Boebert, a Republican who represents Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, dressed in a costume meant to be a Mexican woman, complete with sombrero and sign that mocked a Spanish accent and read “Mexican Word of the Day: JUICY. Tell Me If Juicy ICE coming.”
A person with her appeared to be dressed as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. A photo of the costume went viral on X over the weekend.
The Colorado Democratic Latino Caucus called it a “deeply racist caricature of our community.”
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Adams County prosecutors charged an airport shuttle bus driver in a fatal collision with a truck at Tower Road and East 81st Avenue.
One person died and 10 people were injured in the July 12 wreck.
A man was shot dead Tuesday night at a motel near 120th Avenue and Melody Drive in Westminster. In Denver, a person was stabbed Wednesday in the vicinity of 48th Avenue and Jackson Street.
A LaPlata County deputy shot and killed a man wielding with an axe handle and baseball bat during a domestic dispute near Durango, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation reported Wednesday.
It occurred Tuesday on U.S. Highway 550. A woman accompanying the man avoided injury. The pair had been riding in a car and fighting.
CBI provided this detailed account:
The Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners approved acquisition of Lake Fork Ranch, west of Leadville. "We are protecting a special and amazing outdoor space in Lake County, expanding recreational opportunities, investing in Colorado students, and supporting economic success in our rural communities," Governor Jared Polis said Wednesday.
LeGrande was found in Colorado Springs in the company of her three children - as well as a man - and "everyone involved was found safe and unharmed," the sheriff's office said.
She was admitted to hospital for a mental health evaluation and later booked into the El Paso County Jail on a no-bond warrant from police in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.
"One of the children was released to their father at the scene," the sheriff's office said. "The other two children were taken to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, where they were placed in the care of the Department of Human Services."
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Is it time to bury a reserve of canned goods in your yard? London's Daily Star reports a mystery object - some say is a UFO - gathered speed as it heads toward Earth. Dubbed 3I/ ATLAS, it's believed by most scientists to be a comet.
Staff and volunteers worked through a typical lunch break to meet demand, maneuvering shopping carts full of food to their awaiting recipients. By the end of the day, the food bank served about 2,200 people, according to Weston Edmunds, the food bank’s director of marketing and communications.
Half said they were impacted by the SNAP funding pause.
Approximately 600,000 Coloradans rely on SNAP benefits each month, and advocates expect many of those people to turn to local food banks to get groceries. That will put increased demand on an already stressed system.
“SNAP is a really important safety net. We’re supposed to be the safety net to that safety net, but then it just disappeared,” said Monica Buhlig, the chief impact officer for Food Bank of the Rockies.
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A $950 million package of infrastructure bonds backed by Denver Mayor Mike Johnston appeared headed for approval by voters in the Mile High City on Tuesday, according to unofficial election results, Colorado Newsline reports.
The five measures comprising the “Vibrant Denver” bond package received support from large majorities of Denver voters as of midnight election results released by city elections officials, which tabulated more than 139,000 votes.
A measure to retain the Denver City Council’s 2024 ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products also held a commanding lead, with 72% voting to keep the ban in place.
Two ballot measures to fund Colorado’s universal school meals program, the only statewide contests in the 2025 off-year election, were approved by voters Tuesday night, Colorado Newsline reports.
"My grandfather always said, 'Don't watch your money, watch your health.' So one day while I was watching my health, someone stole my money. It was my grandfather" - Jackie Mason
A person was seriously injured Wednesday when a stand-up scooter and car collided at South Williams Street and East Center Avenue in Denver, police said.
A four-vehicle crash Tuesday injured two people at Sable Boulevard and East 132nd Avenue in Brighton, the city fire department reported.
Police are warning that fraudsters are cloning license plates to run up electronic highway toll charges. The legal plate holder gets the bill - typically from toll roads in other states.
A police officer shot the driver of a stolen truck Tuesday in an exchange of bullets following a chase from El Paso County to Pueblo West on I-25, the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office said.
The truck stalled in a field near Purcell Boulevard and Fairbanks Drive after leaving the interstate. The suspect fired at least one shot during the chase and opened fire again in the field.
The suspect was flown to hospital. No one else was hurt.
In Aurora, a pedestrian was seriously injured by an auto Tuesday night on South Peoria Street near 30th Avenue, In Denver, a person was shot in the 1700-block South Pecos Street.
Durango police were involved in a shooting Tuesday in the vicinity of Highway 550. La Plate County deputies were also on the scene.
ColoWyo Coal Company LP notified the state Monday it will cut 133 jobs as it closes its Meeker mine in western Colorado by year end. The site will shift to reclamation. Plans were first announced in August. The mine opened in 1978. There are fewer than a dozen active coal mines in Colorado.
Fort Collins police are seeing an increase in accidents involving scooters, minibikes and other small-wheeled modes of transport. They advise riders to wear helmets and use proper lanes. The Daily Sketch suspects the trend reaches far beyond Fort Collins.
Firefighters and paramedics rescued a woman pinned between a Jeep and a trailer in Boulder.
The accident occurred Sunday night at 19th and Yarmouth streets when the Jeep driver accidentally accelerated, police said. The woman was reported in serious condition.
Earlier Sunday, an e-bike rider was injured in a collision with an auto at South Boulder Road and Manhattan Circle in Boulder.
The rider rode in front of the auto, which had a green light, police said. The motorist "swerved but was unable to avoid colliding with the man on the e-bike," police said.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said missing Maleena Ruth Suazo, 14, last seen Wednesday on Potter Drive in Colorado Springs, has been located and is safe.
The Daily Star reports a crewmember on Frontier Airlines Flight 1324 - from Denver to Dallas-Fort Worth - found a threatening note in a lavatory Monday. Police met the aircraft in Dallas and the threat turned out to be a hoax. Video circulated on social media.
