Denver news

• West Metro Firefighters Travel To Kansas To Fight Wildfire

  25-03-2016 23:08
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Firefighters from West Metro Fire Rescue traveled to Kansas to help battle the largest wildfire in that state’s history.
  So far the fire has burned more than 620 square miles.
  The fire started Tuesday in Oklahoma and spread into Kansas. One rancher has lost more than 7,000 acres.
  “It’s heartbreaking to watch something that you’ve put so many hours into, so much of your time, your blood and your sweat and your love into it, it’s hard to watch it
  
  Read more

• Police Search For Men Wanted In Nordstrom Rack Robbery

  25-03-2016 22:15
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police need help finding two men wanted in connection with a robbery at the Nordstrom Rack on South Colorado Boulevard.
  The store located at 1505 S. Colorado Blvd. was robbed about 5:30 p.m. on March 16.
  The suspects are described as a white male, 5-foot-7, 165 pounds driving a 2003 silver Hyundai Santa Fe and a white male, 6-foot-4, 22-29 years old, 220 pounds wearing a baseball hat sideways.
  Anyone with information regarding this crime or recognizes the suspects in the pic
  
  Read more

• Hickenlooper favors I-70 widening plan

  25-03-2016 22:03
  
  Gov. John Hickenloooper says the $1.2 billionwidening of Interstate 70 in northeast Denver will solve many problems, including congestion and safety concerns.
  
  Read more

• New CSU Stadium Continues Tradition Of Sonny Lubick Field

  25-03-2016 21:15
  
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS)– The new stadium at Colorado State University will continue the tradition of “Sonny Lubick Field” when it opens for the 2017 season thanks to a $20 million gift.“We are thrilled to continue to honor the legacy of one of the true greats in Colorado State history,” said Colorado State President and CSU System Chancellor Tony Frank in a statement. “Coach Sonny Lubick showed CSU how to win and be competitive at the highest levels –
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Nuggets Sign Forward Axel Toupane To Multiyear Deal

  25-03-2016 20:11
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets have agreed to a multiyear deal with Axel Toupane after seeing enough of the forward through a pair of 10-day contracts.
  Toupane is averaging 3.0 points and 1.3 rebounds in 11 appearances for the Nuggets this season. Before joining Denver, the 23-year-old native of France suited up in 32 games for the Toronto 905 of the NBA D-League, where he averaged 14.6 point and 5.6 rebounds.
  The 6-foot-7, 210-pound Toupane played in the French Pro National Basketball L
  
  Read more

• Dumb Friends Alumni Dog Helps Foster Other, Fearful Dogs

  25-03-2016 20:06
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Charlie, also known as the gentle giant, found a home through Denver’s Dumb Friends League and is now paying it forward.
  The 100-pound Catahoula-American Bulldog mix has been fostering small, scared dogs for the past three years. He helps them build the confidence they need to find their forever homes.
  Charlie is owned by a Dumb Friends League volunteer, who says he is accepting of each small and fearful foster dog.
  She believes Charlie provides a sense of securi
  
  Read more

• DPD Chief, Mayor Meet With Artist Behind Controversial Work

  25-03-2016 20:01
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Denver Police Chief Robert White, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and the acting superintendent of Denver Public Schools met with the artist behind a piece of controversial work on display at the Webb Building.
  The art titled “Tale of Two Hoodies” was on display at the administration building but has since been removed. It features a uniformed police officer with a white hood pointing a gun at the face of an unarmed black child with his hands up, wearing a white hoo
  
  Read more

• Power Outages Fall To 3,000 On Friday

  25-03-2016 19:18
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– After the largest single-day power outage in Colorado due to the blizzard on Wednesday, Xcel Energy crews were able to restore power to all but 3,000 people by Friday afternoon.
  Xcel Energy estimates that more than 320,000 customers lost power. Some 290 crews and 1,000 field employees continue to work to restore power.
  Xcel Energy estimates everyone should be back online by Friday evening.
  Xcel spokesman Mark Stutz released this statement regarding power outages: &ldquo
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Wolves Kill 19 Elk In Rare ‘Surplus Killing’ In Wyoming

  25-03-2016 18:52
  
  JACKSON, Wyo. (CBS4) – A local journal reports that 19 elk were killed by wolves near Bondurant, Wyoming.
  The Wyoming Game and Fish Department confirmed that 19 elk, 17 calves and 2 cows, were found near a feedground Wednesday morning.
  Regional Wildlife Supervisor John Lund said they confirmed the elk were killed by wolves.
  “This a rare event. A lot of people call it surplus killing. It has been observed on other occasions, just not very often. This was one of those events. Seve
  
