Thursday, March 19, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1873, Arthur Hoyt was born in Georgetown. Hoyt would become a prolific character actor of the silent screen and early sound films, appearing in nearly 300 films over 30 years—most famously as the befuddled motel owner who hassles Clark Gable in It Happened One Night.

What would you consider to be the most scenic spot in Colorado? Hit reply to tell us. Then take a gander at Et Cetera to see which local university ranks No. 3 on a new list of America's most beautiful college campuses.

Some of your nightly habits may be hurting your heart health. In today's Flyover Podcast, Ayla Brown shares insights from a cardiologist with two decades of experience who says there are seven things he never does after 7 p.m. What are they? Tune in to hear which habits to avoid and why they matter more than you might think. Tune in here!

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Statewide Ballot Measures Approved

State election officials this week approved three statewide ballot measures for the Nov. 3 election after verifying the required voter signatures.

Initiative 109 would prohibit children and college athletes from participating in gendered sports of the opposite biological sex. Initiative 110 would ban sex-change surgeries for minors, as well as restrict the use of public funds or insurance coverage to pay for those procedures.

Initiative 108 would increase penalties for child sex trafficking, potentially making it punishable by life in prison without parole. Protect Kids Colorado, a state issue committee, collected more than 125,000 voter signatures to get each question on the ballot.

Two measures already on the ballot would increase penalties for fentanyl-related felonies and require law enforcement to work more closely with federal immigration officials. See a list here.

Power Outage Hits DIA

Denver International Airport (DIA) lost power for about two hours Wednesday morning, triggering hundreds of flight delays in the midst of a spring break travel rush.

The outage began around 9:20 a.m., impacting restrooms, lights, escalators, moveable walkways, and the train to the gates. The FAA issued a ground stop affecting flights heading to Denver.

Some passengers shared photos of massive crowds stuck outside boarding areas. Others said they were unable to deboard planes or use airport restrooms during the outage.

Power was restored around 11 a.m., and operations began to resume. By then, more than 250 flights had been delayed, with more than 400 reported by early afternoon.

Walsenburg Water Partially Restored

Walsenburg, a city of about 3,000 south of Pueblo, remained under a boil advisory Wednesday as crews worked to fix leaks in the municipal water system.

Around 2 a.m. Friday, a line break caused the system's pressure to plummet, leaving much of the city without running water. Local schools closed, state park showers opened to the public, and the city issued a seven-day disaster declaration.

In a March 18 update, officials said water pressure has been mostly restored to the city, and it's now safe to shower, but a boil order is still in effect. Water must be boiled for one minute before drinking, food preparation, brushing teeth, or washing dishes.

The city's aging infrastructure is complicating repair efforts and extending the outage, local leaders said. There's currently no timeline for full-service restoration.

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Tech Giants Are Betting on the Next Computing Shift

Tech leaders are already preparing for what could replace the smartphone: Spatial Computing.

Companies like Apple, Samsung, and Meta are pouring billions into XR devices that blend digital work with the physical world. Now, a fast-growing startup is emerging alongside them.

Immersed built the No. 1 productivity app on the Meta Quest Store, already used by 1.5 million people, including teams at Fortune 500 companies who spend up to 60 hours per week inside the platform.

But software was just the beginning.

Immersed is now launching Visor, an XR headset designed for productivity that features 2 million more pixels than Apple's Vision Pro for 70% less money and at 70% less weight. The company projects $71 million in first-year sales.

Major industry players are already taking notice. Immersed has partnerships with Qualcomm and Samsung, while executives and founders from Intel, Reddit, and Sailpoint have already invested.

The company has already grown its valuation 4,000% and has reserved the NASDAQ ticker $IMRS as it prepares for public markets. For investors, the real opportunity may be getting in before a potential IPO.

You can still invest pre-IPO at the current valuation, but not for long.

➤ Statewide: A bill expanding protections for illegal immigrants, limiting local cooperation with ICE, and increasing oversight of detention facilities passed the Judiciary Committee largely along party lines, with all Republicans and one Democrat opposed. (More)

➤ Yuma County: Authorities are searching for a suspected serial arsonist believed to have started multiple fires over the past two years, including a 12,000-acre blaze that triggered evacuations in December. (More)

➤ Centennial: Prosecutors formally charged an 11-year-old boy with first-degree murder in the March 10 death of his 5-year-old brother. (More)

➤ Breckenridge: Police are seeking the public's help identifying two people involved in a roughly 16-person brawl outside a local Irish pub over the weekend. (More)

➤ Greeley: U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet secured $850,000 for safety improvements to 35th Avenue, which a study found to be one of the most dangerous roadways in northern Colorado. (More)

➤ Denver: A jury convicted an accused serial killer of the 1996 murder of Terri Turachak, 35, closing a nearly 30-year-old cold case. (More)

➤ Erie: Officials are asking residents to hold off on outdoor watering until April 1, explaining that a surge in use linked to unseasonable warmth could overstrain the town's limited winter water supply. (More)

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➤ Colorado Mesa women's basketball upset No. 1 Texas Woman's University 65-64 to advance to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight for the first time since 2013. (More)

➤ Meanwhile, CMU's men's basketball coach Mike Dunlap has announced he is stepping down due to health concerns. (More)

➤ The Rockies named Kyle Freeland their Opening Day starter for the 2026 season. It's his fifth time getting the Opening Day nod, a franchise record. (More)

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➤ Wing Shack, a northern Colorado chicken wing chain, plans to open as many as a dozen Denver-area restaurants over the next several years, with the first slated to open in Thornton early this summer. (More)

➤ Unusually warm and dry weather is giving Colorado agricultural producers a head start, but experts say early increased demand for irrigation water could pose long-term supply problems. (More)

➤ Denver is the second-best large metro for women entrepreneurs, according to a new analysis of entrepreneurship, economic conditions, and labor and talent pools. (See Map)

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Immersed combined the world's most-used remote work XR software ($127 billion by 2030), AR/VR hardware ($100 billion+ by 2026), and AI productivity tools ($36 billion) to create a productive, communal, and distraction-free virtual workspace. That's why 1.5 million+ professionals, including Fortune 500 teams, already use it.

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➤ The U.S. Navy Blue Angels, an elite demonstration squadron flying F-18 Super Hornets, will headline the Grand Junction Air Show this fall. (See Details)

➤ A proposed underground tunnel linking Denver's Ball Arena to a nearby light rail station is one of 16 finalists in a competition held by Elon Musk's The Boring Company, which has promised to build the winner's project for free. (See Details)

➤ The University of Colorado Boulder ranked No. 3 on a Travel + Leisure list of the most beautiful college campuses in the nation. (See List)

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