/tags/department-of-homeland-security-dhs Department of Homeland Security (DHS) en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:17:02 GMT /regional-news/2024-09-20/department-of-homeland-security-deploys-sensors-that-can-smell-wildfires-in-their-early-stages The sensors take 30 measurements every 18 seconds, gathering data on air particulates, temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure. The information is analyzed using AI, and if a fire is detected, the sensors will alert emergency managers. Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:17:02 GMT /regional-news/2024-09-20/department-of-homeland-security-deploys-sensors-that-can-smell-wildfires-in-their-early-stages Rachel Cohen /news/2023-01-31/greeley-couple-that-moved-to-adopted-home-in-haiti-cant-return-because-of-turmoil-there Ron and Carla Bluntschli have lived in Haiti for more than three decades. They came to Greeley to visit family and wound up staying in Colorado longer than they expected. Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:00:00 GMT /news/2023-01-31/greeley-couple-that-moved-to-adopted-home-in-haiti-cant-return-because-of-turmoil-there Michael Lyle /environment/2020-06-15/in-crossing-arizonas-last-free-flowing-river-border-wall-construction-results-in-loss-of-trust Contractors continue to install new border barriers across the U.S.-Mexico border, including many across sensitive lands, including Organ Pipe Cactus… Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:30:51 GMT /environment/2020-06-15/in-crossing-arizonas-last-free-flowing-river-border-wall-construction-results-in-loss-of-trust Ariana Brocious /npr-news/2020-01-04/to-produce-citizenship-data-homeland-security-to-share-records-with-census The Department of Homeland Security has finalized an agreement to share records that the Census Bureau says will help it produce data about the citizenship status of every person living in the U.S. Sat, 04 Jan 2020 17:48:43 GMT /npr-news/2020-01-04/to-produce-citizenship-data-homeland-security-to-share-records-with-census Hansi Lo Wang /npr-news/2019-02-12/government-can-waive-environmental-laws-to-build-border-wall-prototypes-court-rules Environmental groups and the state of California had argued that the Trump administration overstepped its authority when it waived the environmental laws to build border barriers. A court disagrees. Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:38:56 GMT /npr-news/2019-02-12/government-can-waive-environmental-laws-to-build-border-wall-prototypes-court-rules Matthew S. Schwartz /npr-news/2019-01-17/federal-immigration-agents-separated-more-migrant-children-than-previously-thought Before family separation became an official and controversial policy of the Trump administration, federal immigration agents separated "thousands" of migrant children from their parents. Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:05:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-01-17/federal-immigration-agents-separated-more-migrant-children-than-previously-thought John Burnett /politics/2015-11-16/hickenlooper-colo-wont-say-no-to-syrian-refugees-but-verification-must-be-stringent Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Monday that Colorado would accept Syrian refugees. President Barack Obama said the U.S. would receive at least 10,000… Mon, 16 Nov 2015 22:03:07 GMT /politics/2015-11-16/hickenlooper-colo-wont-say-no-to-syrian-refugees-but-verification-must-be-stringent Bente Birkeland /npr-news/2013-08-15/the-next-disaster-scenario-power-companies-are-preparing-for Ten years after a cascading power outage across a broad section of the U.S. and Canada, utility operators and regulators are concerned about another blackout scenario: a massive cyberattack that could threaten the U.S. electric grid. Thu, 15 Aug 2013 06:57:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-08-15/the-next-disaster-scenario-power-companies-are-preparing-for Tom Gjelten /npr-news/npr-news/2013-07-22/lack-of-leaders-puts-strain-on-homeland-security-department Fifteen top posts at the Department of Homeland Security, including retiring Secretary Janet Napolitano's position, are now vacant or soon will be. Many are being filled on a temporary basis, and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle want the Obama administration to get busy filling those jobs, too. Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:59:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2013-07-22/lack-of-leaders-puts-strain-on-homeland-security-department Brian Naylor /npr-news/2013-07-12/homeland-security-secretary-napolitano-is-stepping-down She is to become the University of California's next president. Confirmation of a successor could take time. Speculation on a successor has already begun. Perhaps former Sen. Joe Lieberman? Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:26:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-07-12/homeland-security-secretary-napolitano-is-stepping-down Mark Memmott