"Any time you have a reduction in capacity and demand increases, airfares have nowhere to go but up. And that doesn't count the fares that are already rising because of the spike in fuel prices," CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg told CBS News Boston.

Spirit announced early Saturday that it had "started an orderly wind-down of operations, effective immediately," after efforts to obtain a $500 million federal bailout stalled. All Spirit flights have been canceled. 

Losing Spirit, known for its ultra-low fares, will likely mean costlier tickets on other airlines. A CBS News analysis of Cirium data, a provider of aviation analytics, found average fares jumped 23%, or roughly $60, for a round-trip flight when Spirit exited a route. Overall passenger volume also fell 20% after the carrier left a market.

Spirit's failure could boost fares at a time when ticket prices are already elevated due to higher jet fuel costs from the Iran war.

What if I have a ticket for a future Spirit flight?

Customers with tickets for future Spirit flights are entitled to full refunds if the airline goes out of business.

Spirit on Saturday said it would automatically process refunds for any flight that was purchased through the airline with a credit or debit card. The airline has set up a website to answer questions regarding its shutdown. 

"If you're holding a Spirit ticket for a flight that hasn't happened yet, you'll get that back from your credit card company under federal credit laws," Greenberg said.

Still, travelers may encounter obstacles obtaining their refunds.

"Watch what happens very closely, and if the airline ceases operation, call the credit card you used to buy the ticket and dispute the charge," Eric Rosen, director of travel content at The Points Guy, told CBS News. "The result is a non-delivery of service, which is grounds for disputing a charge."

Spirit customers who paid cash or used airline loyalty points could be out of luck, Rosen said, noting that those points cannot be transferred to other airlines' loyalty programs. 

In Saturday's announcement, Spirit said that "compensation for guests who booked flights" using a voucher, credit or free Spirit points "will be determined at a later date through the bankruptcy process."

Still, Julian Kheel, founder of Points Path, advises against canceling a ticket for an upcoming Spirit flight.

"Canceling your ticket now without a promise of a refund will eliminate all protections. Instead, hang on to your ticket and file a chargeback with your bank," he said.

Other airlines to the rescue?

An abrupt shutdown means some travelers will have to turn to other airlines for a flight home. Many carriers announced special short-term offers to help Spirit passengers. 

"To access these special prices, individuals will need to provide at a minimum a Spirit flight confirmation number and proof of payment," the U.S. Department of Transportation said in a statement. 

Delta said it will offer "reduced rescue fares in impacted markets to support those with near-term travel needs."

United Airlines said it will cap prices on one-way fares for travelers who have Spirit tickets over the next two weeks for most cities where Spirit flew, mostly capped at $199, with longer flights up to $299. More information at United.com/specialfares.

American Airlines said in a statement to CBS News, "we immediately implemented fare caps on Main Cabin tickets for Spirit routes where we also offer nonstop service and will continue to support as many customers as possible." Passengers can through the American Airlines app or on aa.com.

Southwest Airlines said special fares for Spirit travelers will be available at Southwest ticket counters at their departure airport for eligible routes through 11:59 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 6.

JetBlue is offering $99 rescue fares "to assist stranded travelers with immediate travel planned," available for 72 hours, and said it will cap fares to provide more affordable rebooking options. Affected customers can call 1-800-JETBLUE for information.

The discount carrier Frontier posted a statement saying it is ready to assist affected travelers, and the Department of Transportation said Allegiant, Avelo and Breeze have also agreed to assist.

Fare caps would limit prices but could still force Spirit customers to pay more than they expected.

"They said they'll offer rescue fares to Spirit passengers, but it's unclear if they'll be offered on every route Spirit served," industry analyst Henry Harteveldt, founder of Atmosphere Research Group, told CBS News. 

Harteveldt urged customers to keep copies of their Spirit itineraries in case another airline requires them. 

"These rescue fares may be less expensive than the normal fares these airlines would charge, but would probably be more expensive than the Spirit fares," Harteveldt added. 

More pressure on fares

Harteveldt said Spirit's collapse would affect airfares depending on how quickly other airlines fill those routes, but expanding operations could prove difficult before the busy summer season. 

"Airlines' plans have already been committed for the summer. But over time, within three to six months, I would not be surprised to see Froniter, Avelo, Breeze and Allegiant all take steps to enter markets that Spirit served," Harteveldt said, citing some of Spirit's low-cost competitors. "I do expect a lot of budget airlines will try to backfill Spirit somehow."

Kheel said Spirit helped keep airfares in check, even if it wasn't the most popular with consumers. 

"With them soon to be gone, I think we're likely to see an increase," he said. "That's on top of the airfare increases we're already seeing from the increase in jet fuel prices. This is only going to make that situation worse."

The Run for the Roses in Louisville, Kentucky, is the opening race for the Triple Crown, the series for 3-year-olds that's traditionally followed by the Preakness Stakes in Maryland and the Belmont Stakes in New York. The last time a horse swept all three races was in 2018, when Justify galloped his way into the history books as the 13th Triple Crown winner.

2026 Kentucky Derby horses and odds

The field for the 1 1/4-mile Derby has been capped at 20 horses since 1975. Saturday morning's scratch of The Puma reduced the field for the 2026 Derby to 19. Renegade, with 4-1 odds, was picked as the morning-line favorite last Saturday by Nick Tammaro, the oddsmaker at Churchill Downs Racetrack, the home of the Derby. 

