ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – A new facility promising quicker deliveries for Amazon in northern Jefferson County isn’t the package neighbors want to see. The fate of a “last mile” delivery station will be decided on Monday. Arvada residents are now trying to fight the tech giant from setting up shop. READ MORE: Firefighters At Platte River Fire Working Through Tough Terrain, Gain 50% Containment (credit: CBS) “It’s literally putting the worst possible use right next to residential and open space,” said Gina Hallisey, a member of ProtectMapleValleyPark.com . “If it happens here, it sets a precedent in development, it can happen anywhere. It can be in your neighborhood.” Arvada’s Planning Commission approved the proposal in April. The city council will vote on the project on what is expected to be a lengthy meeting Monday night. Hallisey and her group have gathered more than 9,000 signatures against the facility. The developer believes the property matches the area. … [Read more...]
Firefighters At Platte River Fire Working Through Tough Terrain, Gain 50% Containment
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Despite hard terrain, firefighters have contained 50% of the Platte River Fire in Jefferson County. The fire is burning about 11 miles southeast of Deckers. Crews say most of the containment is north of County Road 97 and along the southern edge of the fire, south of County Road 97. READ MORE: Straight Creek Fire Now 80% Contained, Hot Shot Crews To Remain On The Ground Platte River Fire (credit: CBS) On Sunday, crews are said to improve fire lines and monitor the efforts they’ve achieved over the course of the last two days. The fire, first reported on Thursday afternoon, is believed to be caused by a tree falling on a power line. No structures are threatened. READ MORE: Colorado Gets First Excessive Heat Warning On Record With Highs Set To Near 110 Degrees Nearly 40 acres have burned. (credit: CBS) Fire officials at the U.S. Forest Service say they don’t expect to have full suppression for several weeks because of … [Read more...]
At an arms control crossroads, Biden and Putin face choices
5 WASHINGTON (AP) — At a low point in U.S.-Russian relations, President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to agree broadly on at least one thing — their first face-to-face meeting Wednesday is a chance to set the stage for a new era in arms control. Whether that leads to actual arms negotiations is another matter, complicated by the soured relationship and accusations by each country that the other has cheated on past arms treaties. The fabric of arms control has been fraying, notably with the abandonment in 2019 — first by Washington, then by Moscow — of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which had governed a whole class of missiles for more than three decades. The Trump administration also pulled the United States out of the Open Skies Treaty, which had allowed surveillance flights over military facilities in both countries. Last month the Biden administration informed the Russians that it would not … [Read more...]
Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
14 ROME (AP) — Pope Francis demanded Sunday that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the war-torn Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are blocking food deliveries and other assistance. Francis called for an immediate end to the fighting in Tigray, the return of social harmony and for “all food aid and health care assistance to be guaranteed.” Speaking at his Sunday noon blessing, Francis said he was thinking of the people of Tigray who have been “struck by a grave humanitarian crisis that has exposed the poorest to famine. Today there is famine! There is hunger!” The United Nations and aid groups say more than 350,000 people in Tigray face famine and 2 million more are a step away from the worst famine since 2011 in Somalia. Farmers, aid workers and local officials say food has been turned into a weapon of war, with soldiers blocking or … [Read more...]
Spain’s right wing rejects any pardons for Catalan leaders
18 MADRID (AP) — Thousands of people in Madrid are protesting the Spanish government’s plan to issue pardons to a dozen separatist leaders who were convicted for their roles in a failed push for the Catalonia region's independence, the biggest challenge to the country’s unity in recent history. The demonstration on Sunday was organized by a civil society group to promote a united Spain and took place at a central square that has become a symbol for far-right political rallies. Leaders of the center to far-right political opposition to Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez planned to join the protest at Colón Square, which boasts one of Spain's largest national flags. Sánchez hasn't announced pardons for the 12 political and civil society leaders who in October 2017 pushed ahead with a banned referendum on Catalonia breaking away from Spain and then declared … [Read more...]
Britain calls EU view of N Ireland offensive in Brexit spat
3 FALMOUTH, England (AP) — Britain accused European Union leaders on Sunday of holding the “offensive” view that Northern Ireland is not fully part of the United Kingdom, as Brexit cast a shadow over the Group of Seven summit. Britain and the EU are in a spat over post-Brexit trade arrangements that could see British sausages banned from entering Northern Ireland, the only part of the U.K. that borders the 27-nation bloc. The dispute is raising political tensions in Northern Ireland, where some people identify as British and some as Irish. British media reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked French President Emmanuel Macron when they met Saturday in the English seaside resort of Carbis Bay how he would feel if sausages from Toulouse could not be moved to Paris. They said Macron replied the comparison did not work because Paris and Tolouse were part of the same country. The French presidency did not deny Macron had made the comments. It … [Read more...]
