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ARCHIVED JULY - SEPTEMBER 2009
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Archived September 2009
Details of Terror Plot Expanding by the Minute
Investigators say Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old airport shuttle driver, played a direct role in an alleged terror plot that unraveled during a trip to New York City around the Sept. 11 anniversary.
(AP, FoxNews, Sep 21 09)
Related:
Denver Man Reportedly Admits Ties to Al-qaeda
Related:
FBI Searches Home of Colorado Man in Terror Probe
Related:
Queens Terror Raids Part of FBI Probe into Denver-Based Cell
The Pueblo City-County Health Department has reported the season's first cases of West Nile in Pueblo County.
(KKTV, Sep 17 09)
Residents and travelers along U.S. 285 should prepare for more delays over the next 16 months now that construction has begun on an underpass at Shaffers Crossing.
(Barbara Ford, High Timber Times, Sep 15 09)
Jones fled from the hospital, Pinkston said, but was spotted about 7:14 a.m. by deputy Rod Lane. The suspect was driving north on U.S. 285 near its intersection with CR 270.
(Mountain Mail, Sep 4 09)
The number of DUI arrests is expected to increase significantly this Labor Day Weekend as DUI enforcement intensifies..
(Sep 03 09)
Firefighters in Colorado are battling one major fire and doused about 22 smaller wildland fires caused by lightning strikes, officials said today.
(Howard Pankratz, The Denver Post, Sep 01 09)
This is part two of a two-part series on the lives and times of dwellers in the Como Mountain Man Rendezvous community in south Park County.
(Robert Allen, Summit Daily News, Aug 30 09)
Related: Part I - Mountain-man Era Reborn At Rendezvous
Seven Colorado horses have been infected with the West Nile virus in the north, northeast and southeast parts of the state
(The Fence Post, Aug 29 09)
Law enforcement agencies across the state have entered the final stretch of “100 Days of Heat” by joining the national DUI crackdown...
(Aug 20 09)
Still, Randolph sees the city growing into a major hub for the 25,000 residents of the region, stretching to Deckers, Lake George and Cripple Creek.
(Deb Acord, Colo Springs Independent, Aug 20 09)
Four Army Special Operations Aviation Soldiers who were killed in a helicopter crash Aug. 19 in Leadville, Colorado have been identified.
(KRDO.com, Aug 21 09)
The Toyota crossed the center line and the front left side of the Toyota hit the left
side of the trailer...
(Aug 19 09)
Related:
Highlands Ranch Man Dies In Highway 285 Crash (Site Photos)
Related:
Driver Killed, Girl Seriously Injured In Park County Crash
Related:
Colo. Man Dead, Girl Injured In Kenosha Pass Crash
Archived August 2009
A tornado touched down in the Lake George area of Park County. The twister flipped an RV, tore down fences and signs, and uprooted trees.
(Bea Karnes, KOAA, Aug 18 09)
John-Michael Keyes, one of the directors of the I Love U Guys Foundation, said he recently heard about the issue and the consequences teens could face.
(Anastasiya Bolton, 9News.com, Aug 14 09)
The Colorado State Patrol says the accident happened around 1 p.m. and Highway 285 was closed in both directions near Bailey ...
(9News, Aug 13 09)
96 meteors collected between sunset on August 11 through sunrise on August 12.
(Cloudbait Observatory, Aug 12 09)
The South Platte Hotel, the only remaining building for the town site, was built by the Zang Brewing Company ...
(Lisa Keipp, Examiner.com, Aug 9 09)
Related:
Along The Denver, South Park, And Pacific Railroad
( See Events Calendar below for Como Railroad Day August 15.)
Among these 161 schools, 24 percent were in rural areas and 28 had
percentages of low-income students of 40 percent or higher.
Ten schools of the 161 were recognized at the event.
(Aug 7 09)
UPDATE: Autopsy shows bear killed Colorado woman
As sheriff's deputies were investigating the scene, they were approached by a large five-year-old bear that exhibited aggressive behavior.
(Aug 8 09)
The Teva U.S. Mountain Running Team will compete in the 25th World Mountain Running Championships in Campodolcino, Italy ... Senior Women: Christine Lundy, 39, Sausalito, CA, Megan Kimmel, 29, Silverton, CO, Megan Lund, 25, Basalt, CO, and Brandy Erholtz, 32, Bailey, CO.
(Aug 3 09)
U.S. Forest Service fire personnel are battling an epidemic of unattended campfires over the past month.
(Jul 31 09)
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology has positively identified the remains of Captain Michael "Scott" Speicher, whose disappearance has bedeviled investigators since his jet was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the 1991 war.
(FoxNews, Aug 2 09)
Hail covered the ground and several vehicles Thursday morning in Hartsel located in South Park.
(9News.com, Jul 31 09)
EL PASO COUNTY - A woman in her 40s has died and officials are calling it the state's first reported death linked to H1N1 swine flu, according to the county's health department.
(Coloradoan.com, 9News.com, Jul 30 09)
Rescue teams worked overnight Tuesday, trying to pull two people to safety after their pickup truck rolled over near Hoosier Pass.
