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Cowboy chef shares 6 survival cooking tricks for minus-30 wind chills and 117-degree heat
As much of the country shifts from winter storms to warmer temperatures with the arrival of spring, a veteran cowboy cook says decades of experience have taught him how to prepare meals in some of the harshest conditions on Earth.
Kent Rollins, a longtime chuck wagon cook and Outdoor Channel host, has spent decades cooking for ranchers in extreme weather conditions across the country.
"If they can cowboy in it and get horseback, I can cook in it," Rollins told Fox News Digital.
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From minus-30 wind chills to 117-degree heat, Rollins, based in New Mexico, has learned how to adapt while preparing simple meals outdoors year-round.
"Life is simple," he said. "Don't complicate it with cooking."
Rollins has built a following of millions across social media and hosts "Cast Iron Cowboy" on the Outdoor Channel.
He also recently launched the "Cowboy Coffee Hour" podcast with his wife, Shannon, with the two sharing stories from the trail and lessons on grit, faith and the cowboy code.
Here are six tips Rollins revealed to Fox News Digital that are essential for cooking in extreme conditions, he said.
In high temperatures, Rollins, who was raised in Oklahoma, said hydration is critical — but water alone isn't enough.
"You've got to have something that's going to put some of the good stuff back in you," he said, noting he often turns to electrolytes, bananas and even coconut water.
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He also warned people to pay attention to their bodies.
"If you ever reach up there to wipe your brow and there ain't no sweat no more, you might have done went too far," he said.
Cold weather presents its own dangers, especially for those cooking outdoors for long stretches.
Rollins recommended dressing in layers and wearing moisture-wicking clothing.
"Try to wear something that's going to wick away that moisture in the wintertime if you do get sweating because water and cold make ice," he warned.
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Rollins also stressed the importance of covering exposed areas — noting that frostbite can set in quickly in extreme wind and snow.
What's on the menu should change with the weather, Rollins said.
In colder months, he focuses on high-calorie, hearty meals.
"We make a lot of one-pot meals," he said, including stews, chili and homemade sloppy Joes with ground beef, onions, jalapeños, chipotle peppers, adobe sauce and grated cheese to thicken it.
For breakfast, he keeps things straightforward with a biscuit recipe that only calls for self-rising flour and heavy whipping cream.
In extreme heat, however, appetites shrink and meals get lighter.
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"Cowboys ain't going to eat as much, especially at a noon meal," he said.
Cooking outdoors means everything depends on your fire, Rollins said, especially in bad weather.
That means shielding it from wind, snow or rain and having a plan to keep it going.
"Make sure you have some kind of shelter … that the water is not going to put it out," he said.
Extreme temperatures can impact cookware, too, Rollins said.
Cast iron should never be taken from very cold to very hot too quickly, he said.
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"If you shock cast iron from really being too cold to too hot in a hurry, you might crack it in half," he said.
Instead, he recommended gradually warming it near a fire or stove before cooking and letting it cool down slowly afterward.
One of Rollins' most versatile tools isn't a pan or a pot. It's a cooler, which he uses in multiple ways, depending on the weather.
In winter, an ice chest can keep ingredients like potatoes from freezing. It can also help thaw meat or hold heat with hot water in it.
Overall, mindset is the most important ingredient, according to Rollins.
"If it doesn't challenge you, it will never change you," he said.
FCC takes notice as America’s most popular sport becomes increasingly costly, frustrating to consume
America’s most popular sport has become expensive and frustrating to consume.
NFL fans who want to access every game need YouTube TV for "NFL Sunday Ticket," along with costly subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Peacock and Netflix. All the packages cost fans well over $1,500 a year combined, and that doesn’t include fees associated with basic cable packages that many Americans still subscribe to or high-speed Wi-Fi needed to accommodate the streamers.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has made it a point of emphasis to help American sports fans as the NFL, along with the NBA, MLB and other major sports, have moved key games from broadcast and cable television to costly streaming services.
