🌱 Avalanche Danger Explained + Mayor's Race Deadline + RE Inventory

Hi all. It's me, Brad K. Evans, your host of the Denver Daily — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in town. Including news on...

• Is this year more dangerous for avalanches than normal?
• Metro Denver's housing inventory continues to decline.
• More federal dollars flowing into Colorado for wildfire protection.

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Friday's weather: Mostly cloudy and colder. High: 22 Low: 17.

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Here are the top stories today in Denver:

1. Metro Denver housing inventories continue to decline. For the past decade, Colorado and the Denver metropolitan area have been popular destinations for many, and during the latter half of the COVID-19 pandemic, homebuyers quickly purchased remaining housing inventory, despite a short dip, available inventories have dropped again. (FOX31)
2. What's causing so many avalanches in Colorado this year? If you're trekking into Colorado's back country, learn how to prepare for the trip, and why the snow is so unstable in Colorado this year. (9News)
3. Federal dollars coming to Colorado to support wildfire prevention efforts. Western wildfire management and climate change is the focus of the federal dollars to protect urban areas and create cohesive programs across the state. (CO Newsline)
4. State of Colorado launching a retirement plan for self employed and gig workers. The Colorado Secure Savings is a Roth IRA that creates automatic paycheck deductions. The program hopes to enroll one million Colorado workers that don't have a retirement plan, at no cost. (CO Sun)
5. How many people made the cut off for the mayor's race? We're going to find out as soon as the Denver Election Division checks all the petitions. Thursday was the deadline to turn in signatures for candidates to get their names on the April ballot. (Denverite)

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Today in Denver:

• Opening Reception: "70-Something" art exhibition at Niza Knoll Gallery. (5 p.m.)
• Teen After Hours: Movie Creation Night. (6 p.m.)
• Opening Reception: Bitfactory's "No Show" exhibition. (6 p.m.)
• The Sklar Brothers: At Comedy Works. (7:15 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Kiss from a Rose: Seal to perform at Bellco Theatre on May 30. (FOX31)
• Food Bank of the Rockies mobile food pantry dates: The Food Bank of the Rockies and Denver Human Services will be hosting two mobile food pantries this month: Friday, Jan. 20 at Denver Human Services East Office, 3815 Steele St. and Monday, Jan. 23 at Raices Brewing Company, 2060 W Colfax Ave. (FBR)
• Colorado Ballet's rendition of the Lady of the Camellias. Meet Marguerite Gautier and Armand Duval, a troubled courtesan and young bourgeois whose love for one another dares to defy the uncompromising conventions of 19th century French society. Forbidden romance. (Colorado Ballet)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Friday off right! See you all on Saturday morning with another edition of the Denver Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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