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  • Stage 2 Open Burning Ban

    Due to the extremely dry conditions in unincorporated Arapahoe County, Centennial, Foxfield, and Deer Trail, Arapahoe County is in stage 2 open burn ban.

    In stage 2 open burn ban:

    No fireworks or any other outdoor fires including, but not limited to, campfires, fires in constructed, permanent fire pits; fire grates within developed camp and picnic grounds and recreation sites; charcoal fueled fires, warming fires, fires in outdoor wood-burning stoves (chimney sparks or embers); the prescribed burning of fence lines, fence rows, fields, farmlands, rangelands, wildlands, trash, and debris.

  • Colorado State Patrol Seeks Information For Vehicle Pedestrian Fatal

    (Superior, COLO)

    Colorado State patrol investigators are asking for the public’s assistance with a vehicle/pedestrian crash that happened on Tuesday night at approximately 9:11p.m. on Highway 36 just West of the McCaslin Boulevard overpass.

    A pedestrian was running across the highway and was struck.  Investigators believe the pedestrian was hit by multiple vehicles before one stopped at the scene.  Investigators are asking anyone that was in the area at that time and think they might have struck or run over anything not realizing it was a pedestrian to please call with any information they may have on the incident.

    Please call 303-239-4583 and refer case #1D221241

  • 11.8% of CO workers are business owners, 6th most in U.S.

    A new report from Commodity.com looks at the U.S. locations with the highest concentrations of self-employed entrepreneurs. Whether born out of necessity or desire, an increasing number of workers are taking the plunge and starting their own businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As many businesses cut back operations or shut their doors completely, a wave of newly-unemployed workers opened their own businesses in response. Quit rates also reached record levels in recent months, as many workers have been driven by the pandemic to reassess their careers and start something of their own. While roughly one out of 10 U.S. workers are entrepreneurs, some regions of the country have far higher concentrations. Researchers ranked states according to the percentage of workers who are business owners.

    In Colorado, 11.8% of the workforce are business owners—a total of 353,028 workers. Out of all states, Colorado has the 6th most business owners.

    Read more at:

    https://commodity.com/blog/entrepreneur-cities/

  • Bennet, Hickenlooper, Lamborn and Crow Statement on GAO Report on U.S. Space Command Basing Decision

    Bennet, Hickenlooper, Lamborn and Crow Statement on GAO Report on U.S. Space Command Basing Decision

    Washington, D.C. – Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and John Hickenlooper (D) and Colorado U.S. Representatives Doug Lamborn (R) and Jason Crow (D) released the following statement after being briefed on the draft Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama: 
    “We have said before that the U.S. Space Command basing decision was the result of a flawed and untested process that lacked transparency and neglected key national security and cost considerations. After reviewing the draft GAO report, we are even more concerned about the questionable decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama.
     
    “Putin’s war on Ukraine and China’s space expansion underscore the need for U.S. Space Command to reach full operational capability as soon as possible. We cannot afford any operational disruptions or delays to the mission currently being conducted at Peterson Space Force Base, which is why U.S. Space Command must remain in Colorado.
     
    “We will continue to work on a bipartisan basis to urge the Biden Administration to keep U.S. Space Command at Peterson. Colorado Springs is the best and only home for U.S. Space Command. We look forward to the report’s public release in the near future.”
     
