Colorado Radio

Attorneys For Thames Claims Improper Contact by FBI

Jim Kapp — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:04:11 +0000

Attorneys for Douglas Thames, who has now been charged with the murder of a Palisade woman in 1994, claim their client was contacted improperly by FBI agents while he was being held in the Mesa County Jail. According to court filings he was being questioned with the presence of his lawyer. Now attorneys are seeking subpoenas for records showing all those who signed in and out of the jail on May 10^th as well as internal jail surveillance video tracking Thames movements on that day. Meanwhile Thames is still serving life in prison without parole for a 1989 rape murder. He was arrested in Mesa County on that charge in 1995.

Greater Outdoors Colorado Grant Gives Telluride New Grandstands

Jim Kapp — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:03:05 +0000

Thanks to a $131 thousand grant from Greater Outdoors Colorado Telluride was able to get new grandstands in Town Park. And on Monday Mayor Stu Fraser and Parks and Recs. Commission Chair Dave Lamb took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony. The new grandstands will be situated between Bear Creek and Warner Fields. The stands include sturdy metal seats and sunshades and were built in the fall.

State Water Official States W.Colo. in Severe Drought

Jim Kapp — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:01:48 +0000

At a board meeting yesterday in Glenwood Springs a state water official stated that Western Colorado, in particular, Northwest Colorado has become a region of severe drought during the past month. Veva Deheza, manager of the Colorado Water Conservation Board gave this update yesterday and based on those findings a task force has now asked the governor to elevate the response level for the Colorado, Gunnison and Yampa/White river basins under Colorado’s drought response plan. The immediate future does not look much better as forecasters are expecting above average temperatures and lower than normal precipitation in the next couple of months.

Busy Bike Season Expected in Gunnison and Crested Butte

Jim Kapp — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:06:17 +0000

This promises to be a very busy season for biking events in the Crested Butte Gunnison area this summer. First, they have been selected to be one of the stages in the 2^nd annual USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Crested Butte is also the stop on the Leadville 100 Qualifying Series and Gunnison is the start for Ride the Rockies. But that’s not all. Other activities scheduled include the 32^nd annual Crested Butte Bike Week, downhill and cross-country racing, a 24 hour cruiser bike tour, and the 36^th annual Pearl Pass Mountain Bike Tour that will run from Crested Butte to Aspen.

Firefighters Battling Blazes in Northern Colorado and Western Slope

Jim Kapp — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:02 +0000

That wildfire blazing in the northern part of Colorado near Fort Collins has grown to nearly 1,000 acres and is currently only 5 per cent contained but is not directly threatening any homes. U.S. Forest Service says this appears to caused by humans and will continue investigating. One firefighter did sustain some minor injuries. There’s also a blaze firefighters are battling in western Colorado. A 170 acre fire between Delta and Whitewater that officials say should be contained sometime on Friday. It was 80per cent contained as of yesterday. That fire was started by lightning and no structures have been threatened.

FAA Investigates Unknown Object

Jim Kapp — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:01:50 +0000

The FAA is investigating a report about a near in air collision between a small twin jet Cessna aircraft and an unknown object over the Denver skies. The pilot of the Cessna told air traffic controllers that the object appeared to be a large remote-controlled aircraft. The Cessna Citation Was about 8 thousand feet above sea level at the time the pilot spotted the unidentified object. No damage or injuries were reported.

City Proclaims Wed. May 16th “Police Officer’s Memorial Day”

Jim Kapp — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:58:24 +0000

A full schedule of topics were discussed last night at the City Council meeting. One of which is the proclamation made by Mayor Thom Smits that today Wed. May 16^th be proclaimed “Police Officer’s Memorial Day”. Police Chief Thom Chinn was also on hand and explained how the event came about..(audio :22SEC) The memorial took place on the steps of the old courthouse at Noon today.

Police Chief Thom Chinn

CMU Montrose Hosts Groundbreaking for Renovations

James Macdonald — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:53:18 +0000

There is a groundbreaking ceremony Tomorrow for the Montrose Campus of Colorado Mesa University. The ceremony marks the beginning of renovations to the campus to better utilize the current space and add lab space. Other additions will include updated equipment and technology for the more than three hundred students currently enrolled there. CMU is also looking for contributions to the Montrose Campus Capitals fund which financially supports the renovations.

City Council Approves Retention Plan for Ross Reels

James Macdonald — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:52:21 +0000

The Montrose City Council met last night with a pretty full schedule. The biggest item on the agenda however was the discussion and vote on a Business Retention project to help out 3M subsidiary Ross Reels. The plan is to use money from the Montrose Tourism and Promotion fund to run a joint marketing and cross promotion plan. The plan would increase exposure of the community through advertising in other regional markets. In return, Ross Reels would retain at least twenty employees for the term of the contract. The city council approved the decision with a contract for two years at twenty thousand dollars a year with annual performance review and an option to extend the contract if necessary. Another big item on the agenda was the discussion of the town participation contract for the US Pro Cycling Challenge in August. That matter was tabled until the next meeting.

Serra to be Released May 29

James Macdonald — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:49:42 +0000

Former Montrose DA Myrl Serra will be getting out of prison early. He will be released later this month instead of July due to good behavior. Inmates receive 10 days off their sentence a month for following rules and working in programs. Serra will still have to serve a 60day sentence in the Montrose County Jail before he is back in the public. After he is fully released, he will have to serve a four year long probation.