@marc_sallinger: These are the three most interesting stories I'm following today, October 22. 1. Starting Nov. 1 and running through February, CDOT and Colorado State Patrol can detour eastbound I-70 at Floyd Hill from sunrise to 8:30 a.m. when the low morning sun creates blinding glare. Drivers exit at the bottom of Floyd Hill and take US 6 through Clear Creek Canyon or the US 40 frontage road back to I-70 at Beaver Brook. Expect delays of up to an hour. 2. Denver Public Schools enrollment fell by 1,780 students this fall, compared with about 1,200 last fall. The district had projected a drop of 1,400 to 1,500. The district points to lower birth rates, high housing prices and fewer immigrant students: 233 new immigrant students enrolled in the first five weeks, compared with more than 1,470 in fall 2023. Enrollment peaked in 2019, and DPS has closed or partially closed 13 schools in the past three years. A four-year moratorium bars closure votes before 2029, but it allows exceptions for a "substantial shift" in enrollment. Great reporting by @chalkbeatco. 3. Great Sand Dunes geologist Andrew Valdez measures the park's biggest dunes every year. Star Dune is now approaching 720 feet, down almost 40 feet from 2000. That’s according to The Gazette. Valdez suspects grasses and shrubs are blocking sand from reaching the dunes, but as he put it: "Basically, it seems kind of random at this point." #FloydHill #DenverPublicSchools #GreatSandDunes #colorado

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Thursday 22 October 2026 14:30:00 GMT