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What to know before voting on Prop HH

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado voters already casting their ballots ahead of the Nov. 7 election. One issue is taking up half of voters' blue ballot information booklet, and it’s been confusing voters for months. Proposition HH aims to limit how much property taxes will go up statewide, but it would also make changes to what the state does with excess taxpayer dollars. Colorado Republicans offer counterproposal to Prop HH Normally, you get that money back in a refund under the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, but Prop HH aims to keep some of that surplus to fund local governments because of the decrease in expected property taxes should the measure pass.A big part of the issue behind Prop HH: No one knows for sure how much money you could lose or save, as it hinges on how Colorado’s economy is doing over the next decade. The nonpartisan Legislative Council did publish a tool to help estimate property taxes with or without the measure, but it only looks at the next two years.Colorado Senate Pr...

Colorado city bids to host National Championship Air Races

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Leaders of the National Championship Air Races held in Reno since 1964 plan visits later this year to six Western cities that have submitted bids to host the annual competition beginning in 2025 in California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado or Wyoming.Organizers of the event announced early this year that the races held last month would be the last in Reno because of a variety of factors, including rising insurance costs and encroachment of housing around Reno-Stead Airport where the races have been held for more than a half-century. The population center of Colorado likely isn’t where you think it is: Census Three of the cities that have submitted proposals to become the competition's new home are in states neighboring Nevada — Wendover, Utah, on the Nevada line along Interstate 80; Thermal, California, southeast of Palm Springs; and Buckeye, Arizona, on the western edge of Phoenix.The others are Roswell, New Mexico; Pueblo, Colorado; and Casper, Wyoming.Ra...

Jefferson County Sheriff seeks victims of sex trafficking suspect

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

Editor's note: This story has been rewritten after the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office sent an updated release with multiple corrections.DENVER (KDVR) -- The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is searching for victims of a man charged with crimes related to human trafficking.Roman Bear Rivera, 39, is currently being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond at the Jefferson County Jail. Rivera is charged with felony sexual servitude and felony pimping.The suspect was arrested on Oct. 19 with assistance from the Denver Police Department.Jefferson County Sheriff's Office asks anyone who has information about Rivera or is a victim to call the tipline at 303-271-5612. Tips can remain anonymous.

Trick-or-treat guide: Events in the Denver metro area this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Halloweekend is upon Denver. If you can't wait until Tuesday to grab some candy, there are plenty of events starting Friday and going through the weekend and into Halloween. Will this Halloween’s weather make history? While there are a handful of trick-or-treating events this weekend, there are also a lot of "trunk-or-treating" events. This is when community members bring their cars to a specific location and hand out candy from the back of their cars. Many cars go all out with spooky decorations.Here are some of the candy handout events nearby:ArvadaOlde Town Arvada Trick or Treat, Oct. 27AuroraThe Aurora Highlands Model Home Trick-Or-Treat Event, Oct. 27-29Highpoint Church TRUNK or TREAT 2023, Oct. 28Trunk or Treat, Oct. 28Castle RockFangtastic Festival, Oct. 27Trunk or Treat, Oct. 29CentennialTrick or Treat at IKEA Centennial, Oct. 27Colorado SpringsCommunity Park Trick or Treat, Oct. 27DenverCook Park’s Annual Trunk or Treat, Oct. 27Trick-Or-Treat Trail, O...

Police: Margate couple arrested for abusing niece for years resulting in ‘permanent disfigurement’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

A Margate couple was arrested for abusing their 15-year-old niece for nearly a decade, officials said. Latricia Crawley, 46, and Benjamin Lockett, 43, are facing charges of aggravated child abuse and child neglect with great bodily harm after a victim’s plea for help led to a shocking discovery of long-term abuse. Investigators said Margate Police responded to the couple’s home on Wednesday, after the teenage victim reached out to her online instructor for assistance.Upon arrival at the home, police reportedly found the victim with a laceration on her head and visible swelling, resulting from an assault by Lockett, detectives said. She was immediately transported to Broward Health Coral Springs for treatment.During her medical examination, officers said they uncovered evidence of extensive long-term trauma on the victim’s body, including scars consistent with ligature marks, bruising, scar tissue, bite marks from insects and signs of malnutrition.According to the a...

