Tag: Emergency
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Colorado’s Elk and Lee fires remain at 0% containment as more than 20,000 acres consumed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lee and Elk fires in Rio Blanco County remained at zero percent containment Tuesday as they took over a combined 20,000 acres. Deputies have closed U.S. Highway 13 in both directions south of Meeker between Piceance Creek Road and U.S. Highway 64 due to…
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Leroux fire estimate down to under 200 acres as crews work to contain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Leroux fire northeast of the town of Delta is down to an 179-acre estimate as crews continue to try containing it Tuesday afternoon. The fire, which was originally reported to be at nearly 700 acres last night, was more accurately measured Monday night after…
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Police arrest suspect in connection with fatal I-25 hit-and-run Saturday
Denver police arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal hit-and-run Saturday on Interstate 25, where the victim was changing a flat tire. Marisol Infante, 29, is being held on suspicion of leaving the scene of a crash involving death, according to a social media post from the Denver Police Department Thursday afternoon. The hit-and-run…
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Denver police recognized for application of crisis intervention team training
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Denver police officer Micheal Morelock responded to a welfare check called in by a concerned husband unable to reach his wife, he found the woman writing farewell letters to her family in the basement of their home. She told the officer that she had…
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Appeals court once again denies immunity to Olathe officer for deadly crash
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Exactly one year after the Colorado Supreme Court found the state’s second-highest court applied the incorrect standard when evaluating a deadly crash involving an Olathe police officer, the Court of Appeals once again determined the officer and the town are not immune from being sued.…
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RTD schedules emergency evacuation drill on N Line’s Skyway Bridge Saturday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Regional Transportation District will be holding an emergency evacuation exercise simulating a disabled train on the N Line over the Skyway Bridge to test the response of six emergency response agencies. The drill is scheduled to last four hours, between 6 a.m. and about…
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Highlands Ranch tornado cleanup resources for tree debris and other damage
Crews in Highlands Ranch Friday were assessing damage left behind by an EF-1 tornado that carved a roughly six-mile path of destruction across Douglas County Thursday. Remarkably, no injuries or deaths have been reported due to the tornado, but the storm did leave behind significant damage and debris. Douglas County issued a disaster declaration and…
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‘A tragic and horrible situation’: Colorado emergency doctor recounts aftermath of Club Q shooting
Katy Picard, an emergency medicine physician at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, was having a fairly quiet shift last Saturday, with only a few patients in need of treatment, when a nurse gave her the news that changed everything. “One of the nurses came over to tell me that there was an active shooter … and…
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Want to help Ukraine? These nonprofits are supplying humanitarian aid
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Organizations around the world are collecting donations to support Ukraine while Russia continues its invasion. Here are a few organizations taking donations to help Ukrainian refugees, military personnel, health care professionals and more. UNICEF is on the ground in Ukraine ramping up assistance for children. Revived…
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Texas woman injured after falling 20 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A woman from Texas suffered severe injuries after falling nearly 20 feet in Rocky Mountain National Park, officials announced Wednesday. The 41-year-old woman was hiking and scrambling near the Balanced Rock area when she fell Monday morning, a park release said. The woman called emergency…