When the outdoor temperature is 15F or higher, regular rock salt should work just as well as anything on driveways and sidewalks, Consumer Reports says.
The ukelele was still in its case when it was rescued from a pile on a street on Thursday night - and there was no damage, police reported on social media. [Photo: Boulder Police Department]
A combined total of more than $2.5 million has been spent by an array of outside groups seeking to influence school board races in some of Colorado’s largest public school districts, Colorado Newsline reports.
More than half of that has been spent on races for the Denver Public Schools board, where a deep-pocketed reform group hopes to wrest control away from candidates backed by teachers' unions.
Colorado holds coordinated off-year elections to choose candidates for certain school boards, municipal offices and other local races, often alongside one or more statewide ballot issues.
A motorcycle crashed at North Orleans Street and Stoll Place in Denver on Sunday night, killing a person, police said.
Diego Jimenez, 26, is wanted as a suspect in the Oct. 24 shooting death of a man in the front yard of a home at East 6th Avenue and Del Mar Circle in Aurora, police said.
The suspect - who faces charged of second-degree murder - and the victim were involved in an "altercation" leading up to the shooting, police said.
If you have information, call Crime Stoppers at (720) 913-7867. [Photos: Aurora Police Department]
As November dawns, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center reports: "There is generally not enough snow for avalanches to pose much of a threat to people across the state."
Matthew Kiriazis, 35, was charged with first-degree kidnapping after a woman was taken hostage early Sunday during a domestic dispute in Boulder, police said.
The suspect surrendered after a SWAT team was sent to a home on Edison Avenue. Medical personnel treated the victim - a woman, age 21 - at the scene, police said.
"Officers were told that the suspect, known to the victim, was threatening the victim," police said.
A person was injured Sunday when a motorcycle and auto collided at Park Avenue West and Glenarm Place in Denver, police said.
Patch reports businesses across the Denver area stepping up support to food banks during the crippling suspension of the federal food stamp program. The Food Hall Food Drive and other efforts are gathering donations as the government's fiscal stalemate hurts needy families.
Patch reports Denver voters will decide the future of Park Hill Park, which has finally re-opened after years of controversy. A bond issue, including $70 million for the park's development, is on Tuesday' municipal ballot.
Police located Amy Sullivant, 36, who went missing wearing Halloween paint on Saturday from 12th Street in Pueblo. "Thank you to everyone who shared our post to help locate Amy," police said Sunday. "She has been found safe and reunited with her family."
Chick-fil-A is testing a 24-hour vending machine in Augusta, Georgia. Like the chain's stores in Colorado and beyond, the machines won't be operational Sundays. The menu consists of wraps and chips, USA Today reports.
Denver's 120th National Western Stock Show will open Jan. 10 and run through Jan. 25. [Photo: Daily Sketch]
Patrick Browne, 40, pleaded guilty to murdering Isaiah Martinez, 20, with a sword in south Denver in September 2024, the DA's Office said. He faces 20 years in prison.
CBS Denver reports Denver officials set up a polling station at the Downtown Detention Center for the Nov. 4 election. Eligible inmates have been permitted to vote. An inmate told the TV station he hadn't voted in seven years.
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a woman found in a home on Loomis Avenue on Halloween.
"When medical personnel from the Stratmoor Hills Fire Department arrived, they believed the scene to be suspicious," officials said.
If you have information, call the sheriff's office at (719) 390-5555.
Airport police in Peru arrested a smuggler with 300 tarantulas taped to his body in plastic bags after observing his peculiar "swollen stomach," London's Daily Star reports.
The Mayo Clinic says: "The Kuna people of Panama drink more than five cups of cocoa a day and have lower blood pressure and fewer heart attacks. Scientists are studying how cocoa compounds may benefit health."
A disgruntled husband called police to complain that his wife and her friends were drunk in their living room on 19th Street in Greeley while he was trying to sleep - and said they were “looking for trouble,” according to a police blotter report quoted by the Greeley Tribune. It happened at 3 a.m. on Oct 5.
Gunfire erupted during a large fight in Denver early Sunday, injuring three people. A police officer arriving on the scene shot at an armed suspect who fled.
The bullets flew in the 5100-block of North Biscay Street and police recovered two handguns.
The wounded "were struck during the exchange prior to the officers' arrival," Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said at a news briefing, adding they are expected to survive.
In a separate incident, a person was stabbed Saturday in the vicinity of West Nevada Place and South Osceola Street in Denver.
Western Slope Now reports two people were fatally shot at a Halloween night house party in Mesa County. The report says one or more suspects fired multiple rounds. The crime occurred in Clifton, near Grand Junction.
This is a social activist's photo of federal agents and demonstrators at an immigration center in Durango this week.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is probing the agents' actions at the request of the Drango Police Department.
“In moments like these, our duty is not only to uphold the law, but to preserve our humanity,” Durango Police Chief Brice Current said.
There were no serious injuries at Tuesday's protest.
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"It’s up to us to fill the gap," the food bank says. "Every $1 you give, you can help provide enough food for 3 nourishing meals."
Organized in 1978, Food Bank of the Rockies is the largest hunger charity in the Rocky Mountain region, operating a central distribution center in Denver that ships groceries to local food banks.
LINK: Food Bank of the Rockies | Colorado Food Bank
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A person died in a two-auto wreck at South Westworth Boulevard and West Stanford Avenue in Denver, police said early Saturday.
"It dawned on me then that as long as I could laugh, I was safe from the world ... I have learned since that laughter keeps me safe from myself, too" - Jimmy Durante
Reports say hero neighbors pulled a man from Thursday's fire at a Colorado Springs mobile home park - and alerted others to the spreading flames. The blaze gutted one unit and damaged another at 1339 Arch Street. One person was injured.
