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Colorado fire crews respond to Twin Forks Fire, grass fire 100% contained
Colorado fire crews responded to a grass fire near North Turkey Creek Road that left both directions of US 285 closed.Colorado Department of Transportation says US 285 was closed both directions due to a grass fire burning near North Turkey Creek Road and Summer Road.CDOT advised drivers to seek alternative routes as traffic cameras show traffic stopped while crews work on the Twin Forks fire. The grass fire prompted evacuations in the area. While crews continue to monitor the fire after ruling it 100% contained, residents in Tiny Town have been ruled to avoid the area until crews fully put out hot spots in the area.Mark Techmeyer with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office discussed the fire in a press conference on Sunday and said that it burned approximately six acres as volunteer firefighters helped contain the fire at 100%.
Denver Rated Most Polluted City In U.S. For Consecutive Days
What’s been top of mind for most Coloradans recently has been the air quality as of late. Smoke from Canadian wildfires has been filling up the Colorado skyline for the past few days and has seriously affected the quality of our air. However, it’s already been an issue for...
NFL may allow 12th player on field next year for 1 specific reason
Having a 12th player on the field is one of the easiest and most notorious penalties in the NFL. However, it could actually be legal in 2024, albeit under one very specific circumstance. Veteran NFL official John Hussey has been giving presentations to teams regarding the league’s new kickoff rules, and those presentations included an... The post NFL may allow 12th player on field next year for 1 specific reason appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Green Bay Packers Trade 25-Year-Old Starter To The Denver Broncos For Draft Picks In Latest Proposal (Report)
The Green Bay Packers finally have their entire team on the field. Jordan Love inked his massive four-year, $220 million extension on Friday. That deal was the last thing standing in the way between him suiting up and participating in practice. Early on in training camp we’ve seen the defense...
“We’ll be your friend if you let us”: A member of Boulder’s unhoused community wants your respect
Jack Crow’s on-hand belongings, including a journal with comic book-style drawings of their lived experiences. Nearly 15,000 people were living on the streets of Colorado in 2023, according to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless point-in-time count. That number, as we know, only applies to those who were actually identified on the streets by those organizing the count; meaning that number could be much, much higher.
Boulder Takes FAA To Court To Close Airport
The City of Boulder, Colorado, is taking the FAA to court saying a clause in its grant obligations to the agency is constitutional overreach. The city has already stopped accepting grants with an eye to closing the airport in 2040 when the last obligations reach their 20-year expiry, but the FAA says it may never allow the airport to be closed. That’s because three grants, one of them from 65 years ago, were used to buy land for the airport, and that triggers a clause that requires the airport to be operated in perpetuity unless the FAA agrees to release Boulder from those obligations.
Colorado deputies move 600-pound moose
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) helped move a 600-pound moose spotted in a yard in south Jefferson County. The moose was looking into windows and taking a break in the yard, according to the JCSO. It took eight people to move the moose, and JCSO animal control officers and deputies helped Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) safely transport the moose back home.
'100 acres and growing': Wildfire prompts mandatory evacs on Colorado Front Range
On Monday around noon, news of the Alexander Fire started to break online, with witnesses reporting a large plume of smoke that popped up in the mountains just west of Loveland, Colorado. The US Forest Service has since released an update on the fire's size at about 12:20 p.m. – "100 acres and growing" – also noting that local engines and crews are working to battle the blaze with air support having been ordered. The fire has since been reassessed at 247 acres as of...
Crazy Unearthed Story Links Horror Classic + Actor to Colorado
There are quite a few horror movies that were filmed in Colorado such as Phantoms and the campy Tsunambee, as well as others that were inspired by an experience in the Centennial State, most notably Stephen King's The Shining. ‘Tsunambee’ and 27 Other Horror Movies Filmed in Colorado |
Home Ownership Takes a Massive Hit in Colorado
As we have come to learn here in Colorado, it’s getting exceedingly difficult to find affordable housing prices. The average rent, for example, is extremely high, sitting at $1,594. That’s the fifth highest average in the entire country. Not to mention, we’re also the 9th worst state in...
Best Buy customer lost almost $20,000 in a short space of time – a subscription email was the start of the nightmare
A HELPLESS woman fell victim to a sophisticated scam, losing thousands of dollars to criminals. Colorado scammers posing as Best Buy’s “Geek Squad” were able to steal a woman’s information and $20,000 out of her bank account. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office reported that the woman received an email earlier this month claiming her Geek […]
Colorado dealer who continued to sell guns after feds pulled license headed to prison
An Aurora man who blamed some his illegal firearms sales on employee's mistakes and pressure from his wife was sentenced to two and half years in federal prison last week.Timothy Taconi, 70, the owner of A-TAC Gear Guns Uniforms, LLC, was ordered Wednesday to serve 30 months behind bars. After separate investigations by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Denver Division, Taconi was accused of illegally selling firearms (including ghost guns and unregistered parts) outside of Colorado and without a license, often without background checks. The ATF discovered three of Taconi's guns were sold to convicted felons.Taconi's...
Coloradans Told to Look Out for ‘Lost Pet’ Scam
Criminals in Colorado will seemingly go after anyone if it means a "quick buck." Here comes a scam being pulled on folks who have a lost dog or other pet. All these people are trying to do is reach out to their local community to see if anyone has seen their pet; criminals are taking that innocent search and using it against those people.
Three Colorado Bats Test Positive for Rabies
A viral disease so terrifying that Steven King wrote a horror story about it: Rabies can be deadly in animals and humans and it is transferred by either a bite or a scratch. Rabid animals can range from coyotes to raccoons, cats, dogs, and more. With how deadly the virus...
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