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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 3 (00:11):
I'm Chad Bouer Infra Marti Lens today alongside Gina Gondek
Fox thirty one pinpoint weather. Cloudy, cooler today, high in
the mid forties, warming back up tomorrow, though he's back
around sixty.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
It is twenty nine in Denver.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
It wasn't the rain or snow, but the holding winds
that kept many of us up last night.
Speaker 5 (00:34):
Ups around the mid seventies, especially up and around Lincoln
County that I seventy carter around Lynman was especially fierce,
with the winds widespread guys forty to fifty five miles
an hour for all areas, including much of the Denver Metro.
Speaker 6 (00:47):
National Weather Service meteorologist Bruno Rodriguez says those strong winds
will stick around till later this afternoon, and while some
areas along the Palmer Divide and foothills had a few
inches of snow, the metro area didn't see enough moisture
to ease that fire danger, so will likely see more
red flag warnings by the weekends.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Listener and Win did not stop protesters from marching outside
the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Aurora after they
learned a well known Denver immigration activist is now in
ICE custody.
Speaker 7 (01:17):
There's no reason for them to have picked her up,
and we're very concerned about this irregular action by this agency.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
A statement from a local nonprofit that supports immigrant rights
says Ice acted without a valid deportation order and without
notifying you atte Visgera or her lawyers when she was
taken into custody. Leaders across the states also offering their opinions.
Speaker 8 (01:40):
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston called out President Trump and his
administration during the weekly Mayor Council meeting.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
This is not immigration enforcement.
Speaker 9 (01:48):
This is Soviet style political persecution of political dissidents under
the guise of immigration forcement.
Speaker 8 (01:54):
Both of Colorado's Democratic senators are also talking. Michael Bennett
says Viscara is a mother and a pillar of the
and as deeply concerned about ICE's actions. John Hickelett, who
says targeting her won't fix the broken immigration system this
Gara has been fighting deportation since two thousand and nine
and took sanctuary in the church for three years during
the president's first term.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Rob das at.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Koa news Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas pleading with the
parole board not to release the man who killed a
Denver police officer twenty years ago. Raoul Gomez Garcia was
sentenced to eighty years after shooting detective Donnie Young, and
I think.
Speaker 7 (02:29):
It's preposterous that there's even a consideration that the person
who killed him will not serve their entire sentence.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
A new state program allows those convicted of crimes when
they were under twenty one to apply for parole, but
those convicted of first degree murder or sex crimes are exempt.
Gomez Garcia is eligible since prosecutors charged him with second
degree murder in order to have him extradited from Mexico.
Speaker 6 (02:54):
A long time Democratic campaign and policy aid has now
been selected to fill the empty seat of State Senator
Sonya Hockey's Lewis.
Speaker 10 (03:02):
Katie Wallace will take over District seventeen, a month after
Hockez Lewis resigned a mid controversy involving her treatment of
her legislative staff. Wallace beats seven others to win the
job and will hold the seat until twenty twenty. Six,
when she'll need to run for reelection to serve out
the final two years of huck has Lewis's term. Her
(03:22):
priorities at the capitol this year protecting the environment, fighting
for affordable housing, and addressing what she calls the disastrous
impacts of Tabor Brenda Stewart Koway News.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
The two construction defect bills in the state legislature are
now one bill as.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
It leaves a House committee. The measure moving.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
Forward as the supports of a broad coalition, and it
sets some guardrails to KURRB litigation for defects. Former state
Representative Jonathan Singer testified, I.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Actually ran a bill very similar to this.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
This is a big compromise from where I started in
twenty fourteen.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
The problem has only gotten worse.
Speaker 6 (03:59):
But some lawmie worry the measure could slow down housing
construction since builders don't want to risk being sued.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a limited ceasefire
in Ukraine, but it's far less the Ukrainian President Zelenski
agreed to.
Speaker 11 (04:14):
President Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed
to an immediate ceasefire on strikes against energy and infrastructure targets,
with more negotiations on a broader ceasefire in peace deal underway.
Speaker 12 (04:26):
Talked about a lot of things and toward getting it
to peace, and we talked about other things also.
Speaker 13 (04:31):
The President said the call lasted nearly two hours, describing
it as great. The limited ceasefire agreement falls short of
a thirty day pause in fighting proposed by the US
and agreed to by Ukraine the Kremlin. Sis Putin also
reiterated his demand for all US and Western back military
and intelligence aid to Ukraine be stopped.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
At the White House. Jarret Halpern, Fox News a rare.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Statement from Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, the Chief Justice,
rebuking President Trumps upset about the President asking for a
federal judge to be impeached because the judge blocked the
Trump administration's deportation flights.
Speaker 7 (05:07):
Chief Justice Roberts releasing this statement, stating, quote, for more
than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is
not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.
The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
That's ABC's Rachel Scott. Congressional Republicans say they still plan
to draw up articles of impeachment against judges who have
ruled against the presidents. Another federal judge dealing a blow
to one of Trump's key policies, blocking the Pentagon from
banning transgender people in the military. The judge ruled the
order likely violates the Constitution and issued a preliminary injunction
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against it.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
And don't fret Rockies fans if you see lane closures
on the streets near Coursefield.
