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Falling back: Daylight Saving Time comes to an end Sunday, November 3

Wednesday, October 30th, 2019 8:45am MDT

The biannual ritual of changing our clocks to adjust for Daylight Saving Time occurs this weekend, providing yet another signal of the changing of seasons.  The United States will ‘fall back’ one hour at 2:00am Sunday morning as we return to Standard Time. The ritual of changing our clocks twice a year can be met […]

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Springing forward: Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 10th

Thursday, March 7th, 2019 7:57am MDT

The biannual ritual of changing our clocks to adjust for Daylight Saving Time occurs this Saturday night providing yet another signal of the changing of seasons.  The United States will ‘spring forward’ one hour at 2:00am Sunday morning as we begin Daylight Savings Time. The ritual of changing our clocks twice a year can be […]

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Daylight Saving Time to end as we ‘fall back’ on Sunday, November 4

Thursday, November 1st, 2018 4:32pm MDT

The biannual ritual of changing our clocks to adjust for Daylight Saving Time occurs this weekend, providing yet another signal of the changing of seasons.  The United States will ‘fall back’ one hour at 2:00am Sunday morning as we return to Standard Time. The ritual of changing our clocks twice a year can be met […]

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Thornton PD posts their entry for the lip sync challenge

Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 1:03pm MDT

The silence from the Thornton PD has been deafening. As other Denver metro area police departments posted their lip sync challenge entry, we heard nothing from the local men and women in blue. That changed today. Set to the song “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins and made famous in the movie Top Gun, the Thornton […]

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Weather forces cancellation of Thorntonfest for second year in a row

Friday, May 18th, 2018 10:47am MDT

Mother Nature seems to have a grudge against the City of Thornton’s annual spring festival.  With thunderstorms arriving tonight and heavy rain expected through Saturday, most of the events have been cancelled. The city made the announcement on their Festivals and Events Facebook page this morning. This is the third time in the 22 year […]

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Spring forward with Daylight Saving Time on Sunday

Thursday, March 8th, 2018 1:52pm MDT

The biannual ritual of changing our clocks to adjust for Daylight Saving Time occurs this Saturday night providing yet another signal of the changing of seasons.  The United States will ‘spring forward’ one hour at 2:00am Sunday morning as we begin Daylight Savings Time. The ritual of changing our clocks twice a year can be […]

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Paleontologists: Thornton’s dinosaur is in fact a torosaurus, not a triceratops

Tuesday, December 5th, 2017 9:53am MDT

Thornton’s now famous dinosaur bones that were discovered at a construction site have been identified as a different prehistoric creature than originally thought. Scientists with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science told CBS4 that they are actually remnants of a torosaurus, not a triceratops. Dr. Joe Sertich, Curator of Dinosaurs at the museum, told […]

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Daylight Saving Time to come to an end on Sunday, November 5, 2017

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 6:00am MDT

The biannual ritual of changing our clocks to adjust for Daylight Saving Time occurs tonight providing yet another signal of the changing of seasons.  The United States will ‘fall back’ one hour at 2:00am Sunday morning as we return to Standard Time. The ritual of changing our clocks twice a year can be met with […]

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Construction uncovers 66-million-year-old triceratops in Thornton

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 3:57pm MDT

Crews working to build the City of Thornton’s new fire and police substation in the north part of town have unearthed the remains of a dinosaur. The finding of the 66-million-year-old triceratops includes the skull and other bones.  Dr. Joe Sertich, Curator of Dinosaurs, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, spoke to the rarity of […]

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Weather forces cancellation of most Thorntonest events

Thursday, May 18th, 2017 2:22pm MDT

The soaking, wet weather that began yesterday evening and is expected to run well into tomorrow has caused numerous event cancellations. Now it has claimed another victim – the City of Thornton’s annual Thorntonfest. Having already received nearly 2 inches of rain in the past twelve hours the Margaret Carpenter Recreation Center fields are absolutely drenched. […]

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