    BACKGROUND:
    In 2019, Bennet and former U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) led the Colorado delegation in writing toActing Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and to Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovanand Commander of U.S. Space Command General Jay Raymond to emphasize what Colorado offers to be the permanent home of U.S. Space Command. Bennet and Gardner also published an op-ed in the Colorado Springs Gazette advocating for the basing decision. Following the White House’s official announcement of the creation of U.S. Space Command in August 2019, the entire Colorado Congressional Delegationreiterated their call to re-establish the headquarters in Colorado. In the original basing decision process, of the six possible locations that the Air Force named, four were in Colorado: Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Schriever AFB, Buckley AFB, and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station. In the fall of 2019, the Air Force named Peterson AFB the temporary home to U.S. Space Command.
    In December 2019, Bennet met with Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett and spoke with the Commander of U.S. Space Command General John W. Raymond to discuss the importance of a focus on national security space and to reiterate his support for basing Space Command in Colorado.
    In May 2020, the Air Force announced a new basing decision process that evaluated self-nominating communities, like Aurora and Colorado Springs, on their ties to the military space mission, existing infrastructure capacity, community support, and cost to the Air Force. The Air Force also announced Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs would remain the provisional location of the command until 2026. Later in May, Bennet and Gardner wrote a letter to Colorado Governor Jared Polis calling for him to support military spouse licensure reciprocity in the state, which Polis then signed into law in July 2020. Spouse licensure reciprocity was a component of the Air Force’s evaluation of each nominating state’s support for military families. 
    Following passage of Colorado House Bill 20-1326, the entire Colorado Congressional Delegation, Polis, and Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera wrote to Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Barrett to highlightthe new Colorado law and further demonstrate that Colorado is the best state to serve as the permanent home of the U.S. Space Command.
    In June 2020, Bennet welcomed Polis’ endorsement of the self-nomination of both the Aurora and Colorado Springs communities to compete to be the permanent home for U.S. Space Command. At the end of August 2020, the Aurora and Colorado Springs communities submitted their questionnaire responses to the Department of the Air Force completing the next step in the basing process.
    In August 2020, Bennet visited Peterson AFB and Schriever AFB for an update on the U.S. Space Command mission and stand up. He also met with General Dickinson, who assumed command in August, and learned about advancements at the National Space Defense Center. In November 2020, the Air Forceannounced Colorado Springs as a finalist for the U.S. Space Command headquarters.
    In December 2020, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper joined more than 600 state, federal, local, county and municipal officials, businesspeople, philanthropists, civic leaders, military officials, entrepreneurs and Coloradans from across the state in a letter urging Trump to keep the Command in the Centennial State.
    In January 2021, following the relocation announcement, Bennet and Hickenlooper released a statementdenouncing the decision and expressing concern that the Trump White House influenced the decision for political reasons. 
    In January 2021, Bennet and Hickenlooper also led a letter from the entire Colorado Congressional Delegation that urged President Joe Biden to suspend the Trump Administration’s decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama until the administration conducts a thorough review.
    In May 2021, Bennet and U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Va.), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, urged Biden to fully consider how the move may affect Intelligence Community dependencies and missions as well as the country’s ability to maintain superiority in space.
    In June 2021, Bennet, Hickenlooper, and U.S. Representatives Jason Crow and Doug Lamborn, and a bipartisan majority of the Colorado Congressional Delegation invited Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Colorado and its thriving space industry. 
    In August 2021, Bennet expressed concerns over comments former President Trump made on a radio show suggesting his direct involvement in the relocation decision. 
    In August 2021, Bennet spoke at the Space Symposium’s Space Technology Hall of Fame Dinner, highlighting Colorado’s leadership in national security space and space innovation and pushing for a thorough review of the decision to relocate U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama.
    In September 2021, Bennet, Hickenlooper, Crow, Lamborn and a group of bipartisan members of the Colorado Congressional Delegation sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall urging him to suspend the Trump Administration’s decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama until the administration conducts a thorough review.
    In January, 2022, Bennet and Crow hosted Chairman Adam Schiff in Colorado for a briefing with Space Command, National Space Defense Center, and National Reconnaissance Office  leadership.
    Bennet and Warner met with leadership from the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community IC at Schriever Space Force Base and Buckley Space Force Base. The senators’ meetings highlighted the defense and intelligence elements in Colorado key to U.S. space missions, including U.S. Space Command, and underscored the central role Colorado maintains in both space and national security innovation. 
    Last month, Bennet and Hickenlooper announced support from thirteen leading aerospace companies and accelerators to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado due in large part to the state’s commanding aerospace industry, which supports U.S. defense and space missions.
    Recently, Bennet and Hickenlooper led a letter from the entire Colorado Congressional Delegation calling on President Joe Biden to ensure the U.S. Space Command basing decision takes into account national security and cost implications, and considers the findings of two pending reviews.
  • Safe2Tell report shows slight increase in tips in March

