Author: Thomas Peipert
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Connecticut school shooting revives gun debate
LITTLETON — A lone police cruiser outside Columbine High School was the only outward reaction Friday to an even deadlier attack at a Connecticut elementary school. But in a state that was rocked by the 1999 Columbine school massacre and the Aurora movie theater shooting less than six months ago, Friday’s shootings renewed debate over…
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4 people set afire in attack at Denver home
DENVER — Police searched Friday for two men who used a pump sprayer to douse four people with a flammable liquid at a Denver apartment then set them on fire. One woman was seriously injured in the attack that rattled a northwest neighborhood. “Who would do something like this? What kind of animal is he?”…
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Theater attack victim wants debates to address guns
DENVER — A man wounded in the mass shooting at an Aurora movie theater is appearing in a nationwide television spot aimed at drawing attention to gun violence as part of the upcoming presidential debates. Stephen Barton, 22, of Southbury, Conn., was among the 58 people injured in the July 20 attack in Aurora that…
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3,000 personnel battling at least 6 Colorado fires
More than 3,000 personnel battled at least six wildfires in Colorado on Monday as thousands of people who were evacuated waited to find out when they could return. Thousands of residents have been evacuated since that fire started June 9, some more than once as firefighters wage a back-and-forth battle. “I’m kind of anxious to…
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Record heat hampers efforts to fight wildfires
Searing, record-setting heat in the interior West didn’t loosen its grip on firefighters struggling to contain blazes in Colorado, Utah and other Rocky Mountain states. Colorado has endured nearly a week of 100-plus degree days and low humidity, sapping moisture from timber and grass, creating a devastating formula for volatile wildfires across the state and…
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Record heat hampers efforts to fight wildfires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Searing, record-setting heat in the interior West didn’t loosen its grip on firefighters struggling to contain blazes in Colorado, Utah and other Rocky Mountain states. Colorado has endured nearly a week of 100-plus degree days…
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3,000 personnel battling at least 6 Colorado fires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 3,000 personnel battled at least six wildfires in Colorado on Monday as thousands of people who were evacuated waited to find out when they could return. Thousands of residents have been evacuated since…
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Forest Service hires more air tankers for fires
BELLVUE — The U.S. Forest Service says it is adding more aircraft to its aerial firefighting fleet to help battle wildfires in the West. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said Monday the service is contracting one air tanker from the state of Alaska and four from Canada. Two more air tankers are being activated in…
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Low snowpack may mean no-go on West’s whitewater
DENVER — Canoe? Check. Paddle? Check. Life preserver? Check. Epic whitewater conditions? Maybe next year. After a winter of historically low snowpack combined with an earlier-than-normal runoff, Colorado river guides and tourists are adjusting their spring and summer plans for what is turning out to be an early paddling season. “We really live on snowpack.…
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CDOT seeks proposals on how to ease I-70 traffic
DENVER — The Colorado Department of Transportation is asking engineers and developers for ideas on how to ease traffic congestion on the Interstate 70 mountain corridor between Golden and Eagle. Department spokeswoman Stacey Stegman said Friday that CDOT is trying to tap into the private sector to come up with long-term infrastructure improvements along the…