COLLBRAN – Gov. John Hickenlooper has toured the mudslide in Mesa County near Collbran where three men are still missing.

The governor flew over the half-mile-wide by 3-mile-long slide in a Colorado National Guard helicopter Saturday. The slide, which was triggered May 24, is about 11 miles south of Collbran.

Authorities are studying the site on a northern face of Colorado’s Grand Mesa to understand what triggered the event.

A memorial service is planned in Collbran on Sunday afternoon for the three missing men – 51-year-old Clarence “Clancy” Allen Nichols, his 24-year-old son Daniel Allen Nichols and 46-year-old Wesley “Wes” Melvin Hawkins.

Small plane crash kills 2 near Denver

DENVER – Authorities are investigating after two men were killed in a small plane crash northeast of Denver.

Sgt. Aaron Pataluna, a spokesman for the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, says the Cessna 150 left Front Range Airport at 12:30 a.m. Saturday and was reported missing about three hours later. The wreckage of the plane was found about 7 a.m.

The men, whose names have not been released, were the only two on board.

Pataluna says an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board is headed to the scene. Dense fog was reported in the area as crews searched for the plane.

Associated Press