  Read more

• East High Student Enters Guilty Plea In BB Gun Incident

  25-03-2016 18:38
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Elhadji Samba Dioum, 19, pled guilty Friday morning to a gun incident at East High School in December.
  As part of the negotiated guilty plea, charges of attempted aggravated robbery, menacing, and theft were dismissed. Dioum pled guilty to third-degree assault.
  He was sentenced to two years of supervised probation, and must perform 175 hours of community service. A protection order was extended, which prohibits Dioum from going to the school or school events.
  The charg
  
  Read more

• Disney’s ‘Newsies’ May Leave You Winded

  25-03-2016 18:27
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Critic Greg Moody doesn’t usually get winded just watching a show — until now.
  Disney’s Newsies is one of those shows that most will walk into with not a whole lot of expectation. You walk out two hours later physically exhausted and walking on air.
  Newsies is a high energy, nonstop, big-music Broadway musical from Disney that catches you in the first scene and carries you through the final number. How this cast moves and sings like this and keeps it
  
  Read more

• Youth Sports Referee Arrested On Internet Luring Of Child

  25-03-2016 16:50
  
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) – A long-time referee for youth sports has been charged with internet luring of a child.
  Investigators say Peter Labella from Erie met a girl on social media and planned a meeting. She told him she was 13-years-old, but it was really an undercover officer.
  Labella arranged to meet the girl in Brighton, where he was arrested.
  
  Read more

• Nominations For 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Announced

  25-03-2016 16:49
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com)  —  Nominations for the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning on “The Talk” and CBS had a lot to talk and brag about.
  #DaytimeEmmys: Congrats to #TheTalk on six nods including Outstanding Talk Show and Talk Show Hosts! https://t.co/tZ6s7eJqcM—CBS TV Studios (@CBSTVStudios) March 24, 2016
  CBS led all networks with 77 nominations — 27 for the ever-popular “The Young and the Restless” alone.
  It's t
  
  Read more

• Colorado Avalanche Information Center Releases Video From Inside Avalanche

  25-03-2016 15:46
  
  SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The Colorado Avalanche Information Center released video Wednesday showing the perspective of a skier in an avalanche.
  Two skiers were caught in the slide March 19 in the Vail/Summit zone. The CAIC said it was a large soft slab avalanche, and that neither of the skiers were injured. The GoPro footage was offered by them.
  The CAIC said the skier in the video did two things to reduce his chance of injury and burial in the slide: he kept his feet facing
  
  Read more

• Deputies Go The Extra Step For Heart Attack Victim During Blizzard

  25-03-2016 15:30
  
  By Jeff Todd
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A trio of deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is receiving public praise for their kindness during Wednesday’s blizzard.
  For only the second time in his 16-year career, Deputy Andy Dillman performed CPR on someone who was dead and brought them back to life.
  That wasn’t all he did for the victim and his family.
  “I found a gentleman on his kitchen floor, he had no pulse and was not breathing,&rdqu
  
  Read more

• Bulldogs Coach Mark Fox: “All I Ever Wanted To Do Was Coach”

  25-03-2016 15:00
  
  This article is sponsored by Delta Air Lines.
  Mark Fox knew what he wanted to do in life long before he accrued the experiences and ability necessary to be offered the role of head coach for the men’s basketball program at The University of Georgia.
  Coach Fox sat down with us as part of our “Guiding Greatness” series of one-on-one interviews with college basketball coaches, presented by Delta, and told us that he has always wanted to be a coach.
  “From as far back as I cou
  
  Read more

• Power Line Fire Sparked By Fallen Tree Limb Weighted With Snow

  25-03-2016 14:46
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – When heavy snow became too much to handle for trees in Jim Conley’s backyard, some branches snapped and fell onto power lines, sparking an intense fire.
  “That tree just literally burst into flame right behind the chicken house there,” Conley told CBS4’s Kelly Werthmann.
  Conley said it was his dogs that alerted him to the fiery scene when they began barking at the window that looks out onto his backyard in Lakewood.
  &l
  