    Safe2Tell report shows slight increase in tips in March

    April 12, 2022 (DENVER)—Safe2Tell report volume slightly increased last month when compared to February, according to the monthly report released today. Historically, reports decrease during months when schools are on break, and spring break occurs most often in March.
    In March, the program received 1,838 reports, a 1% increase in monthly report volume compared to February 2022. To date for the 2021-22 school year, Safe2Tell has received 14,809 reports.
    Suicide threats (263), bullying (171), and welfare checks (146) were the top categories of reports in March. Welfare checks are usually reports that express concern about a peer.
    “While last month’s increase was slight, it indicates that communities value and use Safe2Tell even when schools are not in session. And as one of our report examples demonstrates this month, submitting an anonymous report to Safe2Tell can help keep students safe, especially if your intention is to make sure they receive the help they need,” said Attorney General Phil Weiser. “Speaking up, either to a trusted adult or through an anonymous report to Safe2Tell, can make a positive difference in someone’s life.”
    In this school year, false reports are 1.9% of all reports submitted to Safe2Tell. False reports are those that contain untrue information and are submitted with the intent to harm, injure, or bully another person.
    In March, anonymous reports from students and other individuals successfully helped protect students’ safety. For example:
    • A person reported seeing a student show another student what appeared to be a gun. Local law enforcement investigated and found the student had a splat ball gun and not a real gun. The school resource officer spoke with the parent and student, and school disciplinary action was taken.
    • A student reported that another student was talking about self-harm and using drugs. Local teams spoke with the Crisis Response Team, the student, and family and the student was transferred to a hospital.
    The following is an example of unintentional misuse of the program:
    • A person reported their concerns regarding a school district employee’s qualifications. This person was encouraged to contact the school district in the future.
    Safe2Tell is a successful violence intervention and prevention program for students to anonymously report threats to their own, and others’, safety. Safe2Tell is not an emergency response unit nor mental health counseling service provider; it is a conduit of information for distributing anonymous reports to local law enforcement and school officials pursuant to state law.
    To make a report, individuals can call 1-877-542-7233 from anywhere, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Reports also can be made at Safe2Tell.org or through the Safe2Tell mobile app which is available on the Apple App Store or Google Play.
  • Secretary Haaland Highlights Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Wildfire Response Investments in Colorado

    Secretary Haaland Highlights Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Wildfire Response Investments in Colorado

    Helps launch Biden-Harris administration’s tour to highlight infrastructure investments that will build resilience in rural communities 

    LYONS, Colo. — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Colorado today, where she and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with federal wildland fire leadership to discuss local, state and federal wildland fire preparedness and response that will be bolstered by historic investments through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.  

    The visit also helped launch the Biden-Harris administration’s Building A Better America rural infrastructure tour, which will highlight how infrastructure investments from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will make a transformative and lasting impact in communities across rural America. 

    Secretaries Haaland and Vilsack joined Governor Jared Polis, Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and Representatives Joe Neguse and Ed Perlmutter for a visit to Jeffco Airtanker Base in Broomfield. The Secretaries received a joint operational briefing outlining the state of federal firefighting resources and what is being done to address an already active fire year.  

    During the briefing, Secretary Haaland highlighted the importance of how the Interior Department’s Five-Year Treatment, Monitoring and Maintenance Plan will work together with the Agriculture Department’s 10-year strategy to use all available tools to create resilient landscapes, protect fire-adapted communities, and support safe, effective wildfire response. She also detailed how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides $5.1 billion — including $1.5 billion for Interior — over the next five years to help bolster the federal response to the increasingly complex fire environment, which is driven by climate change, extreme heat, and prolonged drought conditions. 

    Secretaries Haaland and Vilsack outlined their vision and goals for managing wildland fire in a joint memo to wildland fire leadership. In addition to fire suppression investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the memo highlights other strategic priorities to reduce wildfire risk, restore ecosystems, engage in post-fire recovery, and make communities more resilient to fire – especially those in rural, Tribal, and historically underserved communities. 

    Secretary Haaland, Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper, and Representative Neguse then visited Heil Valley Ranch in Boulder County, which was severely impacted by the Cal-Wood fire in 2020. The fire consumed 5,000 acres in five hours and in total covered over 10,000 acres. The leaders heard about ongoing recovery operations to the land and highlighted the importance of public/private partnerships to complete fuels treatment and post-fire rehabilitation work in an area managed for multiple uses. 

    Secretary Haaland discussed how the Interior Department is investing $15 million in infrastructure funding in Colorado over the next two years to implement the Department’s Five-Year Plan to reduce fire risk, including projects in the Forest Service’s priority landscapes in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain front. This fuels treatment work supports local communities by reducing wildfire risk and employing Tribal members, youth and veterans. Nearly half of the work each year will support efforts in areas with low rural capacity.  

    In addition to mitigation and response investments, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law invests in the federal firefighting workforce by creating a new occupational series for wildland firefighters as well as programs to support their mental health and well-being. Even before this law was passed, the Biden-Harris administration took action to hire and retain the fire workforce needed to take on the growing wildfire threat. Those actions include closing the pay gap between federal and state, local and private firefighters to ensure no federal firefighters makes less than $15 an hour.  

