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Groups explore property tax solutions as senators prepare for debate

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Property taxes have been a hot topic these last days of the legislative session. A proposal rolled out on Monday is on the calendar for debate in the Senate Wednesday night. While the governor and lawmakers are highlighting the reductions that could come from the new property tax proposal, others are advising on how the measure could impact money elsewhere.FOX31 political analyst Michael Fields is the president of the conservative think tank Advance Colorado. He is working on an initiative to get a property tax measure on the ballot this year or next year."Basically, this would not be billions of dollars like the governor's plan would be to take TABOR refunds from people. This is really what's going on with his property tax relief. It's saying 'we're going to take a large portion of your TABOR refunds that would be coming back to you anyway, we're going to put it into property tax relief, and act like this is some kind of property tax cut for you,'" Fields said. C...

Snow melt causing flood concerns in northwest Colorado

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Flood concerns are increasing due to rapid snowmelt in northwest Colorado. Flood watches are in effect through Saturday for parts of Moffat, Routt, Rio Blanco and Garfield counties. This includes Lower Yampa River Basin, Central Yampa River Basin, Elkhead and Park Mountains, Upper Yampa River Basin, and Flat Tops - including the cities of Rangely, Dinosaur, Craig, Hayden, Meeker, Columbine, Hahns Peak, Toponas, Steamboat Springs, Buford, and Trappers Lake. The concern is that rapid snowmelt could lead to excessive runoff, which may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Be careful if you are traveling in those areas because creeks and streams may rise out of their banks and flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas, low-water crossings may be flooded. Another concern is that storm drains and ditches may become clogged with debris.A flood warning is also in effect for portions of the Dolores River from t...

‘He went out as a hero’: Girlfriend of man shot and killed at Walmart in Lauderdale Lakes speaks out

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

The girlfriend of a man who was fatally gunned down at a Walmart in Lauderdale Lakes is devastated over the horrific moments that, she said, unfolded just feet away from their child.According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 42-year-old Thierry Bastien came under fire when he stepped up to save a stranger who was being attacked, Tuesday afternoon.Wednesday evening, his girlfriend, Makia Ford, spoke to 7News to share her pain. Ford said she begged the suspect, identified as 22-year-old Tironie Sterling, to not shoot her boyfriend, but the suspect shot the victim in the chest, back and leg.“It’s something you can never forget. It’s a day I’ll never forget for the rest of my life, as long as I live,” Ford said.Ford said the image is still fresh, as she witnessed her boyfriend’s final moments.“I laid on the side of him, I tried to tell him, ‘Stay with me,'” Ford said. “I even prayed on the side of him.”BSO deputies ...

Fake marijuana dispensary listing causes confusion, sends customers to Dorchester woman’s home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

A marijuana mix-up has impacted a woman in Dorchester as well as would-be customers, as the woman says people have been showing up at her door looking for marijuana they purchased through what they thought was a marijuana dispensary. 7NEWS spoke with Denise, who said she initially thought people just had the wrong address. Then, she said the people knocking on her door showed her what was popping up online when they searched for “cannabis delivery Boston.” Her address matched the listed address for “Starlight Greens – Delivery Dispensary.”Denise said she contacted Google, the Attorney General’s office, and police. “I’m a nearly 70-year-old woman who has read AARP about the scams being pulled on older adult Americans and I think we’re not the only ones being scammed,” she said. She said the search result for Starlight Greens Delivery Dispensary also had a website. The site didn’t list an address or number to call. But people could buy and pay online for diff...

Gallery: Celtics clobber 76ers, 121-87 in Game 2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

The Boston Celtics easily beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 121-87 during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals at the TD garden

Wednesday’s high school roundup/scores: Dagen Darnell fuels Nobles past St. George’s, 11-0

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

BASEBALLDagen Darnell threw five innings of shutout ball, striking out seven and surrendering four hits while going 3-for-3 at the plate also as Nobles (7–5) blanked St. George’s (RI) 11-0 in Independent School League play. … Conor Meehan hit a walkoff, two-run single to give Thayer a 4-3 win over BB&N.In a Patriot League showdown, Ryan Baker fired a complete-game shutout, punching out 11 batters in a 3-0 win for Whitman-Hanson (8-2) over Silver Lake. … DC Brown tossed a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts, and Matt Nardone scored the only run on a wild pitch in Plymouth North’s 1-0 win over Marshfield. … Gabe Knudsen struck out 18 in a complete-game shutout and finished 2-for-2 at the plate for Hanover in an 8-0 victory over Scituate. … Vinny O’Leary drove in four runs on four hits and stole two bases, while Kevin Pritchard threw a complete-game shutout with five strikeouts as North Quincy pulled away for a 13-4 win over Plymouth South.Connor Flynn scattered three hits, while Jaden Ar...

