Author: reporter

The Oak Ridge wildfire, now burning on 1,240 acres of U.S. Forest Service land in Pueblo County, was 59% contained Sunday, according to fire officials. On Saturday morning, the fire, sparked by lightning on June 22, was 1,193 acres and 50% contained, double the 25% containment reached on Thursday. Firefighters on Saturday worked to contain the southeastern corner of the fire and protect property in Beulah and the Middle Creek watershed using drip torches and aerial ignition. By Sunday morning, the fire was burning on 1,240 acres and the containment line was 59%, fire officials said in a Sunday update.Hot,…

“Paris is always a good idea,” said Audrey Hepburn in the movie “Sabrina.”Some 50 million tourists who visit the French capital every year seem to think so as well.Perpetually at the very top of the most visited cities in the world, Paris further boosts its appeal this summer by hosting the Summer Olympics from July 26 to Aug. 11. The games alone are expected to draw between 2.3 and 3.1 million unique visitors with game tickets, about 64% of them from France, according to a study. It will be a busy summer, that is for sure!Eiffel Tower photographed from the…

One person was killed overnight Sunday in a house fire in Denver, according to the Denver Fire Department. The Denver Fire Department responded around 3:15 a.m. to a fire at a house near West Sixth Avenue and Utica Street, according to an X post by the department. Crews found and removed one victim who had died in the fire, according to the post. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | 1 dead, 1 in critical condition after boat hits tubers at Navajo State Park Crime and Public Safety |…

Vlatko Cancar will return to Denver for the 2024-25 season after agreeing to a new veteran minimum contract with the Nuggets in free agency, a league source told The Denver Post.The Nuggets declined Cancar’s $2.35 million team option in June, a mutually beneficial maneuver that will now simultaneously increase Cancar’s salary and decrease his cap figure. Cancar has spent his whole NBA career in Denver, playing in 130 games and starting 11 across the last five seasons.Minimum salaries for NBA players increase each of their first 10 years of service, but the league reimburses teams for any amount of money committed…

The writing was on the wall: In 17 starts for the Rockies, right-hander Dakota Hudson was 2-12 with a 5.84 ERA and walked nearly as many batters as he struck out.Sunday, the Rockies designated Hudson for assignment and selected the contract of right-hander Tanner Gordon from Triple-A Albuquerque. Tanner will make his major league debut and start against Kansas City on Sunday afternoon at Coors Field.Hudson, 30, who signed a one-year, $1.5 million free-agent contract to come to Colorado, struggled mightily at Coors Field. He was 0-6 in nine starts with an 8.26 ERA, giving up seven homers. Opponents hit…

Scattered afternoon storms on Sunday may become strong to severe and produce large hail and gusty winds, according to the National Weather Service.Scattered storms may form this afternoon and evening over higher terrain in northeast and north central Colorado and across the Interstate 25 corridor. Some storms may produce large hail and gusty winds, according to the NWS.Storms are expected to move south along the I-25 corridor and may produce golf ball-sized hail in portions of central, east central, south central and southeast Colorado. Isolated tornadoes may also be possible in those areas, NWS meteorologists said.Showers and thunderstorms are possible…

Austin Gomber was fired up in the seventh.Against the Kansas City Royals, the Rockies starting pitcher desperately needed to get out of a tough spot in order to maintain his team’s two-run advantage. With one out and runners at the corners, Gomber forced Royals second baseman Garrett Hampson to pop out and had center fielder Kyle Isbel fly out before letting out a loud scream and pumping his fist, as he walked towards the dugout.Gomber hasn’t earned a victory since May 15. But on Saturday night at Coors Field, he finally earned his second win of the season, helping the…

Free agency lulled Nuggets fans to sleep, only to jolt them awake at last.Croatian big man Dario Saric and the Nuggets have agreed to a two-year, $10.6 million contract with a player option on the second year, league sources told The Denver Post on Saturday. An eight-year NBA veteran, Saric has played with five teams, most recently averaging 8.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists for the Golden State Warriors last season.Saric, 30, has also reprised his national team role this summer at Croatia’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He registered a 19-point triple-double in a group stage win over Slovenia…

FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) — Four people were killed and three others were wounded in an early Saturday shooting during a party at a home in northern Kentucky, police said. The shooting suspect later died after fleeing the home and leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended with the suspect’s car falling into a ditch, police said. Police heard shots being fired when they arrived at a home in Florence at about 2:50 a.m., said Jeff Mallery, the city’s police chief. Police found seven shooting victims at the home, Mallery told media during a news conference.Four people were found dead,…

The University of Colorado Boulder’s Ann and H.J. Smead Engineering Sciences department is partnering with the Boulder Emergency Squad to evaluate the use of AI-enabled drones in search and rescue operations.The research allows rescuers to feed information to drones, which can then independently help teams scout locations or find individuals.Hunter Ray, an aerospace engineering doctoral student at CU Boulder who is also a volunteer rescuer with the Boulder Emergency Squad, is aiding in the upcoming research and expressed the positive impacts it may have on modern-day public safety.Hunter Ray, a CU doctoral candidate and rescue volunteer, talks about his research…