Speaker 14 (05:50):
The City of Denver says it's working on the sewer
lines outside of Corus Field, but they promised the work
will be done before the home opener on April fourth.
There will be lanes closed on nineteenth and twentieth between
Larimer and Blake Walthwork is getting done.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Kathy Walker KOA News.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
You are up to date on Colorado's morning news.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Coming up, pat Wood is the latest business and money news.
Some possible good news for those looking to buy a
home that's coming up, as is sports. Another baseball game
is over and it's only seven o'clock in the morning.
Speaker 6 (06:23):
We'll take a look at your drive first, Let's go
to Jonathan Steel and the KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Yeah, while city traffic builds up very nicely, no problems.
I'm looking down south, it's still real rough between Caps
a Rock and Colorado Springs, with snow covered roadways and
definitely icy, dicey drive anywhere you're traveling. Highway eighty three,
also south of Franktown and north of the one to
oh five highway that's out of Monument. There is a
crash in there on eighty three that is actually.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Backing up traffic. And I twenty five.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Both directions in and around the area of Larkspur have
been extremely slow and it is the conditions that's dictating
those speeds. In town again, it looks good two two five,
maybe a little bit of company two seventy, I seventy
six and I twenty five, but actually looks good on
speeds almost the city wide builder turnpikes wide open pen
looks great.
Speaker 15 (07:09):
To the airport.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Still have that closure out to the east because of
blowing snow and rough conditions between here and Kansas on
I seventy and it is wintry up in the high
country too. The only closure is Loveland Pass, which is
not unusual, and it is slow at the tunnels heading
to Silverthorne and eventually two veil. Jonathan Steel on KA
eight fifty AM in ninety four one FM.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
Catwoard has another check of business and money news and
a slight break for people looking to.
Speaker 12 (07:34):
Buy a home, not a real double whammy for first
time home buyers. The lack of inventory pushes prices higher
and mortgage rates have been going up as well, but
mortgage rates are edging lower now, and last month there
was a surge in the number of homes being built.
Housing starts jumped by eleven percent in February. Hermit's to
start building new homes also rose more than projected. Right now,
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the average rate for a thirty year fixed rate mortgage
is six point six percent. A fifteen year fixed goes
for just under six percent. If you're about to apply
for Social Security benefits, or if you already get them
but want to change how you get them, get ready
for a trip to the SSA office.
Speaker 9 (08:12):
Beginning March thirty first, millions of Social Security recipients and
applicants who cannot verify their identity through the agency's My
Social Security Online service will have to visit agency field
offices in person. Retiree advocates warned the change will negatively
impact older Americans in rural areas who live are from
(08:32):
SSA offices, or have limited Internet access.
Speaker 4 (08:36):
Harman Roberts, Fox News.
Speaker 12 (08:38):
The reason cited for this new policy is to cut
down on potential fraud.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
One of the biggest auto shows in.
Speaker 12 (08:44):
The North America is kicking Tesla out of the showroom.
Vancouver International Auto Show starts today. Its director says Tesla
vehicles are being removed from the event because.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Of safety concerns.
Speaker 12 (08:56):
Teslas have been the target of protests and vandalism because
of Eli Musk's role in the Trump administration. Stock future
is our mixed this morning.
Speaker 16 (09:04):
Coming off a downer, major stock averages are stumbling into midweek.
The Dow Jones slipping another two hundred and sixty points
Tuesday and closing at forty one to five eighty one.
S ANDP lost just over one percent. Faltering tech shares
dragged the nastack down by one point seven percent. Taco
Bell and in Vidio are joining forces young Brands, the
parent to Taco Bell, KFC in Pizza Hut is collaborating
(09:24):
with Nvidia to accelerate the use of AI in the
order taking process at its fast food restaurants. Jim Rillion
ABC News.
Speaker 12 (09:31):
This update brought to you by the Denver Metro Chamber
of Commerce. Our next update is at seven thirty eight
paw watered Koa Money News.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
In Koa Sports.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Baseball season opening series has wrapped up in Tokyo. The
first pitch was just after four am our time. The
Dodgers won both games against the Cubs, taking today's six
to three.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
LA hit three.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Home runs, including one from Shohei Otani. And while the
Cubs and Dodgers are playing regular season games, the rest
of the league still in spring training mode, the Rockies
beat the Giants three to one yesterday. Pitcher Chase Dolander
trying to show that he is ready for a spot
in the big league rotation. He pitched three and two
thirds scoreless innings, striking out seven.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Well great in my opinion. What I need to do
better is to just get get ahead of hitters and attack.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Tell I got times it was trying to be too
cute with it.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
I know my stuff is going to play, so I
just need to get his own. Manager Bud Black on
Dolander's performance, So.
Speaker 17 (10:29):
I thought his overall stuff was fine. Delivery looked good, repeated,
it was pretty consistent. You know through a number of
pitches three and two thirds seventy five pitches, so there's
an efficiency factor in there that you know we'll keep
an eye on and keep more going to him pound
on the strike zone.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Today, the Rockies played the Diamondbacks the NCAA tournament underway.
