Denver, CO
Denver inmates can leave jail with free Narcan and fentanyl test strips
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DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Sheriff Division launched a program that sends launched inmates dwelling with instruments to fight fentanyl overdoses.
Statistics are fueling a have to do one thing concerning the fentanyl disaster in Denver County jails.
“Sadly, when people go away each jail and prisons, they’re 40 to 129 instances extra more likely to die of overdose upon launch inside that two-week time interval,” Dr. Nikki Johnson, DSD chief of psychological well being companies, mentioned.
The sheriff’s workplace has now put greater than $110,000 in state grant cash towards launching a brand new Hurt Discount Launch Bag pilot program. For the following 90 days, folks being launched to the group from the Downtown Detention Middle and the Denver County Jail will likely be supplied the luggage.
The luggage will embody one dose of Narcan, 5 fentanyl check strips, inpatient and outpatient medication-assisted therapy sources within the Denver space, and a contact quantity for Narcan alternative.
“We all know that each single day persons are dying so, for us, it’s about serving to the parents which are leaving to remain alive,” Denver Sheriff Elias Diggins mentioned.
The Denver Division of Public Well being and Atmosphere estimates that there have been roughly 449 drug-related deaths in Denver final 12 months.
Denver’s downtown and county jails launch roughly 40 folks a day. Johnson estimates round 80% of these leaving will stroll out with a bag.
“We all know that over 95% of our inhabitants will get out,” Johnson mentioned. “These are members of the family. These are kids. These are our neighbors, group members. So, it’s actually essential to us to have the ability to present this for all of these people and to save lots of a life.”
Hurt Discount Launch Baggage will likely be a 90-day pilot program, which will likely be reviewed after 30 days, to find out sustainability primarily based on want.
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Denver, CO
SUV stolen in Denver with foster kittens inside
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DENVER (KDVR) — A Colorado cat rescue group is scrambling after its co-founder said two foster kittens were stolen, along with the vehicle they were sitting in, on Monday morning in Denver.
Kris Meding, co-founder of Colorado Feline Foster Rescue, said the foster kittens were sitting inside a “socializing pouch” inside a sport utility vehicle, on Washington Street between 11th and 12th avenues. She said the foster parent had started the vehicle and briefly stepped away.
Within a few moments, the vehicle and kittens were gone.
“Stepped out of the car for a minute to grab something else, came back and the car was gone with her purse, her phone and the kittens in it,” Meding said.
The vehicle is a 2005 Toyota 4Runner, license plate BQAX60. Meding said both felines are chipped and were rescued from Carlsbad, New Mexico.
She said the foster parent has filed a report with the Denver Police Department.
Colorado Feline Foster Rescue has 170 cats in foster homes. Currently, the all-volunteer organization has 90-100 foster families. Last year, the group adopted out 1,200 cats.
For more information, please contact info@coloradofelinefosterrescue.org or call 303-888-7238.
Denver, CO
Over 400 flights delayed Tuesday amid high winds at Denver International Airport
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More than 400 flights were delayed Tuesday afternoon at Denver International Airport as high winds blew across the area, according to flight tracking data from FlightAware.
There were 406 flights delayed and five canceled as of 5:20 p.m. as wind gusts at the airport hit 43 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., 70 flights were delayed and one was canceled, according to live flight tracking by FlightAware’s Misery Map.
United, Alaska Airlines, Southwest, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Key Lime Air, SkyWest, WestJet, American Airlines and Air Canada all had delayed or canceled flights.
Southwest had nearly half of the delayed flights, with 168 delays and one cancellation. United delayed 128 flights, according to FlightAware.
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Denver, CO
Did you know: Almost $1 million in coins pass through the Denver Mint every day
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DENVER (KDVR) – From the outside, the Denver Mint may be just another two-story government office across from Civic Center Park. But inside the Cherokee Street building, staff and machinery are busy pressing metal coils into millions of coins per day.
According to the Mint, it’s one of two facilities responsible for making circulating coins in the United States – making it a huge part of the nation’s coin flow.
According to Tom Fesing with the Denver Mint, the facility produces roughly 4.5 million coins every 24 hours. Fesing estimates that about $750,000 to $1 million has gone through the facility each day this year.
That said, the Mint can’t exactly predict how much is going to be produced throughout the year as the number of coins depends on the orders the Mint receives monthly from the central bank, the Federal Reserve System, Fesing said.
Despite the millions of dollars in coins passing through, Fesing said the coin with the lowest value, the penny, has historically had the most production.
Those numbers depend on how many coins are needed for cash transactions in the economy, according to Fesing.
“When someone gets back a cent in change, what happens to them? They usually end up in piggy banks, or in a jar, and they’re not introduced into circulation as fast as, let’s say, a quarter or a dime,” Fesing said.
While the Mint can’t predict the numbers for the end of this year, it has produced almost 1.3 billion coins this year, with almost 800 million being pennies. In 2023, the Mint produced around 5.65 billion coins for the entire year.
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