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Thieves target Denver marijuana dispensaries

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Thieves are hitting marijuana dispensaries in the metro area with a well-known shoplifting tactic. The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division issued a warning to all legally operating businesses about recent shoplifting crimes occurring in the Denver area. Man killed by police in Denver was carrying a marker Nothing seemed strange when Peak Dispensary employee Jakob Holcomb saw a customer ask to see several products at one time. "It’s really where we build our clientele, is that we are able to show you," Holcomb said.The suspect quickly grabbed the products when a counter attendant started pulling additional jars off the shelf. “She turned around for a split second. He grabbed them and attempted to make his way out the door. At that point, I actually pursued him around the corner," Holcomb said. Holcomb told FOX31 the thief got away with more than $4,000 in marijuana.Thefts rise at Denver cannabis storesThe Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division said there is a ...

Could Denver get a WNBA team?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Could a women's professional basketball team in Denver be on the horizon? According to the Denver Post, the commissioner of the WNBA will be in Denver on Wednesday to meet with potential investors. The league is reportedly looking to add a couple of cities, with the Mile High City on the list. Nuggets 2023 preseason schedule released Tanya Haave, head coach for women's basketball at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, was asked why it's taken so long for Denver to be considered. "I don’t know, you have a great sports town here," said Haave, who’s in her 13th year with the Roadrunners. "Denver, a great pro sports town that, with the Nuggets' success now — winning the championship — I would think would be the perfect time to bring a WNBA team," Haave said. The Post reported that expansion teams could be added with an eye on the 2025 season.

How your kid can drive, chip and putt this week Cherry Hills Country Club

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. (KDVR) — This week, the Cherry Hills Country Club is hosting the 123rd U.S. Amateur Golf Championship, and there is a brand-new attraction on site, designed especially for kids to learn about golf and become engaged.The Junior Experience has a putting station and a golf simulator where kids can get swing instruction and play holes on the Cherry Hills course. Along with activities focused on science, technology, engineering and math, there's also a chipping station where kids can try to hit their ball onto the island green in the middle of the Cherry Hills swimming pool. Lithium batteries starting fires, destroying homes Lissette Crescimone brought her daughter, Paloma. "She did great," Crescimone said.This is a first-of-its-kind event for an amateur event. Jim Hillary, the general chair of the U.S. Amateur, said he expects about 2,000 kids to participate this week, and a quarter of them have never set foot on a golf course."One of the objectives of the ...

Police officer hospitalized after hit-and-run in Miami; suspect in custody

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

A hit-and-run suspect who sent a Miami Police officer to the hospital was taken into police custody.Miami Police and Miami Fire Rescue arrived at the scene in the area of Northwest First Court and 13th Street, Monday afternoon. 7Skyforce hovered over the scene where two vehicles were damaged in the crash. “The units responding subsequently were able to take the offender into custody,” Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales. According to Miami Police, Officer Marvalyn Lee Chin was working a detail in Overtown when she was advised of altercation that happened on Northwest Second Avenue and 12th Street. She then got out of her vehicle and was hit by the driver. “The offender, driving a vehicle, accelerated, stuck the officer, pinned her against the vehicle,” Morales said. Once she was hit, the suspect fled the scene.Lee Chin, who has been on the police force for 19 years, was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital in serious condition. Several officers gathered at ...

Bordeaux bloodbath! France pays winemakers to dig up vines

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

Even the nectar of the gods is susceptible to climate change and the craze for craft beer.Winemakers in the prestigious Bordeaux region are set to uproot thousands of hectares of vineyards as altered consumer habits and global warming hit one of the crown jewels of the French agricultural industry.Given Bordeaux’s flagship status in the public’s mind, this might seem surprising. Yet a mix of factors — including a decline in red wine consumption, falling demand from China and difficulties in producing wine in an increasingly warm environment — is strikingly transforming wine production in France.Red wine consumption has dropped significantly in the last decades as French drinkers are turning to other, more refreshing beverages such as beer. While high-end Bordeaux bottles such as grand cru still easily find buyers, demand for entry-level mass red wines has been dropping. This has brought prices down to a point that, for many winemakers, tearing up their vineyards and...

