Colton Chavez

3 weeks ago | 9news.com | Colton Chavez

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A Lakota tribal member said he was forced to leave a Fort Collins City Council meeting this week after officials told him his traditional eagle staff was obstructing other attendees' view, sparking a dispute over religious expression and meeting procedures. Rory Spotted Horse, who lives in Fort Collins and belongs to the Lakota tribe, attended the council meeting to give public comment about land use issues, but said he never got the opportunity to speak.

3 weeks ago | 9news.com | Colton Chavez

ARVADA, Colo. — The Arvada Police Department is installing free Apple AirTag tracking devices in residents' vehicles to help locate stolen cars more quickly. 170 devices have already installed since the program launched in January. The initiative allows drivers to track their vehicles through their smart phones if stolen. Detective David Snelling, a department spokesman, said the program addresses the time-sensitive nature of vehicle recovery.

1 month ago | 9news.com | Colton Chavez

ARVADA, Colo. — Residents of Leyden Rock, an Arvada community built in 2018, are concerned about their ability to evacuate safely from the neighborhood in the event of a wildfire or other emergency. They said they worry about the single access road that would be bottlenecked with traffic as residents in the area fled in an emergency. Laura Turner, a Leyden Rock homeowner who has lived in the community since it was built, said the neighborhood's design creates dangerous evacuation conditions.

1 month ago | 9news.com | Colton Chavez

WELD COUNTY, Colo. — Bandimere Speedway, Colorado's iconic racing venue that closed its Morrison location in 2023 after six decades, has acquired land in Weld County's Hudson area for a new facility, according to an announcement by John Bandimere Jr. In a video posted to YouTube, Bandimere Jr. said his family had purchased a parcel of land in the Hudson area, marking what he called "the first piece in a complex puzzle" for the speedway's return to Colorado racing.

1 month ago | northernnewsnow.com | Colton Chavez

DENVER (KUSA) - At Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Mike Taglienti is a physician, but to the individuals he taught At Sheridan Elementary School in Colorado, he’s still just “Mr. Tag.”Now, Taglienti traveled halfway across the country to watch them graduate high school. “I had quite a few teachers believe in me. He probably believed in me the most though, which is pretty cool,” Taglienti’s former student, Jazlene Barows, said.