The odds will change as bettors make their wagers ahead of Saturday's Derby, the 12th race of the day at Churchill Downs with an approximate post time of 6:57 p.m. ET.

Since last week's post-position draw, a total of four horses have scratched from the race: No. 20 Fulleffort, No. 5 Right to Party, No. 13 Silent Tactic and No. 9 The Puma. Three of the scratches happened early enough for three other horses to draw into the field. Here's a list of the horses racing in the Derby in order by post position with their morning-line odds:

• 1. Renegade, 4-1
• 2. Albus, 30-1
• 3. Intrepido, 50-1
• 4. Litmus Test, 30-1
• 6. Commandment, 6-1
• 7. Danon Bourbon, 20-1
• 8. So Happy, 15-1
• 10. Wonder Dean, 30-1
• 11. Incredibolt, 20-1
• 12. Chief Wallabee, 8-1
• 14. Potente, 20-1
• 15. Emerging Market, 15-1
• 16. Pavlovian, 30-1
• 17. Six Speed, 50-1
• 18. Further Ado, 6-1
• 19. Golden Tempo, 30-1
• 21. Great White, 50-1
• 22. Ocelli, 50-1
• 23. Robusta, 50-1

Renegade drew the No. 1 post for the Derby, the innermost position in the starting gate where horses are at risk of getting boxed in between the rail and the rest of the field and falling behind early in the race. The post hasn't produced a Derby winner since Ferdinand won in 1986, and the last contender from the post to finish in the top three was Lookin At Lee, who came in second in 2017.

Renegade and the other horses qualified for the Derby by accruing points from races held as long ago as last September. The bay colt won the Arkansas Derby in March and Florida's Sam F. Davis Stakes in February. Renegade also came in second in the Remsen Stakes in New York City in December.

Irad Ortiz Jr. will ride Renegade in what will be the jockey's 10th Derby. Ortiz has yet to finish in the money in the Triple Crown opener. The 33-year-old has been close, coming in what was ultimately fourth place aboard Improbable in 2019, after the first horse across the finish line, Maximum Security, was disqualified in a wild ending to the race. At the Belmont, Ortiz has ridden two horses to victory: Creator in 2016 and Mo Donegal in 2022.

Commandment and Further Ado each received 6-1 odds in the morning line. Commandment won the Florida Derby in March, finishing ahead of another Derby competitor, Chief Wallabee, who came in third. The bay colt also won Florida's Fountain of Youth Stakes in February, where Chief Wallabee took second.

Luis Saez will be aboard Commandment for his 13th Derby. The 33-year-old's best performance at the Derby came in 2021, when Essential Quality finished in fourth place but ultimately moved up to third after the winner, Medina Spirit, was stripped of his victory over a positive drug test. Five weeks after the Derby, Essential Quality was under Saez for his first win at the Belmont. His second Belmont win came when he was aboard Dornoch in 2024.

Further Ado won the Blue Grass Stakes in Lexington last month and the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs in November. The chestnut colt came in second at Florida's Tampa Bay Derby in March.

John Velazquez will have the mount Saturday in pursuit of his fourth Derby win, his most recent being in 2020 with Authentic after Medina Spirit was stripped of his 2021 victory. The 54-year-old has also won the Preakness with National Treasure in 2023 and the Belmont twice, with Union Rags in 2012 and the filly Rags to Riches in 2007.

With 8-1 odds in the morning line, Chief Wallabee comes to Churchill Downs with jockey Junior Alvarado and trainer Bill Mott, the same duo behind Sovereignty's wins last year at the Derby and the Belmont.

The victories were Alvarado's first in each of the events. In the Derby, the 39-year-old was fined $62,000 and suspended for two race days for using his riding crop excessively. He appealed, and the penalty was lowered to $31,000 and a one-day suspension.

Sovereignty was the second Derby winner trained by Mott. He also trained Country House, the surprise winner of the 2019 race after Maximum Security was disqualified. At the Belmont, Sovereignty brought Mott his second win, 15 years after Drosselmeyer gave him his first in 2010.

Mike Smith has the most Derby mounts of any jockey in the race's history with 28, followed closely by Velazquez with 26. Smith will add to his count with So Happy, who got 15-1 morning-line odds.

The bay colt won the Santa Anita Derby at Southern California's Santa Anita Park last month ahead of fellow Derby contenders Potente and Intrepido, who came in second and fourth, respectively. So Happy also finished third in the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita in March, behind the first-place Potente and second-place Robusta.

Smith was aboard Justify for all three races during his Triple Crown campaign in 2018. He also rode Giacomo to victory in the 2005 Derby.

Emerging Market was the other horse with 15-1 odds in the morning line. The chestnut colt won the Louisiana Derby in March with fellow Derby contenders Pavlovian and Golden Tempo in second and third, respectively.

Flavien Prat will have the mount, chasing his second Derby win after riding Country House in 2019. The 33-year-old has come close several times in recent years, finishing third with Baeza last year, fourth with Catching Freedom in 2024 and third with Angel of Empire in 2023.