Editorial: Boston’s opioid crisis thrives without Long Island Bridge to rehab

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

You can calculate Quincy’s fight to keep Boston from rebuilding the Long Island Bridge in years, or you can count the lives lost to the drug crisis exacerbated by the delay.The bridge closed in 2014 after being deemed unsafe and was demolished in 2015, cutting off access to drug rehabilitation facilities on the island. Then-Mayor Marty Walsh first proposed a rebuild in 2018.As the Herald reported in 2019, “The opioid crisis we’re living goes beyond city lines, and we welcome everyone’s support as we take action to help those suffering find their path to a better life. The Long Island Bridge carried the weight of those in need for more than 60 years and it’s our hope that the island will once again serve as the sanctuary it’s meant to be,” Walsh said.Quincy fought it every step of the way, delaying the project.Imagine if the plan to rebuild the bridge had gone through back then. Even allowing for a few years for construction and fixing up the facilities on the island, we would ...

Orioles activate Aaron Hicks from injured list, option prospect Colton Cowser in swap of center fielders

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

Colton Cowser’s first stint in the majors came to an end Monday, with the Orioles optioning their No. 2 prospect back to Triple-A Norfolk and activating Aaron Hicks from the injured list.The fifth overall pick in the 2021 draft, Cowser appeared in 26 games after his early July promotion, with much of his time coming with Hicks and Cedric Mullins, Baltimore’s primary center fielders, on the IL. But the 23-year-old was unable to capitalize on the playing time, going 7-for-61 (.115) with two doubles, 13 walks and 22 strikeouts. Before Baltimore’s weekend series in Seattle, Cowser said he hoped to “stop thinking so damn much” as he tried to settle into the big leagues.“Colton’s going to be a really good major league player,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “Got off to a pretty good start, and then he just kind of got caught in between a little bit in his at-bats. I just want him to go down there and free his mind up. Kind of reset a littl...

Greszler: Raising minimum wage would spike child care costs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

As families are still trying to cope with rising prices and declining real wages, a proposal from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., to increase the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour would drive up costs, especially for child care.According to my original analysis, based on data of child care wages across the states and the economics of child care, a $17 per hour minimum wage would increase child care costs by an average of 20% throughout the U.S., costing a family with two children an extra $4,185 per year.Most families today would be hard-pressed to come up with that extra money, especially considering that wages haven’t kept pace with inflation. Over the past two years, the average worker has received a $4,300 pay increase, but inflation has eroded $7,000 of value, leaving everyday Americans $2,700 poorer.Bad government policies were a primary cause of this decline in real wages. By driving up demand for goods and services through massive government spend...

Pozniak: 911 dispatchers vital, often unappreciated

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

With the words “911 what’s your emergency,” an emergency dispatcher offers reassurance to a call for help.Emergency 911 dispatchers play a critical and oftentimes overlooked role in every community. These highly trained professionals are the first point of contact for people faced with critical emergencies, whether it’s an accident, fire, criminal activity or the recent storms that caused serious flooding. They serve as the vital link between citizens and emergency responders — the skilled, calm and composed voices for callers experiencing fear, stress, anxiety or anger.A new survey by the National Emergency Number Association polled more than 800 emergency call center dispatchers from around the country, including Massachusetts. It found that many dispatchers are experiencing high levels of stress and burnout as a result of a dramatic increase in call volume especially from those experiencing a mental health crisis. Respondents also  reported that they felt undera...

It’s Halloween every day on ‘Spooky Kisses Haunts’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:50 GMT

Halloween may be months away but for Rich Perry and his Amazon series “Spooky Kisses Haunts” the holiday is celebrated every day.“Spooky,” where first season episodes are $2.99 each, guides viewers to the history and locations of some of the country’s most venerable scare sites.Halloween haunted attractions, it turns out, are a nationwide industry. “Spooky” is founded and run by Perry and his wife Beverly, who live in New Hampshire.He explained, “We have a very unique story about how this show was created. My wife and I have both lost prior spouses to cancer. But we found a way to look death in the eye and are now producing a series about the Halloween haunted attraction industry.“Just over a year ago, we were filming demo reels with an iPhone, and now we have a full blown series show streaming on Amazon Prime.“I was working on video production,” he explained, when his first wife died in 2012.  In 2022, remarried to Beverly (whose spouse had also died – the two couples were friends)...