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Suncor settles with EPA for raining ash on the community

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Suncor rained an ash-like substance on the community around its Commerce City refinery, and now the company will pay after it reached a settlement with regulators.A catalyst released from the refinery back in December 2019 caused a white, clay-like material to fall on the neighborhood nearby. While the company said the substance was not hazardous, elementary and middle schools were forced to shelter indoors as the material piled up on vehicles and buildings around them. Big rig hangs off I-25 bridge for hours after deadly crash Suncor offered free car washes for a week after the incident.On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement worth more than $300,000 over the incident.Suncor to pay fine, fund fire equipmentSuncor will pay $60,000 in civil penalties. It also will spend at least $240,030 on emergency response equipment for the South Adams County Fire Department, with the aim of improving its ability to respond to chemical accidents, acc...

Resource officers return to Denver schools on Monday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — When class resumes for Denver Public Schools on Monday, so will the work of school resource officers.Denver Police Department will provide officers for 13 high school campuses. Each will have one officer, except for East High School, which will have two.SROs were reinstated after safety concerns following shootings at or near East High School in early 2023. In one case, a student shot two deans during a scheduled pat-down.“I wouldn’t say that had there been an officer assigned to that school that that incident would not have happened, because obviously, that individual knew that he was going to be searched upon entry into that school and so he decided to bring a gun anyway,” Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said. Big rig hangs off I-25 bridge for hours after deadly crash According to Thomas, an SRO may have helped prevent the shooting in other ways. “A couple things I think would have been different: One is I think that there would have been an officer or two in that...

Man seriously injured in stabbing near Boulder's municipal building

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Boulder Police Department is investigating a stabbing near the city’s municipal building at Canyon Boulevard and Broadway. The incident left a man seriously injured.According to police, an argument on Friday led to a man stabbing another man. The suspect was taken into custody after someone pepper-sprayed him."Witnesses identified the possible suspect and officers found him a few minutes later in Central Park and took him into custody. Charges are pending," police said. Breaking news alerts: Sign up for emails from FOX31 Officers used a tourniquet on the victim, who was transported to a hospital.Anyone with information on the stabbing should call Boulder dispatch at 303-441-3333.

Kiwanis of Little Havana Foundation hosts school supply giveaway at Mater Academy in Miami

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

The Kiwanis of Little Havana Foundation is helping South Florida students from underserved communities be ready for the new school year.7News cameras captured volunteers handing essential items to children in need at Mater Academy Kiwanis in Miami, Friday afternoon.More than $350,000 worth of supplies will be given to more than 10,000 children in this year’s event.When asked how he felt about receiving his new supplies, a student replied, “Happy.”The foundation will visit more than 16 South Florida public schools through Aug. 30 to give supplies to underserved students.

Lucas: VP of what?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

It’s a shame Kamala Harris did not stop over at Logan Airport en route to Martha’s Vineyard last weekend.Had she done so she could have picked up an illegal immigrant family or two and connected them to welcoming families living on the affluent island.Harris is, after all, Joe Biden’s border czar charged with rooting out the causes of illegal immigration, one of which is the open southern border.That way she would have helped answer Gov. Maura Healey’s call for Massachusetts residents to take in families of illegal immigrants to ease the flood of immigrants that have overwhelmed the state’s shelter system.Or as Kim “Ditto” Driscoll, the lieutenant governor, put it when Healey called a state of emergency, “If you have an extra room or suite in your home, please consider hosting a family.”It is costing Massachusetts taxpayers $45 million a month to house the influx of illegal immigrants. Shelters are overflowing and hotels and motels are booked.Next thing you know legitimate tourists,...

Yankees’ catching coordinator pleased with Austin Wells’ defensive growth

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

Ever since the Yankees drafted Austin Wells 28th overall in 2020, there have been questions about the catcher’s defense.Even the Yankees’ catching coordinator, Tanner Swanson, acknowledged that those concerns existed when Wells left the University of Arizona. But Swanson, who gets progress reports on all of the organization’s catchers and keeps up with what Wells is doing on a daily basis, is pleased with the strides the farmhand has made.“Sometimes it’s hard to shed those narratives or the stigma. As an industry, we’re pretty quick to label guys, especially early, as soon as you acquire them,” Swanson told the Daily News of Wells. “He definitely had question marks defensively when we got him, but he’s done nothing but perform defensively since he’s been in our system. So there’s been a lot of really, really positive signs of his growth as a receiver, a blocker. The arm has come a long way since college.”Swanson...

