Author: Kirk Mitchell
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Colorado mountains could get up to 10 inches of new snow
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A winter weather advisory has been issued for the Colorado high country with between 4 and 10 inches of snow and wind gusts up to 50 mph expected Friday. “We’ll have icy, snow-packed roads and…
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Remains of one person found at site of plane crash in northwest Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rio Blanco Sheriff’s Office deputies have recovered the remains of one person in a plane crash debris field about 15 miles west of Meeker after a report of a midair explosion. At 10:33 a.m., searchers…
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Colorado rape victim challenges Obama’s stand on guns at meeting
A woman who was raped while attending University of Northern Colorado confronted President Barack Obama during a national town hall meeting on guns that was broadcast Thursday on CNN. “As a survivor of rape, and now a mother to two small children — you know, it seems like being able to purchase a firearm of…
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Former Aspen postal employee sentenced for taking gun to work
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A formal U.S. Post Office worker who brought a gun, bullet cartridges and knives to work was sentenced Monday to time already served in jail. Mauro Emilio Pennini had been charged with violating a protection…
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Judge sympathizes with pot businesses but has misgivings about banking
A federal judge said Monday he sympathizes with pot businesses faced with contradictory regulations, but he expressed misgivings about forcing federal officials to approve a marijuana credit union. U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson made it clear at a court hearing that he was not inclined to issue an injunction forcing the Federal Reserve Bank…
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Denver police: Possible spree shooter in white SUV targets at least one homeless man
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A suspect seen driving a white SUV has shot and injured three people in separate locations within a two-hour span early Tuesday morning, according to Denver police. None of the gunshot injuries are life-threatening, police…
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Denver police: Possible spree shooter in white SUV targets at least one homeless man
A suspect seen driving a white SUV has shot and injured three people in separate locations within a two-hour span early Tuesday morning, according to Denver police. None of the gunshot injuries are life-threatening, police said. “We have reports of a white SUV being involved in each one,” said Doug Schepman, Denver police spokesman. “We’re…
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Denver-area woman found safe 9 miles from home after sleepwalking, riding bus
A 19-year-old woman who apparently was sleepwalking when she disappeared from her Arvada home early Tuesday walked three miles to a bus stop before riding another six miles to Westminster, authorities say. Taylor Gammel, who lives on the 5600 block of Fig Court, was discovered missing at 6 a.m. by her father, said Mark Techmeyer,…
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Two men, several cattle killed after 4 semis crash near Hugo
Two men and a number of cattle were killed Wednesday evening when a tractor-trailer veered into oncoming traffic on a two-lane highway near Hugo and crashed into three semi-trucks in a row. Duane Olson, 60, the driver of a semi, and Clint Torres, 30, the driver of a semi from Mansfield, Texas, were pronounced dead…
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Northbound I-25 reopens in Denver after officer seriously injured in crash
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save UPDATE: Northbound Interstate 25 has reopened after a chain-reaction traffic crash Friday morning, according to several reports on Twitter. Backups remain in the 20ths Street area. — A Denver police officer was seriously injured early…





