FORT COLLINS UTILITIES TO GO TO “TIMEOFDAY PRICING”

Fort Collins will soon start charging different rates for electricity depending on when homeowners crank the heat or run the dishwasher.

Denver7 reports the city says the idea of “timeofday pricing, which goes into effect next month, is to lower overall energy use, while also having utility costs reflect what the city pays for electricity.

Fort Collins homeowners will have to pay three times more during peak hours: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. from May to September and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. October through April.

However, homeowners will pay 30 percent less for that same energy if they use it during offpeak hours.

City officials say they will review the program after a year under the new pricing structure to ensure it is working as intended.

Murder charge against Colorado Springs man for shooting trespasser is dismissed.

A murder case against a Colorado Springs man, who shot a trespasser sleeping in the basement of his downtown apartment building, was dismissed Friday in El Paso District Court.

Patrick Rau, 29, had pleaded not guilty to seconddegree murder heat of passion for the Jan. 19, 2017, fatal shooting of 37yearold Donald Russell.

Rau had given Russell a fivesecond countdown warning before shooting Russell. Police had described Russell as homeless.

An El Paso County grand jury indicted Rau on the seconddegree murder charge.

Rau pleaded not guilty in the case in December. In Colorado, under the socalled “make my day law,” a resident can use deadly force against an intruder without facing criminal charges.

District Court Judge Jan Dubois dismissed the charge Friday, closing the case.

Pedestrian hit by vehicle in southwest Denver dies.

A pedestrian was killed Monday night when hit by a vehicle in southwest Denver.

The fatal collision happened at the intersection of South Sheridan Boulevard and West Hampden Avenue, according to police.

An investigation is ongoing.

Driver, 21, dies in rollover crash on Interstate 70 in Genesee area.

A fatal crash on Interstate 70 near Genesee Park closed all eastbound lanes of the highway at exit 244 Monday afternoon.

A 21yearold woman was killed in the crash near mile marker 255, Colorado State Patrol spokesman Josh Lewis said. A 23yearold man was transported to St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood with minor injuries. Investigators believe the woman was driving the car, a white Mazda, when it crashed.

Colorado State Patrol received a report of a rollover crash at that location about 2:42 p.m. Monday, Lewis said.

Police identify teen killed in Park Hill homicide, ask for public’s help in solving case.

Denver police on Monday identified the man shot and killed Friday in a residential section of Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood.

Khobi Eiland, 18, was shot and killed by an unidentified person about 5 p.m. Friday in the 5200 block of East 29th Avenue, police said. Eiland was pronounced dead at the scene, which is located near a bus stop.

Eiland lived in the neighborhood and was wearing a black zipup hoodie, grey jeans and white tennis shoes when he was shot.

Police asked anybody who saw Eiland on Friday afternoon or might have information about the shooting to call 7209137867 or text 274637 with the acronym “DMCS” and a message.

Woman, 20, fatally shot in Sunnyside neighborhood is identified.

A 20yearold woman fatally shot in Denver on Friday has been identified.

Briseidy JimenezOrtega, 20, was shot at about 8 p.m. in the 3900 block of Bryant Street and taken by ambulance to Denver Health Medical Center. She died of a gunshot wound and the manner of death is a homicide, according to the coroner’s office.

A 20yearold suspect, Elijah Lucero, is being sought for JimenezOrtega’s death.

Woman stabbed Monday night in downtown Denver.

A woman was stabbed in downtown Denver on Monday night.

The stabbing happened at the intersection of 17th and Lawrence streets, police said.

A male suspect has been arrested. The victim’s injuries are not lifethreatening.