closed the Denver International Airport and stranded motorists on highways across the state. A Colorado State Trooper was killed when a car slid off I-76 in Weld County.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared a state emergency and deployed Colorado U.S. Army and Air National Guard troops to help stranded motorists on I-25.

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