UPDATE 4:6:30pm [LISTEN]

UPDATE 3:5:30pm Interview with Barb Timmock, Public Affairs Officer with the U.S. Forest Service[LISTEN]

UPDATE 2: 2:30pm Listen to Eric Whitney’s latest update on the Incline Fire. [LISTEN]

UPDATE: 1:15pm Manitou’s Homecoming Parade has been cancelled to allow emergency vehicles to get to the wildland fire.

BREAKING NEWS: 1:00pm There is a wildland fire burning NW of Manitou Springs. Listen to Eric Whitney’s report here. [LISTEN]

Jerry Gilley

Nancy Gilley

MEDIA RELEASE September 29, 2007 [1:25 p.m.]

KIDNAPPING SUSPECT ARRESTED AND VICTIM SAFE

El Paso County Sheriff’s investigators worked through the night on Friday to find information on the kidnapping victim, Nancy Gilley and her alleged kidnapper. Their diligence paid off and the two were located late Friday night.

Investigators followed leads which indicated Jerry Gilley and Nancy Gilley may have been at a hotel in Trinidad, Colorado. With assistance from the Trinidad Police Department, investigators confirmed their location. At approximately 11:35 p.m. on Friday, September 28, 2007, Sheriff’s investigators worked in collaboration with the Trinidad Police and the Trinidd SWAT team to contact and subsequently arrest Jerry Gilley. Nancy Gilley was with him and was taken to safety.

Currently Jerry Gilley is in the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center facing charges of Domestic Violence-First Degree Kidnapping, First Degree Burglary, and Felony Menacing. He is being held without bond at this time.

Nancy Gilley is safe with family and friends today.

This investigation is ongoing and more details may be available at a later time.

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has been a champion of renewable energy since taking office. He recently put solar panels on the Governor’s mansion and just got back from Washington DC where he asked congress to adopted national renewable energy standards for utilities. This week he’s hosting the Western Governor’s Association. The topic is getting more renewable energy on the electric grid across the region. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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A proposed land swap in southwestern Colorado is generating controversy. Outside Durango, a company wants to expand a golf course and development onto neighboring land now owned by the Forest Service. In exchange, they're offering property that the government says could provide important habitat for rare native trout. Bente Birkeland reports.

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Paccione Drops Out of 4th CD Race

Private Developer to Build Housing on Petersen, Schreiver

Murder-Suicide in Fremont County

Cotopaxi Man Missing

Arapahoe, Douglas Counties Plan $20 Billion for Water by 2020

Boulder to Hire Urban Wildlife Coordinator

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Governor Bill Ritter announced legislative proposals that he says would make the state more business friendly. His package includes property tax exemptions for small businesses and a streamlined business tax. But some Republicans say the proposals are nothing more than window dressing. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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Three new farmers markets got started in Denver this summer, and they’ve beenselling things that are grown on the grounds of three different public schools. These schools are finding out how much there is to teach and learn in a garden, and that growing plants can generate hands-on lessons in science, math and social studies. This year they are teaching students about how the garden can be a business too. KCFR’s Helen Gray visited the farmers Market at a school near Washington Park and has this report.

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The Texas Billionaire who wants to build a village for 10,000 people on Wolf Creek Pass has been dealt a setback by the courts. On Thursday the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that threw out initial approval of the village by Mineral County, KSUTs Victor Locke reports.

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The weeklong Colorado Festival of World Theater opens Friday, September 21st in Colorado Springs. Now in its fourth year, the festival brings some surprisingly major productions to the mid-sized city. “Truth in Translation” isn’t necessarily the kind of play you’d expect to see in Colorado Springs — one of five stops on its brief US tour that includes Flint, Michigan and Dallas, Texas. Arts reporter Noel Black reports.

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Check out other festival events at the CFWT’s website here.

Senator Ken Salazar says the Air Force needs to start preserving land around the boundaries of their bases in Colorado. The Democrat has introduced an amendment to the Defense appropriations bill currently before the Senate that would require the Air Force to do so.

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El Paso County Attorney Jay Lauer was placed on administrative leave Monday, six months after he started the job. County Commission Chairman Dennis Hisey says commissioners do not intend to bring Lauer back when his 30-day leave is over.

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If you found yourself stuck in traffic on I-25 Tuesday morning, it may come as some consolation that the road construction company responsible for the delay has been fined about $9,000 an hour for the mishap.

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Colorado largely escaped the catastrophic wildfire season that hit so many other western states this summer. And now with fall approaching, the U.S. Forest Service is starting to set some fires in our area to help reduce future fire danger.

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Senate OKs Pueblo Depot Cleanup Money

Anti-Abortion Minister Vows to Protest Dem Convention in Denver

CSU Gets TB Research Money

TB Patient Goes Back to Arizona

Gov. Ritter to Testify on Global Warming in DC

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