Headlines Friday, September 11, 2026
ICE arrested man at Erie construction site
Immigration agents arrested a man at a construction site in an Erie neighborhood yesterday.
The Colorado Rapid Response Network (CORRN) reports that several ICE vehicles surrounded a worker at a construction site and arrested him near Alpine Dr and Primrose Ln. The arrest happened in Erie’s Vista Ridge neighborhood, just across the county line from Boulder County.
CORRN is a coalition of Colorado organizations that runs a statewide ICE activity hotline and trains volunteers to spot and confirm ICE, and deescalate ICE incidents.
Denver sues to block ICE at voting sites
The City and County of Denver joined three national civil rights and government watchdog groups in a lawsuit against the Trump administration. The lawsuit seeks to block armed federal immigration agents from ICE from showing up at polling sites in the upcoming midterm elections.
The federal lawsuit was filed against the Department of Homeland Security, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Acting ICE Director David Venturella.
The complaint argues that the Trump administration has created a polling place policy that seeks to deter and intimidate voters ahead of what’s expected to be an election year with high voter turnout.
Further, the lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration is violating a federal law that protects free and fair elections in Denver and across the United States.
Hottest summer ever for Colorado
Record-breaking temperatures hit the world this summer, marking Colorado’s most sweltering season and the globe’s hottest month on record.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data, Colorado’s average temperature between June, July and August was the hottest average summer temperature on record, which dates back to 1895.
August marked the hottest month ever for the contiguous United States and the world, according to a new report from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Anne Jellema is executive director of the global organization for climate action “350.org.” She said in a statement “There’s no more room for doubt — the deaths and devastation we’ve witnessed in the past few months are the imprints of a planet on fire.”
Weld county approves data center
Despite public opposition from local residents, Weld County commissioners granted zoning approval earlier this week for a proposed Global AI facility that may become Colorado’s largest data center.
The data center is planned by Global AI, a company headquartered in New York. The company intends to construct the sprawling 41-acre facility on an unincorporated parcel of land close to Windsor.
Public comment at the commissioner meeting Wednesday lasted two and a half hours. Just three of the 39 speakers spoke in favor of the project.
Boulder County partially lifts fire restrictions
The Boulder County Sheriff’s office announced yesterday that the County has scaled back certain fire restrictions in unincorporated areas due to changing weather conditions, decreasing fire danger and an increase in fire-fighting resources.
The mountainous, western side of the County has moved into State 1 fire restrictions. Stage 1 activities restrictions, including bans on camp and charcoal fires, fireworks, recreational shooting, open burning and use of certain machinery and equipment, remain in place in the mountains.
The western restrictions cover unincorporated areas of the County generally west of Colorado 93, Broadway, U.S. 36 and the western boundary of Rabbit Mountain Open Space.
On the other side of those highways on the eastern side of the County, fire restrictions have been fully lifted. County officials emphasized that while conditions have improved, residents and visitors should continue to exercise caution with any activity that could ignite a wildfire.
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