DENVER—An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver, officials said Thursday evening. At least one first responder and six others were injured, though Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle acknowledged there could be more injuries and deaths could be…
Colorado Prosecutors Asking Court to Reduce 110-Year Sentence for Truck Driver
A Colorado district attorney asked a judge to reduce the sentence for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, a trucker convicted in a crash that killed four, from 110 years to 20 to 30 years. First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King said that “based on the facts of this case and input from the victims and their families, my office…
Group Sues Colorado Secretary of State for Illegally Withholding Voter Data
A good-government group is suing Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold in federal court for refusing to allow the inspection of voter list maintenance records as required by federal law. Griswold, a Democrat, is refusing to allow the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) access to voter list maintenance documents, including data that Colorado receives from…
Colorado Dog That Was Missing for 2 Weeks Rescued From Ledge
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A dog missing for two weeks in Colorado was rescued from a ledge about 50 yards (46 meters) above a creek and is now back home. An animal control officer with the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region anchored herself to a wooden fence and rappelled down to the dog using a…
Tour Operator Sues Biden Administration for Applying Minimum Wage Hike to Noncontractors
A Colorado-based adventure tour operator is suing the Biden administration for trying to force his company to pay its employees $15 per hour starting next month, a rate of compensation that the company’s founder says would drive his business into bankruptcy. Entrepreneur Duke Bradford founded Arkansas Valley Adventures (AVA) in 1998. Currently, the company has…
Democrat Governor Declares COVID-19 Emergency ‘Over’
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis declared the COVID-19 pandemic “over” and at this point, it’s the unvaccinated’s “own darn fault” if they get sick from the CCP virus. “Everybody had more than enough opportunity to get vaccinated,” Polis told Colorado Public Radio last week. “Hopefully it’s been at your pharmacy, your grocery store, a bus near you,…
Colorado Supermarket Shooting Suspect Incompetent for Trial
DENVER—A judge ruled Friday that a man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year is mentally incompetent to stand trial and ordered him to be treated at the state mental hospital to see if he can be made well enough to face prosecution. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 22, is accused…
Colorado Officials Scrapping ‘Sex Offender’ Term, Citing ‘Negative Effects’
A Colorado board voted on Friday to no longer recognize the term “sex offender” in official documentation for people who commit sexual offenses to reflect so-called “person-first” language. The Colorado Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB), which controls treatment standards for people convicted of sex crimes, voted 10–6 to call offenders “adults who commit sexual offenses”…
Teen Arrested for Allegedly Shooting 3 Students at Colorado High School
A shooting at the parking lot of Hinkley High School (HHS) in the Denver, Colorado suburb of Aurora left three students injured, police said on Friday. The Aurora Police Department confirmed in its latest update that a 16-year-old male suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting and has been charged with attempted murder. His…
Veteran Pilot Killed Fighting Kruger Rock Fire in Colorado: Officials
A Colorado Army and Air Force veteran pilot fighting the Kruger Rock Fire was killed on Tuesday night when a single-engine air tanker crashed as he used a novel nighttime firefighting method, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) said. Marc Thor Olson, who flew for Fort Morgan-based CO Fire Aviation, reported turbulent conditions before the crash,…
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