    In December 2021, the Interior Department, USDA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) jointly announced the formation of a Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, made up of representatives from federal, state, Tribal, local and non-governmental interest groups, to recommend strategies and plans to combat the wildland fire crisis. That group will begin work once members have been selected and their recommendations submitted to Congress.

  • Bennet, Hickenlooper, Neguse Join Secretary Haaland and Forest Service Chief Moore to Announce Wildfire Funding for Colorado

    Haaland and Moore Announced Over $33 Million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Colorado to Prevent, Mitigate Wildfires
    Bennet Brought Together USDA, USFS, and Colorado Leaders For Roundtable Discussion, Urges Sustained Federal Investment in Forests and Watersheds 
     
    Denver – Today, Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse joined U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Randy Moore in Boulder County as they announced over $33 million in funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to help Colorado prevent and mitigate wildfires. 
     
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    (Meeting with Chief Moore, Secretary Haaland, Senator John Hickenlooper, Governor Jared Polis, Congressman Joe Neguse, and Congressman Ed Perlmutter)
     
    Bennet also held a roundtable discussion with Colorado leaders and Chief Moore, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Meryl Harrell, and USDA Senior Advisor for Climate Sean Babington to discuss the collaborative mitigation and recovery efforts taking place in Colorado and how the federal government can be a more effective partner to local communities to support healthy forests and watersheds. As the threat of catastrophic wildfires grows, Bennet continues to urge the Biden Administration to build on its investments to support Colorado communities on the front lines of wildfire risk. 
     “I’m deeply grateful for Secretary Haaland and Chief Moore’s visit to Colorado as we work to address the growing threat of wildfires across the West and build resilience in our communities,” said Bennet. “While the funding announced today from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is an important next step, there’s more we need to do to support our communities and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire. As climate change fuels more extreme and frequent disasters, I’m urging the Biden Administration to make a sustained, long-term investment in our forests and watersheds to ensure Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West have adequate resources to prevent these megafires that are destroying our landscapes.”
    “Climate change has made wildfires a year-round threat and we must prepare for it ,” said Hickenlooper.“The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill funding announced today is a first step toward building more resilient communities as we confront this new reality.”
    “We’re thrilled to see federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law flowing to our communities to support wildfire suppression and mitigation,” said Neguse. “For communities in the 2nd district, from the Front Range to the Continental Divide we have been deeply impacted by unprecedented wildfires in particular over the last 18 months as countless destructive and historic wildfires have ripped through our communities. Comprehensive firefighting resources and investments in forest restoration and wildfire resilience are critical and something we continue to advocate for to protect our communities. I was grateful to host Secretary Deb Haaland and Forest Chief Randy Moore in Colorado today, and for their continued partnership as we work to conquer the consequential threat of western wildfires.”
    During the roundtable discussion, Bennet discussed his bipartisan, bicameral Outdoor Restoration Partnership Act (ORPA) to make a historic investment in America’s forests and watersheds while creating millions of jobs in Colorado and across the West. This legislation will provide direct support to local, collaborative efforts to restore habitat, expand outdoor access, and mitigate wildfire. In August 2021, Bennet held an “Outdoor Restoration Partnership Act” Tour with stops in Denver, Clear Creek, Grand, and Routt counties to highlight the importance of forest and watershed health to economies throughout Colorado. 
      
    “Thanks to the investments made in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, USDA is taking the next step in reducing wildfire risk, especially in western states where communities, infrastructure and resources are at the most risk,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. “The people of Colorado need no reminding of the dire threat wildfire presents to states across the West. In 2020, Coloradans saw three of their largest fires on record. With the investments we’re announcing today, USDA will do its part to make your communities safer and our forests more resilient to our changing climate.”
     
    “These efforts to reduce wildfire risk to communities located in these landscapes are just the beginning,”said Forest Service Chief Randy Moore. “The first-year investments are a part of a 10-year strategy to reduce the exposure of communities and infrastructure to the risk of catastrophic wildfire. With each successive year we will plan and implement more, continuing to reduce the risks associated with extreme wildfire for communities in these vulnerable areas.”
     