(9News.com, Jul 28 09)
Scott Dugan, president of the Colorado Dude and Guest Ranch Association and owner of the Tumbling River Ranch in central Colorado with his wife, Megan, said some dude ranches might not make it through another tough year.
(Forbes, AP, Jul 27 09)
Tim Shirley, Grant, Colo., 84, $1,728. 6 (tie), Jared Keylon, Fort Scott, Kan., and Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 83, $864. 8 (tie), Micky Downare, Hartsel, Colo.; Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo.; and Wes Stevenson, ...
(Susan Kanode, Rodeo Attitude News, Jul 25 09)
Related:
Cheyenne Frontier Days Results
Related:
Bull Riders Successful at CFD Rodeo
Related:
CFD Rodeo Competition Underway Results And More
Earlier today, Forest Supervisor, Bob Leaverton announced an emergency closure of the South Rampart Shooting Range
(Jul 21 09)
Archived July 2009
In a tight race with more than 370 votes cast, Bucky the Norwegian Elkhound placed second and will serve if the mayor is unwilling or unable to fulfill his duties or engages in scandalous behavior unbefitting a small rodent.
(High Timber Times, Jul 14 09)
When it comes time to set Eagle down in the Sea of Tranquility, Armstrong improvises, manually piloting the ship past an area littered with boulders. During the final seconds of descent, Eagle's computer is sounding alarms...
When the lunar module lands at 4:18 p.m EDT, only 30 seconds of fuel remain. Armstrong radios "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." Mission control erupts in celebration as the tension breaks, and a controller tells the crew "You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue, we're breathing again."...
At 10:56 p.m. EDT Armstrong is ready to plant the first human foot on another world. With more than half a billion people watching on television, he climbs down the ladder and proclaims: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
(NASA, Jul 20 09)
A memorial service for Bob Chamberlain, Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District board president, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 18, at Bear Valley Church, 10001 W. Jewell Ave. in Lakewood.
(Deb Hurley Brobst, High Timber Times, Jul 14 09)
BAREBACK RIDING:...(tie) Beau Le Doux, Kaycee, and Monte Downare, Hartsel, Colo., 73.
(Casper Star, Jul 10 09)
After a presentation from Michael about the 'standard response protocol' program they are promoting to schools across Colorado, Becker approached them with the idea of selling concert T-shirts to benefit their foundation.
(Karen Groves, YourHub.com, Jul 9 09)
Boyd Astemborski has a trash-strewn field in this Park County town, which he says may hide enough gold to make him wealthy.
(R. Scott Rappold, The Gazette, Jul 8 09)
Peering out across Spinney Mountain Reservoir into a stiff wind chop, this fly-fisherman was happy to relate his good fortune.
(Charlie Meyers, The Denver Post, Jul 8 09)
A 28-year-old Bailey man was cited for animal neglect June 28 after he left his dog locked in the car for a long period of time.
(YourHub, Jul 7 09)
Includes business in home, Verizon facility, new church and other issues
(rezoning and special and conditional use permit applications)
Commissioners include a discussion of the Nov 2009 election on their work session agenda for July 15, 2009. (Odd year elections are typically used for tax increase proposals.)
Opponents of Nestle's plans to truck 200 acre-feet or so of water out of the Arkansas Basin over Trout Creek Pass and Kenosha Pass to Denver...
(John Orr, Examiner, Jul 12 09)
To help raise awareness of the danger lightning and wildland fires present to life and property in Colorado...
(Tony Hake, Examiner.com, Jun 22 09)
Related: Severe Weather 101 - Lightning
The first case of West Nile virus this year in Colorado has been reported in Jefferson County. The patient is recovering at home, according to a media release by Jefferson County Public Health
(Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, Jun 30 09)
The 39-year-old [Diego Olmos Alcalde] received 48 years in prison for the sexual assault conviction and 24 years for kidnapping, to be served concurrently after the life sentence.
(Associated Press, metronews.ca, Jun 29 09)
Related:
Alcalde Guilty On All Counts In 1997 Chase Murder
The Colorado Division of Wildlife today announced that 10 lynx kittens have been found so far during the annual spring lynx survey.
(DOW, Jun 25 09)
Includes 2009 Supplemental Appropriations and other issues
(spending outside the budget)
“The Fourth of July is a time to celebrate our country’s freedom, but ironically many people will jeopardize their freedom and put others at risk by drinking and driving,” said Col. James Wolfinbarger
(CDOT, Jul 1 09)
Shirley’s brother-in-law, Hartsel native Micky Downare, scored a 76 on his re-ride
(Brian Forbes, High Timber Times, Jun 24 09)
The 35-year-old [Geoff Aaron] from Bailey Colorado has been riding since he was 10-years old.
(Breeana Laughlin, Anderson Valley Post, Jun 23 09)
Jim Stevens, 54, who is serving time for a weapons conviction, said that several months ago, when he was at Park County Jail, inmate Scott Kimball was teaching him how to play pinochle...
(Kirk Mitchell, Denver Post, 9News.com, Jun 24 09)
The morning of June 17, [Benjamin Kopecky] was driving north on U.S. 285 about 20 miles south of Fairplay when he drifted into the southbound lane
(Denver Post, Jun 24 09)
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