In first four games. Last night, North Carolina beat San
Diego State ninety five to sixty eight. North Carolina guard
Seth Trimble on the team silencing doubters who believe the
Tar Hills did not deserve a tournament spot.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
We know we desire to be here. We're not looking
to send the message to anybody else.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
We're just looking to compete as a team and be
a team that we know that we're capable being.
Speaker 10 (11:12):
And I think we did that tonight.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
We want to do that when we get to Milwaukee.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
A dramatic ending in the other game yesterday, as Alabama
State defeated Saint Francis seventy to sixty eight on a
last second tip in the first four. We'll wrap up
today in Dayton, Ohio with games two more games Xavier
Texas and Saint Mary's American. The games in Denver begin tomorrow.
KOA Tournament updates presented by Exfinity stream Live Sports from
(11:39):
the Best seat in the House, and our social media
question today has to do with March Madness. Have you
filled out a bracket? Will you fill out a bracket?
And if so, who do you have winning at all?
You can weigh in on x on Facebook at Kowa Colorado,
or go to the iHeartRadio app and just use our
talkback feature and you can send us a message. The
(12:00):
Nuggets West Coast road trip continues tonight. They'll play the
Lakers after beating the Warriors Monday. The Avalanche also on
the road. They're in Toronto to play the Maple Leafs.
The Aves have won eight of their last nine games.
I'm Chad Bauer on the home of the Broncos, Buffs
and Rockies, and KOA Sports this afternoon at.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Three Colorado's Morning News.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Jay Away News Time seven seventeen.
Speaker 18 (12:25):
Strong gusty winds the big weather story for the Denver
metro area today, but to the east west, even for
some areas in the South, we've seen blizzard conditions creating
difficulties on the roadways.
Speaker 19 (12:35):
As you go out onto the eastern plains, the chance
for snow is a little better with two to four
inches possible, so parts of I seventy from Limemen to
the eastern border, and parts of northeast Colorado are under
a blizzard warning where winds could go forty to forty
five miles per hour combined with the snow, creating reduced visibility.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Box thirty one.
Speaker 6 (12:54):
Chief Meteorologist Dave Frazier says the Eastern Plains may also
see those white out conditions.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
The United Nations Food Agency is warning that the continued
spread of avian flu is threatening food security around the world.
Speaker 20 (13:07):
The Food and Agriculture Organization is citing the loss of
hundreds of millions of poultry worldwide, as well as cow milk.
The FAO says the situation requires a coordinated global response.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the US
has recorded seventy bird flu outbreaks in forty one cattle
herds and on twenty four poultry farms.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I'm dammaged forr HEEO.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
Doctors say it may only be a matter of time
before Colorado sees its first measles cases. Over three hundred
cases have been reported nationwide, including some in New Mexico, Oklahoma,
and Kansas. Officials are urging unvaccinated residents to get their
MMR vaccine, noting measles return due to the declining immunization rates.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
The video posted on the White House X page depicts
presumed illegal immigrants being handcuffed by border patrol agents and
then going up the steps to board an airplane as
closing time plays in the background. In the statement to
Rolling Stone, Semi Sonic says we did not authorize or
condone the White House's use of our song anyway. The
statement also said, and no, they didn't ask.
Speaker 6 (14:10):
The economic impact of March Madness one of the latest
numbers coming up in just a minute.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
First, so let's get another check on traffic from the
KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
Here's Jonathan Steel.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Yeah, we really have a quiet ride out here. If
nothing else, the volume has even gotten lighter than it
was in the six o'clock hour coming in from North
Glenn slight slowing down from one hundred and fourth and
seventy six coming in from ninety six down past eighty
eighth Avenue is a little heavy, along with two seventy
and two to five also down the hill from Parker,
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but we're not seeing heavy jam ups at all. It's
just reduced speeds in some areas. I was just looking
down south where the weather's pretty poor this morning, between
Castle Rock and Monument into the Springs area. We're seeing
quite a bit of chamming there on snowpack roadways in
highw eighty three, same situation between Franktown and the Springs.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
It's wintery in the High Country. It's improved a little bit.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
It's going to be from Loveland Paths through the tunnels
and all the way to Vail where we're seeing the
slow speeds, and of course out east with blowing snow
and poor conditions, has I seventy completely shut down basically
between here and Kansas. Jonathan Steel on KA eight fifty
am and ninety four one FM.
Speaker 6 (15:17):
KOA News Time seven twenty, Gina Contek and Chad Bauer
Inframarti Lenz on Colorado's Morning News. Denver hosting six matchups
for the NCAA Men's Division one basketball tournament, and as
the city is gearing up for March Madness, we can
expect quite an economic impact.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Common Sense Institute released a report outlining just that. Joining
us now on the KOA Common Spirit Health Hotline to
talk more about it is Common Sense Institute's Director of
Communications and Research Operations, DJ Summers. DJ, thank you so
much for joining us this morning. And before we get
into the actual numbers, can you tell us how you
actually go about calculating economic impact.
