Thousands without power in Colorado amid high winds
More than 30,000 homes and businesses lost power on Saturday as high winds blew across Colorado, according to several of the state’s energy utilities. Roughly 18,000 of those outages were Xcel Energy customers in Colorado’s foothills, who lost power when the utility’s preemptive safety shutoffs started at 2 p.m. Saturday, officials confirmed. “Power has been…

