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Officers injured in Maryland Heights crash

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Multiple St. Louis area police officers were hospitalized early Wednesday morning after they were involved in a multi-vehicle crash on I-70 in Maryland Heights.The incident happened off I-70 eastbound just west of 270. After being closed for about three hours, I-70 east has been completely reopened. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW A spokesperson from the Missouri Highway Patrol shared that just before 1:45 a.m., Lake St. Louis Police units were at the location after a previous chase. We're told, suddenly, Lake St. Louis Police reported that numerous officers had been struck by a vehicle while they were finishing up their work from the earlier chase.A highway patrol spokesperson said that four officers were struck by ...

Crews respond to car and bus collision

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Police responded to a car and bus collision early Wednesday morning.FOX 2's Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Nic Lopez was at the scene, located on the 800 block of South Florissant Avenue, where emergency crews had to flip the overturned car back onto its wheels. Top Stories: Kim Gardner gets extra time to respond to A.G.’s lawsuit Drivers were being told to take alternate routes in the area. The car has since been towed away.FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Denver weather: City to see sunny blue skies while mountains face more snow

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

Metro Denver residents will see mostly sunny skies Wednesday with light winds, while Colorado’s western mountains are in line for more snow Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.The high temperature in Denver will hit 52 degrees, weather service forecasters said, and on Thursday temperatures should reach into the 60s under sunny skies. The wind speed Wednesday should not exceed 10 miles per hour in metro Denver, forecasters said.The weather service issued a winter weather advisory effective noon Thursday through noon Friday for western Colorado, covering the Park Range of mountains and Rabbit Ears Pass. a storm rolling in from Utah across the mountains is expected to bring up to six inches of snow.Winter Weather Advisory for the Park Range, including Rabbit Ears Pass, valid noon Thursday through noon Friday. Expect generally 3 to 6 inches snowfall and gusts up to 50 mph. Travel may become difficult due to slick and snow covered roads and blowing snow. #COwx pic.t...

Colorado boy injured in shark attack while on spring break vacation in Mexico

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

A Colorado boy is recovering after a shark attack while on spring break vacation in Mexico.Denver7 spoke with 10-year-old Dillon Armijo who says he was bitten by a shark while visiting Cancún, Mexico, on March 17.“We went to the beach and wanted to swim or jump in waves and then like, five minutes after that, like a shark just came into like, a wave and just bit my leg,” said Dillon.After spending four days in the hospital in Mexico, he was airlifted to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora.He had to undergo several surgeries but his mom, Abby Armijo said he will be able to walk again.Read the full story from our partner at denver7.com.Related ArticlesColorado News | CPW plans to cut NW Colorado hunting licenses by more than 40% to protect challenged herds Colorado News | Opinion: Wildlife crossings work for both drivers and animals Colorado News | Colorado’s next state park will attract a lot of attention; that cou...

Some Colorado communities don’t want psychedelic healing centers — but can they stop them?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

COKEDALE — Jack Van Heesch experimented hard with all sorts of psychedelics back in the day.“It was a party,” said the full-bearded, 66-year-old resident of this former Colorado mining town perched in the shadows of the Spanish Peaks in Las Animas County.Van Heesch was one of nearly 1.3 million Coloradans last November to vote for Proposition 122, which decriminalized the growing, use and sharing of psilocybin and psilocin — key compounds found in “magic mushrooms” — along with ibogaine, mescaline and dimethyltryptamine, or DMT.But his was a rare yes vote in Cokedale, a tiny hamlet of 150 hardscrabble residents seven miles west of Trinidad. The town, with its 350 defunct coke ovens signifying its legacy as a one-time coal mining hub, isn’t jazzed about psilocybin healing centers coming in.Cokedale, a former coal mining camp seven miles west of Trinidad in Las Animas County, is pictured on March 20, 2023. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denve...