    “Climate change continues to drive the devastating intersection of extreme heat, drought and wildland fire danger across the United States, creating wildfires that move with a speed and intensity previously unseen,” said Secretary Haaland. “Funding provided by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support the Interior Department’s ongoing efforts to invest in the science and research that is needed to better understand the impacts of climate changes on wildland fire in order to better safeguard people, communities and resources. With so little room for error, we must remain steadfast in our commitment to wildland fire preparedness, mitigation and resilience.”
  • Corn Farmers Thank Biden Administration for Counting on Biofuels to Lower Costs, Boost Energy Independence

    Corn Farmers Thank Biden Administration for Counting on Biofuels to Lower Costs, Boost Energy Independence

    President Biden announced today that his administration will use existing authority to prevent drivers from losing access to lower-cost and lower-emission E15, a higher ethanol blend often marketed as Unleaded 88. 
    The president made the announcement at a POET ethanol production facility in Menlo, Iowa, and NCGA President Chris Edgington participated in the event. 
    “Corn growers thank President Biden for ensuring drivers continue to have access to a lower-cost fuel choice and for acknowledging how renewable ethanol helps reduce prices, lower emissions and improve our nation’s energy security,” said Edgington. “Farmers are proud to contribute to cleaner, less expensive fuel choices.” 
     
    A 2021 court decision resulting from oil industry efforts to limit the growth of higher ethanol blends was set to end full-market access for E15 beginning this summer, absent action from the Biden administration or Congress. 
    “Renewable corn-based ethanol provides consumers with access to lower-cost fuel and contributes to energy security in the U.S. Colorado’s corn producers thank the Biden administration for recognizing the value that corn-based ethanol providers to consumers and making higher ethanol blends available to drivers this summer,” said Colorado Corn Administrative Committee President Jeremy Fix. “It’s a winning combination of lowering fuel costs for families and emissions during the summer.” 
    Ethanol has been priced an average of 80 cents less per gallon than unblended gasoline at wholesale through March, and drivers currently save up to 20 cents or more per gallon where E15 is available.  
    Ethanol adds billions of gallons to the U.S. fuel supply every year, lowering demand for high-cost oil while increasing the total fuel available to consumers. Corn farmers’ increased productivity and efficiency have resulted in higher yields, using fewer resources, to meet food, feed and fuel needs to help keep prices down. 
    Moreover, allowing continued E15 sales through the summer keeps a lower-emission fuel in the marketplace. E15 has lower volatility than regular fuel, which is a 10 percent ethanol blend, and using E15 results in lower evaporative and exhaust emissions, important during the summer driving season. 

  • Air Quality Health Advisory for Blowing Dust

    Issued for southeastern Colorado and the San Luis Valley Issued at 8:00 AM MDT, Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

    Issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

    Affected Area: Saguache, Rio Grande, Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Las Animas, Baca, Pueblo, Crowley, Otero, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, Elbert, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Cheyenne, and eastern parts of Huerfano and El Paso Counties. Locations include, but are not limited to, Saguache, Del Norte, Alamosa, Conejos, San Luis, Trinidad, Springfield, Pueblo, Ordway, La Junta, Eads, Las Animas, Lamar, Kiowa, Hugo, Burlington, Cheyenne Wells, and Walsenburg.

    Advisory in Effect: 8:00 AM MDT, Tuesday, April 12, 2022 to 7:00 PM MDT, Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

    Public Health Recommendations: If significant blowing dust is present and reducing visibility to less than 10 miles across a wide area, People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children in the affected area should reduce prolonged or heavy indoor and outdoor exertion.

    Outlook: Strong and gusty winds will produce widespread areas of blowing dust on Tuesday. The threat for blowing dust will gradually diminish by Tuesday evening.

    For the latest Colorado statewide air quality conditions, forecasts, and advisories, visit:

    http://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colorado_summary.aspx

    Social Media:

    http://www.facebook.com/cdphe.apcd http://twitter.com/cdpheapcd

  • Red Cross of Southeastern Colorado Opens Evacuation Center

    Red Cross of Southeastern Colorado Opens Evacuation Center 

    Volunteers from the American Red Cross of Southeastern Colorado are providing support

    for those evacuated due to a fast-moving brush fire in Pueblo, Colorado

    COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, APRIL 10, 2022 – The American Red Cross of Southeastern Colorado has opened an evacuation center ready to accommodate anyone needing information or other assistance due to the fast-moving brush fire located north of the Arkansas River and east of Pueblo Blvd. in Pueblo, Colorado. Red Cross volunteers are standing by to help people with immediate needs, supplies and support.

    The evacuation center is located at the Goodnight Elementary School: 624 Windy Way, Pueblo, CO 81005.

    The Red Cross will be available for additional support and help, as it is requested from the counties, cities and Emergency Operation Centers involved. Visit https://cowyredcrossblog.org/pueblo-brush-fire for current updates.