Author: Kyla Pearce
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Dairy farm deaths include Weld County high schooler; coroner investigates gas exposure
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six men — four of them related — died at a dairy farm in Weld County likely due to gas exposure in a confined space. One of the victims was a high school student in the Weld County School District RE-9, education authorities said in…
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6 found dead at Weld County dairy operation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Six people were found dead Wednesday evening at a dairy operation in Weld County, according to a Southeast Weld Fire District news release. Fire crews were dispatched to the dairy operation in the 32000 block of Weld County Road 18, just east of Keenesburg, at…
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Mesa Sheriff’s office sues Polis, Weiser for ‘vague’ law banning police cooperation with ICE
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mesa County Sheriff’s Office officials filed a federal lawsuit against Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser earlier this month, claiming that being unable to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement impacts their ability to do their jobs and has kept their office…
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Alleged Boulder firebomb attacker waives preliminary hearing; could enter pleas to charges in September
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at peaceful demonstrators on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall in early June waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Mohamed Soliman, 45, the suspect in the firebomb attack that killed one person and injured 29 others and a…
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More than 50,000 BOLDERBoulder participants splash down Boulder’s streets on Memorial Day
Ashli Jerado teared up as she crossed the finish line of a soggy BOLDERBoulder 10K race on Memorial Day Monday, remembering her friend Oscar who was killed in the line of duty at Little Creek, where the two of them were stationed together. Jerado, who is stationed in Virginia, ran the race for Oscar, who…
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What Trump’s mass deportation plan would look like in Colorado | ANALYSIS
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President-elect Donald Trump identified a Colorado city as the launching pad for what he dubbed “Operation Aurora,” the start of what he promised to be the largest mass deportation in American history. While the city’s mayor expressed doubts that Trump would follow through with his…
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UCCS students react to possible change in campus gun policy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a shooting on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus in February that left two dead including a student, the university system’s Board of Regents is revisiting its gun policy as state lawmakers do the same. The Board of Regents began a conversation last…
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As Denver’s sanctuary city crisis spirals, nearby communities and nonprofits scramble to respond
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mateos Alvarez, the executive director of the Aurora Economic Opportunity Coalition, drove to his office in Northwest Aurora every morning expecting to see a few dozen people waiting outside for services offered by his nonprofit, which helps people in underserved communities get work opportunities. That…
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Metro State gets $10M for healthcare education
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) accepted a $10 million donation from local philanthropists Gina and Frank Day for the expansion if its Health Institute, a significant move in a time when Colorado is facing a gap in its healthcare workforce. The Days’ donation,…
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Horror media company Blumhouse will curate exhibit at Estes Park’s Stanley Film Center
The Stanley Hotel, serving as the inspiration for Stephen King’s “The Shining” on its perch above Estes Park, will soon be accompanied by an over 10,000-square-foot exhibit dedicated to horror curated by horror film production company Blumhouse. Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media announced Friday that Blumhouse, often regarded…