Author: Michael Braithwaite
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Colorado courts starting new program to direct defendants to external care based on competency
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In an attempt to reduce wait times for inpatient defendant competency restoration, Colorado courts are launching a new program to divert eligible people into a separate community care process. The near-$1.5 million program, which uses money from the general fund and was spurred by the passage of House Bill 24-1355 last June, will create a…
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FBI plans 28 billboards across Denver area, offer $10K reward in search of 2023 shooting suspect
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The FBI plans to place 28 billboards across the metro Denver area as part of its search for the suspect of a fatal 2023 Denver bar shooting. Authorities are also offering a $10,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of Matthew Ladaniel Johnson as part of the FBI’s nationwide Operation Summer Heat, and will conduct…
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DEA targets money laundering operations in Denver, Colorado Springs
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Anti-narcotics federal agents conducted raids in Denver and Colorado Springs on Wednesday, hinting the operations focused on rooting out money-laundering activities. Authorities divulged few details. “The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division, along with our partners from Homeland Security Investigations, FBI, IRS, and our state and local partners conducted law enforcement operations in the Denver and…
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Lee fire prompts evacuation in Garfield County as containment grows
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The Lee fire prompted an evacuation in Garfield County Thursday as crews began to reach further containment of the now 133,000-acre fire. Zone 81, northwest of Rifle, was given Garfield County’s first full evacuation order related to the Lee fire after winds continued to push the flames south, according to the Elk and Lee Fire Information…
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Lee fire prompts evacuation in Garfield County as containment grows
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The Lee fire prompted an evacuation in Garfield County Thursday as crews began to reach further containment of the now 133,000-acre fire. Zone 81, northwest of Rifle, was given Garfield County’s first full evacuation order related to the Lee fire after winds continued to push the flames south, according to the Elk and Lee Fire…
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Gov. Polis declares disaster emergency for new Colorado wildfire, as others grow
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Gov. Jared Polis declared a disaster emergency for a new wildfire on Wednesday night, as others around the state grew in size. Emergency crews working on the Crosho fire, currently at an estimated 1,700 acres — roughly 600 of which are on state and private lands in both Rio Blanco and Routt County — will now…
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Gov. Polis declares disaster emergency for new Colorado wildfire, as others grow
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Colorado governor made the declaration for the Crosho fire in Rio Blanco and Routt counties
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Officials optimistic as Lee fire nears 117,000 acres
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Scattered clouds were supposed to dot the skies above Highway 13 south of Craig Tuesday afternoon, but they were hardly visible beyond the distinct haze that had settled into the valley. Ahead, the rolling hills of the Western Slope, beige and dotted with green brush, were visible only as silhouettes through the smoke. Few people…
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Officials optimistic as Lee fire nears 117,000 acres
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Scattered clouds were supposed to dot the skies above Highway 13 south of Craig Tuesday afternoon, but they were hardly visible beyond the distinct haze that had settled into the valley. Ahead, the rolling hills of the Western Slope, beige and dotted with green brush, were visible only as silhouettes through the smoke. Few people…
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Rural Reckoning | Colorado highways are crumbling, and so is the funding to fix them
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With the build of a football lineman and the grit of a rancher, Republican Sen. Byron Pelton gripped the steering wheel of his truck and pointed toward the highway ahead — a stretch of road that runs through the heart of his district in the Eastern Plains. “Do you see how bad this is?” Pelton…