Bob Baffert has two chances this year to become the trainer with the most Derby wins, with Potente, who was given 20-1 odds in the morning line, and Litmus Test, who got 30-1 odds. Baffert, who trained Justify and 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, has been tied with Ben Jones at six all-time wins since the Baffert-trained Authentic won the 2020 Derby.

Two other colts were given 20-1 odds in the morning line: Danon Bourbon and Incredibolt.

Albus, Wonder Dean, Pavlovian and Golden Tempo are among the four other colts who got 30-1 morning-line odds.

The departures of Fulleffort, Right to Party and Silent Tactic made room for Great White, Ocelli and Robusta to enter the field. They're among the five horses given 50-1 odds in the morning line, including Six Speed and Intrepido.

Spirit Airlines is making plans to cease operations as soon as Saturday, barring last minute intervention, CBS News has learned.  

Negotiations over a $500 million government aid package remained stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.

Trump administration officials have been told Spirit will be shutting down operations in the next 24 hours. There will be no last-minute administration effort regarding a bailout, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

But when President Trump was asked about a bailout for Spirit Airlines Friday, he said, "Well, I guess we're looking at it. If we can do it, we'll do it but only if it's a good deal." 

The president, who was departing for Florida from the White House, told reporters, "I'd like to save the jobs, but we'll have an announcement some time today. We gave them a final proposal."

The airline's available cash on hand was expected to last only a matter of days, CBS News previously reported.

Spirit continues normal operations Friday, and sources emphasize the airline's focus remains on safely completing those flights.

A spokesperson for the bankrupt airline declined to comment on the ongoing discussions, saying only that "Spirit is operating as usual."

Employees at Spirit's headquarters in Dania Beach, Florida, spent Friday waiting for word about the fate of the airline and their jobs. There had not been official communication to employees about what happens next, but as one Spirit employee told CBS News, "Everybody knows."

Spirit serves more than 40 cities in the U.S. along with international destinations in Central and South America, and has its main hub at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida.

Industry experts said a Spirit Airlines shutdown would ripple through commercial aviation, likely resulting in higher fares as the budget carrier exits the market, as well as affecting ticket-holders who'd need to scramble to make other plans.

What began with flyers posted around courthouses and along Colfax Avenue has evolved into a broader metro-area effort designed to reduce low-level warrants tied to missed court appearances while lowering taxpayer costs and easing pressure on law enforcement and jails.

"We started off advertising the first one with flyers; flyers around the courthouse, flyers placed on Colfax," said First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King.

In November 2024, the program launched its first multi-jurisdiction Fresh Start event in coordination with Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder and Pueblo counties. The effort allowed participants to virtually appear in multiple jurisdictions during the same event to resolve eligible warrants. Officials say a record 141 local warrants were cleared during that event alone.

Held about twice a year on Saturdays, the events rely on volunteers from across the justice system, including judges, prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers and community partners who help connect participants with additional resources and services.

Now, participating jurisdictions also use targeted text outreach to notify eligible people that they may qualify for the program.

Officials say many of the cases tied to the program involve "failure to appear" warrants connected to low-level misdemeanor and traffic cases.

The program is open to people with active low-level warrants tied to misdemeanor or traffic offenses, some low-level property felonies, certain drug felonies and some probation violations. Violent offenses, weapons charges, most felony cases and domestic violence-related cases are not eligible.

Officials say the effort also helps law enforcement focus on more serious crimes.

"Well, I would like law enforcement to be on the street working on things that aren't low risk, low level, because we have other things to worry about in other places, we want to focus our resources. So, if this saves a patrol deputy a couple hours processing a Low risk, low level warrant because they took care of it on a Saturday, that's worth it to me," said King.

According to county officials, resolving warrants through the program has collectively avoided hundreds of thousands of dollars in jail costs by preventing arrests and overnight jail stays.

"We've served around 600 people, and what we are contemplating is if a booking, if someone gets booked into the jail, it's about $100. And then to keep them overnight is about $120," King said.

For Anthony Marin, the program offered a chance to finally move forward.

When Marin attended a Fresh Start event in 2022, he had traveled from Louisiana with his father to resolve a Jefferson County warrant dating back to 2005.

"I think I am trying to do this for her, for my daughter," Marin said at the time.

He was one of 93 people waiting to have their warrants resolved that day.

"This is the last thing in my life," Marin said in 2022.

Years later, Marin said the relief still sticks with him.

"Knowing that you have something like that hanging over your head really makes you live in fear," Marin said.

When asked whether he remembered the day he resolved the warrant, Marin said, "I remember it very well."

"That was one of the greatest things ever. Like, I was so relieved when I could finally not have to worry about it. Period," Marin shared.

"We want a justice system that works and works efficiently. And frankly, we want people to trust that the justice system can accept that some folks need just a hand up," King said. "This is our way of offering additional public service on a Saturday. It's volunteer based from every part of the system, and we do our best to serve as many people as we can."

The next Fresh Start event is scheduled for May 2, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, located at 100 Jefferson County Parkway in Golden.

The event is open to eligible people with active warrants in Jefferson or Gilpin counties tied to qualifying low-level offenses. Attorneys are also available virtually in Boulder, Adams and Broomfield counties for participants with eligible warrants in those jurisdictions.

More information about eligibility is available through the First Judicial District Attorney's Office.

The warning comes as state lawmakers consider $40 million in new fees on insurers that the companies say they'll pass on to policyholders. 

