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1.Corner identifies family killed in fatal in October 1-70 crash 

Three people died in a semitractor-trailer crash the morning of Sunday, Oct. 12, on Interstate 70 at mile marker 208 east of Silverthorne.

Summit County Coroner Amber Flenniken released the identities of the three decedents, who were a family from West Palm Beach, Florida. Demario Torres, 39, Erlande Torres, 37 and their daughter Abigail Israel, 9, died in the crash.

The crash occurred around 5:42 a.m. Oct. 12 when the semitractor-trailer veered off the road to the right while approaching a curve to the right then came back onto the road, struck the center concrete barrier and rolled across the road, according to a Colorado State Patrol news release.

-Kyle McCabe 

2.Barnes & Noble to officially open new store in Glenwood Springs 

A new Barnes & Noble bookstore will officially open in Glenwood Springs on Wednesday, Nov. 5, according to an Oct. 29 news release. 

Located in the former Bed, Bath & Beyond building at Glenwood Meadows, the 23,000- square-foot store will offer books, games, toys, magazines and more — including a B&N Café.

“Opening the Glenwood Springs Barnes and Noble is a true professional milestone,” Erik Gabbett, Glenwood Springs store manager and Barnes & Noble bookseller of 26 years, said in the release. “I’m excited to build a new team and create an inviting space for discovery. Most of all, I look forward to seeing the store become a gathering place where readers, families, and the community connect and grow together.”

-Staff report 

3.Coloradans’ average health insurance premiums to double on state’s individual marketplace 

Coloradans who shop for their own health insurance will see, on average, a doubling in their monthly premium in 2026, according to state officials. 

The Colorado Division of Insurance on Monday released final insurance rate information for next year’s plans, with open enrollment set to begin on Nov. 1. The rates are for health insurance plans purchased on Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s individual marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act. 

The division said in a news release that the “vast majority” of Coloradans enrolled in a Connect for Health Colorado plan will see an approximate net average premium increase of 101% — a doubling of their out-of-pocket costs. The division estimates those cost increases will lead to approximately 75,000 Coloradans losing access to health coverage. 

-Robert Tann 

4. To work through the death of his sister, a man unicycled hundreds of miles on the Continental Divide 

Everyone works through pain and grief in different ways.

To get through hard times, Jamey Mossengren sets off into the mountains with his unicycle, pedaling hundreds of miles along steep ridgelines, balanced on one wheel. The Minnesotan has “unipacked” — or backpacked with his unicycle — across the mountain West. 

It all started a decade ago as a unique method of grieving. After a divorce, he set out on the Colorado Trail, a 567-mile-long path from Denver to Durango. It was his first-ever overnight camping trip of any kind. He said the three-week journey with his unicycle helped him “learn to forgive.”

This year, after his sister died by suicide, Mossengren found himself unipacking again. In June, he took to the Continental Divide Trail, a 3,100-mile-long trail that starts at the United States border with Mexico in New Mexico and ends at the Canada border in Montana, passing through Colorado and Wyoming along the way.

-Ryan Spencer 

5. Two Rivers Community School and Garfield Re-2 School District entangled in transportation law dispute 

Two Rivers Community School and the Garfield Re-2 School District are currently in disagreement over the charter school bussing students in and out of Re-2 district boundaries — something with elevated stakes given how state and federal funding is allocated on a per-student basis.. 

TRCS Head of School Jamie Nims and Re-2 Superintendent Kirk Banghart met at the charter school in Glenwood Springs on Friday afternoon in an initial attempt to resolve the dispute, although Nims said they were unable to reach an agreement during that meeting.

“I want to be clear in saying that not only do we believe what we’re doing is right and just, but we also believe it’s lawful,” Nims said.

-Jaymin Kanzer