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Tom Hesse

Reporter · US

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  1. Article · Aug 1, 2026 · Tom Hesse

    Hickenlooper calls for investigation into firefighters killed in burnover (opens the original)

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    Updated at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, 2026. U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper says the public needs answers about what decisions preceded the deaths of four wildland firefighters more than a month ago. “These families deserve answers, and we need to understand what went wrong so we can prevent future tragedies,” Hickenlooper said. Wildland firefighters Emily Barker, Nicholas Hutcherson and Sydney Watson were killed June 27 while responding to the Knowles fire, later renamed the Snyder fire, in a

  2. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Tom Hesse

    Canadian man identified as helicopter pilot killed while fighting Gold Mountain fire (opens the original)

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    Updated at 2:50 p.m. on Monday, July 13, 2026 A 56-year-old man from British Columbia was identified as the pilot killed Sunday while responding to the Gold Mountain fire. Nicholas Dale of Sooke, British Columbia, was identified by the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office Monday afternoon. Dale was piloting a K-MAX helicopter when the aircraft crashed into Silver Jack Reservoir, according to the sheriff’s office. The crash was reported shortly after 5 p.m., and Dale’s body was later recovered from t

  3. Article · Jul 10, 2026 · Tom Hesse

    Families hope for a better system as state commission starts to scrutinize Medicaid program (opens the original)

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    This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. The future of Colorado's Medicaid program is getting an in-depth look and that could lead to reforms. That’s the job of the Colorado Commission on Medicaid, which met on Monday. Its arduous task? Come up with strategies to manage rising Medicaid costs and prepare for sweeping new federal policies. Von Limbaugh, from Aurora, is the father of 24-year-old Andrew who has intellectual and developmenta

  4. Article · Jul 4, 2026 · Tom Hesse

    Jared Polis fires clemency advisory officials who spoke out against Peters commutation (opens the original)

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    This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org. Forty-eight days after commuting the sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters over concerns about her right to free speech, Gov. Jared Polis has dismissed a pair of officials for public comments they made against that clemency decision. Azra Taslimi and Hannah Seigel Proff were informed that their positions on the Governor’s Executive Clemency Advisory Board were terminated because of com

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