Speaker 15 (15:57):
Hey, Chad, Gina, thank you for having me on the show.
As always, I am always delighted to lend a voice
some of the numbers that we took up over here
in the shop. So there were two ways that we
got to calculating this. This is if you inflate industry
sales or if you inflate personal spending. Those are the
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two ways that you can derive some kind of increased
number related to March madness. You try to do that
so you can inflate what normally the spending level. You
can either put in new industry sales or just more
personal spending. If you do that, then you have an
idea of how much more is going to come out.
(16:41):
It gives you a range those two estimates.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
So DJ, I'm going to start with the second one first,
how much money did we see when it comes to
how much is just spent on games in the city alone?
Speaker 15 (16:53):
So games in the city alone, if you're talking about
just personal expenditures personal income. That is eight to fifteen
million in personal income. That's the economic growth in personal
income from the games alone. Now, the games alone incorporate
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a lot of different items. They incorporate the transportation, they
incorporate food and beverage. They incorporate the lodging for the
hotel rooms that visitors might be letting out for themselves
or maybe the players themselves. That's the number that includes
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lots of different things, not just ticket sales at the games.
Speaker 4 (17:38):
Themselves and DJ.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
When you look at the projected economic impact of this
year's tournament, is that going to be pretty similar to
what it was two years ago in Denver last hosted
the opening rounds of the tournament.
Speaker 15 (17:51):
That should be roughly equivalent to what it was when
we hosted last time. It's really coming at a good
time for us too. I mean, Mark Madness is adding
some fun to Denver right now and some new money
from potential visitors spending right now. It's been feeling a
little doomy and gloomy a little bit around the Denver
area today. People are a little upset about, you know,
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downtown there's a lot of just bad news, a lot
of talk about economics fallouts, So this is really coming
at the appropriate time inject somewhere between thirteen to twenty
five million to the.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
State's GDP and DJ Fans need a place to stay
if they're coming from out of town to see their
teams play at ball arena. So what do we see
when it comes to hotel stays here in our state.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
And how much of an economic impact that can deliver.
Speaker 6 (18:38):
Do we also see a rise in cost of They
know this will be a hot time, so we see
a little up in when it comes to just the
prices of hotel rooms.
Speaker 4 (18:47):
Yes.
Speaker 15 (18:48):
Absolutely. One of the biggest items is on lodging spending.
That accounts for something like two point four to two
point five million worth of that extra spend. So what
we looked at was prices for different rounds. We looked
at how prices would go in about eight hundred hotel
rooms we know are going to be booked for the
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round of sixty four and for the round of thirty two.
For the round of sixty four, the average price for
those hotel rooms rises eighteen percent. For the round of
thirty two it rises forty percent. So the dep you
get into the game, the more you're potentially likely to
spend on a hotel room if you want to check
it out.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
And the NCAA tournament obviously very high profile, a lot
of media coverage about it, But dj are there some
other events that happen in Denver on an annual basis
that have maybe not as much of an economic impact,
but something that might be similar, like something we may
not know about, like a week long convention that thousands
of people attend or something like that.
Speaker 15 (19:48):
Oh, conventions are a huge economics driver, convention traffic. We
haven't done an analysis of that, but it's very similar
to March Madness. Any event that's going to bring people
into the urban center is going to have some kind
of economic impact. That what cities like stuff like this.
They love it when we can host Mark Madness. We
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love the Rodeo, we love the conventions downtown, we love
the Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Anything that's going to bring
people downtown, anything that's going to bring people into the
city or into the state for an event, it's going
to come with some kind of associated spending. That's why
these events are great.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
Find the March Madness Report at Common Sense Institute CEO
dot org. Csis director of Communications and Research Operations.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
It's DJ Summers. Thanks DJ.
Speaker 15 (20:38):
Thanks guys, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
The newscast is next right after we get another check
on traffic from the KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Here's Jonathan Steele.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
That's been a pretty good ride for us here in town.
We're not dealing with weather issues, just a little bit
of slowing developing and maybe a bit of a surge
of volume on the turnpike getting into Broomfield heading towards Boulder,
I seventy six down from eighty five spen slow past
eighty eight. There was a little minor accident off to
the shoulder at that location there past eighty eighth. It's
well out of the way, but it is jamming a
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little bit. Two seventies a little bit busier out of
Commerce City and it looks like two T five little
more company. Also as you make your way out of Aura,
it's winter in the High Country. We do have a closure.
In fact, just came in because of a crash. This
is going to be on I seventy eastbound heading into Vail.
It looks like it is backed up there on the
westbound side slow from the tunnels all the way to
that point, and of course out east on I seventy
(21:29):
we've got a full blown closure because of the blowing,
drifting snow and the road conditions between here and Kansas.
Jonathan Steele on KWA eight fifty am and Night four
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
Free never sounded so good.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
I'm Chad Bouer Infra Marti Lens today alongside Gina Gondek
Fox thirty one pinpoint weather. Cloudy, cooler today, high in
the mid forties, warming back up tomorrow, though he's back
around sixty.
