Tag: border
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3 firefighters who died fighting Snyder Mesa fire identified; one once worked as a snowmaker in Vail
Federal authorities on Monday identified the three firefighters who died responding to the Knowles Fire at the Colorado-Utah border, one of whom once worked for a resort in Vail. Across Colorado, several fires are burning, with zero containment in what had been a frantic and deadly start to the state’s wildfire season. The U.S. Department…
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3 firefighters killed, 2 injured while tackling wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border
Grand Junction • Three firefighters died and two were injured while tackling fires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service reported Sunday. At Grand Junction Regional Airport, the flag-draped bodies of the three firefighters were transferred from a helicopter to Mesa County Coroner’s Office trucks. A dozen firefighters who had helped recover the bodies…
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Multiple fires converge at Colorado-Utah border
A wildfire in Mesa County had combined with others to the east, tearing through tens of thousands of acres, wildfire authorities said on Sunday. The Snyder fire, which ignited from lightning on the evening of June 26, had combined with at least two other fires and burned through 28,000 acres, according to the Upper Colorado…
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Fort Carson soldiers secured Southern Border, amid decline in immigration
When President Trump dispatched Fort Carson troops to help secure more than 1,000 miles of mostly rugged and remote terrain along the Southern Border this spring, the flow of migrants northward had already fallen off steeply. The soldiers’ job was to seal the border completely, a mission they tackled with an array of tools, such…
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Critics blast Colorado Springs’ migrant response plan as vague
A document about undocumented immigrant response that the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management presented to Colorado Springs City Council last week created confusion and elicited criticism from some elected officials who characterized it as short-sighted. “I am quite frankly shocked that this was supposedly months of planning. … There is no plan. There is…
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Immigrants pose ‘difficult dilemma’ for Denver Health, justices draw line on fines against firm-switching lawyers | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Jan. 16, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Denver Health – the city’s hospital safety net – saw $10 million in additional “uncompensated care” in the last year, which the health system attributed to the tens of thousands of medical visits from immigrant patients from South and Central America. The rise…