Democratic stet Sens. Iman Jodeh and Kyle Mullica are sponsoring a bill that would bail out the Health Insurance Affordability Enterprise, which is short $140 million.

The enterprise subsidizes care for 176,000 Coloradans on Connect for Health Colorado and 6,700 undocumented immigrants on OmniSalud. That's in addition to supporting the Colorado Reinsurance Program, which helps cover high-cost claims.

"At a time when immigrants' access to coverage and rural access to health care are under attack nationally, Colorado must lead in ensuring health coverage and health care remain accessible to all," Isabel Cruz, who is with the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, said before Colorado's Senate Finance Committee.

The bill would allow the enterprise to sell $100 million in bonds and assess a $40 million fee on the state's five biggest insurers.

"What's going to happen is this fee is going to be passed on to everyday Coloradans, employers, small businesses, and that's going to drive up costs in a state that everyday Coloradans are already complaining about housing affordability, health care costs, gas," said Kevin McFatridge, the executive director of the Colorado Association of Health Plans.

McFatridge says insurers have already paid more than $700 million in fees to support the enterprise over the last six years. If the bill passes, he says premiums for some families could go up by another $500 per person per year.

Meanwhile, as Republican stet Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer noted, undocumented immigrants on OmniSalud pay no premiums. She asked bill supporters if they should. "Do you think that everyone getting insurance should at least pay some insurance premium for that insurance?" Kirkmeyer asked. 

"I think insurance should be affordable to everyone, so I don't think that means everyone should pay some type of premium because I think it's a right," said Vanessa Martinez with the Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights.

Several members of the Finance Committee also questioned whether the enterprise should take on $100 million in debt by selling bonds for a one-year fix.

"We're creating bonds, taking a loan to pay for our costs for this year, but we don't know where we're going to be next year," Democratic state Sen. Chris Kolker said. "Why aren't we cutting costs this year?"

Bill sponsors and Insurance Commissioner Mike Conway say they're working on a long-term funding source. But, without the bill, they say thousands of Coloradans could lose coverage due to cost.

"These are people, and they matter," Mullica said. "And them being able have access to health care matters."

Kirkmeyer responded by saying that a $40 million increase in premiums could also result in more uninsured.

"It matters to a lot more people than the ones who are receiving these benefits," Kirkmeyer said. "It matters to the people who we have to go and explain to why their insurance could go up by $500 a year. What are we supposed to tell them?"

Kirkmeyer also warned that, under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, any entity paying a fee must get some benefit from it, and it's questionable whether insurers benefit from this fee.

She says the bill could result in a lawsuit that would jeopardize the entire Health Insurance Affordability Enterprise.

While most of the Finance Committee members expressed concerns with the bill, it passed on a party line vote and heads to the full Senate for debate.

Troopers were called to the area of E. 64th Avenue and Downing Street around 7:10 p.m. They say a 32-year-old Denver resident crashed a white Chevrolet Silverado into a train.

The pickup suffered heavy damage, but CSP says the driver was not injured.

Investigators have not released information on the cause of the crash.

Authorities have closed the intersection in all directions while they investigate the scene. Drivers in the area should expect delays and plan to take alternate routes.

The $71 million project in Idaho Springs is now close to its May 9th opening to the general public. The new gondola will carry visitors from downtown Idaho Springs up to the summit of Virginia Canyon Mountain Park. 

The gondola hosted rides for invited guests as the weather cleared on Friday. It provided a picture of the intense mountain bike trails and facilities opening on the mountain.

At the top stood renowned veteran burro racer and Idaho Springs resident Bill Lee and his donkey Jack.

"All these mining towns had a hard time surviving," Lee noted. "And this is a way to keep these towns alive and generate traffic and let the people see all the beautiful scenery and all the different things."

If Bill Lee is buying in, so goes the town, it seems.

"Definitely saw opportunity in this," said Cody Bower at the newly opened ChainLynx Bike Shop.

The shop is just up the road from where the Mighty Argo will lift mountain bikers to an eventual 28 miles of mostly intense trails. Bower and his wife had been planning to open a bike shop for years. They had a plan to do it in Georgetown until the Mighty Argo took shape.

"We're going to offer services, repairs, demos, rentals," Bower said. "We found this spot, so we jumped right on it. And we actually leased it in February, so we've been sitting on it."

There are three bike shops now open near the Mighty Argo project.  

"Just this east end of town has been blowing up," Bower added.

The town's mayor has noticed too.

"This is on the sleepier end of Idaho Springs that can handle that kind of development. But it's going to be a really good complement to existing businesses," said Mayor Chuck Harmon.

There are projections of $400,000 in sales tax revenue in the first year the Mighty Argo is open. That's the kind of revenue that helps towns with needed projects.

"We're co-marketing with the historic core. We want people to be downtown. We want people to spend the day. We're getting more hotel rooms," said Mary Jane Loevlie, the project's developer.

She has a stake in wider development.

"I grew up here. And I do own several of the historic buildings downtown that I bought when they were worth nothing," she said.

"We've been slowly building up the character, keeping the authenticity, and this, I believe, will be a big shot in the arm."

Downtown, Amy Miley at Mountain Remedy was glad to see the area's potential.

"The rising tide will float the boat," she said. "Any increased visitors will help downtown."

