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Polis signs bill to fund Colorado's 2nd Firehawk helicopter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — The moisture coming this week will help relieve some of the dryness the state has experienced, but wildfires could still hit Colorado when least expected. On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis signed 11 wildfire-related bills across the state. One measure that fire prevention experts are particularly excited about will bring a new tool to help fight fires in the state. Denver mayor calls for more federal action to address migrant surge Colorado's long-anticipated Firehawk helicopter will be ready to work soon after funding for a second one was officially signed off by the governor."It's just amazing, inspiring, to be able to provide this kind of a tool," said Chief Mike Morgan, director of the Colorado Department of Fire Prevention and Control. "Not only to keep firefighters safe, giving them a safer work environment, but also the ability to protect communities and everybody's lives and values at risk related to fire. It's just an amazing asset and it's great to h...

USPS preparing for nationwide food drive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) -- Saturday is going to be a very busy day for letter carriers with the United States Postal Service, as it's the one-day national food drive. The Stamp Out Hunger is the single largest one-day food drive in the country. Over the 30 years the food drive has been in existence, 1.8 billion pounds of food have been collected. You only have to go as far as your mailbox to make a donation. 170+ bear sightings reported to wildlife department “You put food out by the mailbox. We come by and pick it up. We take it back to the post office and the food banks come by and pick it up and then they distribute to people that are needed food,“ Jeffrey Frey, Stamp Out Hunger food drive coordinator, said. The Stamp Out Hunger food drive is not restricted to just the U.S., it's international as well. “We go anywhere where there is a U.S. flag. Territories, anything, we had this food drive going,” Frey said. Once the food drive is over, donations are distributed to those in ne...

SWAT situation, shots fired in Miami’s Silver Bluff neighborhood draw concerns from residents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

Residents of a Miami neighborhood are on edge and raising concerns after SWAT teams showed up near their homes twice in the past three months.The latest wake-up call for residents of the Silver Bluff community came Thursday morning, as SWAT units with City of Miami Police approached a home in the area of Southwest 23rd Street and 14th Avenue.Cellphone video captured officers in tactical gear appearing to take one person into custody.“This is the Miami Police Department. We have a search warrant for your location,” said an officer using a loudspeaker. “Walk to the officers at the door with your hands up.”The video was provided to 7News by concerned homeowners.“Do not make any sudden movements and obey all commands given to you by the officers at the door,” said an officer using a loudspeaker.Moments later, a woman was seen being taken into police custody.Officers yelled for at least one more person to come out of the home.A stretcher was also wheel...

Suspect had a blood alcohol content over three times the legal limit when she killed a bride on her wedding day in DUI crash, report shows

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

(CNN) — Jamie Komoroski’s blood alcohol level was over three times the legal limit when she allegedly drove her car into a golf-cart style vehicle carrying a newly married couple away from their wedding reception last month, killing the bride, according to a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division toxicology report.In the report shared with CNN by the Folly Beach Police Department, Komoroski, 25, was found to have had a blood alcohol content of 0.261%. South Carolina law prohibits driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08% or higher.The bride, Samantha Hutchinson, 34, from Charlotte, North Carolina, died of blunt force injuries according to the Charleston County Coroner’s Office. Her husband, Aric Hutchinson, and two others were also injured in the crash.Komoroski is charged with one count of reckless homicide and three counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily harm, according to online court records. Her vehicle was traveling 65 mph in a 25-...

Triton ace Emma Penniman quiets North Reading’s bats in 3-0 win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

NORTH READING — There are some wins during a season that mean more than others.For the Triton softball team, Friday’s 3-0 win over North Reading squarely fit into that category. Not only did the Vikings (13-1) beat the only team that had defeated them this season but they also assumed control of their destiny in the Cape Ann League’s Kinney Division.“It was a little bit of a revenge win for us since they got us at our place the first time around,” Triton coach Al Noyes said. “North Reading is a good team and we’re a good team.”It didn’t hurt that Noyes’ ace, Emma Penniman, was dominant in the circle.Penniman put the shackles on a potent North Reading (10-3) lineup as she was almost perfect. Caitlin Reilly’s two infield singles were the only blemishes on Penniman brilliant outing. In all, Penniman struck out six, eclipsing the 100 mark for the year, and went to a three ball count just once.“Emma has just been lights out this season,” Noyes said. “She’s got an ERA under one now.”North...

