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Crews responding to house fire in Alton, Illinois

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

ALTON, Ill. - Crews are at the scene of a house fire in Alton, Illinois. The fire broke out at Holy Hill Drive. Our Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter is flying over the area where smoke can be seen coming from the upper region of the home. Top story: Remains in Crawford County possibly of woman missing since 2014 No word on injuries or the cause of the fire. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Crews responding to two-car crash in south St. Louis County

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Emergency crews are responding to a two-car crash in south St. Louis County.Our Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter is flying over the area located on Tesson Ferry and Schuessler Road, where a pickup truck can be seen turned on its side. The cause of the crash has not been revealed, and no injuries have been reported. Top story: Remains in Crawford County possibly of woman missing since 2014 FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

MoDOT closing I-44 EB lane tonight until December

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - MoDOT is closing one lane on the I-44 bridge over the Meramec River near Eureka.The closure starts at 8:00 p.m. Crews will close one eastbound lane over the bridge near Route 66 state Park. Top story: Remains in Crawford County possibly of woman missing since 2014 They'll start rehabbing the bridge. The lane will remain closed through December.Crews will also close two westbound lanes overnight Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

A trio of adventurous photographers help us explore the natural world around us

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

Contemporary photography is an art form in constant motion. Enabled by evolving digital technology and expanding creativity, today’s photographers reinvent the form routinely, frequently challenging the very definition of what is, or is not, a photograph.Denver’s biennial Month of Photography is in full swing now and there are plenty of opportunities out there to catch up with the latest ideas. One of the best variety shows is taking place at Michael Warren Contemporary in the Santa Fe arts district.The gallery is hosting three solo shows by a trio of Denver’s most adventurous photographers. Each of them has a distinct style, but they come together cohesively at the gallery because of their overlapping explorations of nature and space and the way we see those things through light and color. It is a commercial show, for sure, but it has the feel of a themed museum offering.Brenda Biondo’s work pushes the boundaries of photography. (Provided by Michael Warren Contemporary)Brenda Biond...

Iconic 1880s-era brewery building will be restored, preserved in Trinidad

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

The 22nd day of March, in 1933, called for a toast. It was when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the measure that would allow for low-strength beer to be brewed in the United States and foreshadowed the day eight months later when Prohibition would be repealed entirely.But there weren’t many brewers around to celebrate. Most had gone out of business between 1920 and 1933, and the ones that remained had survived by making non-alcoholic beer or malted milk, or by bottling soda water. In Colorado, where a thriving industry had brewed beers sold all across the Western U.S., only four remained: Coors Brewing in Golden, Tivoli Brewing in Denver, Walter’s Brewing in Pueblo and Ph. Schneider Brewing in Trinidad.Many of the cavernous, even castle-like, buildings where they had operated were gone as well, torn down to make way for new development or burned to the ground in accidents. In the next few decades, most of the remaining brewery buildings in Colorado would also disappear.Of the...

Dramatic nighttime evacuation from backcountry ski hut highlights threat of altitude sickness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

In a backcountry ski hut, 40 miles from civilization in the middle of the night, Julianne Boylan knew something was seriously wrong with her 8-year-old son, Evan. When he tried to put into words what he was feeling, she realized the worsening wet cough he had developed that night wasn’t from a cold or the flu.“About 2 in the morning, he said, ‘Mom, I feel like I have snot in my head, it’s coming down my throat, and it’s clogging the holes in my lungs and heart,'” Boylan said. “When he told us that, that was our, ‘All right, it’s going downhill.’ ”In the Betty Bear Hut at 11,100 feet near Hagerman Pass, in the Sawatch Range 34 miles east of Basalt, Evan was experiencing symptoms of high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), a form of altitude sickness that can be fatal if victims don’t descend in elevation. The Boylan family was in a party of nine adults and five children from Boulder, including Evan’s 10-year-old sister, Eva. Their dream ski trip...

Colorado’s nonprofit hospitals would be required to spend more on “community benefit” under new bill

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

Nonprofit hospitals are required to show they spend money on “community benefit,” but a bill in the Colorado legislature would require them to invest more and focus on different priorities.The Internal Revenue Service doesn’t require hospitals to spend a specific amount on community benefit, though it does verify whether they met related requirements, like conducting a community needs assessment every three years.Community benefit is loosely defined, and can include free and discounted care; the difference between the cost of care and what Medicare or Medicaid pays; medical research; classes to help patients manage their chronic conditions; staff training; and spending to help meet patients’ social needs, like food and housing.Colorado House Bill 23-1243 would set that each nonprofit hospital spend at least 3% of its revenue from treating patients on community benefit, unless its federal and state tax exemptions are worth less than that. The target would rise...

Colorado — a national hub for eating disorder treatment — hopes to slow surging rate of stigmatized illness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

Two weeks after a routine trip to a health clinic turned into a psychiatric hospitalization, Emma Troughton was on a plane to Denver.The intervention had been building: By early 2017, Troughton had struggled with body image and eating for years, first as a high schooler in Indiana piecing through their gender identity (Troughton is nonbinary) and then as a college student in California processing personal trauma. School-issued laptops sent Troughton down social media rabbit holes of unhealthy weight loss strategies. A password-protected blog became a repository for body measurements and bad information.Troughton crashed their car because of the brain fog and cognitive decline caused by their malnourishment. Providers at a campus health clinic were so alarmed they wouldn’t allow Troughton to return to class. After two weeks in a psychiatric unit, Troughton left for Denver. The city, they had learned, was a national hub for eating disorder treatment.“I felt this existentia...

Cutting outdoor water use in Commerce City stymied by “legacy” landscape code

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

COMMERCE CITY — Derek Rinehart wants to disrupt the cohesion in his neighborhood — and he wants to save hundreds of gallons of water doing it.But Rinehart’s desire to rip out the grass in front of his home, a ubiquitous feature lining the quiet streets in Commerce City’s Reunion neighborhood, and replace it with drought-tolerant vegetation is running up against a formidable obstacle: city regulations.Commerce City’s landscape standards say that the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street, also known as the tree lawn, “shall consist of turf grass and automatic irrigation system.” That means Rinehart’s plan to plant Delosperma Table Mountain — a drought-resistant, purple-flowered ground cover — across 130 feet of tree lawn on two sides of his house is on hold.“I see a lot of towns spending a lot of money on xeriscaping and we’re fighting it for some reason,” Rinehart said, referring to the practic...

1 critically injured in crash after LAPD pursuit

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:00 GMT

One person was critically injured in a crash following a police pursuit in South Los Angeles late Sunday, officials said.The crash was reported around 11:35 p.m. in the 1200 block of East Washington Boulevard in Historic South Central, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.Firefighters responded to the scene, which officials said occurred at the end of a Los Angeles Police Department chase.A trapped person was rescued and taken to a hospital in critical condition.At least two other people were evaluated at the scene and only had minor injuries, fire officials said.Video from the scene showed a red vehicle with significant damage, and another with some front-end damage.No further details about the crash have been released.