At his bike shop, Bower feels pretty good about his chances, too.

"Sunday the 25th was our first bicycle sale, which was huge," he said. 

"Starting today, the city manager has issued a voluntary water shortage watch," said Alice Conovitz, water conservation specialist for Fort Collins Utilities.

The voluntary restrictions include asking residents to only water their lawns twice a week, specifically in the mornings or evenings. They also ask residents to install devices on the ends of their water hoses that shut off the water unless needed at that moment.

"It's important," Conovitz said. "We don't do this very often."

The last time the city requested a voluntary restriction was in 2021 following the state's largest wildfire, the Cameron Peak Fire. That fire was contaminating the water, reducing the city's access to clean river water.

However, in 2026, the city is making the request again following a dry winter season.

"It is an extra dry year," Conovitz said.

While the city hopes residents will reduce their water use, it also notes that its current supply might be enough to get the city through 2026 without mandatory restrictions.

"We are really fortunate. We have senior water rights on the Poudre River. We also have ample supply of Colorado River water that is stored at Horsetooth Reservoir," Conovitz said. "We are really lucky because that gives us a lot of resiliency even in dry years."

Conovitz said the city is making adjustments now in an effort to make sure its resources are still available in 2027.

"We know a lot about our snowpack, we know a lot about streamflow projections, and we know how much Colorado water we will have access to. So, we have a pretty good grasp about how much water supply we will have," Conovitz said.

By voluntarily reducing water usage this year, residents may not only help avoid mandatory restrictions in 2026 but also restrictions in 2027.

"You don't want to be surprised; you always want to plan ahead," Conovitz said. "We are hoping our community rises to the occasion and voluntarily keeps those demands lower."

Conovitz admitted, in 2021, residents largely continued to use water at their normal rates even amid the voluntary restrictions. However, she said she believed that was because residents knew it was a water clarity issue, not an availability issue.

After a dry winter, she said she believes residents are more cognizant of the real availability threat, leading her to hope more people will be proactive.

While right now the restrictions are voluntary, Conovitz said it is possible that they could change this year.

"It is Colorado, things can always change. If we get some moisture and things change for the better, the voluntary watch could be lifted. But if things worsen or if there is something unexpected like a wildfire this year, we may need to move into some mandatory restrictions," Conovitz said.

The Wild Horse Reservoir project would create a 95,000-acre-foot storage system designed to help meet demand through 2075, capturing water from both the Colorado River Basin and Arkansas River Basin, according to project plans from the City of Aurora Water Department.

But for people living where the reservoir is planning to go, the stakes are personal.

"We spent a lot of time making a life here, and now it's going to be taken from us," property owner Josh Kimbrough said.

Kimbrough moved to the Hartsel area for space, quiet, and a chance to rebuild his life with his wife and two kids after traumatic experiences in the Army.

"We belong somewhere quiet. We thrive out here in a quiet peace," Kimbrough said.

Their property sits in a short valley, with breathtaking views of the mountains in a small clearing. That peace is now uncertain.

Aurora Water says the project location shifted south after years of study. The original northern site would have required three dams. The southern option requires just one: cutting costs by tens of millions of dollars, reducing long-term risk and lowering construction risks while requiring no additional pumping to fill the reservoir, and causing minimal wetland impacts, all according to Aurora Water.

"That was the toughest part of the decision," said Assistant General Manager Sarah Young, referencing having to force people from their homes. "We took a long time to make this decision, because of that specific fact, even though from a kind of engineering and risk perspective, it made a lot more sense for our ratepayers."

The agency says the site is also ideal because it connects efficiently to existing infrastructure, including the Otero Pipeline, and helps maintain downstream water obligations, such as flows near Spinney Mountain Reservoir. Project materials also highlight additional benefits, including reduced evaporation at higher elevations and the absence of identified threatened or endangered species at the site.

Still, that decision means displacing several families.

"Crushing disbelief and fear. I worry about (moving) every day," Kimbrough said.

Aurora Water says it is already offering to buy affected properties, even before permits are approved, to avoid leaving residents stuck in uncertainty.

"We want to ensure that if property owners are not interested in being in limbo, that we're honoring that," Young said.

The agency says it is working to relocate homeowners into "equal or better" situations, including potentially offering alternative land that meets their need for privacy, potentially at the first reservoir site planned further north.

"I absolutely do [feel confident]," Young said when asked if real solutions can be found for everyone.

For Kimbrough, starting over is not an option he wants to consider.

"We spent nine years building all this. I am done wanting to build and design and do more construction projects," he said.

The family has proudly finished their homestead, complete with off-grid solar panels and high-efficiency living quarters that help Kimbrough keep a tidy budget on his disabled vet salary. He said Aurora Water has talked about offering him the opportunity to move his home to a new parcel, but that is not a viable solution for his family. 

"Once a modular home is set onto a foundation, it should not be lifted and moved and transported again," Kimbrough explained. 

The project is still in the permitting and pre-permitting phase, requiring approvals at the local, state, and federal levels. If approved, construction would still be years away.

Aurora Water says the need to build is urgent, especially in dry years like this one.

"This project is really underscored by an unprecedented drought and how important it is to provide reliable water supply," Young said.

For now, families in Hartsel are left waiting, caught between Colorado's growing water needs and the lives they've built in the wide-open spaces targeted for change.