Denver luxury apartment complexes make rare move of allowing tenants to rent units as Airbnbs

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

Tenants at 20 apartment complexes across Denver are now sharing their amenities with out-of-town guests, as building management is allowing residents to rent out their units as Airbnbs.Vacation rental company Airbnb has partnered with building owners in almost 40 cities “to make it easier for renters to find apartments that let them host part-time,” according to its website. Renters can earn money by hosting Airbnb guests in their units, with the frequency and guest rules varying by building and locality.At a time when apartment rent in Denver averages $1,997, Airbnb estimates that a host can earn an average of $786 for a weeklong rental in the city. Out of the metro area’s current options available on Airbnb, the starting monthly rent ranks as low as $1,209 in Glendale, with average weekly earnings of $568, and as high as $2,993 in Denver, with that profit jumping to $749.The following apartment complexes in the Denver area are listed as Airbnb-friendly apartments...

These are the healthiest — and least healthy — counties in Colorado

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

Douglas and Pitkin counties are the healthiest in Colorado for the fifth year in a row, while people living in Otero and Bent counties had the shortest and sickest lives.The annual health rankings compiled by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute attempt to grade counties across the country on two areas: health outcomes and the factors that influence health.The ranking of counties’ health outcomes combines years of potential life lost from residents dying before age 75; the percentage of people reporting poor health; and the percentage of babies born too small. It correlates strongly with how prosperous a community is.Douglas County has been in first place on that list and Pitkin County has been in second since 2019.The health factors ranking includes measures of education and wealth; exposure to pollution; availability of health care; and behaviors like smoking and excessive drinking. While there are exceptions, communities that do well in one area t...

Opinion: My mom asked me to write about her death so others could make choices too

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

My mom, Jan Brackney, had a lovely common life with glimpses of the extraordinary. On Feb. 22, she died like she lived, with full intention and resolution.In life, she desired a large family. So she had five kids with her husband, Milt, of 62 years. Other than that, she wanted travel, bridge games with friends, and time to read. Fairly common goals, yet she accomplished each with vigor: 48 states and 62 countries spanning nine decades; she started dozens of bridge groups and read an average of over 300 books a year for the last decade of her life.I always thought Mom was terrific, but perhaps not too unlike other great moms. I never thought of her as courageous. I was wrong.On the morning of her death, I re-read a note sent to her with love, “Jan, you’re one of the most courageous people I’ve ever met.” Until later that day, I had no idea how true that statement could be.Even in death, at age 91, with her health deteriorating, she was intentional. Mom had very clear goals for her de...

Denver’s best spicy chicken sandwich: Vote in the finals to see if Dave’s Hot Chicken or 300 Suns Brewing will win our March Madness bracket

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

Our March Madness spicy chicken sandwich bracket all comes down to this: national vs. local.Last week, The Denver Post readers voted on the Final Four in our search for the best spicy chicken sandwich in the Mile High City, and in both matchups, it was an upset.Dave’s Hot Chicken, an L.A.-based franchise that started in 2017 and has since expanded to more than 100 locations, pushed out its local competitor Denver Biscuit Co. with 57% of the votes.Meanwhile 300 Suns Brewing, a Longmont brewery that joined forces with Scratch food truck owner Nate Say in 2019, just edged out local chain Blazing Bird with 50.7% of the total.Say started his food truck Scratch, focusing on smashburgers. He eventually wanted to open a Nashville hot chicken food truck, but ended up partnering with Dan and Jean Ditslear, owners of 300 Suns Brewing to open the brewpub kitchen in 2019. Say said he sells more Nashville hot chicken, which is hand battered, soaked in buttermilk overnight, seasoned with a flour m...

Colorado’s top election official wants to limit who can get a recount. A top Democrat thinks it’ll backfire.

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:58 GMT

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has called on lawmakers to limit the use of discretionary recounts in state elections to only close races, arguing that the current system allows for “bad actors” to inject doubts into often settled races.“It’s an important check on democracy that candidates in close races can have that recount,” Griswold, a Democrat in her second term, said in an interview Monday. The recount provision would be part of a broader bill she’s working on with Senate Democrats to tweak the state’s elections laws. “But when you have double-digit margins, it’s implausible — so unlikely — that a recount will actually lead to a change in the actual results.”But the president of the Senate — the man who’s drafting the bill Griswold is pitching — isn’t sold on the recount adjustment. In fact, he told reporters last week, he thinks it would do the very thing Griswold says it would help ...