Bmw Driver Carjacked At Gunpoint Outside Scottsdale Starbucks

When students are unsafe, mental health suffers Our country is dealing with an epidemic of teen/child fragility. One cause is social media, the other is mass shootings. Schoolyards used to be safe spaces for kids to play in before or after school. Now they all have security fences, cameras, security guards, lock-down drills and fob IDs to enter the buildings.

Colorado’s senators and a congressman are demanding answers from U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs leadership over a series of troubling reports about its Aurora hospital. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, both Democrats, and Rep. Jason Crow, an Aurora Democrat, sent a letter to VA leadership on Monday requesting an accounting of patient safety issues, further explanation over its current pause in surgeries due to a mysterious residue on its medical equipment, and steps the hospital has taken to address pervasive cultural problems among its staff. “As problems persist within the (Eastern Colorado hospital system), we are increasingly concerned about the quality of care Colorado veterans receive, a lack of adherence to the required medical and employee procedures, and how recent leadership changes have impeded the system’s effectiveness,” the lawmakers wrote. The letter comes on the heels of two scathing reports from the VA’s Office of Inspector General, which investigates departmental waste, fraud and abuse. The probes, released June 24, found Aurora’s Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center paused surgeries for more than a year in 2022 and 2023 because the hospital didn’t have the staff to care for those patients after their procedures.

An 80-pound black bear found hiding under a honeycomb shop at the Colorado Renaissance Festival was safely removed by wildlife officers and Douglas County deputies on Sunday. Deputies found the “uninvited guest,” a black bear festival attendees named Smoky, camped out under a building at the festival grounds in Larkspur, the sheriff’s office said in a post on X. Well, we can safely say that what we see at the Larkspur Ren Fest never disappoints! On Sunday, #DCSO deputies had to deal with an uninvited guest who, quite frankly, did not want to leave.

Colorado drivers, be prepared for motorcycles to pass stopped traffic: Beginning Aug 7., motorcyclists will be allowed to lane filter. Although filtering is permitted under the new law, lane splitting remains illegal  — so what’s the difference between the two? “The first thing Coloradoans need to understand is that there is a seemingly small but important difference between lane filtering and lane splitting,” said Colonel Matthew Packard, chief of the Colorado State Patrol, in a Tuesday news release.

Due to technical issues and statewide outages Tuesday, Colorado’s DMV offices can’t do anything but provide written tests. Related Articles Transportation | What’s the difference between lane splitting and filtering? Transportation | United Airlines flight lands at Denver International Airport after losing wheel during takeoff Transportation | Part of RTD A Line to be replaced by shuttle buses Tuesday Transportation | Pilot lost engine before fatal Steamboat Springs crash Transportation | Denver airport to close some parking for maintenance The issue is affecting all of Colorado’s driver’s license offices, preventing DMV officials from issuing anything but written tests and forcing Coloradoans to reschedule other appointments, according to a DMV news release. If customers who take the written test return to the DMV within 180 days, they can complete the driver’s license issuance process without retaking the test, DMV officials stated in the release. Anyone not taking a written test will need to reschedule their appointment, but there’s currently no timeline for when in-office services will be restored, DMV officials said. The department is also experiencing technical difficulties with the state’s credit card processing system, according to Tuesday’s release.

Three straight days of 100-degree, near-record heat is set to roast the Denver area this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. For Denver, NWS forecasters expect toasty temperature highs of 101 degrees on Friday, 100 degrees on Saturday and 101 degrees on Sunday. “Overall, it has been fairly rare to have two consecutive days of 100 degrees or more,” NWS forecasters said.