SNOWBOARDER DIES AFTER JUMP AT SNOWMASS

ASPEN» Authorities have identified a 20-year-old snowboarder who died after attempting a jump in a terrain park at Snowmass in western Colorado.

The Pitkin County Coroner’s Office identified Tyler Hamm of Snowmass Village on Monday. The Aspen Times reports that Hamm crashed Sunday morning while trying to jump at the Makaha Terrain Park.

Aspen Skiing Co. spokesman Jeff Hanle has said ski patrollers found Hamm unresponsive with no pulse and were not able to revive him.

The cause and manner of Hamm’s death still are being investigated.

Two killed in single-vehicle crash in Aurora. Two people were killed and one

seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Aurora, police said.

Police determined that the car was crossing over East Hampden Avenue when it lost control and veered off the road. The car struck a tree, police said, and was cut in half.

The driver and a passenger in the backseat were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. A passenger in the front seat managed to climb out of the wrecked car, turning up seven hours later at a local hospital with significant injuries, according to police.

“Speed is almost certainly a factor in this crash,” police stated.

BLM asking for public comment on proposed mine expansion.

DURANGO» The public now can comment on an environmental analysis that looks to evaluate the potential impacts of expanding operations of a Colorado coal mine.

The Durango Herald reports GCC Energy, which has operated the King II coal mine near Hesperus since 2007, asked the Bureau of Land Management in 2018 for a lease to expand the mine by 3.85 square miles.

The company has said if expansions were not approved, the mine would run out of coal and be forced to shut down, laying off 100 employees and cutting local tax revenue.

Comments regarding the expansion will be accepted until March 11.