Author: Carol McKinley The Denver Gazette
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Columbine shooting survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter dies after years in wheelchair
It wasn’t until they knew they had saved her life that surgeons told Columbine survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter she came close to being the 14th victim. “She never wanted to be called a victim. She considered herself a survivor,“ said Sue Townsend, who considered Hochhalter a second daughter. After she lost her stepdaughter, Lauren, to…
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Former Fort Carson Iraq war veteran gives up the fight to stay in the U.S.
Jose Barco, a decorated U.S. Army veteran once based out of Fort Carson who served two tours in Iraq during some of the most intense fighting but later served time for a felony conviction, has become a casualty of a different kind of war. At an immigration hearing Wednesday morning, he told Assistant Immigration Judge…
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Fresh off of serving prison time, veteran Fort Carson soldier hopes for immigration reprieve
As agents from multiple federal agencies conducted immigration raids in Denver and Aurora on Wednesday morning, a decorated soldier sat in a holding cell in the Aurora ICE Detention Center, praying for a miracle. Jose Barco, 39, served his country and then he served his time. He was a member of the U.S. Army’s 2nd…
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Fresh off of serving prison time, veteran Fort Carson soldier hopes for immigration reprieve
As agents from multiple federal agencies conducted immigration raids in Denver and Aurora on Wednesday morning, a decorated soldier sat in a holding cell in the Aurora ICE Detention Center praying for a miracle. Jose Barco, 39, served his country and then he served his time. He was a member of the U.S. Army’s 2nd…
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Here’s what Denver is doing to shoo crows away from downtown
A Harris’s Hawk swooped for a juicy chunk of raw quail, like a dog to a treat. Twelve-year-old Juneau has a 4-foot wing span, can spot small prey from a mile away and she’s been harassing crows in downtown Denver for three months. On Wednesday night, the black birds of legend as messengers from the…
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Colorado’s version of Punxsutawney Phil makes his weather prediction. What was it?
Before you let this unseasonably warm weather trick you into planting your petunias and putting up the parka, consider the fact that at around 8 a.m., Flatiron Freddy predicted six more weeks of winter. Flatiron Freddy, a dapperly-dressed stuffed marmot, saw his shadow Sunday morning as did famed Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil. Freddy is a taxidermied…
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‘It’s not if but when:’ Family hopes emerging DNA science will unlock clues in JonBenet Ramsey case
After two years of communicating by email and phone, Boulder police and the Boulder district attorney met face-to-face with JonBenet Ramsey’s father and brother Monday – leaving the slain 6-year-old’s family encouraged that the case is moving forward. John Andrew Ramsey, John Ramsey’s oldest son, said one piece of information was divulged in the meeting that…
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Former CBI forensic scientist booked into jail on 102 felony charges
Felony charges include attempt to influence a public servant and forgery.
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Former CBI forensic scientist booked into jail on 102 felony charges
Felony charges include attempt to influence a public servant and forgery.
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Missy Woods, former Colorado forensic scientist at center of DNA scandal, appears in court
Judge adjusts her bond to $50,000 cash or surety; she was ordered to turn in her passport