ENGLEWOOD MAN DIES ON TORREYS PEAK
COUNTY» A CLEAR CREEK
71-year-old Englewood man has died while hiking a fourteener.
The body of Don Chambliss was found Thursday on Torreys Peak at about 13,600 feet, according to the sheriff’s office.
About 7 p.m. Tuesday, Clear Creek received a call from Chambliss’ family reporting him missing after setting out on a hike in the Grays and Torreys peaks area, a news release said.
Sheriff’s staffers with the Alpine Search and Rescue Team and Flights for Life began searching for Chambliss.
The search continued Wednesday and Thursday, including with help from the Colorado Air National Guard and the Air Force.
His body was found about 12:30 p.m. Thursday. “Due to the difficult terrain and location, the recovery will occur on Friday using additional assets,” the sheriff’s office said.
Denver ties record for high temperature on July 18 at 99 degrees.
Denver tied a record — 99 degrees — Thursday for the high temperature on July 18, according to the National Weather Service. The last time the high temperature hit 99 degrees in Denver on that date was in 1998.
Thursday’s record-tying temperature happened at 2:57 p.m., the weather service said.
On Wednesday, Denver set a record — 72 degrees — for the highest minimum temperature on that date, July 17. The previous record was in 1997.
Denver’s heat wave isn’t quite over.
On Friday in Denver, skies will be sunny and the weather will be hot, with a forecast high temperature of 100 degrees, according to the weather service.
On Saturday, Denverites should experience a bit of heat relief, with showers likely and a possible thunderstorm after 1 p.m., according to the weather service. The high on Saturday will be about 86 degrees. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph, and the chance for precipitation is 60 percent.
Former astronaut rescued after hiking fall.
A retired NASA astronaut was rescued after a fall on a mountain.
Jeffrey Ashby was severely injured Monday after falling 500 feet near the summit of La Plata Peak.
Authorities say hikers heard Ashby and contacted police, who could not locate his exact position.
The Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office said rescuers noticed a light below the 14,360-foot summit but needed helicopter assistance to complete the rescue.
Officials say Ashby was located on a snowfield about 3 a.m. Tuesday and flown to safety about 7:30 a.m. He was transferred to Summit Medical Center for possible fractures.
Four indicted in painkiller probe.
CINCINNATI» A wholesale drug distributor linked to the flood of opioids into Appalachia and two of its former executives were charged with conspiring to illegally distribute millions of painkiller pills, federal authorities said Thursday.
The former executives of Ohio-based MiamiLuken — the president and compliance officer — along with two pharmacists in West Virginia were indicted by a federal grand jury in Cincinnati, said U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman. The conspiracy allegedly involved pharmacies from Portsmouth, Ohio, along the Ohio River to rural towns through West Virginia and Kentucky, a region particularly hard-hit by painkiller overprescribing and overuse.
Among those indicted was Miami-Luken’s former president, Anthony Rattini, 71, of Colorado Springs.