A Sheriff’s deputy and a police officer will not face criminal charges in Summit County, after they shot and killed a mentally disturbed 18-year-old back in July… (No Charges in Summit Incident :39) Charlie Foster had been holding a BB gun handgun at the time of his death. The authorities say they thought it was […]
Electric School Bus Increase
More electric school buses are coming to Colorado… (Electric School Buses CO :20) The state has announced more than a dozen school districts will be getting grant money to help pay for the new buses. The Denver Public Schools, Boulder Valley, Sheridan, and Weld County are all on that list. The 24 million dollars to […]
Youth Suicide Decline
A new study shows a positive for Colorado’s young people… fewer of them are taking their own lives… (Fewer Late Teen Suicides wrap :48) The annual “Kids Count in Colorado” report shows the […]
Tactical Training Group
The “tactical training group” whose members protested at Douglas County’s Pride Festival last weekend, are no longer working with at least one law enforcement agency… (Group Now Losing Support vxr :36) The group calling itself “Able […]
TABOR Fed Tax
The federal IRS is proposing a new rule that would make Coloradoans’ refunds under the state “Taxpayer Bill of Rights,” TABOR, subject to federal taxation… (Feds Want to Tax TABOR Refunds vxr :22) Governor Polis calls that potential rule change “absurd and […]
Gun Ban
A federal appeals court won’t let Colorado ban 18 to 20 year-olds from buying guns… Earlier this month, the judge sided with the gun-rights group, “Rocky Mountain Gun Owners.” The court temporarily blocked the state’s new law, raising the minimum age to buy a weapon from 18 to 21. The state filed an appeal, requesting […]
Rafter Drowns
An experienced rafter has died, having fallen out of his raft in the Pyrite Rapids of the Colorado River, in unincorporated Grand County’s Gore Canyon, near Kremmling… The Union Pacific Railroad helped first responders get to the victim, with access achieved through use of a high-rail truck. The 38-year-old man had been with a group, […]
Clear Creek Dispatch Changes
In Clear Creek County, there’s now an alternative to the police being dispatched every time a local calls 911. The county now has a mental health team ready to respond to crises at a moment’s notice. The change comes more than a year after 22-year-old Christian Glass was shot to death while suffering mental health […]
Bennett School Closed Wednesday
There won’t be any classes in the Bennett schools in Adams County today. School has been cancelled, after a Tuesday shooting near a local school… The Sheriff’s office responded to calls of a shooting in a park, close to Bennett Elementary. It happened about 5:30 Tuesday evening, when several families were on the campus for […]
Hospital Lockdown
A southern Colorado hospital was on lockdown for a time Sunday afternoon, after Colorado Springs Police encountered a man with a knife… (Man at Hospital in Crisis vxr :31) Police were called to St. Francis Hospital just after 4:00, when […]