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Eanes ISD to purchase 9 Tesla vehicles for district police department

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — During Tuesday evening’s special meeting, the Eanes Independent School District board of trustees voted to approve a proposal to add Tesla vehicles to its district police car fleet.The district said it would buy nine Model Y cars, which was a part of a proposal brought forward by Tesla.“The basic Tesla Model Y has been successfully utilized as a police vehicle in over 50 agencies throughout the U.S. The vehicle will require very little maintenance and no fuel and will serve its intended purpose for each campus officer based on the attached rationale,” the district said. PAST COVERAGE: Eanes ISD considering Teslas for district police force According to the agenda, Eanes ISD said an evaluation matrix determined Tesla’s proposal was the “best value for Eanes ISD, considering affordability, availability, and sustainability.”The district said it clarified with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) about the equipment requirements for commissioned officers as w...

Missouri Botanical Garden hosting educational events for Indigenous Peoples' Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Botanical Garden is hosting a series of educational opportunities on Indigenous Peoples' Day.That's Monday, October 9. There will be a documentary screening and hands-on native plant activities.   This Missouri town’s water is testing above the limits for radium Additional events, including more storytelling sessions and film screenings, are planned for November, which is Native American Heritage Month.

Best of Missouri Market starting today in south St. Louis City

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The rain didn't stop the set-up Thursday for the Best of Missouri Market.It's happening at the Missouri Botanical Garden this weekend. Visitors will find more than 120 of the region's best vendors of handcrafted items, locally produced food, and much more at this fall festival. First-of-its-kind tech in Missouri debuts at Ameristar St. Charles It runs Friday and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets run $16 for adults. Also note that the 'Tram Tour' will not be running during the festival.We will have an interview with a preview of this weekend's event on FOX 2 News at 8.

Officer Blake Snyder Memorial Workout today

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

ST. LOUIS -  An area business is hosting a BackStoppers fundraiser on Friday.It's in memory of fallen St. Louis County Officer Blake Snyder, killed in the line of duty in 2016. The supplement company 'First Phorm,' is hosting its sixth annual Blake Snyder Memorial Workout. This Missouri town’s water is testing above the limits for radium It's from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the First Phorm headquarters on Fenton Logistics Park Boulevard. There's a minimum donation of ten dollars.All the money goes to BackStoppers.

Cedar Hill man dies after motorcycle crash in Jefferson County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. - A Cedar Hill man died in a crash in Jefferson County around 5:00 p.m. Thursday.45-year-old Charles White died when his motorcycle hit a car entering Dulin Creek Road at the top of a hill. He lost control and hit a utility pole. First-of-its-kind tech in Missouri debuts at Ameristar St. Charles The other driver was not hurt.

I-76 west closed north of Commerce City due to crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

Interstate 76 westbound is closed north of Commerce City due to a crash.The closure was reported at East 74th Avenue by the Colorado Department of Transportation at 6:26 p.m. on Twitter.#I76 westbound: Road closed due to a crash at CO 224/70th Avenue; East 74th Avenue. https://t.co/wKhK6L8nWf— Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) (@ColoradoDOT) October 6, 2023CDOT advised drivers to expect delays in the area. There is no expected reopening time yet.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Colo. 93 in Arvada reopened after “serious injury” crash Crime and Public Safety | Woman hit, killed in early Tuesday crash near Aurora middle school Crime and Public Safety | 44th, Harlan in Wheat Ridge reopened after crash Crime and Public Safety | I-25 reopened in Walsenburg after crash Crime and Public Safety | Several downtown RTD rail lines to be interrupted by mainentance starting next week ...

Evolve and Pfizer cutting workers in Denver and Boulder

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

Denver-based Evolve is letting go of another 175 workers just four months after it dismissed 164 workers in response to a big drop-off in the vacation home rental market.The company, which describes itself as the “fastest-growing vacation rental hospitality company in North America,” manages properties on behalf of 30,000 owners and has hosted 10 million guests, according to its website.September’s job reduction, representing about a fifth of the staff, is part of a larger transition called Evolve 3.0 that Brian Egan, co-founder and CEO, described in a letter to employees last month.Egan said as he was scrutinizing how resources at the company were allocated — “every dollar and every hour, both payroll and non-payroll, all of it” — he realized he had to go beyond the millions of dollars in non-payroll savings and reduce the headcount.“The hard truth is that while we have a talented, hard-working and passionate team, and the vast majori...

Evictions surge in Denver as council members, advocates call for aid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

Deborah Self couldn’t stand the sound of her ringtone any longer. She silenced it last week, easing the dread of yet another call from a Coloradan on the verge of eviction. She didn’t need the shrill notification to do her job. Someone in need is always on the other line. Her phone rarely leaves her ear.Self, a housing navigator at Colorado Housing Connects, works from home answering some 50 calls a day to help people search for affordable housing, rental assistance, or tenant and landlord mediation. The organization has seen a nearly 60% spike in calls from the same time last year.“There’s a whole range of emotions when people call,” Self said. “A lot of people are crying. There are occasionally people who are angry and they direct it toward us, but it’s nothing to do with us. I’m pretty good at de-escalating. I try to calm them down and see what we can do to help.”The increase in calls comes amid a broader surge in displacement and evictions in Denver and across the state. For two...

Now at MCA Denver: Cowboys like you’ve never seen them before

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

In the large-scale artwork “Set Ups,” Stephanie Syjuco contrasts an intricate, menacing print with a verdant landscape and faded imagery of the American West.“The green backdrop and screen is a nod toward that cinematic construction of cowboys,” said Syjuco, who was born in the Philippines and raised in the U.S., where she internalized decades of cowboy imagery in movies and TV shows. “When MCA Denver approved it I was like, ‘yes!’ It’s very specific to this region and the mythology of the cowboy, and it’s related to work I was already doing on landscape panting and how it’s come to influence narratives of westword progress.”Syjuco’s is one of dozens of pieces commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver for its new “Cowboy” exhibition. Works that invoke German American painter Albert Bierstadt’s epic landscapes sit next to visual interrogations of Manifest Destiny, asking us to recons...

Send in the clowns with evocative, dreamlike show from Theatre Artibus

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:36:05 GMT

The first thing you’ll likely notice upon entering the Savoy Denver’s performance space is that Theatre Artibus has placed risers and seats lengthwise, so that the audience sits on two sides of its latest work, “The Pâstisserie.” In addition to creating an intimate proximity to the patrons, the setup in the one-time ballroom affords this evocative, laugh-outright, dreamlike show a zany flow.Gertie (Meghan Frank) and Doris (Tiffany Ogburn) welcome soldier Fred Whipple (Buba Basishvili) to their strange factory in “Pastisserie.” (Michael Ensminger, provided by Theatre Artibus)And flow it does, with its trio of players — Tiffany Ogburn, Buba Basishvili and Meghan Frank — sending laboratory desks and chairs skating across the floor with choreographed flair. Or unfurling a red carpet for a factory boss referred to as “The Founder.”  Or fight-chasing in slow motion across the theater’s expanse to the audience’s hearty guffaws.“The Pâstisserie” explores memory and its adjacent and ac...