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Airtanker base prepares for wildfire year ahead

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (KDVR) — Even as Colorado's "fire season" is considered year-round, the U.S. Forest Service said Wednesday that firefighters and support personnel throughout the Rocky Mountain region are preparing for the 2023 fire year. “It's a wildfire year," said Scott Headrick, forest aviation officer for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland. Is it illegal to pick columbines in Colorado? Media were invited to witness the preparations Wednesday at the Jeffco Airtanker Base. Airtankers were not on the property because Colorado is lush with recent moisture. But that doesn't mean they can't be ready. “That can change at any moment. If we get a warm day with some wind, that can go from confident to a big worry," said Robby Cline, an airtanker specialist for the Rocky Mountain Region.U.S. Forest Service sign (KDVR)The Forest Service currently has around 18-20 contracted airtankers around the country, according to Headrick. He said there are some...

Photos: Climate change art exhibit opens Friday

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) – Artists from all corners of Colorado worked with scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder to create an exhibit that depicts climate change, and it will be on display at the state Capitol starting Friday.The exhibition, titled “Coloradans and Our Shared Environment in Times of Challenge and Change,” aims to tell the story of how climate change affects everyday life in specific communities around the state.  How CU students challenged a popular astrophysics theory Artists in the Colorado Art Science Environment Fellows program partnered with scientists at CU Boulder to create each piece. The teams then worked with residents in communities across the state to get site-specific perspectives."The data included, the locations portrayed, and the spatial/temporal variability among the paintings were all decided based on input from local community collaborators," the CASE Fellows website read.The teams all produced several pieces of art that were inspired by th...

Denver celebrates new affordable housing for people with brain injuries

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The city of Denver is celebrating the opening of new housing units located right in the heart of East Colfax. The city collaborated with multiple agencies in the community to get the apartments off the ground, and they will serve a specific community of people in Denver looking for a place to live.A portion of Denver's unhoused community now has a new place to call home. The city said people suffering from certain cognitive illnesses will have a new place to stay."I want to thank you for being with us today as we celebrate the opening of one of our newest communities, Valor on the Fax," said Jeff Martinez, president of Brothers Redevelopment. What happens when you lose an item at Denver International Airport? It depends Denver's Department of Housing and Stability, known as HOST, and a long list of partners commemorated the opening of the Valor on the Fax affordable housing units. They're designed for people with brain injuries who make less than $25,000 for a sing...

Wrongful death lawsuit filed against aviation companies in plane crash

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- Family members of a mother and her children killed in a Boulder County plane crash in the summer of 2022 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the flight companies involved. Ian Kirby, 17, Amanda Kirby, 13, and their mother, Sandra Kirby, 48, were on a three-week vacation to Colorado and Utah. They were on a sightseeing tour plane when it crashed, killing all three and the pilot on July 17, 2022.FOX31’s affiliate station in Louisiana said the family was from Port Allen. The children's father and Sandra's parents filed the lawsuit. Prince Harry, Meghan pursued by ‘reckless’ photographers in ‘near catastrophic’ New York car chase The family is claiming gross negligence and wrongful conduct on the part of Bluebird Aviation LLC and VX Aviation LLC.The lawsuit states that the aviation companies "were negligent by failing to maintain the airplane, failing to train the pilot, failing to adequately supervise the pilot, failure to perform routine inspe...

Fans give Panthers send-off at FLA Live Arena as team heads to North Carolina for Game 1 of Eastern Conference Finals

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

The Florida Panthers arrived in Raleigh, North Carolina as they gear up for Game 1 in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Hurricanes. The team is appreciating their diehard fans, with some being with the team since the franchise started in 1993. New fans are also on board while the Panthers are on the road for the Stanley Cup as the Finals continue. Hundreds of fans were lined up outside FLA Live Arena, at 1 Panther Parkway in Sunrise, as they gave the Panthers a special send-off, Wednesday.“We’re feeling great!” shouted a fan. “We’re going to win!”“It’s the greatest feeling ever,” said a fan. “Best team in Florida.”“Opened up my garage there after the series and took the garbage out, and four people walked by and said, ‘Hey, congratulations,'” said Panthers head coach Paul Maurice, “so, that would be like the first time. I didn’t know them, but my wife did.”This is the the se...

