Good morning! Here are 5 Things to Know for Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
1. Do you scoop the poop?
Careless dog owners are giving Colorado parks and their volunteers a headache, as they struggle to find a way to eliminate how much pet waste is left behind on the trails, either on the ground or in plastic bags. For this 360, Denver7 spoke with several dog owners, a CPW representative and volunteers who clean the parks and several counties about the rising problem. Learn more at 10 p.m. on Denver7.
2. Spring storms increase avalanche danger
Winter is not ready to release its grasp on Colorado just yet. Monday's snow, which could continue in the mountains today, increased the risk for avalanches. In that same vein, snowpack is at its best last-season levels since 2011! Click here to learn more.
3. Mother Nature turns cold shoulder to Colorado
Temperatures in the Denver metro area tumbled behind a strong cold front yesterday and while today won't be as cold, temperatures are still well below average. Here's your full forecast.
4. Amazon will open a new office downtown, add tech jobs
Amazon will expand its Denver Tech Hub into LoDo, creating 400 new high-tech jobs in the process, the company announced Tuesday. Those jobs will include fields like software and hardware engineering, cloud computing and advertising. Here's more on this new move.
5. City to launch food waste initiative Wednesday
Denver will launch Food Waste Pilot Program tomorrow in an effort to to help Denver restaurants prevent wasted food at the source, donate pre-consumer leftovers and recycle food waste via composting. Nine locla restuarants are participating in the pilot program.