drones
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Colorado city considers major restrictions on drones
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The Thornton City Council is considering beefing up restrictions for drones within city limits. It’s exploring three options — all of which would make it illegal to take off from any public street or sidewalk. A citation could include a fine of up to $2,600. Legally, only the Federal Aviation Administration dictates where drones can…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Santa Fe fiesta to drop conquistador reenactment
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New Mexico Reenactment of conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe will end SANTA FE – An annual reenactment of a 17th-century Spanish conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe from Native Americans after an uprising will end amid protests that it whitewashed a dark period in New Mexico history. Organizers of the annual Fiesta de Santa Fe said they would…
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This Week at the Capitol: April 23-27
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Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online. MONDAY Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee, 1:30 p.m., Room 357 Senate Concurrent Resolution…
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This Week at the Capitol: April 9-13
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Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead at the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online. MONDAY Colorado Independent Ethics Commission, 9 a.m., Colorado Judicial Building, Room 1CThe commission is expected…
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Pueblo police take to the air with drones; elsewhere, civilians have qualms
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Pueblo’s police department – which the city council has said for years is significantly understaffed – is poised to spend $40,000 on two drones. The Pueblo Chieftain reports the unmanned aircraft will be mainly for conducting searches, as they’ll be equipped with cameras. One will be for indoor use. “The small drones would fly at…
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Out West Roundup: Polygamous sect slowly losing control over remote Utah town
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Utah Polygamous sect slowly losing control over remote Utah town HILDALE, Utah – In a place where political contests are virtually unknown, the campaign signs offer the latest hint that a polygamous group is losing its grip on this remote red rock community straddling the Utah-Arizona border. “For Hildale mayor vote Donia,” reads one sign…
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Legislators make drones a firefighting tool, but Routt County gawker makes one a risk
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Just when drones were going legit as a tool of public safety, a rubbernecker reminds folks why the jury is still out on which side of the public safety debate the tiny aircraft hover. Last weekend regular-sized helicopters battling a 800-acre Big Red Park wildfire in northern Routt County were grounded because of an unidentified…
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A bleak, terrifying picture of drones over Denver
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Heading out for a sight-seeing adventure through the lens of a drone can be an exciting prospect, but the burgeoning hobby has proved to be a pain in the you-know-what for airports, emergency personnel and local municipalities. Members of the Denver City Council’s Safety, Education and Homelessness Committee got a crash course this week on…
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Drones in firefighting could save Colorado tax dollars and lives
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Look, up in the sky! That’s what they could be saying in Chaffee County and the San Luis Valley as the state begins to study the use of drones to respond to wildfires. Rep. Jim Wilson, who sponsored House Bill 1070, thinks stepping up the use of unmanned aircraft could save the state money by…
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Drone being tested in North Dakota for use during disasters
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A 20-foot-long drone that was brought to North Dakota to test precision agriculture methods is now part of a trial run to see if can help crews restore power to areas hit by natural disasters. The Israeli-manufactured Elbit Systems Hermes 450 aircraft can cover 40,000 acres in an hour and fly up to 17 hours…