  Read more

• 30 Players: Randal Grichuk Ready For Power Surge With Cardinals

  25-03-2016 14:03
  
  By Rich Arleo 
  CBS Local Sports, in our 30 Players 30 Days spring training feature, profiles one young player from each Major League Baseball team leading up to opening day.
  Randal Grichuk, Center fielder, St. Louis Cardinals
  2015 season (Majors): 103 G, 323 AB, .276 BA, 17 HR, 47 RBI, 4 SB, .877 OPS
  For a few years, Randal Grichuk’s claim to fame was that he was drafted by the Angels one spot before they took Mike Trout. By 2012, Trout mashed 30 homers in his first full big
  
  Read more

• Several Accidents Shut Down Major Denver Highways

  25-03-2016 13:21
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Interstate 225 was completely shut down in the southbound direction Friday morning due to accidents.
  Two separate crashes occurred on I-225 before 6 a.m., one just south of DTC Boulevard and another at Yosemite Street, causing the southbound direction of the highway to be closed at Parker Road. I-225 was reopened at 7:15 a.m., but not without major backups.
  (credit: CBS)
  Three single vehicle crashes closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 25 below Happy C
  
  Read more

• Commerce City Police Officer Out After Sexting, Steroid Scandal

  25-03-2016 05:00
  
  By Brian Maass
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4)– A CBS4 Investigation has learned Commerce City Police Officer Pedro Malave has resigned in the face of termination, after using his police cellphone to send and receive thousands of sexting messages with four different women while he was on duty.
  Those messages include photos of his genitals sent to the four women and receiving nude photos of a female Commerce City resident, along with using his city-issued phone to attempt to procure illegal ste
  
  Read more

• Blizzard Caused Largest Single Day Power Outage In Colorado History

  25-03-2016 03:21
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – As soon as heavy wet snow began piling up in Wednesday’s blizzard, tree branches across the metro area started dropping and causing power outages. The snowstorm caused the largest single day power outage for Xcel Energy in Colorado history.
  (credit: CBS)
  Major roadways were blocked by downed branches and power lines were knocked out.
  Xcel Energy said at the height of this blizzard, some 290,000 customers were impacted.
  As of Thursday night, there were 8,750 Xcel
  
  Read more

• Internet, 911 Service Returns To Estes Park

  25-03-2016 02:53
  
  ESTES PARK, Colo. (CBS4)– A day after the blizzard hit Colorado on Wednesday, cell phone, internet and 911 service were restored to Estes Park.The weather damaged fiber optics in the Town of Estes and Glen Haven area were repaired on Thursday evening.The repairs allowed internet and cable providers to restore service to their customers.People living in Estes Park experienced the service outage on Wednesday evening after the blizzard hit. The outages included internet, cell phone and some l
  
  Read more

• 3 More Suspects Involved In Brutal Sexual Assault Case

  25-03-2016 02:45
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – One Canadian man has been formally charged in connection with a disturbing sexual assault that occurred in a Denver hotel. Three of the man’s friends are also considered suspects.
  Colby James Messer, 30, has been charged with six counts of sexual assault in connection with a “brutal sexual assault of a 27-year-old woman.”
  “This is a sexual assault that not just involves multiple suspects but involves objects in a hotel room,” said Denver D
  
  Read more

• Firefighters Save Puppies From Burning Home

  25-03-2016 02:42
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Firefighters rushed to extinguish a house fire in Aurora on Thursday afternoon where they saved both a human family and a dog family.
  The fire broke out inside a home in the 1900 block Chester. One adult and two children were taken to the hospital for observation.
  (credit: Aurora Fire Department)
  Fire crews rescued four puppies and their mother from the fire.
  Copter4 flew over the home where two fire engines were parked in front.
  (credit: Aurora Fire Department)
  What
  
  Read more

• Zoo Digs Out From Blizzard

  25-03-2016 02:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The Denver Zoo reopened on Thursday after closing on Wednesday due to the blizzard.Polar bears and penguins enjoyed the piles of snow along with other cold weather animals.Crews cleared the parking lot so visitors could get in and out without getting stuck. (credit: CBS)
  One concern for zookeepers was the possibility that heavy snow piled up on the tree branches would cause those branches to break and fall on the animals.
  
