Colorado Jogger Suffers Serious Injuries After He Fights Off and Kills Mountain Lion

Photo: Francis Apesteguy/Getty A man is recovering from serious injuries after he killed a mountain lion who attacked him while he jogged through a trail in northern Colorado on Monday, according toColorado Parks and Wildlife. In astatementdetailing the attack, the unidentified runner said he had been jogging through the foothills of Horsetooth Mountain Park when he heard a noise come from behind him. As he turned around to see what it was, a juvenile mountain lion quickly pounced and bit him on his face and wrist.

Colorado Lawmaker Who Uses a Wheelchair Now Has Access to the Podium at the State Capitol Thanks to a New Lift

David Ortiz.Photo: Rep. David Ortiz/FacebookTheColorado State Capitolin Denver was built in the 1890s. Now, 130 years later, an essential finishing touch has just been made in the House Chamber of the white granite edifice with a shiny gold dome.A lift was recently installed next to the speaker’s podium, giving Rep.David Ortiz, the state’s first lawmaker to use a wheelchair, easy access to the elevated area at the forefront of chamber.“It looks amazing,“Ortiz told NPRof the new gold and frosted glass lift.

Colorado Lawyer Becomes 11th Person to Die on Mount Everest in Less Than 2 Weeks

Photo: Kulish Family Photo For the 11th time this spring season, Mount Everest has tragically claimed a climber’s life. On Monday, Nepalese officials confirmed that Christopher John Kulish of Colorado had died while descending the 29,035-foot mountain,according toReuters. Mira Acharya, a Nepal tourism department official, told the outlet that Kulish was on his way down from the summit when he died suddenly at South Col, an area between Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse, where the final camp for climbers is located.

Colorado Library Closes to the Public Due to Meth Contamination: 'Truly a Sad Situation'

Boulder, Colo library.Photo: Alamy Stock Photo A library in Boulder, Colorado, has temporarily shut its doors to the public after methamphetamine residue was found in its air ducts. The city closed the library after results from tests taken in air ducts in six of the establishment’s restrooms showed higher-than-normal levels of the drug. The testing occurred after a recent spike inpeople smoking methin the library’s bathrooms over the past four weeks.

Colorado Man Arrested in Utah After Allegedly Threatening to Kill Girls at Women's March

Photo: AP/REX/Shutterstock A 27-year-old Colorado man is being held on charges of threats of terrorism after allegedly writing that he wanted to kill “as many girls as I see” in a Facebook post on Saturday, the day of thethird annual Women’s March. Christopher Cleary was taken into police custody in Provo, Utah, according to records from the Utah County Sheriff’s Office Corrections Bureau. He’s currently being held there, though he faces extraction to Colorado where he’s wanted for a probation violation in Jefferson County on felony charges of stalking and threatening of women.