Author: Thomas Peipert
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Denver mulls immigrant protections amid White House threats
Denver City Councilman Paul López said about a new proposed immigration policy ordinance, “This is Denver. We are united, and we will not be bullied or coerced” by the Trump administration. He spoke Aug. 16, 2017, in the atrium of the City and County Building with Mayor Michael Hancock (behind López), other city officials and…
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How hot is too hot aboard an airliner? The law doesn’t say
DENVER — Every day, tens of thousands of U.S. airline passengers settle into their seats, lower the window shades and reach up to twist the air vents without the benefit of something that might do even more to keep them cool: a rule setting temperature limits inside the cabin. Airlines have their own guidelines —…
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Colorado school district pulls suicide book ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’
DENVER — As a Colorado community mourns the loss of seven students who recently killed themselves, a school district official ordered librarians to temporarily stop circulating a book that’s the basis for Netflix’s popular new series “13 Reasons Why,” which some critics say romanticizes suicide. The order rankled some librarians who called it censorship, and…
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Man who said marijuana made him kill his wife gets 30 years
DENVER — A Denver man who claimed that eating marijuana-infused candy led him to kill his wife was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison in a case that helped raise concerns about the potency of pot edibles. Richard Kirk, 50, was charged in the April 2014 shooting of Kristine Kirk at their home. Moments…
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Colorado woman’s remains found under grave of WWII veteran
DENVER — A Colorado man who pleaded guilty Friday to killing his estranged wife more than two decades ago recently led authorities to her body, which was buried under the grave of a World War II veteran. John Sandoval, 52, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the…
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Colorado woman’s remains found under grave of WWII veteran
DENVER — A Colorado man who pleaded guilty Friday to killing his estranged wife more than two decades ago recently led authorities to her body, which was buried under the grave of a World War II veteran. John Sandoval, 52, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the…
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Electrical problems identified in fatal Colorado chairlift accident
DENVER — Electrical problems caused a chairlift at a small Colorado ski resort to hit a support tower and topple a Texas woman about 25 feet to her death, state investigators said Monday. According to a report by the Colorado Passenger Tramway Safety Board, problems with the chairlift’s electrical drive/control system “contributed to a rare…
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Historic Colorado ski train set to resume business on weekends
For decades, a train chugged into the Rocky Mountains from Denver, snaking through 29 tunnels and crossing the Continental Divide before delivering eager skiers to the base of Winter Park Resort at an elevation of 9,000 feet. Insurance woes doomed the service in 2009, but now – with some help from Amtrak – the ski…
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Colorado skiers eagerly await return of train to the slopes
DENVER — For decades, a train chugged into the Rocky Mountains west from Denver, snaking through 29 tunnels and crossing the Continental Divide before delivering eager skiers to the base of Winter Park Resort at an elevation of 9,000 feet. Insurance woes doomed the service in 2009, but now — with some help from Amtrak…
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Colorado sheriff accused of sexually assaulting inmate
DENVER — A sheriff in rural Colorado was arrested after being accused of taking a developmentally delayed inmate to his home, sexually assaulting her and threatening to put her in prison for the rest of her life if she told anyone, according to an arrest affidavit released Wednesday. Sedgwick County Sheriff Tom Hanna, 43, was…