Speaker 4 (00:24):
It is twenty nine in Denver.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
It wasn't the rain or snow, but the holding winds
that kept many of us up last night.
Speaker 5 (00:34):
Ups around the mid seventies, especially up and around Lincoln
County that I seventy carter around Lynman was especially fierce,
with the winds widespread guys forty to fifty five miles
an hour for all areas, including much of the Denver Metro.
Speaker 6 (00:47):
National Weather Service meteorologist Bruno Rodriguez says those strong winds
will stick around till later this afternoon, and while some
areas along the Palmer Divide and foothills had a few
inches of snow, the metro area didn't see enough moisture
to ease that fire danger, so will likely see more
red flag warnings by the weekends.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Listener and Win did not stop protesters from marching outside
the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Aurora after they
learned a well known Denver immigration activist is now in
ICE custody.
Speaker 7 (01:17):
There's no reason for them to have picked her up,
and we're very concerned about this irregular action by this agency.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
A statement from a local nonprofit that supports immigrant rights
says Ice acted without a valid deportation order and without
notifying you atte Visgera or her lawyers when she was
taken into custody. Leaders across the states also offering their opinions.
Speaker 8 (01:40):
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston called out President Trump and his
administration during the weekly Mayor Council meeting.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
This is not immigration enforcement.
Speaker 9 (01:48):
This is Soviet style political persecution of political dissidents under
the guise of immigration forcement.
Speaker 8 (01:54):
Both of Colorado's Democratic senators are also talking. Michael Bennett
says Viscara is a mother and a pillar of the
and as deeply concerned about ICE's actions. John Hickelett, who
says targeting her won't fix the broken immigration system this
Gara has been fighting deportation since two thousand and nine
and took sanctuary in the church for three years during
the president's first term.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Rob das at.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Koa news Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas pleading with the
parole board not to release the man who killed a
Denver police officer twenty years ago. Raoul Gomez Garcia was
sentenced to eighty years after shooting detective Donnie Young, and
I think.
Speaker 7 (02:29):
It's preposterous that there's even a consideration that the person
who killed him will not serve their entire sentence.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
A new state program allows those convicted of crimes when
they were under twenty one to apply for parole, but
those convicted of first degree murder or sex crimes are exempt.
Gomez Garcia is eligible since prosecutors charged him with second
degree murder in order to have him extradited from Mexico.
Speaker 6 (02:54):
A long time Democratic campaign and policy aid has now
been selected to fill the empty seat of State Senator
Sonya Hockey's Lewis.
Speaker 10 (03:02):
Katie Wallace will take over District seventeen, a month after
Hockez Lewis resigned a mid controversy involving her treatment of
her legislative staff. Wallace beats seven others to win the
job and will hold the seat until twenty twenty. Six,
when she'll need to run for reelection to serve out
the final two years of huck has Lewis's term. Her
(03:22):
priorities at the capitol this year protecting the environment, fighting
for affordable housing, and addressing what she calls the disastrous
impacts of Tabor Brenda Stewart Koway News.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
The two construction defect bills in the state legislature are
now one bill as.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
It leaves a House committee. The measure moving.
Speaker 6 (03:41):
Forward as the supports of a broad coalition, and it
sets some guardrails to KURRB litigation for defects. Former state
Representative Jonathan Singer testified, I.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
Actually ran a bill very similar to this.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
This is a big compromise from where I started in
twenty fourteen.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
The problem has only gotten worse.
Speaker 6 (03:59):
But some lawmie worry the measure could slow down housing
construction since builders don't want to risk being sued.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a limited ceasefire
in Ukraine, but it's far less the Ukrainian President Zelenski
agreed to.
Speaker 11 (04:14):
President Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed
to an immediate ceasefire on strikes against energy and infrastructure targets,
with more negotiations on a broader ceasefire in peace deal underway.
Speaker 12 (04:26):
Talked about a lot of things and toward getting it
to peace, and we talked about other things also.
Speaker 13 (04:31):
The President said the call lasted nearly two hours, describing
it as great. The limited ceasefire agreement falls short of
a thirty day pause in fighting proposed by the US
and agreed to by Ukraine the Kremlin. Sis Putin also
reiterated his demand for all US and Western back military
and intelligence aid to Ukraine be stopped.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
At the White House. Jarret Halpern, Fox News a rare.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Statement from Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, the Chief Justice,
rebuking President Trumps upset about the President asking for a
federal judge to be impeached because the judge blocked the
Trump administration's deportation flights.
Speaker 7 (05:07):
Chief Justice Roberts releasing this statement, stating, quote, for more
than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is
not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.
The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
That's ABC's Rachel Scott. Congressional Republicans say they still plan
to draw up articles of impeachment against judges who have
ruled against the presidents. Another federal judge dealing a blow
to one of Trump's key policies, blocking the Pentagon from
banning transgender people in the military. The judge ruled the
order likely violates the Constitution and issued a preliminary injunction
(05:44):
against it.
Speaker 6 (05:45):
And don't fret Rockies fans if you see lane closures
on the streets near Coursefield.
