ST. LOUIS (AP) - A man was killed and five other people seriously injured when high winds swept through a beer tent where 200 people were gathered after a Cardinals game in St. Louis. Seventeen were hospitalized and up to 100 people were treated at the scene after straight-line winds... more »
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr says officers dismantled over 100 tents at an Occupy protest in a downtown plaza Wednesday morning.
In an early morning news conference broadcast by KCBS, Suhr said they were trying to separate personal belongings from the trash.
There... more »
State wildlife officials investigating a fatal grizzly bear attack outside Yellowstone National Park are looking into allegations that a photographer might have been baiting wildlife in the area.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department spokesman Ron Aasheim told KTVQ-TV in Billings Tuesday that the agency is investigating the allegations.... more »
Montana wildlife officials have captured a female grizzly and two of her three cubs in a campground near Yellowstone National Park where a man was killed and two others injured in a bear attack.
Fish, Wildlife and Parks Warden Capt. Sam Sheppard says the bear was captured in a... more »
The Colorado State Fair has a new venue in which to present shows and other activities. It's a fabric tension structure that looks something like a high-tech tent.
It's part of a partnership with Hansen WeatherPORT Corp . in Delta, Colorado. The sponsorship provides an 18,000 square foot building... more »
Last week the Colorado Springs City Council passed an ordinance to ban camping on public property. This is in response to many "tent cities" that have sprung up in this recession.
A local real estate representative told News First 5 the tent city problem can be a negative for... more »
The Colorado Springs Rescue Mission has a plan to offer immediate services to the homeless currently living in tents throughout the city, after the city council passed, on first presentation, an ordinance The plan involves expanding its available bed capacity within the Mission's New Life recovery program. The one-year residential... more »
Beginning Friday night, inmates will begin filling the brand new 1.9 million dollar detox facility in El Paso County.
The facility seems like a large tent. The walls are moveable which allows the county shift the use of this facility in the future if need be.
However, for... more »