WooSox go peanut free at Polar Park during Peanut Allergy Friendly Week

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

The Worcester Red Sox are going peanut free this week, hosting a series of games with no peanuts in their ballpark. The first of the games took place on Tuesday. As peanut free games continue to move forward, team officials said the program aims to make the WooSox’s Polar Park more welcoming, especially to those with allergies. “We’re always looking to make the ballpark more and more inclusive every year so, we had the idea this year, ‘Why don’t we expand it to a full homestand, do a full week-long promotion for it?’” said WooSox Marketing Vice President Steven Oliveira. The park had previously prohibited peanuts at specific games. In making the decision to expand the program, Oliveira said officials got a “great response.” The WooSox’s current stretch of home games started on Tuesday against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. Peanut free games will continue through the end of the homestand, which wraps up with a game on Sunday with first pitch slated for 1:05 p....

Montana says 1st-in-nation TikTok ban protects people. TikTok says it violates their rights

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

By AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO (Associated Press)HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana became the first state in the U.S. to enact a complete ban on TikTok on Wednesday when Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a measure that’s more sweeping than any other state’s attempts to curtail the social media app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company. The measure, scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2024, is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned. Cybersecurity experts say it could be difficult to enforce the ban.“Today, Montana takes the most decisive action of any state to protect Montanans’ private data and sensitive personal information from being harvested by the Chinese Communist Party,” Gianforte said in a statement.TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter argued that the law infringes on people’s First Amendment rights and is unlawful. She ...

‘I thought I’m going to die’: Eloy Jiménez is pushing to return to the Chicago White Sox after an appendectomy

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

Eloy Jiménez was asked how he was feeling Wednesday afternoon.“A couple weeks ago I thought I’m going to die,” Jiménez said, “so I feel really good.”The Chicago White Sox outfielder/designated hitter spoke with reporters for the first time since undergoing an appendectomy May 6 at Cincinnati’s Good Samaritan Hospital.Jiménez said he woke up that morning and “all my abs hurt.”“It was bad,” he said. “I can’t even see or lay down or stand up. It was really bad for a moment. I really thought I was going to die, but now I’m here and I feel good.“Appendicitis never crossed my mind. I thought it was something that I ate, something funny. But as soon as we got to the doctor, they said right away it was appendicitis. At the beginning, I didn’t even want to have surgery, but you know, health comes first before baseball. So it was tough, but now I’m here and I feel good.”The ini...

Domingo German’s suspension puts Yankees in sticky roster situation

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

TORONTO — Domingo German began serving a 10-game suspension Wednesday after umpires tossed the Yankees’ starter from Tuesday’s contest against the Blue Jays following a routine sticky substance check.Such ejections come with an automatic suspension and undisclosed fine, and the Yankees can’t replace German on their roster while the right-hander is sidelined. German was able to appeal, but he opted not to.German expressed frustrations over a lack of clarity on how to prevent future ejections, and he insisted that he only used rosin against the Blue Jays on Tuesday. But crew chief James Hoye claimed the pitcher had “the stickiest hand I’ve ever felt.”“It’s not rosin. It was definitely not rosin,” the umpire said, per a pool reporter. “Because I’ve felt hands with rosin. That wasn’t rosin. It was extremely sticky. And rosin usually is kind of like a little tackiness. This was sticky, as in my fingers had a ha...

Yankees Notebook: Luis Severino set for 2023 debut

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:51:44 GMT

TORONTO — The Yankees lost a starter to suspension Wednesday, but they’re getting one back from injury this weekend.Luis Severino will make his 2023 debut against the Reds Sunday in Cincinnati, per Aaron Boone. Severino, who suffered a lat injury at the end of spring training, has made two rehab starts, including one for Double-A Somerset on Tuesday.Severino got knocked around a bit in that outing, totaling six hits, two earned runs, one walk and three strikeouts over 3.1 innings and 58 pitches. But Boone believes the right-hander is ready to rejoin the Yankees’ rotation as he continues building up.“All the stuff was there,” the manager said before the Yankees’ Wednesday game against the Blue Jays. “He was 95-98 [mph], slider, changeup, looked healthy. I think he’s ready to go.”Severino was an option for Sunday before the Yankees lost Domingo German to a sticky substance suspension, which he began serving Wednesday. German, who a...