A well known American soccer journalist
has died suddenly while covering the
World Cup collapsing at a stadium today.
Grant Wall was a longtime sports
writer for Sports Illustrated,
among other outlets.
He'd been an outspoken critic
recently of the Qatari government.
That government shrugged off workers
deaths and taken a hard line against
LGBTQ rights while it hosts the World Cup.
Walls Brother says he believes that foul
play was involved in his brother's death.
US Soccer put out a statement.
Offering condolences,
wall had recently said that
he was sick with bronchitis.
The state is outlining
its initial plan to bring
more wolves to Colorado,
two years after voters statewide
overruled local objections in the areas
that will actually get the wolves.
And most ranchers didn't like the plan.
A whole lot still don't.
But Nine News reporter Cole Sullivan
spoke to one who says working on
the plan changed her perspective.
We have about 100 and some cows,
calves and bulls for more
than 100 years on a ranch much like this one.
Joe Stanko's family has raised cattle.
This is a living, breathing.
Thing that you get an emotional
you've been taking care of it.
So she admits she was angry when
Colorado voters instructed the state
to reintroduce wolves and her part of
the Western Slope angry and worried
the Wolves will attack her herd.
No one knows exactly what
the impact is going to be.
Joe assumed people didn't care what happened
to her cattle or to her family business.
And I took it personally and and a lot
of ranchers took it personally, you know.
But she decided to dig in, attend.
Public meetings and provide her perspective
on the state's plan released Friday.
It outlines tools for the ranchers
and non lethal tactics to discourage
wolves from targeting herds.
If they still do,
the state could kill the wolves.
It's not going to work full
time all the time, but overall,
Joe likes the plan.
And to her surprise,
she liked working with Wolf
advocates to help shape it.
You make an assumption and
an assumption will kill you.
She first thought they were out to
ruin her livelihood, but she says.
She learned looking at perspectives outside
your own pack can be a lesson in life,
and it doesn't matter what what
the issue with the wolves or or the
politics or or whatever issue you have.
I think that it's a matter of instead of
withdrawing and getting behind your wall,
give them a chance to talk and
hear what they have to say.
Of course, not everyone is
pleased with this plan.
We've heard from at least two
environmental groups today
with lukewarm takes on it.
It's not final yet.
There will be more public
hearings before it,
the final vote in May that
rancher encourages people with
perspectives to share them,
but also to listen to what
others have to say as well.
And the public comment period.
They're going to have, what,
five opportunities for people to talk.
Do you think that could
change anything? Absolutely.
Could their final votes? Not until May.
And they will reintroduce those wolves,
according to state statute
now by December of next year.
We've been talking about this for
a while. Alright, cool. Thank you.
Denver is asking for help to house the
influx of migrants who have come to the city.
About 100 migrants arrived on a bus Monday,
and the city expects more.
Most have come from Venezuela lately.
See says they don't believe they're
being sent by another state.
We've seen those political
stunts in other places.
The city believes the migrants have
been coordinating on social media to
make their way to Denver willingly.
The city activated an emergency shelter
for the migrants who arrived Monday.
Now the city is asking faith groups,
nonprofits and businesses.
If they could provide shelter
in case more migrants arrive,
families in Old Town superior say the city
is making it difficult for them to rebuild.
There have been constant delays
getting permits. Excuse me.
Many of the families who have
lived there for decades say they're
frustrated with the process.
One resident at Sharp says he lived,
excuse me, he just received a checklist
for a permit from the city in October,
and before that he received documents
with contradictory information.
Sharpe says he's gotten back and
forth with the city several times,
and each time the city.
Ask for something new, he thinks.
If it wasn't for the delays,
he'd already have his house by now.
Module is finished already.
It's certainly New York,
Nebraska where they make up.
It's sitting there, finished.
So now they gotta put it in
storage because I don't have any
place to put it because I don't
have a foundation on my lot.
So now I gotta pay storage.
We reached out to the city of Superior to
get some more clarity on these holdups.
We didn't hear back from them today.
Two boys arrested for a deadly fire in
Lakewood will not be charged as adults.
A mother and her 10 year old daughter
died in that fire on Halloween at
the Tiffany Square Apartments.
10 people were hurt, 14 units were damaged.
Police took a 12 year old and a 14
year old into custody last month on
suspicion of murder and arson suspects.
Names are not being released
because of their ages.
One will be in court next week,
the other in January.
The woman accused
of murdering her eight-year old
great nephew is expected to enter a
plea during her next court hearing.
The case is a part of a 9
news ongoing investigation.
