Good morning, Denver.

Coloradans are donating food, water and hay to support displaced neighbors after recent wildfires, with $6,500 in donations sending 30 tons of hay to help animals in need.

Community kitchens are serving meals at local shelters, and more volunteers continue offering extra food and space to those affected.

Enter for a chance to win a General Admission Family 4-Pack offered by the Aurora Sentinel at the Arapahoe County Fair.

The fair, celebrated for its 120th anniversary (July 23 to July 26), sees contest entries accepted until July 20.

Yesterday marked 32 years since the deadly South Canyon Fire on Storm King Mountain — near Glenwood Springs that claimed 14 wildland firefighters' lives, and state officials mourned three firefighters who died on June 27 fighting the Snyder Fire.

Dead Pioneers marked the release of their third album, Wagon Burner, with a hometown show at Bluebird Theater on July 3—featuring new songs, guest acts, and spoken word pieces.

The band will head to Europe in July and tour Canada in the fall.

Michael Kodas said wildland firefighting in Colorado must handle strong winds, lightning + fast-drying fuels and quick fire spread, and he noted red retardant only slows flames without replacing crews on the ground.

His insights come amid active wildfire conditions in the region.

The Aspen Acres Fire became the seventh largest in state history after burning 91,523 acres at 12% containment — a community meeting for affected residents was held Monday at Centennial High School in Pueblo and streamed live.

Medicaid now pays fewer hours for home caregivers, cutting reimbursement from nearly 130 to 84 hours on July 1 for families in Castle Rock and Aurora caring for children with special needs.

The cap will fall to 70 hours on Jan. 1 and 56 hours on July 1, prompting concern over lost care time.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Bottoms was rushed to the hospital over the weekend after a blood sugar spike related to type 2 diabetes, according to his campaign (Trent Leisy).

He is now home recovering and will return to work later this week as the competitive primary race remains too close to call.

Vitalant in Denver reports a two-year low in its type-O blood supply amid a busy trauma season as summer travel reduces donor turnout.

Appointments at its 10 centers are open, and donors between July 9 and August 8 can enter a car raffle (details available by calling or on vitalant.org).

Erica Solove, a Marshall Fire survivor from Superior, now connects local families with free trauma support through Extreme Weather Survivors.

She hosts monthly mental health webinars to help disaster survivors recover from wildfire losses across Colorado.

Sponsored climber and restaurateur Melissa Strong of Estes Park survived a 2017 electrocution that cost her fingers and halted her climbing career; after complex reconstructive surgery at UCHealth Anschutz, she now shares her recovery journey in the book Climbing Through while continuing to climb and write.