Author: Alex Edwards
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Wildfire burning in Boulder
Caught the very beginning of what hopefully doesn’t become a large fire in Boulder. Just to the south of Green Mountain. Massive flames are visible from ~4 miles away pic.twitter.com/bvvzza6chm — Josh Coupe (@coshjoupe) July 12, 2024
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Wildfire burning in Boulder near NCAR, residents asked to avoid area
A wildfire appears to have been sparked in Boulder just south of Green Mountain on the east side of the Flatirons late Friday morning. The fire is burning on property owned by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. As of 2:30 p.m., the Boulder Office of Disaster Management reported the fire to be 3.5 acres.…
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Police arrest at least 2 dozen pro-Palestinian protesters at Auraria campus in Denver
Police officers arrested more than two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters on Friday, a day after hundreds occupied a campus shared by three universities in Denver. Authorities also cleared several tents that went up near the Tivoli building on the Auraria campus on Thursday, when the protesters made several demands, notably that the University of Colorado divest…
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Tweet from Henry Larson
Some 3-4 people have been arrested, peacefully. Protesters have taken down half the tents. pic.twitter.com/9a9UjB5ZVE — Henry Larson (@hemrylarson) April 26, 2024
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How many immigrants are working in Denver? Officials don’t know
At numerous intersections across the Denver metro region, immigrants jockey to scrub windshields for tips before the red light turns green. They’re among the most visible manifestations of the illegal immigration crisis that has spilled into America’s interior cities, notably Denver. But of the 40,000 immigrants who arrived in the city after illegally crossing America’s…
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Denver City Council bans sugary drinks on children’s menus
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council on Tuesday moved to prohibit restaurants within city limits from including sugary drinks on children’s menus, arguing it would help counter America’s obesity epidemic. The measure defines “default” beverage in a “children’s meal” to mean two things — water, which may be “still…
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Denver City Council bans sugary drinks on children’s menus
The Denver City Council on Tuesday moved to prohibit restaurants within city limits from including sugary drinks on children’s menus, arguing it would help counter America’s obesity epidemic. The measure defines “default” beverage in a “children’s meal” to mean two things — water, which may be “still or sparkling, with no added sugar” or “dairy milk or…
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Colorado Air National Guard celebrates 100 years of aviation
From biplanes to F-16s and possibly, one day, F-35s or F-15EXs, the Colorado Air National Guard celebrated 100 years of defending the skies it calls home Sunday. During a “family day” celebration at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, a silver, World War II era P-51 Mustang in Air National Guard markings parked next to…
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‘I left my soul behind:’ Afghan generals now based in Colorado reflect 20 months after leaving home
As he stepped into a Royal Air Force C-17 transport plane on August 19, 2021, while chaos swallowed Kabul, Lt. Gen. Sammi Sadat had a thought: What if he stayed behind and took his men into Kabul to kill as many Taliban fighters as they could? The decision would likely have meant death for him and…
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Colorado scientists to lead $177M mission to make weather forecasting more reliable
Colorado State University, local engineering companies tapped for NASA’s Investigation of Convective UpdraftS (INCUS)