This morning, gas prices in the country may have hit their peak for the spring,
maybe even for the year as of this morning AAA lists, the national average is $3.66
for a gallon of unleaded. That's a penny less than last week.
Analysts say fuel costs could continue to fall over the next few weeks.
You can think the end of spiking oil prices and
record setting crude production in the US for that.
Colorado has slipped a little bit in the national rankings of cheap gas.
We have the third cheapest gas average in the nation right now sitting at $3.19
a gallon. Oklahoma has us beat just by a penny Mississippi by eight cents.
Colorado actually matched Mississippi's average of $3.11
a gallon until today.
Now, the good news,
there are still gas stations with prices that are under our average.
For example, Boulder's price is around 314 a gallon.
Denver sitting at 315 a gallon and in Greeley,
it's even less with an average price of 313 per gallon.
Gas prices are above $4 in seven states all on the west coast
new this morning,
Denver International Airport and TS A are
making changes to their security checkpoints.
Now, news reporter Brianna Fernandez live at DA A this morning, Brianna,
how will this impact passengers?
So,
Eric on the first flight out here out of
Denver International Airport is at five in the morning.
The last flight out is at 1259 in the morning.
So according to airport officials,
this should have minimal impact unless you come to the airport hours early.
So right now, the only security checkpoint that operates 24 7 is South security.
So take a look at your screen here.
Some new times security checkpoint times that you should be
aware that starting in just a couple of days.
So bridge security is from 430 in the morning until 545.
Then South security new time is three in the morning to one in the
morning and then West security four in the morning till 730 at night.
So T A said these changes are being
made to have additional staff during high traffic hours
and allowed T A to have more lanes open
and let passengers through the line much quicker.
So they did send a statement
and it reads in part,
this change allows us to keep additional lanes
open because the people who are not working
for those two hours can work when more
people are coming through the security checkpoint.
That's just how we keep our operation as efficient as possible.
So, Ts A has let those people that are going to be impacted.
So mostly airport employees let them know like, hey, these are these,
these changes are happening.
So just be aware of that and of course,
these changes are happening in just a couple of days.
So on Sunday, May 5th.
So just a heads up if you come to the
next time you come to Denver International Airport for now.
I'm live here at the airport, Brianna Fernandez for nine news. All right.
A lot of people want to pay attention to that. Brianna, thank you.
New this morning,
Colorado State patrol is investigating a crash
that left a Thornton police officer hurt.
It happened around nine o'clock last night near 128 in Washington Street.
That's just east of I 25. Thornham.
Police say the passengers in the other car were not hurt.
The officer was taken to the hospital. They are expected to be ok.
Today, the man accused of killing him
wife last March from lethal amounts of cyanide
is said to have a preliminary hearing.
Police say that James Craig bought poison and researched how to poison someone.
Investigators believe that he poisoned his wife through her protein shake.
Craig is being charged with first degree murder and tampering with
evidence that hearing is set to begin at 130 this afternoon
right now,
Denver police are planning to fire an officer for body slamming a man to the ground.
We do have video showing the attack and we want to warn you,
this can be pretty hard to watch.
This happened the night the Nuggets won the NBA finals and
the city's halo camera system captured people in the streets.
Elijah Smith says he ran toward a fight outside of a
bar and punched a man that is when Denver police officer,
Adam Glasby body slammed Smith
knocking him out.
But
as soon as I took two steps back, I just feel my body being lifted in the air
and then that was it.
And I felt the pain.
Smith says he suffered injuries to his back including neurological damage.
On Monday.
Officer Glasby pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault as part of a plea deal,
prosecutors dropped a felony charge
cu boulder. Police say the weapon used to fire shots near student housing.
Sunday morning was an air pistol that only shot B BS.
It happened in the parking lot of the Williams village campus around
three in the morning as officers were breaking up a large party.
It led to a shelter in place that lasted about an hour. No one was hurt.
Four people were arrested for the incident. None of them have ties to the university
right now.
A federal program that has provided low cost internet to
millions of Americans is about to run out of funding.
The affordable Connectivity program was put
into place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now,
the FCC says that the program could end
by next month unless Congress considers a renewal.
The White House says that they will continue to push
Congress to renew it and encourage service providers to help.
In the meantime,
we announced earlier this month that we are encouraging providers to take steps
to keep their consumers connected at this crucial time by offering low-cost no
costs plans.
Digital advocates say that users of the program should check in
with their internet service provider about these low cost options.
They also suggest looking into the F CCS lifeline program for discounts on phone and
broadband services don't expect anything too drastic when
the Federal Reserve talks interest rates today,
they're expected to announce a decision about the rate after spending
last two days in discussions.
Recent reports say fed officials aren't expected to make any immediate changes.
The annual inflation rate still stands at about 3%.
It's been stuck there for months.
Stubborn inflation rates have raised concerns about when
the next rate cut could come but the
fed chair says there's no rush details about
this latest decision are expected this afternoon.
Right now,
city leaders in Loveland are debating massive budget cuts to make up for
lost revenue after voters decided to get rid of their grocery sales tax.
Leaders there say the city is expected to lose more than
$11 million this year to make up for this short haul.
The city is proposing one time budget cuts as a temporary solution.
This means they would cancel bigger projects,
upgrades and maintenance from public works and parks
and recreation that would include the new sprinklers.
The library was supposed to get the North
Lake tennis courts renovation and the centennial bark ball
fields plaza upgrades at a meeting that ran late.
Last people spoke against these potential budget cuts.
Please do not go after the library find other ways to make
this work and find ways that we can bounce back from it.
There are ways of managing a budget and I know you
all manage budgets and I know you can do this.
Loveland CFO says the city's loss in revenue from January and February alone
was more than $1.6 million a loss they've never experienced before.
So far, no vote or decision has on these budget cuts have been made.
And one thing you want to know about the weather is we had a couple of showers
and thunderstorms scattered over northeastern Colorado I 76 and
they are out of the state right now,
but we do have a little snow for the high country.
Could get 2 to 4 inches by tonight up in the mountains for us.
In Denver, sunny skies to start today.
Showers and thunderstorms later on farther into the northeast, you go,
the heavier the storms could be and highs
fairly seasonal sixties to around 70 degrees.