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Colorado election denier asks Supreme Court to halt trial on election security breach charges
Tina Peters – the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, and a prominent 2020 election denier – asked the Supreme Court on Friday to halt her upcoming trial on charges stemming from her alleged involvement in a security breach at the county’s election offices in 2021.
Democratic state lawmaker gives up re-election bid, says serving in legislature incompatible with integrity
Democratic state Rep. Jennifer Parenti of Erie is no longer seeking re-election this November, blaming an atmosphere in which “personal agendas and special interests are still being rewarded at the expense of our districts, each other and the integrity of the body in which we serve.”. Parenti sent...
Damage found on hospital helicopter after landing in Colorado backcountry
A Flight For Life medical helicopter was left where it landed Friday near St. Mary's Glacier after damage was found on its tail rotor. A post-landing inspection by the pilot found a bent strike tab at the end of the tail rotor blade. Strike tabs are thin pieces of metal along the framework of each main and tail rotor. They are designed to indicate slight contacts made with anything on the ground. "There was nothing unusual or problematic with the landing," said Brent Boyer, spokesman for CommonSpirit Health. "By policy, and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our...
Warm weekend with mountain showers
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The weekend is here. It’s going to be a warm weekend, but weather looks good overall. Just be safe and make sure you don’t overdo it if you have to be outside in the July heat. Weather This Weekend. A couple of stray...
Multiple Colorado services offline, outages linked to Crowdstrike incident
Multiple Colorado services are experiencing outages due to the Crowdstrike incident. The tech outage linked to the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals, public transit systems, and others around the world on Friday, as reported by USA TODAY. ...
Forest Service calls abandoned campfires across Southern Colorado a ‘dangerous trend’
More than 130 reports of unattended or abandoned campfires have come in to a regional dispatch center in Pueblo so far this year. That's according to the U.S. Forest Service out of the Pike-San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands office. The agency called this a “dangerous...
Dog rescued after spending two weeks in San Juan Mountains
A dog was rescued after spending two weeks alone in the San Juan Mountains near Silverton. According to an article from Fox 31 KDVR, the dog, Konnie, was traveling with its family from Arizona when she went missing on July 4. The family searched, but ultimately decided to return home. On Friday, Jimmy Keene, founder of San Juan Mountain Adventures, rescued the dog several miles from where she was last seen. Konnie's family is one their way to reunite with their pet. San Juan Mountain Adventures is a nonprofit organization that provides outdoor experiences to locals and visitors, according to Fox 31 KDVR. STAY INFORMED: Get free Colorado news with our daily newsletter (Click here)
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