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Historic outbuildings in Poudre Canyon damaged, destroyed in Arrowhead Fire

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Multiple historic outbuildings in Poudre Canyon were damaged or destroyed in the Arrowhead Fire.The 15-acre Arrowhead Fire started on March 19 in the Poudre Canyon and damaged outbuildings associated with the Forest Service’s historic Arrowhead Lodge, according to the U.S. Forest Service. It was fully contained around 2 p.m. on March 21.The lodge was built as a summer mountain resort, opening to the public in 1935. The USFS acquired the site in a land exchange in 1984.The USFS said Arrowhead Lodge is an important historic site in the Poudre Canyon. With support from the Colorado State Historical Fund, Colorado Preservation Inc., Rocky Mountain National Park Historic Preservation Crew, and the Poudre Wilderness Volunteers, the site was cleared, architectural assessments were completed and windows were repaired, according to the USFS.Read more at our partner, Denver7.  

Homeless advocates critical of sweeps around Coors Field ahead of Rockies Opening Day

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

Preparations are well underway outside Coors Field as Opening Day approaches for the Colorado Rockies. But there’s one act that’s drawing harsh criticism.“It’s disgraceful, and they’re not trying to solve the problem,” said Grant Francis, an advocate with Mutual Aid Monday, which provides meals every Monday night to those experiencing homelessness. “They’re just trying to provide some optics that make it look like they’re trying to do something.”Homeless advocates like Francis are calling out the City of Denver, yet again, for homeless encampment sweeps.“It doesn’t surprise me that Coors Field is one of the targets,” Francis said. “It’s anywhere where there’s an event that generates any kind of income for the city.”Read more at our partner, Denver7.

Keystone will become Colorado’s newest town following incorporation approval Tuesday

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

Keystone is poised to become Colorado’s newest town, which will end decades of governance by elected Summit County officials.Approximately 68% of voters cast ballots in favor of incorporation, with 291 votes of approval and 140 votes of disapproval, according to unofficial results released Tuesday night around 8:15 p.m.The decisive victory for advocates of incorporation puts the resort community on a path for self-governance — so long as voters also approve a charter, the governing document for the town, at a later date.“We’re happy that the citizens of Keystone see the need,” said Ken Riley, a Keystone resident who led the incorporation effort as president of two nonprofits, Incorporate Keystone and Keystone Citizens League. “This is the beginning of a major journey.”Read more at our partner, Summit Daily.Related ArticlesNews | Some Colorado communities don’t want psychedelic healing centers — but can they stop them? News | Citing national sec...

Colorado legislators take Uinta Basin Railway concerns to EPA, calling derailments ‘shockingly common’

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

In the third letter from Colorado lawmakers to government regulators issued this month, Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Joe Neguse are now appealing to the Environmental Protection Agency for help in evaluating the risks of the Uinta Basin Railway Project.The railway project aims to create a new railway connection in Utah which would link up with an existing rail line in Colorado that runs through Eagle County along the Colorado River.The letter says an existing EPA review of the project “had several shortcomings,” including an omission of impacts to Colorado such as “the risk of a derailment and oil spill in the headwaters of the River.”Project supporters say the Uinta Basin Railway Project would move an essential product in a safe and cost-effective way, but detractors say that product — waxy crude oil extracted in Utah’s Uinta Basin — is too toxic of a substance to be transported alongside the Colorado River with how common train derailments are in the United States.Read more at our...

Oldest bridge in Colorado highway system to be rebuilt for safer South Platte River crossing

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

The oldest bridge in Colorado’s highway system is about to be rebuilt, a $22.3 million project designed to give drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians safer routes across the South Platte River in Denver.Colorado Department of Transportation contractors have launched construction to replace the Alameda Avenue Bridge, which dates to 1911. It was widened in 1966. The work should be done by the end of 2024, CDOT officials announced this week.Historical photos show an unpaved bridge across the river at that location before 1910. Photos also show an Archer Canal that conveyed water in the area near the river.Demolition work this spring will require occasional overnight and weekend bridge closures, CDOT officials said. South Lipan Steet has been closed. Otherwise, two lanes on the bridge will remain open during construction, officials said.The project also includesModifying the intersection of West Alameda Avenue and South Santa Fe Drive,Removing South Platte River Drive between Alameda and ...