A 33-year-old man from Cuba died at an ICE detention center in Georgia on Tuesday, the agency said in a notification to Congress and a public press release. ICE said Denny Adan Gonzalez was found unresponsive in his cell at the privately operated Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, late Tuesday. The agency described the suspected cause of death as suicide and said its investigation is ongoing.

The reported suicide is the 18th ICE detainee death in the first four months of 2026. Last year, ICE recorded 31 detainee deaths, a two-decade high that nearly surpassed the all-time record set in 2004, when 32 deaths were reported.

ICE said Gonzalez first entered the U.S. in May 2019 at an official port of entry along the Texas border, but that he was deported the following year. The agency said he reentered the country illegally in 2022 and was subsequently released by U.S. immigration officials.

In December, ICE said Gonzalez was arrested by local officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, on assault and domestic violence charges, prompting the federal agency to take him into custody in January. He had been in ICE custody ever since, ICE added.

The sharp increase in ICE detainee deaths over the past year has coincided with the Trump administration's nationwide deportation blitz. The controversial crackdown has led ICE to hold record numbers of detainees in its custody while it tries to deport them.

Earlier this year, ICE's detention population soared to more than 70,000 people. That number has decreased since the Trump administration scaled back its aggressive operations in major cities like Minneapolis amid bipartisan outcry. But the detention population still stood around 60,000 last month, higher than under any prior administration.

Even after accounting for the number of people in detention each year, 2025 had the highest death rate — 5.6 people per 10,000 detainees — since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, according to a CBS News analysis of government data.

Those who have died in ICE custody this year include an Afghan refugee who worked alongside American military forces in Afghanistan and a Mexican teenager. The agency said the detainees had been previously arrested by local officials on an array of charges including theft, fraud and resisting an officer. 

As the Trump administration has greatly expanded ICE's detention apparatus, reports of substandard conditions, including overcrowding, inadequate medical care and insufficient food, have emerged throughout the country.

ICE has consistently denied allegations of poor conditions in its detention facilities, and when it announces new detainee deaths, the agency issues similar defenses of its treatment of those in custody.

"ICE is committed to ensuring that all those in custody reside in safe, secure, and humane environments," the agency said Friday. "Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout their stay."

The officials characterized the move as a signal of President Trump's discontent with the level of assistance that European allies have offered in the U.S.-Iran war. Mr. Trump has publicly criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the leaders of other NATO member states for not getting directly involved in the U.S.'s military campaign against Iran.

The U.S. military has a massive presence in Germany dating back to the aftermath of World War II and the Cold War. More than 36,000 active duty troops were assigned to bases throughout Germany as of last December, along with nearly 1,500 reservists and 11,500 civilians, according to Defense Department figures. 

Japan is the only foreign country with a larger presence of U.S. troops. 

Germany is also home to the headquarters of U.S. European Command and Africa Command, and its Ramstein Air Base is a key hub for U.S. operations.

Some of the U.S. forces who are being moved out of Europe may return to the U.S. and then be deployed abroad, defense officials said, describing it as an effort to focus on the Pentagon's priorities in the U.S. homeland and the Indo-Pacific region. 

The withdrawals will not affect the transport or care of injured troops at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, the officials said. Landstuhl is the largest U.S. hospital abroad, and has taken care of U.S. forces injured by Iranian strikes.

Defense officials said the withdrawal will impact one brigade combat team in Germany, after the number of teams in Europe had increased following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A long-range fires battalion that was set to deploy to Germany later this year will also be reassigned.

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the withdrawal will take place over the next six to 12 months.

"This decision follows a thorough review of the Department's force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground," Parnell said in a statement.

Mr. Trump hinted earlier this week that he was considering troop reductions in Germany. He has grown increasingly frustrated with Merz in recent days, after the German chancellor said this week "the Americans clearly have no strategy" on Iran and argued the U.S. was being "humiliated" by Iranian negotiators.

The U.S. president later wrote in a pair of Truth Social posts that Merz "doesn't know what he's talking about" and was "interfering with those that are getting rid of the Iran Nuclear threat." Merz said Wednesday he is still on good terms with Mr. Trump. 

The back-and-forth exposed broader disagreements between Mr. Trump and many NATO allies, which have avoided directly joining the U.S.'s war with Iran and have grappled with higher energy prices due to disrupted fuel shipments. The president has threatened to leave NATO, disparaging the alliance as a "paper tiger" for not entering the war. A 2023 law prevents the president from withdrawing the U.S. from NATO without approval from Congress.

Mr. Trump has been critical of NATO for years, accusing alliance members of not spending enough on their militaries and being too reliant on the United States. In recent years, he has also argued that European countries should shoulder more responsibility for aiding Ukraine as it deals with a Russian invasion that surpassed the four-year mark in February.

The president floated withdrawing thousands of troops from Germany toward the end of his first term, a move that was cancelled by former President Joe Biden.

For Thomas Jefferson High School senior Yasmin Muse, the destination is Northwestern University near Chicago. The plan: study the history and philosophy of medicine, pursue pre-med, and one day become an orthopedic hand surgeon.

For classmate Selemun Measho, it's Temple University in Philadelphia to study environmental engineering, exciting, but not without some anxiety.