Venturelli powers Taunton past King Philip in Hockomock League softball showdown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

TAUNTON – In what seems to become an annual affair, Taunton and King Philip faced off for Hockomock Kelley-Rex Division supremacy midway through the regular season.Both teams came in undefeated on the season as the Tigers (9-0, 8-0) outlasted the Warriors (10-1, 7-1), 3-1, in what turned out to be a pitchers’ duel.Sam Lincoln picked up the win with a complete game three-hitter while first-year hurler McCoy Walsh finished with 10 strikeouts after the big game jitters got the best of her early in the game.All of Taunton’s runs came off the bat of Ava Venturelli as the Louisville-bound outfielder crushed two home runs in her first two at bats to give Taunton the 3-0 lead after three innings of play. Venturelli’s first blast was a two-run shot that cleared the 220-foot marker in center field with no problem.Venturelli followed it up with her second homer on a 2-2 pitch to left center that was also a no-doubter in the third inning to give Lincoln all the support necessary for the win.“Th...

Triston Casas comes through in clutch as Red Sox beat Blue Jays 8-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

Triston Casas needed a game like this.Mired in a terrible slump to start the season and coming into the game 0 for his last 11, the rookie stepped to the plate three straight innings with a chance to either tie the game, put the Red Sox ahead or otherwise do serious damage. He delivered with back-to-back game-tying RBI singles and then crushed a fly ball to the warning track in the sixth that on a slightly less windy night would have been an easy grand slam.“That was one of my best swings of the season, honestly,” Casas said of the deep fly out. “Everything evens out, the baseball gods know everything and they got me that hit that last at bat. … I’m confident everything will even out and I’m just doing my best to swing at good pitches and barrel them up as often as possible.”Casas finished 3 for 5 with two RBI, helping power a somewhat odd but still decisive 8-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. With the win Boston has now won five straight an...

'A time to remember': San Diego law enforcement honor fallen deputies, officers and agents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

SAN DIEGO - Law enforcement throughout San Diego County joined together to pay their respects to fallen deputies, officers and agents. "A time to remember": That's the message wrapped around the hearts of San Diego law enforcement Wednesday. “When tragedy strikes, our families are the ones who are left behind to accept the sacrifice made," shared Chief Aaron Heitke with the U.S. Border Patrol. That reminder was symbolized by the empty chairs lined in front of the podium. One of them honoring Agent Daniel H. Salazar who died May 13, 2022, after he was fatally injured while conducting line watch operations, after his service vehicle rolled off a steep embankment adjacent to the international border. When asked about the legacy of Agent Salazar, one of his closest friends and colleagues Agent Dylan Robinson was at a loss for words. "I can’t even explain it. It’s a different kind of pain. He was my best friend...we were inseparable," Robinson said. The other person honored was State Par...

Science behind surfing: New exhibit to debut at California Surf Museum

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:10 GMT

OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Surfing is a lifestyle in San Diego, and a new exhibition at the California Surf Museum will explore the science behind the sport.The multi-media exhibit uses charts, diagrams, photographs, art and video monitors to explain the energy, tides, types of surf breaks and conditions and custodianship of the oceans, the California Surf Museum said in a release Wednesday. “While modern science is forever looking for explanations of what goes on in the natural world, modern day surfers have been at the ready to apply this knowledge where they can in advancing in the art of riding waves,” said Jim Kempton, President of the California Surf Museum’s Board of Directors. “As early as the mid-1940s, California surfing trailblazer Bob Simmons, a former Cal Tech student, was consulting hydrographic coastal navigation charts to discover formally unknown surf sites. He also was applying technological advances found in a Navy, MIT-led, World War II study intended to improve the sp...