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In October, Mariscal LLC hosted this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at Lakota Links in New Castle, dedicated to manos trabajadoras, or “working hands.” Decorated with flags of Latin American countries and music played by...
Missiles, bombings and a cacophony of small-arms fire suddenly erupted outside Isela Ventura’s apartment in Khartoum, Sudan. Incoming attacks sounded like an airliner taking off right next to her building, she said. Electricity off, running...
Halle Zander's three part series on emergency alerts looks at Pitkin, Eagle, and Garfield Counties and the work they're doing to make sure Spanish speakers in the valley have the information they need when an emergency strikes.
Efforts to provide Spanish-language alerts since the 2020 Grizzly Creek fire in Garfield County are underway, but the level of reliable and timely Spanish-language translations from local agencies during the next emergency could vary. This is the second story in a three-part series about Spanish-language emergency alerts in the Roaring Fork Valley’s three counties — Pitkin, Garfield, and Eagle — and comparing what different agencies are offering.
Garfield County’s Latino advocacy committee wants to see more Spanish-speaking dispatchers hired in the county to assist Latino residents who call 911. Recently, the county’s Latino Community Committee met with the county Emergency Communications Authority...