Illinois legislators take another stab at Bears stadium legislation, with just a week to go in session

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

With one week remaining in the Illinois legislature’s spring session, a revised version of proposed legislation to aid the Chicago Bears’ move to Arlington Heights has surfaced in Springfield.Like the previous proposal, the new bill would freeze the property tax assessment on the former Arlington International Racecourse, where the Bears have proposed a new stadium as part of a $5 billion mixed-use development, and create a $3 admission tax to help pay off debt incurred to fund renovations of Soldier Field two decades ago.Among the changes in the new bill are a restructured oversight board that would approve incentive agreements with the Bears. The bill would make state lawmakers nonvoting members of the panel, and also removes language that would have given the board zoning authority over the site.The latest version also tweaks a proposal to share revenue generated on the site from state sales tax, hotel tax and liquor taxes and a new 3% surcharge on sports betting reve...

Mets Notebook: Max Scherzer throws bullpen, Justin Verlander set for Citi Field debut

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

WASHINGTON — Max Scherzer had what the Mets described as a “strenuous” workday Friday, which was a positive indicator for the right-hander and his management of neck spasms. The right-hander threw a 30-pitch bullpen at Nationals Park and is on track to start Sunday against the Washington Nationals.But while the neck spasms might be under control right now, the issue doesn’t appear to be a one-time thing. Scherzer has had to manage the issue throughout his career and will continue to in an effort to prevent them as best he can.“I can get these neck episodes from time to time and I felt like I was doing everything to prevent this,” Scherzer said Friday before the Mets opened a four-game series in Washington. “They can just come out of nowhere sometimes and that’s what happened.”Scherzer maintains that the spasms were somewhat random and continually emphasized that they can be.“I do a good amount of neck exercises, kind of som...

David Pastrnak a finalist for Hart Trophy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

David Pastrnak was named one of the three finalists for the Hart Trophy, given to the NHL’s most valuable player as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The Bruin right wing was already a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award, given to the league’s most outstanding player as voted on by the players.The other Hart finalists are Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk.Despite becoming the first Bruin to reach the 60-goal plateau since Phil Esposito last did it in 1974-75 and reaching the 100-point mark for the first time in his career (61-52-113 totals), Pastrnak is not the favorite for the award. McDavid, with his 64-89-153 totals, is the clear front-runner and some observers have speculated the Oiler could be the unanimous winner.As expected with their 65-win season, the Bruins will be well represented at the NHL Awards Show in Nashville on June 26. Patrice Bergeron (Selke), Jim Montgomery (Jack Adams) and Linus Ullmark (Vezin...

In El Paso, pastors offer waiting migrants shelter and counsel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO (Associated Press)EL PASO, Texas (AP) — As changing policies, rampant misinformation and exasperated, fearful crowds converge in this desert city, faith leaders are striving to provide shelter and uplift.Along with prayers, they are counseling migrants about the daunting challenges that await them on U.S. soil, with enormous backlogs in asylum hearings and the Biden administration’s newly announced measures that many consider stricter than the existing ones known as Title 42.During Thursday morning Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, a few blocks from the border with Mexico, the Rev. Daniel Mora prayed for goodwill in welcoming the crowds of migrants expected to arrive in the city and at the church’s gym-turned-shelter when pandemic-era restrictions on asylum-seeking lifted overnight.“May the asylum promises of this country be renewed,” Mora noted in the Mass intentions. In an office next to the historic sanctuary, one of h...

Atlantic City casino can’t live without a beach, so it’s rebuilding one

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:11 GMT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — What’s an ocean without a beach?One Atlantic City casino that takes its name from the sea doesn’t want to find out, and so it’s spending up to $700,000 of its own money to rebuild a badly eroded beach in front of it.The Ocean Casino Resort began the work Wednesday, and plans to have a new 110-foot-wide beach open for Memorial Day weekend. Chronic erosion near the casino has reduced the beach to just 5 to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.4 meters) wide in places.Bill Callahan, the casino’s general manager, said Ocean can’t wait for the next government-funded beach replenishment project, which could take another year or two.Callahan and several casino officials were on their daily coffee walk one day last fall when they looked out the window — and saw very little sand between the Boardwalk and the ocean.Callahan feared there soon would be no beach.“That would be a horrible guest experience. It’s like, ‘Come to an unbelievable $2.5 billion...