Speaker 14 (05:50):
The City of Denver says it's working on the sewer
lines outside of Corus Field, but they promised the work
will be done before the home opener on April fourth.
There will be lanes closed on nineteenth and twentieth between
Larimer and Blake Walthwork is getting done.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Kathy Walker KOA News.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
You are up to date on Colorado's morning news.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Coming up, pat Wood is the latest business and money news.
Some possible good news for those looking to buy a
home that's coming up, as is sports. Another baseball game
is over and it's only seven o'clock in the morning.
Speaker 6 (06:23):
We'll take a look at your drive first, Let's go
to Jonathan Steel and the KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
Yeah, while city traffic builds up very nicely, no problems.
I'm looking down south, it's still real rough between Caps
a Rock and Colorado Springs, with snow covered roadways and
definitely icy, dicey drive anywhere you're traveling. Highway eighty three,
also south of Franktown and north of the one to
oh five highway that's out of Monument. There is a
crash in there on eighty three that is actually.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Backing up traffic. And I twenty five.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Both directions in and around the area of Larkspur have
been extremely slow and it is the conditions that's dictating
those speeds. In town again, it looks good two two five,
maybe a little bit of company two seventy, I seventy
six and I twenty five, but actually looks good on
speeds almost the city wide builder turnpikes wide open pen
looks great.
Speaker 15 (07:09):
To the airport.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Still have that closure out to the east because of
blowing snow and rough conditions between here and Kansas on
I seventy and it is wintry up in the high
country too. The only closure is Loveland Pass, which is
not unusual, and it is slow at the tunnels heading
to Silverthorne and eventually two veil. Jonathan Steel on KA
eight fifty AM in ninety four one FM.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
Catwoard has another check of business and money news and
a slight break for people looking to.
Speaker 12 (07:34):
Buy a home, not a real double whammy for first
time home buyers. The lack of inventory pushes prices higher
and mortgage rates have been going up as well, but
mortgage rates are edging lower now, and last month there
was a surge in the number of homes being built.
Housing starts jumped by eleven percent in February. Hermit's to
start building new homes also rose more than projected. Right now,
(07:55):
the average rate for a thirty year fixed rate mortgage
is six point six percent. A fifteen year fixed goes
for just under six percent. If you're about to apply
for Social Security benefits, or if you already get them
but want to change how you get them, get ready
for a trip to the SSA office.
Speaker 9 (08:12):
Beginning March thirty first, millions of Social Security recipients and
applicants who cannot verify their identity through the agency's My
Social Security Online service will have to visit agency field
offices in person. Retiree advocates warned the change will negatively
impact older Americans in rural areas who live are from
(08:32):
SSA offices, or have limited Internet access.
Speaker 4 (08:36):
Harman Roberts, Fox News.
Speaker 12 (08:38):
The reason cited for this new policy is to cut
down on potential fraud.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
One of the biggest auto shows in.
Speaker 12 (08:44):
The North America is kicking Tesla out of the showroom.
Vancouver International Auto Show starts today. Its director says Tesla
vehicles are being removed from the event because.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
Of safety concerns.
Speaker 12 (08:56):
Teslas have been the target of protests and vandalism because
of Eli Musk's role in the Trump administration. Stock future
is our mixed this morning.
Speaker 16 (09:04):
Coming off a downer, major stock averages are stumbling into midweek.
The Dow Jones slipping another two hundred and sixty points
Tuesday and closing at forty one to five eighty one.
S ANDP lost just over one percent. Faltering tech shares
dragged the nastack down by one point seven percent. Taco
Bell and in Vidio are joining forces young Brands, the
parent to Taco Bell, KFC in Pizza Hut is collaborating
(09:24):
with Nvidia to accelerate the use of AI in the
order taking process at its fast food restaurants. Jim Rillion
ABC News.
Speaker 12 (09:31):
This update brought to you by the Denver Metro Chamber
of Commerce. Our next update is at seven thirty eight
paw watered Koa Money News.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
In Koa Sports.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Baseball season opening series has wrapped up in Tokyo. The
first pitch was just after four am our time. The
Dodgers won both games against the Cubs, taking today's six
to three.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
LA hit three.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Home runs, including one from Shohei Otani. And while the
Cubs and Dodgers are playing regular season games, the rest
of the league still in spring training mode, the Rockies
beat the Giants three to one yesterday. Pitcher Chase Dolander
trying to show that he is ready for a spot
in the big league rotation. He pitched three and two
thirds scoreless innings, striking out seven.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
Well great in my opinion. What I need to do
better is to just get get ahead of hitters and attack.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Tell I got times it was trying to be too
cute with it.
Speaker 4 (10:23):
I know my stuff is going to play, so I
just need to get his own. Manager Bud Black on
Dolander's performance, So.
Speaker 17 (10:29):
I thought his overall stuff was fine. Delivery looked good, repeated,
it was pretty consistent. You know through a number of
pitches three and two thirds seventy five pitches, so there's
an efficiency factor in there that you know we'll keep
an eye on and keep more going to him pound
on the strike zone.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Today, the Rockies played the Diamondbacks the NCAA tournament underway.