18 dead, 13 hurt in shootings at Lewiston, Maine bowling alley and restaurant

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Authorities searched forests, waterways and small towns Thursday for a U.S. Army reservist who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 in a mass shooting at a bowling alley and a bar that sent panicked patrons scrambling under tables and behind bowling pins and gripped the entire state of Maine in fear.Schools, doctor’s offices and grocery stores closed and people stayed behind locked doors in cities as far away as 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the scenes of Wednesday night’s shootings in Lewiston.President Joe Biden ordered all U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff as condolences poured in from around the nation and at home, including from Maine native and author Stephen King, who called it “madness.” The attacks stunned a state of only 1.3 million people that has one of the country’s lowest homicide rates: 29 killings in all of 2022.The suspect, Robert Card, is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached, autho...

WATCH: Wild wreck involving multiple vehicles caught on camera in O’Neill Tunnel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

Multiple cars and a truck were involved in a crash inside the O’Neill Tunnel Wednesday morning, and the scene was cleared within a little over an hour.On the northbound side of I-93, a truck hit the front of the car as the driver tried to merge into the left lane around 7:53 a.m. The crash affected multiple vehicles.The scene was cleared by 9:16 a.m.

Heartache, shock in Maine after Lewiston shootings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

LEWISTON, MAINE (WHDH) – Community members were in shock in and around Lewiston, Maine Thursday after a series of deadly shootings Wednesday night. Investigators said 40-year-old Robert Card allegedly first targeted a bowling alley in Lewiston before moving to a restaurant in town around 7 p.m. Maine’s Governor on Thursday morning said at least 18 people were killed. Thirteen people were injured. As law enforcement agencies ramped up efforts to find Card, who remained at large, people impacted by the shootings shared their thoughts. “My heart is crushed,” the owner of the restaurant said in a statement. “I am at a loss for words. In a split second your world gets turned upside down for no good reason.” Officials said seven people were killed at the bowling alley, Just-In-Time Recreation. Eight people died at the restaurant, Schemengees Bar and Grille. Three other people died after being taken to area hospitals.Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday said “...

Biden, state lawmakers respond to mass shooting in Maine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

While the search for the gunman continued the day after the senseless slaughter of more than a dozen in Maine, President Biden decreed flags should be flown at half-staff for the next five days in recognition of those lost.“As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence,” the president has declared flags should be “flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government.”Biden’s order stands until Oct. 30.The proclamation came Thursday morning, as the country began another, now all too familiar, collective mourning period after 18 were slaughtered and 13 more injured by an eruption of gunfire, this time in a quiet corner of Maine.As of this writing the hunt for a lone shooter continues, with agents from the FBI, ATF, TSA assisting the Maine State Police and local law enforcement with the search.According to the White House, the president spok...

Maine mass shooting: ‘Why do people do this?’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:23:51 GMT

In the wake of a mass shooting that left 18 dead and 13 injured in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday evening, many are speaking out on the event’s devastating toll on their family, friends and community.Here are some:‘Why do people do this?’ 10-year-old victim asksWhen Zoey Levesque felt a bullet graze her leg she wasn’t worried about the injury, the 10-year-old told ABC News on Thursday, she was too busy running for her life.Her mom Meghan Hutchinson was watching the kid practice with her youth bowling league when she heard a “loud pop,” turned around and saw the shooter right behind her.Zoey was shot — a shallow graze to her leg — as the pair ran to barricade themselves in a back room with other families. Another young boy came into the room had a “massive hole” in his arm bleeding badly, Hutchinson told ABC, and a second mom called 911.The police arrived 20 minutes later, the mother said, but the group was too scared to let ...