WEEK OF JUNE 26, 2025
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Colorado lawmakers stay vigilant Lawmakers redact names after Minnesota assassination BY DELILAH BRUMER COLORADO NEWSLINE
Blackhawk rescue helicopter circles Torrey’s Mountain peak in search of two injured hikers June 12.
at a place we refer to as the ‘White Rock.’ It’s kinda the last challenge before you get to the summit (Torrey’s)... part of it Involves going out on a pretty exposed knife edge,” Alpine Rescue Public Information Officer Jake Smith said. Mission leaders familiar with the trail guided the pair up the
More than 40 Colorado elected officials as of Tuesday have requested the redaction of their addresses and other personal information from the state’s online campaign finance database. The Colorado secretary of state suspended the website on Saturday, due to safety concerns in the aftermath of shootings targeting two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers. Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Democratic leader, and her husband Mark Hortman were shot and killed this weekend by a man who came to their home posing as a police officer, federal officials said. Vance Boelter, 57, faces charges for the murders, as well as for the shootings of Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette Hoffman, who are expected to recover. Colorado lawmakers have condemned the shootings, and many are taking additional safety precautions. Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie, a Democrat from Dillon, said in a statement that “what happened in Minnesota has shaken us to our very core.” “Our democracy is based on the idea that we resolve our differences through peaceful debate and in courts, elected bodies, state legislatures and the halls of Congress, not political violence,” she said.
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Flash of lightning tests mountain rescue crews Crews pluck two from Torreys Peak in record-setting helicopter rescue BY CHRIS KOEBERL CHRIS@COTLN.ORG
Extreme weather conditions at 14,000 feet put experienced high-altitude rescue teams to
the test with one of the highest helicopter hoist rescues in Colorado history, taking two men from the top of Torreys Peak. It was just before 5 p.m. June 12 when two hikers on
Kelso Ridge, heading toward the summit of Torreys Peak in Clear Creek County, contacted the Alpine Rescue Team in Evergreen with concerns over the final push to the top as serious weather moved in. “The call we initially got was for a party of two who were climbing Kelso Ridge. … They called saying they were pretty close to the summit, they were
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