"Nothing's guaranteed. There's also a financial aspect," Measho said. "Just the idea of owing somebody money, it's a little scary."

The two were among Denver Public Schools seniors honored Thursday at Thomas Jefferson High School's College Signing Day, an annual event hosted by the Denver Scholarship Foundation to celebrate students who have committed to a college, university or other postsecondary pathways.

DSF college advisor Alyssa Baker said the event recognizes far more than a signature on a form.

"This is a really big step in their life to celebrate what's coming after high school," Baker said. "I've seen all the hard work and decisions that have gone on behind the scenes to get to this day, so being able to celebrate with them is just amazing."

Baker added that scholarship support has broadened students' horizons in ways many hadn't anticipated. So has the steady guidance of advisors like Baker.

"Ms. Baker's amazing, she is so helpful," said Measho. "Helping me plan and figure out my college goals, where I want to end up in life, not just as a student but as a person."

"When students have a scholarship, it really opens up opportunities to schools that they didn't think were possible," said Baker.

Muse credited her school community for helping her reach the finish line.

"I reached this point through the support of my friends, my family, my teachers here at TJ, having a really strong support system to help me out in all this," she said.

DSF Signing Day events are held each May across Denver Public Schools to mark students' transition into what the foundation calls DSF Scholars.

In the 2024-2025 school year, DSF awarded $8.9 million in scholarships to DPS graduates, and since its founding twenty years ago, has awarded more than $81.3 million.

Also, on Thursday, students, families, educators, and community members gathered at the Denver Coliseum for DSST Public Schools Senior Signing Day. Every DSST senior took the stage to announce their college or postsecondary plans. 100% of DSST seniors were admitted to college or a postsecondary program.

The work requirement of working or volunteering 80 hours per month has been expanded to able-bodied adults, 60 to 64 years old, and anyone who does not have a child under the age of 14 living at home. The requirement had previously applied to those 54 or younger and offered exemptions for veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and young adults who have aged out of foster care.

The bill also eliminates benefits for about 9,000 people in the state who were on refugee, asylee, parole or another non-citizen status. An Aurora organization says these new rules are going to hit the community hard.

"I think it will not only affect Colorado, but nationwide," said Mireya Davila, the Associate Director of Community Engagement at Village Exchange.

She says they are gearing up for a tough time because they run a weekly food pantry in northwest Aurora. An area with a large immigrant population. She says they already feed a lot of people.

"We serve about 600 individuals daily who come into our food pantry. But we expect this number to greatly increase," said Davila.

Davila says the people losing their benefits really need it.

"Because it's, you know, the first two years here, they're looking for employment and really like establishing their life here," Said Davila.

She says the people she's talked to about it are worried, and the Village Exchange is worried, too. They anticipate that visitors to their food pantry will increase along with the demand for food. They have been preparing for the onslaught ever since the Big Beautiful Bill became law, but they say they still have a lot of work to do.

"We definitely will have to continue looking for funding sources. Additionally, the partners we work with are reaching out to them as well and see if, you know, we can get larger quantities of food donations, but really looking for partnerships that we could expand as well as funding," said Davila. "The best we can do as a community is really seek to serve as many individuals as we can."

If you need help with food, you can dial 211 on your phone or go online to www.211colorado.org or www.feedingcolorado.org/find-food.

After collecting evidence, deputies said they identified the suspect as Jason Rood, 54. 

Investigators said law enforcement spent several days searching the area for Rood and even increased patrols in an effort to locate him. Deputies used drone technology to find Rood at a remote campsite on April 25. 

Rood was arrested and booked into the Larimer County Jail. He faces several charges including second-degree burglary, possession of burglary tools, attempted first-degree trespassing, criminal mischief, third-degree trespassing, and theft.

"Regardless of what's taken, invading someone's home violates their sense of safety and privacy in a big way," said Larimer County Undersheriff Joe Shellhammer in a statement. "Our Deputies and Reserves spent days looking for this suspect. Thanks to their search efforts and great use of technology, residents can rest easier."

Anyone with additional information about the series of burglaries or other incidents involving Rood is asked to contact LCSO Investigator Bryce Hinrichs at (970) 498-5542.    

"For the landing, it's like all the sights, all the feels," Hansen said Friday at a "CBS Mornings" town hall, "Artemis II: A Celebration of Heroes."

"The first thing you see is like plasma, the colors starting to show up. This fireball building outside the windows," he said. "It was red, and it was coming down. And then it was like blue and green. It was like somebody was welding, like flashing."

Speaking to an audience of students — the next generation of space explorers — he described getting "thrashed around" and being pushed to the seat with G-forces. 

"It's just all really exhilarating," he said, adding that he and mission specialist Christina Koch fist-bumped each other during the end of their journey.

"It was phenomenal. I was completely overcome with just elation. I was overjoyed," Koch said, describing her feelings at splashdown.

Hansen and Koch, along with commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover, returned from their trailblazing trip around the moon on April 10, when their Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego — an epic ending to their historic mission.

The crew joined "CBS Mornings" on Friday for a special live town hall to take questions from students. They also got to meet Jack, a 5-year-old aspiring astronaut from Atlanta who went viral for his enthusiasm watching the launch, and presented him with a special gift. 