In first four games. Last night, North Carolina beat San
Diego State ninety five to sixty eight. North Carolina guard
Seth Trimble on the team silencing doubters who believe the
Tar Hills did not deserve a tournament spot.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
We know we desire to be here. We're not looking
to send the message to anybody else.
Speaker 6 (11:07):
We're just looking to compete as a team and be
a team that we know that we're capable being.
Speaker 10 (11:12):
And I think we did that tonight.
Speaker 4 (11:14):
We want to do that when we get to Milwaukee.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
A dramatic ending in the other game yesterday, as Alabama
State defeated Saint Francis seventy to sixty eight on a
last second tip in the first four. We'll wrap up
today in Dayton, Ohio with games two more games Xavier
Texas and Saint Mary's American. The games in Denver begin tomorrow.
KOA Tournament updates presented by Exfinity stream Live Sports from
(11:39):
the Best seat in the House, and our social media
question today has to do with March Madness. Have you
filled out a bracket? Will you fill out a bracket?
And if so, who do you have winning at all?
You can weigh in on x on Facebook at Kowa Colorado,
or go to the iHeartRadio app and just use our
talkback feature and you can send us a message. The
(12:00):
Nuggets West Coast road trip continues tonight. They'll play the
Lakers after beating the Warriors Monday. The Avalanche also on
the road. They're in Toronto to play the Maple Leafs.
The Aves have won eight of their last nine games.
I'm Chad Bauer on the home of the Broncos, Buffs
and Rockies, and KOA Sports this afternoon at.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Three Colorado's Morning News.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Jay Away News Time seven seventeen.
Speaker 18 (12:25):
Strong gusty winds the big weather story for the Denver
metro area today, but to the east west, even for
some areas in the South, we've seen blizzard conditions creating
difficulties on the roadways.
Speaker 19 (12:35):
As you go out onto the eastern plains, the chance
for snow is a little better with two to four
inches possible, so parts of I seventy from Limemen to
the eastern border, and parts of northeast Colorado are under
a blizzard warning where winds could go forty to forty
five miles per hour combined with the snow, creating reduced visibility.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Box thirty one.
Speaker 6 (12:54):
Chief Meteorologist Dave Frazier says the Eastern Plains may also
see those white out conditions.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
The United Nations Food Agency is warning that the continued
spread of avian flu is threatening food security around the world.
Speaker 20 (13:07):
The Food and Agriculture Organization is citing the loss of
hundreds of millions of poultry worldwide, as well as cow milk.
The FAO says the situation requires a coordinated global response.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the US
has recorded seventy bird flu outbreaks in forty one cattle
herds and on twenty four poultry farms.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
I'm dammaged forr HEEO.
Speaker 6 (13:27):
Doctors say it may only be a matter of time
before Colorado sees its first measles cases. Over three hundred
cases have been reported nationwide, including some in New Mexico, Oklahoma,
and Kansas. Officials are urging unvaccinated residents to get their
MMR vaccine, noting measles return due to the declining immunization rates.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
The video posted on the White House X page depicts
presumed illegal immigrants being handcuffed by border patrol agents and
then going up the steps to board an airplane as
closing time plays in the background. In the statement to
Rolling Stone, Semi Sonic says we did not authorize or
condone the White House's use of our song anyway. The
statement also said, and no, they didn't ask.
Speaker 6 (14:10):
The economic impact of March Madness one of the latest
numbers coming up in just a minute.
Speaker 3 (14:14):
First, so let's get another check on traffic from the
KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
Here's Jonathan Steel.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
Yeah, we really have a quiet ride out here. If
nothing else, the volume has even gotten lighter than it
was in the six o'clock hour coming in from North
Glenn slight slowing down from one hundred and fourth and
seventy six coming in from ninety six down past eighty
eighth Avenue is a little heavy, along with two seventy
and two to five also down the hill from Parker,
(14:40):
but we're not seeing heavy jam ups at all. It's
just reduced speeds in some areas. I was just looking
down south where the weather's pretty poor this morning, between
Castle Rock and Monument into the Springs area. We're seeing
quite a bit of chamming there on snowpack roadways in
highw eighty three, same situation between Franktown and the Springs.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
It's wintery in the High Country. It's improved a little bit.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
It's going to be from Loveland Paths through the tunnels
and all the way to Vail where we're seeing the
slow speeds, and of course out east with blowing snow
and poor conditions, has I seventy completely shut down basically
between here and Kansas. Jonathan Steel on KA eight fifty
am and ninety four one FM.
Speaker 6 (15:17):
KOA News Time seven twenty, Gina Contek and Chad Bauer
Inframarti Lenz on Colorado's Morning News. Denver hosting six matchups
for the NCAA Men's Division one basketball tournament, and as
the city is gearing up for March Madness, we can
expect quite an economic impact.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Common Sense Institute released a report outlining just that. Joining
us now on the KOA Common Spirit Health Hotline to
talk more about it is Common Sense Institute's Director of
Communications and Research Operations, DJ Summers. DJ, thank you so
much for joining us this morning. And before we get
into the actual numbers, can you tell us how you
actually go about calculating economic impact.
