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Monday will see mostly sunny skies and a high of 81 degrees in Colorado Springs before temperatures climb to near record levels later in the work week, forecasts the National Weather Service. 
The sun will be out with little cloud cover starting Tuesday with highs predicted to settle in the mid 90s until Friday. Even the low temperatures are not so low, forecast to remain above 60 degrees until the weekend, say meteorologists. 
Wednesday is forecast to be the hottest day with a high of 95 degrees, just three degrees shy of the record high set in 2013. 

CENTENNIAL — A man is dead in Colorado after exchanging gunfire with police in residential neighborhood in a south Denver suburb.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office says the incident occurred about 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Centennial. No officers were hurt.
It says officers were called by someone concerned about a friend's wellbeing.
The sheriff's office says when officers arrived they encountered a man leaving in a car who fired at the officers. The officers returned fire.

Here's a look at what's going on Tuesday in the Colorado Springs area:
    
FESTIVALS
Through June 30: Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience — With Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Lizz Wright, George on My Mind and more, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen; tinyurl.com/yb2awjrz.
Through July 5: Once Upon a Time in the West Art Show — Featuring western art, Cripple Creek Heritage Center, Cripple Creek; tinyurl.com/y7mbka2r.

Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help finding the following people for whom felony arrest warrants have been issued.
Angel Acevedo, 43, is described as a 180-pound man, 5 feet 9 inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. Acevedo is being sought on suspicion of third-degree assault/domestic violence.

The Pikes Peak Range Riders announced the 2018 Silver Spur Award winner Sunday night, wrapping up the annual ride that started on Wednesday with the Western Street Breakfast in downtown Colorado Springs.The Range Riders have honored an "outstanding citizen of the community" every year since 1960, with T.G. Hibbard receiving the first nod. In recent years, Thayer Tutt, George Hess, John Suthers and Pam Shockley-Zalabak have received the award.This year the honor goes to Tom Watt.

CRESTONE, Colo. (- An amber alert has been issued for a 12-year-old boy, who has not been seen in nearly 24 hours.
Jacob Roe left his home in Crestone around 3 p.m. Saturday. He has not returned and has not been heard from since.
The missing boy could be with 60 year old David Freeman, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said. They may be traveling in a Red 2014 Jeep Patriot with CO Licence plate 198-ZQO.

DURANGO - The 416 Fire grew by about 100 acres Saturday and is expected to grow again Sunday due to high temperatures, low humidity, and increasing winds, the fire management team said in a news release.

Can you imagine winning the lottery? I can think of a few things I would spend the money on. Can you also imagine winning a lottery that you never entered? That doesn't happen, but scammers want to make you think it does.I'm sure many of you have received a call from someone claiming you won a big sum of money, but there's always a hook. I talked with one man who got a call saying he won big.

A 19-year-old man was arrested Sunday in a fatal shooting the day before in southwest Colorado Springs that may be connected to a rollover crash, police said.
Cedric Jamal Jackson was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. He's being held in El Paso County jail without bond.

Physics teacher John MacFarlane doesn't work for a school district that allows teachers to be armed.
If it did, he'd volunteer.
"The training we have, ultimately a piece of paper taped to our doors, lockdowns and shelter-in-place drills, doesn't talk about failure points or ways to be safer, and I feel like we can do better," he said. "If an active shooter gets in my classroom, we're easy targets. It's terrifying."