  Read more

• Jurors Hear 911 Call In Fallis Murder Trial

  25-03-2016 02:02
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4)– On Thursday, jurors in the murder trial of Tom Fallis heard the 911 call he made the night his wife died.Fallis, a former Weld County Sheriff’s deputy, is accused of murdering his 28-year-old wife after a New Year’s Eve party in 2012. Ashley Fallis’ death was first ruled a suicide, but the case was reopened two years later.
  Tom Fallis cried in court on Thursday (credit: CBS)
  Fallis broke down in tears in court as the 911 call was played and he could
  
  Read more

• Trauma Kits Designed To Save Lives

  25-03-2016 01:43
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Law enforcement officers across Colorado will soon have a new took to save lives– trauma kits.The Colorado Attorney General’s Office has started distributing trauma kits to more than 2,000 officers.The kits include a vacuum-sealed bag with a tourniquet, a gauze pack, a bandage and gloves.Aurora Police Officer Dale Leonard used the tourniquet to save his partner’s life during an emergency.“I don’t take credit for it, I’m just thankful I was
  
  Read more

• How School Districts Decide Whether To Cancel Classes

  25-03-2016 01:22
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Major school districts in the Denver metro area cancelled school for a second day in a row on Thursday after a blizzard crippled the city on Wednesday.Denver Public Schools takes two factors into account before they deploy buses to pick up students. The first is safety, officials don’t want buses filled with children traveling on slick roads and the second factor is hunger.Tens of thousands of students in DPS qualify for a free lunch and if they don’t go to schoo
  
  Read more

• QB Quandary Threatens To Quash Broncos’ Repeat

  25-03-2016 01:12
  
  DENVER (The Sports XChange)– For just the third time in the 50-year Super Bowl era, the defending champions will begin next season with a quarterback who had nothing to do with winning the title. And as strong as the Denver Broncos are on defense, there is little reason to believe this change will work out any better for them than it did for the previous two teams.
  In other words, if you are betting on a Broncos repeat, save your money.
  At the moment, the only quarterbacks on the Denver ro
  
  Read more

• Stranded Passengers May Need To Spend 2nd Night At DIA

  25-03-2016 01:07
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Stranded passengers at Denver International Airport may have to spend a second night on the floor as airlines struggle to find seats on flights after the airport closed on Wednesday.
  More than 1,300 flights were cancelled when DIA closed on Wednesday afternoon because of blizzard conditions. Several hundred flights had been cancelled earlier in the day when the airport experienced a power outage and the FAA called a ground stop.
  Some passengers were concerned they would have
  
  Read more

• Garry Shandling, Comic, ‘Larry Sanders Show’ Creator, Dies

  25-03-2016 00:55
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Garry Shandling, who as an actor and comedian masterminded a brand of self-inflicted phony docudrama with “The Larry Sanders Show,” has died.
  Los Angeles Police officer Tony Im said Shandling died Thursday in Los Angeles of an undisclosed cause. He was 66.
  Im said fire officials were dispatched to Shandling’s Los Angeles home Thursday morning for a reported medical emergency. Shandling was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  Im did
  
  Read more

• CDOT Considers Options To Prevent Future Rock Slides

  25-03-2016 00:47
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– Federal disaster money is covering $5 five million repair bill for the latest major rock slide in Glenwood Canyon. Now transportation officials want to consider options to prevent future slides.
  Last month’s slide sent 300 tons of rocks onto Interstate 70 which forced the Colorado Department of Transportation to close the entire interstate for a week.
  CDOT spokesman Damian Leyba said it’s not a matter of if another slide will hap
  
  Read more

• Restrictions Loosened For Man Freed After Vacated Conviction

  25-03-2016 00:19
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Denver man who spent more than a quarter-century in prison for a rape he denies committing is getting a bit more freedom and looking for a job as he waits to find out whether he will again be put on trial for the attack.
  The judge who overturned Clarence Moses-EL’s conviction granted his request Thursday to end his nightly curfew and remove the ankle monitor he received when he walked free in December. Authorities also only check on him every three weeks, down from on
  
  Read more

• States Brace For Snowmelt To Kick Up Metals From Mine Spill

  25-03-2016 00:16
  
  DENVER (AP) — States and Indian tribes are getting ready in case a rush of melting snow stirs up potentially toxic metals in two rivers after a massive spill from a Colorado mine last August.
  More than two dozen agencies said Thursday they’ll monitor the Animas and San Juan rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah at about 18 sites.
  A crew led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inadvertently triggered the 3 million-gallon spill at the Gold King Mine Aug. 5 during preliminary
  
  Read more

Follow @Denver_News_US on Twitter!