Ticker: American Airlines sues a travel site to crack down on consumers who use this trick to save money; FEMA has paid out more than $5.6 million to Maui survivors, a figure expected to grow significantly

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

American Airlines is suing a travel website that sells tickets that let people save money by exploiting a quirk in airline pricing.American sued Skiplagged Inc. in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, this week, accusing the website of deception. It threatened to cancel every ticket that Skiplagged has sold.In a practice called skiplagging and hidden-city ticketing, travelers book a flight that includes at least one stop, but they leave the plane during a layover. Generally skiplagging is not illegal, but airlines claim that it violates their policies.FEMA has paid out more than $5.6 million to Maui survivors, a figure expected to grow significantlyThe Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it has approved more than $5.6 million in assistance to nearly 2,000 households in Maui so far as the federal government tries to help survivors of the devastating wildfires.The White House and FEMA approved a one-time payment of $700 per household for needs like clothing, food, or transp...

Jermaine Wiggins Era begins at Brockton High with high expectations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

BROCKTON — If there were any motto to define what Jermaine Wiggins wants to see as the new Brockton coach, it was on the back of T-shirts worn by coaches and players for Friday’s practice.Spread across in white lettering on the black shirts, it read “Nothing Goes Unnoticed.”That idea, a pledge to detail and accountability, acts as Wiggins’ main message as he replaces Peter Colombo. Before Colombo, Peter’s late father, Armond, led the Boxers, as the program had a Colombo leading the way every year since the late 1960s.But now, it’s a new day, and Wiggins, a former New England Patriots tight end, knows there isn’t anything he will do as coach of the Boxers that will go unnoticed. After practice Friday, Wiggins seemed excited to get started.“And it’s ‘Nothing Goes Unnoticed’ good or bad. So if you’re doing good things, it’s being noticed. If you’re doing bad things, it’s being noticed,” Wigg...

New beginning for Justin Flores, Everett High football program

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

EVERETT – Justin Flores’ first audible wasn’t the most popular one, but proved to be the most prudent course of action.The first-year Everett football coach debated whether to tempt fate and hold the team’s first practice outdoors as regularly scheduled or play it safe and move things indoors in the event of rain. Flores opted for the latter and it turned out to be a wise move as the skies opened up just as practice began and rained for the better part of 45 minutes, flooding some of the roads around Everett Memorial Stadium.“It was 9:30 in the morning and I was thinking where to practice because of the weather,” said Flores, who accepted the job in late June. “When I told the guys we were going to be in the gym, they weren’t happy because they wanted to practice outdoors, but I explained the situation and that we needed to reserve the gym then or someone else would take it.”The opening day wasn’t as fluid as Flores would have liked, but the 31-year-old...

A family, a beloved sister, 2 senior housing residents. These are some of the lives lost in Maui

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:32:10 GMT

By MICHAEL CASEY, PAT EATON-ROBB and BEATRICE DUPUY (Associated Press)Wildfires devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii last week, leaving a trail of destruction and devastation, decimating a historic town. While many still wait in agony for news on whether their friends and family are safe, more than 100 people have been pronounced dead — making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than 100 years. Here are the stories of some of those who died. ___BEST FRIENDSVirginia Dofa, 90, and Louise Abihai, 98, were best friends who lived in the Hale Mahaolu Eono senior housing facility on Lahaina, said Clifford Abihai, who is Abihai’s grandson. Authorities have confirmed the death of Dofa, who Clifford Abihai said was the mother of his uncle’s wife. Dofa was found in her apartment, he said. Louise Abihai remained missing. Clifford Abihai said Dofa and his grandmother went to the same church and would go out to eat at McDonald’s. They were confidants and “always tog...