Boy charged with attempted murder of Denver police officer

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

Denver prosecutors have charged a 15-year-old boy with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer following a struggle and shooting last week northeast of downtown.The boy faces additional charges, including having a prohibited large capacity magazine, possessing a dangerous weapon, disorderly conduct, discharge of a firearm, handgun possession by a juvenile, and obstructing a police officer, Denver District Attorney officials announced Wednesday morning.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Letters: Recognize the hard work of staff often “in harm’s way” in our schools Crime and Public Safety | Is Cale Makar creeping up on a Norris Trophy repeat? Avalanche coach Jared Bednar thinks Makar belongs in conversation. Crime and Public Safety | 1 in 4 Colorado teens say they can get a loaded gun within 24 hours, new study finds Crime and Public Safety | Mayor would have forced police back into Denver s...

Only one Colorado chef nominated as 2023 James Beard finalist

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

Just one nominee from Colorado (out of 13 semifinalists) has made it to the final round of this year’s prestigious James Beard awards, the foundation announced Wednesday.That’s a surprise, since last year Colorado swept the best chef in the Mountain Region category with five finalists all hailing from the Front Range. (And Annette’s Caroline Glover ended up taking home the prize.)This year, Chef Michael Diaz de Leon with BRUTØ — owned by Denver restaurateur Kelly Whitaker and located at 1801 Blake St., within the Dairy Block — is still in the running for the best chef in the Mountain Region category, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.Clockwise from bottom left: Choriza bruto with cucamelon , popcorn crème brûlée, okanomiyake with mushroom, cabbage and tomatillo, and smoked chicken and rice at Bruto on Oct. 1, 2019. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)Before he was the executive chef at BRUTØ, Diaz de Leon hosted weekly taco...

Amsterdam launches stay away ad campaign targeting young British men

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

Amsterdam has warned rowdy British sex and drug tourists to "stay away", writes BBC reporter Anna Holligan.A digital discouragement campaign targeting men aged 18 to 35 in the UK is being pushed out by the Dutch city's council.The initiative forms part of efforts to clean up Amsterdam's raunchy reputation as Europe's most liberal party capital.Typically blunt, the videos show young men staggering in the street, handcuffed by police, finger-printed and having their mugshots taken.The online ads, highlighting the risks associated with the excessive use of drugs and booze, will be triggered when people in Britain tap in terms like - stag party, cheap hotel or pub crawl Amsterdam.The message is uncompromising - a long weekend in Amsterdam may create the wrong kind of memories, the escapism you crave in the renowned party capital could result in inescapable convictions.Brits can find return flights to Amsterdam for £50 (€57; $62).UK-based travel agencies also offer stag weekends in Amste...

Bomb cyclone soaks Southern California; rain continues into Thursday

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

Heavy rain was falling across Southern California Wednesday morning as another Pacific storm, considered a bomb cyclone due to its rapid intensification, moved into the region.The rain will linger throughout the day on Wednesday and into Thursday, according to the National Weather Service office in Los Angeles. Interactive Storm Radar Rainfall rates will be a tenth of an inch per hour in the coastal areas and valleys and up to a quarter inch per hour in the foothills and mountains.The first band of rain will be followed by a six to eight-hour break with clearing skies before the next band arrives late Wednesday into Thursday morning.Radar of the bomb cyclone hitting California. March 29, 2023. (KTLA)“This (second band) will be more showery in nature but with higher rain rates and possible thunderstorms,” NWS said.Southern California’s mountains will also receive more snow. NWS is forecasting 2 to 5 inches between 4,000 an...

What exactly is a bomb cyclone?

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:47:07 GMT

Another powerful Pacific storm known as a bomb cyclone is hitting California this week, bringing periods of heavy rain and snowfall to many parts of the state.So what exactly is a bomb cyclone?A bomb cyclone goes by many names, among them, “explosive cyclogenesis,” a “weather bomb,” “explosive development” or “bombogenesis.”"Bomb cyclone" has become the most widely used term.Experts describe bomb cyclones as storms that typically form in winter when a "mid-latitude cyclone" undergoes rapid intensification over a 24-hour period. Conditions for this intensification often result when a cold and warm air mass collide, according to Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA.“A bomb cyclone refers directly to the rate of strengthening, not necessarily to its absolute strength,” Swain told KTLA.Radar shows a bomb cyclone hitting California on March 29, 2023. (KTLA)Despite their similarities in appearance, Swain says a bomb cyclone is not a hurricane.“Hurricanes derive their energy from warm...