Susan Baffour appeared in court
this afternoon but was given
a new date of February 6th.
Because she needs a new public defender,
her current counsel is leaving
the public defender's office.
That force charged with child abuse
resulting in death and 1st degree murder.
Court document shows she repeatedly beat
her great nephew Demetrius Wilson in June.
She also used electrical tape.
Bind his mouth, arms and ankles.
He had died by the time Baffour called
Denver police that next morning.
Denver police have just increased
the reward for information
to help solve a homicide.
From October of last year,
police say Timothy Massengale
was killed October 9th, 2021.
It was a Saturday night
just before 10:00 o'clock.
That night, police say the shooting
happened at E 22nd near Quebec.
Officers say several people were shot.
Massengale died.
Police are offering a $20,000 reward
for information if you know anything.
If you're asked to call Crime Stoppers,
we're waiting to learn whether Saint
Vincent Health Board agrees to this
long list of conditions to go with
that taxpayer bailout they got.
Employees did get paid today,
but other conditions are still up in the air.
The board asked County commissioners
for help making payroll after
realizing they may not have had
enough money to pay their employees.
Well, yesterday Lake County Commissioners
approved that $437,000 taxpayer bailout,
but it came with conditions
like a public apology from the
board's monthly financial updates.
And no more requests for money.
The hospital board said they need
to talk to their lawyers first.
These last few pandemic years,
Denver's already hot real
estate market really took off.
And then interest rates started to rise
and we finally saw a bit of a shift this
year. 9 news reporter Jennifer
Mechels looks back on 2022's Changing
Market and where we stand right now.
2022 is almost in the rearview mirror and
what a difference 12 months can make.
The difference between January
and today is fast and slow.
A fast real estate market to start
the year was really a continuation
of a market on fire since the
pandemic started back in January.
The Denver Metro Association
of Realtors found homes spent
less than 20 days on the market.
Inventory was low,
fewer than 1500 properties with a
median closing price of a single
family home just shy of $600,000 and
very importantly the 30 year mortgage.
Interest rates sat somewhere
in the mid to low 3% range.
The rate at which interest rates
increased has been a dramatic story
for the year and much more impactful
than any year that I've ever worked.
But as rates climbed above 7% this year,
the white hot market started to shift
with my clients.
The highest that we saw was around 7 1/2%.
And so you know I had clients
that were also earlier in the
year looking at that 3 to 3 1/2%,
so a 4% gap between the highest and lowest.
Is almost the difference of
40% of a monthly payment,
which is really going to
have a big impact on buyers
soon. Some sellers had to drop their
prices, many buyers dropped out,
but the ones who stayed suddenly
faced far less. Competition.
I think is that shift to
a more normalized market.
I think it's a lot more balanced
between buyers and sellers
as we move into the final
month of the year, DMR found.
Homes are now sitting on the market longer,
about 30-4 days on average.
Inventory has quadrupled and the
median price of a single family home.
It's only gone up a little bit.
It's now $615,000.
Still a lot of money.
Winter is traditionally a slower
time for the real estate market.
It has certainly slowed down spring and
summer, usually when things heat up.
The pandemic threw a wrench into all of the,
like, seasonality norms.
But DMR says this slower winter
time right now actually feels
a little bit more normal.
Normal, normal.
You can believe that
there's not a word that we
have used on the air for about
anything. Nope. For years.
Little more normal.
I didn't say totally
normal. Yeah, a little more normal.
Normal now news. Alright, Jenny, thank you.
Denver's. Emergency Rental Assistance
Program was set up to help families
struggling with housing costs,
but now the program itself is running low
on funds and time is running out to get in.
Your application program is similar to
rental assistance programs across the US it
was set up thanks to Federal COVID funding.
So far, it's provided about $130,000,000 to
help pay for housing costs and utilities.
But even though prices and
evictions are still on the rise,
limited funding is forcing Denver
to wind down the program.
Residents can still apply for the
program until midnight tonight.
But it is going to cut the amount of
assistance each applicant can receive.
The Colorado State patrols
handing out an anti theft
tool for car owners. Today.
They are giving out free identification
stickers to put on catalytic converters.
It has a special identification
number to QR code to help police
track it down if it's stolen.
Car thefts have soared in Colorado,
5000% increase between 2019 and 2021.
Paying up for plastic soon stores in all
of Colorado will charge you that bag fee.
There is action being taken on climate
even at the county level in Colorado. The
holidays can be a sensory overload for some
kids and now one group is keeping those
kids in mind with the tone down event.