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Coaldale approves operating and capital budgets

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

By Nikki JamiesonSunny South NewsFollowing weeks of discussion, Coaldale town council approved finalized budgets for the next year.Mayor Jack Van Rijn noted that the budget discussions taking place during the Dec. 11 council meeting were based on the Town “being made whole” by the province for the 30 per cent shortfall they are finding themselves in based on their federal contract. Van Rijn cautioned if they do not receive the funding by February or March 2024, they will have time to revisit the budget before setting their mill rates in May 2024. However, Van Rijn said they were told they would hear back by the end of the year.  Kyle Beauchamp told council they had the option of either passing finalized or interim budgets this meeting. The council meeting discussion would be their sixth budget meeting over the 2024-2026 Operating and 2024-2028 Capital Budgets.The Municipal Government Act mandates that municipalities must pass at least an interim budget for a calendar year before the...

Police place warning signs around Albany

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Message boards cautioning drivers to slow down and be on the lookout for pedestrians have been placed across Albany. The directive was spearheaded by Mayor Kathy Sheehan in response to the recent pedestrian fatalities. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Signs have been posted at the following locations:Western Ave. near Glenn Ave.Washington Ave. near the University of Albany, SUNYHenry Johnson Blvd. in front of Albany Police headquartersWashington Ave near. Dove St.Everett Road near Central Ave.New Scotland Ave. near Academy Rd.Washington Ave. near City School District of Albany’s Albany High School that were already displaying the speeds of vehicles.Mayor Sheehan says work will continue to improve walkability on Central Avenue, Frisbie Avenue, Manning Boulevard, and Brevator Street in 2024. The City of Albany is also working to reduce speed limits to 25 MPH on various streets.

New migrants face fear and loneliness. A town in Colorado has a storied support network.

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

FORT MORGAN — Magdalena Simon’s only consolation after immigration officers handcuffed and led her husband away was the contents of his wallet, a few bills.The hopes that had pushed her to trudge thousands of miles from Guatemala in 2019, her son’s small frame clutched to her chest, ceded to despair and loneliness in Fort Morgan, a ranching outpost on Colorado’s eastern plains, where some locals stared at her too long and the wind howls so fiercely it once blew the doors half off a hotel.The pregnant Simon tried to mask the despair every morning when her toddlers asked, “Where’s papa?”To millions of migrants who have crossed the U.S. southern border in the past few years, stepping off greyhound buses in places across America, such feelings can be constant companions. What Simon would find in this unassuming city of a little more than 11,400, however, was a community that pulled her in, connecting her with legal council, charities, schools and soon friends, a unique support net...

Colorado snow totals for December 24, 2023

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for Dec. 24, 2023, as of 11:25 a.m. Sunday:Arvada, CO — 2 inches at 7:50 a.m.Aspen Springs, CO — 10.5 inches at 7 a.m.Aurora, CO — 1.1 inches at 6 a.m.Avon, CO — 4 inches at 8:14 a.m.Blue Valley, CO — 6 inches at 4:06 a.m.Boulder, CO — 2.1 inches at 7 a.m.Breckenridge, CO — 3 inches at 4:09 a.m.Brookvale, CO — 3.5 inches at 7 a.m.Camp Bird, CO — 8 inches at 10:39 a.m.Canon Plaza, CO — 3 inches at 7:45 p.m. – 12/23/2023Castle Pines, CO — 1.1 inches at 7 a.m.Castle Rock, CO — 1.2 inches at 7 a.m.Castlewood Canyon, CO — 1.1 inches at 8 a.m.Chama, CO — 4 inches at 7:46 p.m. – 12/23/2023Cherry Hills Villa, CO — 1.2 inches at 7 a.m.Coal Bank Pass, CO — 2 inches at 10:41 a.m.Columbine, CO — 2.2 inches at 7 a.m.Conifer, CO — 1.9 inches at 7 a.m.Cope, CO — 2 inches at 7 a.m.Copper Mo...

Couple has jewelry stolen from them in brazen follow-home robbery 

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

A woman is speaking out after her parents were robbed by a group of thieves who followed them home from a jewelry store. According to video uploaded to social media by Dr. Priyanka Wali, her parents – Dr. Vijay Wali and Dr. Wali Jyotika – went jewelry shopping on Friday night in Artesia’s Little India neighborhood.  $30 million lawsuit filed against L.A. County Sheriff’s Department for mother’s death Surveillance footage obtained by Priyanka shows her parents leaving the store in a white Tesla at 6:54 p.m. A black Honda Odyssey with tinted windows then begins to follow them, according to the video. Surveillance footage obtained by Priyanka and posted to social media shows her parents leaving the store in a white Tesla at 6:54 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. (Facebook/Dr. Priyanka Wali)A black Honda Odyssey with tinted windows began to follow them, according to the video. (Facebook/Dr. Priyanka Wali)Just under an hour later, at 7:47 p.m., Dr. Wali’s parents arriv...

