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Colorado weather: Wildfire smoke continues to choke the state, prompts hazardous air quality alerts
Wildfire smoke moving into Colorado from Canada and high ozone levels continue to choke the state Wednesday, prompting alerts for hazardous air quality.
As of 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Denver and most of the surrounding area had air quality index ratings between 100 and 150, according to live tracking data from IQAir.
“When AQI values are above 100, air quality is considered to be unhealthy, at first for members of populations at greatest risk of a health effect, then for the entire population as AQI values get higher (greater than 150),” according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Multiple air quality stations in Denver, Arvada and Pueblo reported “unhealthy” AQIs above 150 on Wednesday.
State officials also reported unhealthy levels of ozone in the Denver area Wednesday morning.
Air monitors across northern Colorado and the Front Range showed high concentrations of particulate matter, which can be smoke, soot, ash or liquid particles that people can inhale.
Denver air monitors Wednesday recorded rates of particulate matter nearly seven times higher than the level considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the agency’s fire and smoke map.
State health and air quality officials issued a “multiple pollutants” action day alert Tuesday that will last through 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Warm and stagnant weather combined with increasing amounts of out-of-state wildfire smoke will result in ozone and fine particulate matter concentrations reaching unhealthy levels for air quality, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials said in the action day alert.
The air quality advisory was issued for Douglas, Jefferson, Arapahoe, Denver, Adams, Broomfield, Boulder, Larimer and Weld counties, but poor air quality is being seen across eastern Colorado, state officials said.
Where possible, people should limit driving gas and diesel-powered vehicles until 4 p.m. Wednesday, the alert stated.
At 9 a.m., the “multiple pollutants” action day alert expanded to include Teller, El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Kiowa, Bent, Otero, Sedgwick, Logan, Phillips, Morgan, Yuma, Washington, Elbert, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas, Baca, Gilpin, Clear Creek and Park counties.
“Heavy smoke will result in elevated concentrations of both ozone and particle pollution through at least Thursday morning,” state officials said.
The new alert will remain in effect until 9 a.m. Thursday.
“People with heart or lung disease, older adults and children should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion and limit time outdoors,” state officials said in the alert. “Everyone else should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion and, while outside, take more breaks.”
State officials said people should stay inside if smoke becomes thick in their neighborhood and should consider temporarily relocating if smoke is present indoors or making residents ill.
If visibility is less than 5 miles due to smoke in the area, the air quality has reached unhealthy levels, state officials said.
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A 5-year-old boy is missing after his mother was found shot to death in her Pagosa Springs home on July 2, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Chrystal Snow, 39, was found shot to death in her Pagosa Springs home the morning of July 2 shortly after someone placed a 911 call from the house. Her son, Helliono Martinez, was later found alive with his aunt in Cortez, the CBI said in a news release Tuesday.
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Endangered Missing Alert – Montezuma County SO – Helliono Martinez, 5 yr old, Hispanic male, 3’05 / 75 lbs, hazel eyes & brown hair, last seen 07/16/2024 at 1:30 PM going to his residence located on Highway 160 in Cortez, with his father, Charles Martinez. pic.twitter.com/1LppQfKOAD— CBI (@CBI_Colorado) July 18, 2024
State officials were granted emergency custody of Helliono on July 16. He was last seen around 1:30 p.m. July 16 with his father, Charles Martinez, in a gold 2011 Dodge Ram headed toward Martinez’s home on U.S. 160 in Cortez. Investigators have since found the truck but have not been able to locate Helliono or his father.
Helliono is described as Hispanic; 3 feet, 5 inches tall; and 75 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Charles Martinez, 43, is described as Hispanic; 5 feet, 11 inches tall; and 215 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone who has seen Helliono or Martinez should not approach them but immediately call 911 or the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office at 970-565-8452.
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It was announced on Tuesday by Metros de Santiago, a professional basketball team in the Dominican Republic, that the club had signed former NBA power forward Greg Whittington. First signing with the Miami Heat in 2015, Whittington only appeared in Summer League, preseason, and G League games for Miami, but did finally make his NBA debut with the Denver Nuggets in 2021.
Signing a two-way contract with Denver in November of 2020, Whittington appeared in four games before being waived in April of 2021. At the time of his signing, Whittington was coming off an impressive season with Galatasaray of the Turkish BSL, but never got much of an opportunity in Denver, partially due to injuries.
We’ve signed forward Greg Whittington to a two-way contract! #MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/FuD6nww9ZA
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) November 24, 2020
In a joint Instagram post with his new club, Whittington announced the signing that will continue his professional basketball career:
When the Nuggets announced the Whittington signing in 2020, the team shared the following details on his basketball journey up until that point:
“Whittington, 6-8, 212, spent the 2019-20 season playing in Istanbul, Turkey for Galatasaray of the Turkish BSL. He appeared in 25 games (10 starts), averaging 12.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.12 steals while shooting 56.6% from the field and 50.7% from three in 25.8 minutes per game.”
Greg Whittington steps up for @GSBasketbol in a critical moment with a huge dunk!#7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/6ColZEx9pb
— BKT EuroCup (@EuroCup) October 30, 2019
On the start of his NBA career, the Nuggets added, “The 27-year-old went undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft and spent the 2015-16 season playing for the Sioux Falls Skyforce of the NBA G League. In two seasons for the Skyforce, Whittington appeared in 36 games (32 starts) averaging 13.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.81 steals while shooting 44.2% from the field in 34.3 minutes.”
As previously mentioned, Whittington’s first NBA contract came from the Miami Heat, as he began his professional career with their G League affiliate Sioux Falls Skyforce.
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