Speaker 15 (15:57):
Hey, Chad, Gina, thank you for having me on the show.
As always, I am always delighted to lend a voice
some of the numbers that we took up over here
in the shop. So there were two ways that we
got to calculating this. This is if you inflate industry
sales or if you inflate personal spending. Those are the
(16:19):
two ways that you can derive some kind of increased
number related to March madness. You try to do that
so you can inflate what normally the spending level. You
can either put in new industry sales or just more
personal spending. If you do that, then you have an
idea of how much more is going to come out.
(16:41):
It gives you a range those two estimates.
Speaker 6 (16:44):
So DJ, I'm going to start with the second one first,
how much money did we see when it comes to
how much is just spent on games in the city alone?
Speaker 15 (16:53):
So games in the city alone, if you're talking about
just personal expenditures personal income. That is eight to fifteen
million in personal income. That's the economic growth in personal
income from the games alone. Now, the games alone incorporate
(17:13):
a lot of different items. They incorporate the transportation, they
incorporate food and beverage. They incorporate the lodging for the
hotel rooms that visitors might be letting out for themselves
or maybe the players themselves. That's the number that includes
(17:34):
lots of different things, not just ticket sales at the games.
Speaker 4 (17:38):
Themselves and DJ.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
When you look at the projected economic impact of this
year's tournament, is that going to be pretty similar to
what it was two years ago in Denver last hosted
the opening rounds of the tournament.
Speaker 15 (17:51):
That should be roughly equivalent to what it was when
we hosted last time. It's really coming at a good
time for us too. I mean, Mark Madness is adding
some fun to Denver right now and some new money
from potential visitors spending right now. It's been feeling a
little doomy and gloomy a little bit around the Denver
area today. People are a little upset about, you know,
(18:13):
downtown there's a lot of just bad news, a lot
of talk about economics fallouts, So this is really coming
at the appropriate time inject somewhere between thirteen to twenty
five million to the.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
State's GDP and DJ Fans need a place to stay
if they're coming from out of town to see their
teams play at ball arena. So what do we see
when it comes to hotel stays here in our state.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
And how much of an economic impact that can deliver.
Speaker 6 (18:38):
Do we also see a rise in cost of They
know this will be a hot time, so we see
a little up in when it comes to just the
prices of hotel rooms.
Speaker 4 (18:47):
Yes.
Speaker 15 (18:48):
Absolutely. One of the biggest items is on lodging spending.
That accounts for something like two point four to two
point five million worth of that extra spend. So what
we looked at was prices for different rounds. We looked
at how prices would go in about eight hundred hotel
rooms we know are going to be booked for the
(19:09):
round of sixty four and for the round of thirty two.
For the round of sixty four, the average price for
those hotel rooms rises eighteen percent. For the round of
thirty two it rises forty percent. So the dep you
get into the game, the more you're potentially likely to
spend on a hotel room if you want to check
it out.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
And the NCAA tournament obviously very high profile, a lot
of media coverage about it, But dj are there some
other events that happen in Denver on an annual basis
that have maybe not as much of an economic impact,
but something that might be similar, like something we may
not know about, like a week long convention that thousands
of people attend or something like that.
Speaker 15 (19:48):
Oh, conventions are a huge economics driver, convention traffic. We
haven't done an analysis of that, but it's very similar
to March Madness. Any event that's going to bring people
into the urban center is going to have some kind
of economic impact. That what cities like stuff like this.
They love it when we can host Mark Madness. We
(20:11):
love the Rodeo, we love the conventions downtown, we love
the Saint Patrick's Day Parade. Anything that's going to bring
people downtown, anything that's going to bring people into the
city or into the state for an event, it's going
to come with some kind of associated spending. That's why
these events are great.
Speaker 6 (20:28):
Find the March Madness Report at Common Sense Institute CEO
dot org. Csis director of Communications and Research Operations.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
It's DJ Summers. Thanks DJ.
Speaker 15 (20:38):
Thanks guys, appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
The newscast is next right after we get another check
on traffic from the KOA Traffic Center.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Here's Jonathan Steele.
Speaker 1 (20:48):
That's been a pretty good ride for us here in town.
We're not dealing with weather issues, just a little bit
of slowing developing and maybe a bit of a surge
of volume on the turnpike getting into Broomfield heading towards Boulder,
I seventy six down from eighty five spen slow past
eighty eight. There was a little minor accident off to
the shoulder at that location there past eighty eighth. It's
well out of the way, but it is jamming a
(21:09):
little bit. Two seventies a little bit busier out of
Commerce City and it looks like two T five little
more company. Also as you make your way out of Aura,
it's winter in the High Country. We do have a closure.
In fact, just came in because of a crash. This
is going to be on I seventy eastbound heading into Vail.
It looks like it is backed up there on the
westbound side slow from the tunnels all the way to
that point, and of course out east on I seventy
(21:29):
we've got a full blown closure because of the blowing,
drifting snow and the road conditions between here and Kansas.
Jonathan Steele on KWA eight fifty am and Night four
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