New California law addressing mental illness, addiction among homeless delayed by valley counties. Here's why.

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

(BCN) -- Historic changes to California's conservatorship law, which will expand who can be placed in involuntary care and treatment in an attempt to address the state's ongoing homelessness crisis, will have to wait in the Central Valley.The board of supervisors in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties have opted to defer the new law, which otherwise would have gone into effect in January. Officials in both counties will now have an additional two years to comply with the changes. Union Square protest led to 3 adults, 1 minor arrested The bill from Sen. Susan Eggman, D-Stockton, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this October, represents the first major changes to the state's landmark 1967 Lanterman-Petris-Short Act. Signed by then Gov. Ronald Reagan, the legislation upended how California dealt with the "gravely disabled" and ended the state's previous practice of warehousing those with mental illnesses in state hospitals or psychiatric facilities.Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties are...

Broncos vs. Patriots: Cold and breezy conditions for fans attending the game in Denver

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Broncos are taking on the New England Patriots in a Christmas Eve head-to-head, and the most dedicated fans aren't about to let snow and cold stop them from attending.Sunday is a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day, and anyone heading to Empower Field at Mile High to cheer on the 6-6 Broncos should be aware: It's going to be cold. Denver snow: Colorado snow totals for Christmas Eve Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Greg Perez advised that the temperatures during game time will be in the low-to-mid 20s, but the breeze will make that feel about 10 degrees colder.Perez said there may be some flurries, but that the main concern should be the cold temperatures paired with the wind.Dressing warmly will be important, with several layers recommended for those in attendance.There could be a few stray flurries during the Broncos game, but more noticeable will be the chilly temperatures and the breeze making it feel about 10 degrees colder. The game is also later in the day, ...

Police are searching for a suspect after a deadly shooting at a Florida mall

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

(CNN) — Police continue to search for the person suspected of opening fire inside an Ocala, Florida, mall, on Saturday, killing one person and wounding another on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken on Saturday said police believe the shooting was a targeted act of violence. One man – identified as 40-year-old David Nathaniel Barron – was found dead from gunshot wounds in a common areainside the mall, police said, while a woman wounded in the leg is expected to survive.The suspect fled the mall on footafter the shooting, police said Saturday, and Balken described him as a Black man wearing black pants, a hoodie and a black mask.The incident unfolded at the Paddock Mall just two days before Christmas, on a day analysts expected to be second only to Black Friday thanks to consumers doing their last-minute shopping – further underscoring how pervasive gun violence has become in America as it seeps into nearly every venue of day-to-day life.Indee...

Florida woman celebrated for over 50 years as McDonald’s employee

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) – A Florida woman worked for McDonald’s since the 1970s and she’s lovin’ it. Now, she was celebrated for her years of service.Inside a Fort Pierce McDonald’s, there’s a one-of-a-kind treasure on the Treasure Coast.Barbara Cramer has worked for the company for 53 years.“We are proud to have you as part of our family,” Ricky Wade, owner of the Fort Pierce franchise. “We are honored to celebrate this special moment with you.”A celebration of service was held on Thursday as Cramer showed love for those who make this restaurant run.When asked what it all meant to her, Cramer got emotional. “Everything,” she said. “Sorry, I just love it here.”Cramer’s beginnings started there in 1970.“I just applied for the school board and then the next day I applied here at this store and they called me first,” said Cramer. “So I came here and I winded up you know, working ...

Cardinal O’Malley joins Pine Street Inn residents for Christmas Eve: ‘We never turn anyone away’

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:48:43 GMT

While millions of Americans travel to gather with family and friends or wait for relatives to arrive in order to ring in the Christmas holiday, there are thousands of Bostonians who spent Christmas Eve away from loved ones and in a homeless shelter.It’s the exact same position into which Jesus Christ was born, Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley said Sunday before he went into the Pine Street Inn‘s Harrison Avenue location to feed the hundreds of men and women without anywhere else to go on Christmas.“Christmas time, of course, is a very symbolic time. Our savior was born in homelessness: there was no room at the inn in Bethlehem. Thank god, there is always room at the Pine Street Inn,” O’Malley said.According to volunteers at the Inn, they will provide over 1,000 meals to their various properties this holiday season. For many, this year’s dinner of lasagna al forno, Caesar salad, fresh baked garlic bread, and assorted pies, may be the only meal they will get to enjoy i...