Tag: routt county
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Appeals court: Defendant’s traumatic brain injury not a basis for finding life sentence unconstitutional
Despite the state legislature’s recognition that traumatic brain injuries lead to a greater risk of involvement with the criminal justice system, Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday ruled such injuries do not make a defendant’s life sentence cruel and unusual. Stanley Paul Jurgevich, who is serving life in prison with the possibility of parole for his 1988…
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Morgan Creek fire smolders near Steamboat Springs, air quality concerns continue
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Air quality advisories continued for Routt County and surrounding areas Thursday as the Morgan Creek fire, burning 15 miles outside Steamboat Springs, grew. The 4,297-acre blaze has increased by nearly 1,000 acres since Sunday when crews flew over for an aerial mapping of the fire,…
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Morgan Creek fire gains momentum, increasing over a thousand acres
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The uncontained Morgan Creek fire has burned nearly 4,000 acres of land in Routt National Forest in northern Colorado as of Monday, officials say. The blaze continued to move into the Mt. Zirkel Wilderness toward Floyd Peak and the areas already blackened by the Burn…