Award-winning director of "Apollo 13," Ron Howard, joined the town hall and heard a story from one of the astronauts about how that movie helped him prepare. And Bill Nye, "The Science Guy," who is chief ambassador of The Planetary Society, demonstrated some science experiments to bring the mission to life.

Crew says they shared peanut M&Ms after landing

Wiseman told a story about the crew bonding after splashdown while waiting for the crews to come pick them up.

"When we landed, we splashed down into the Pacific Ocean, waiting for the rescue forces to come open the hatch, and Christina, out of her spacesuit pocket, goes, 'I got some peanut M&Ms, anybody want some?'" Wiseman said. "And so we're leaning against the side of the spacecraft, just come back from the moon, eating peanut M&Ms; we were happy."

Favorite thing about gravity 

An 18-year-old student named Levi asked the astronauts, "What is your favorite thing about gravity that you missed while you were up there?" 

Mission specialist Hansen couldn't think of a thing. "Really, nothing. I just had the most amazing time in microgravity," he said. 

"If you get the chance to experience microgravity, you have to do it. It's so much fun," though he added that it makes some things, like doing chores or going to the restroom, a little more challenging. 

"All that stuff's a little harder in microgravity, but it is just so worth it," he said.

At another point in the town hall, Koch described what it was like getting used to gravity again after more than a week in space.

"Your body isn't quite used to orienting the way it usually does, because it got used to orienting without gravity," she said. "It takes us a little while to get used to walking again, and get our balance, but it wasn't too bad this time. We were only away for nine days."

During their voyage spanning nearly 700,000 miles, the astronauts traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history and became the first humans to see some parts of the moon's far side with the naked eye. They viewed a solar eclipse in deep space when the moon moved between the Orion and the sun, creating a ghostly glow all the way around the lunar horizon. 

Their experiences were captured in stunning images. 

Toughest decisions they had to make

A 13-year-old named Piya asked: "What's the toughest decision you had to make in space, on the mission?"

The crew said it was a decision to not do something. 

Wiseman detailed the scary moment when the crew was woken up in the middle of the night to an alarm, called a "run box warning," showing fuel was leaking from the spacecraft.

"This is the first time humans have flown this spaceship. We were testing out everything. And one of the things that we didn't know we were testing out was our caution and warning system," Wiseman recalled. "In the middle of the night, we had a warning come on that was a very — it was a very dramatic and important warning, which kind of gave us indications that fuel was leaking out of our spacecraft."

"We have procedures that we must execute and we must execute them right now. So imagine all four of us are asleep. We're floating in our sleeping bags. And we get this alarm. I wake up, and I'm looking at the display, and I'm like, 'I think that's a run box warning.' And all of a sudden that got everyone's attention immediately." 

Wiseman said the crew immediately went to work based on their training.

"Jeremy was asleep in front of the control system. And he woke up, came underneath the controls to my left, and he's like, 'We need to be executing emergency response right now.' He started to configure the propellant system for shutting down the fuel system so we could preserve the fuel that we had in the spacecraft."

He continued, "As we were watching this alarm was coming and going, coming and going, which is unusual. Normally it would stay lit the whole time. We talked through this very rapidly and decided we would hold and not execute these procedures, because if we did it would shut down our entire fuel system."

"We didn't do it!" he said.

"Teamwork is 100% everything"

17-year-old Lizzy asked, "How does teamwork play a role in the success of a mission like Artemis II?"

Koch said the real heroes of the mission are not her and the three other astronauts, but their teammates in mission control and others working on the ground for years to make it happen.

"Well, I would say that teamwork is the epitome of what we do. Not only in human spaceflight but probably every endeavor you take on," Koch said. "Teamwork is 100% everything. We learned when we saw the most amazing things in the universe, they humbled us. They made us realize that we are nothing without each other."

5-year-old aspiring astronaut presented with spacesuit 

Jack, a 5-year-old aspiring astronaut from Atlanta who went viral for his enthusiasm during the mission, joined the town hall and said "it was fun" watching the Artemis launch in person in Florida. 

He was presented with a spacesuit and Koch thanked him for being at the launch. She said the spacesuit matches the ones that the astronauts wore on Orion.

"It says 'NASA!'" Jack said. 

"Apollo 13" director Ron Howard has question for astronauts

"Apollo 13" director Ron Howard said he was curious how the astronauts' experience going to the moon compared to their longer stays aboard the International Space Station.

Koch — who spent 11 months in orbit in 2019-20, the record for a female astronaut — said that while the space station missions have been ongoing for over two decades, the Artemis team "had to figure it out as we went."

"We got to work hand-in-hand with the engineers. We weren't just getting trained, we were actually a part of the team. And that continued right through the whole thing," she said.

Wiseman said the experience was more intense than being on the International Space Station.

Hansen also shared a story about how important the "Apollo 13" film has been to him, saying it's "guided" him "so many times" and that he watched it again before his interviews to be selected as an astronaut — "just to kind of immerse myself back in that culture that we, you know, won't fail."

"It's not that we never fail, it's that we don't stop there," he said. "We fail over and over again, but we don't stop when we fail. And as a team, that's what brings us together is like, 'hey, we will get through this together. We will lean in and get this done.'"

The town hall airs at 7:30a ET/PT Friday on "CBS Mornings" on CBS and Paramount+. Or watch it on demand later Friday on CBSNews.com, the CBS News YouTube channel and Paramount+.