Last month, the FCC announced it would seek public comments on the ongoing shift of live sports from broadcast channels to streaming services. The comment period runs through March 27 and replies to the comments are due April 13.
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Carr has suggested it's simply too expensive and inconvenient for consumers to watch their favorite teams, and while he understands the argument that streaming opens more games and more content, he believes the cons outweigh the pros for most fans.
"Americans are frustrated when they sit down and can’t find the game they want to watch. And that feeling grows only worse when they realize that they might need to sign up for another streaming service to watch the game," Carr told Fox News Digital.
"There has long been a strong and mutually beneficial relationship between sports leagues and broadcasters, and consumers will benefit if that continues," Carr continued. "I want to see Americans continue to benefit from free over-the-air sports programming."
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But as Carr is concerned that streaming games are maddening for sports fans, the media industry appears well aware the trend will continue.
The issue particularly impacts the NFL, as the most popular sport in the country has reopened its rights deal with Paramount and CBS. Popular Hollywood-focused podcast "The Town" dedicated an episode to the "NFL’s billion-dollar cash grab" on Wednesday.
"We all know how important sports rights have become to the entertainment and media companies. For the linear TV business, it’s basically sports, and to a lesser extent news, driving audiences and not much else. For the streaming services looking to lure new subscribers, nothing generates a sign-up better than an exclusive, premium sports event," host Matt Belloni told listeners.
"But where is that tipping point? The level at which sports rights become so expensive that the traditional outlets can no longer justify the cost, and the streaming players fully take over?" Belloni continued. "A huge test of this theory is what’s going on with the NFL right now."
CBS’ contract with the NFL has a "change of control" provision that will be triggered by Skydance Media’s pending takeover of parent company Paramount. CNBC’s Alex Sherman recently reported that the NFL and CBS "are negotiating a price increase, with a bid-ask spread midpoint around 50% or 60%" to keep Sunday games on CBS.
Sherman noted that CBS "currently pays around $2.1 billion a year, on average, for its Sunday afternoon games," and a 50% increase could force CBS to shell out more than $3 billion for its new deal. In exchange for the extra cash, the NFL would eliminate an opt-out clause after the 2029-30 season that would have allowed the league to cut ties with CBS early. The current deal runs through 2033.
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Sherman, who was a guest on "The Town" to discuss the ordeal, said the NFL doesn’t want to put CBS "out of business," because the result would be fewer companies bidding on its product in the future. But the NFL is well aware that CBS and other companies need its content to survive and will squeeze out as much revenue as possible.
As the negotiations take place, Sherman noted that broadcast executives are peeved that the NFL has given Amazon very attractive games often featuring marquee matchups for its "Thursday Night Football" streaming package. Whenever a highly coveted game airs on Amazon or other streamers, it diminishes the quality of the matchups Americans can access on broadcast networks.
Sherman said that the league "rewarded Amazon" with better games when it proved there was an audience for the NFL on a streaming service, but Belloni suggested that the league simply has to play nice with Amazon incase streaming completely upends linear consumption down the road.
Carr has also highlighted that the partnership between broadcasters and sports rights has helped fund local news and journalism, as sports helps drive revenue to local stations that many Americans rely on. The Trump-appointed FCC boss feels that the relationship could be undermined if leagues continue to ditch local broadcasters for streaming services that are behind costly paywalls. The same theory could weaken entertainment offerings as networks like CBS will be forced to cut other spending to fork over more cash to the NFL.
"Something probably needs to give here, and it’s not going to be the NFL," Sherman said.
The NFL did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
NEWT GINGRICH, JASON HAYES: There's a nuclear solution to recharging American industry
In February, the United States airlifted a nuclear microreactor for the first time. It was more than a technical achievement – it was a symbol of transformation, akin to the launch of the first steam-powered sailing ships that reshaped global commerce. And just as we couldn’t build the progress of the 20th century on the back of wind-powered ships, we can’t power the 21st-century economy with unreliable, weather-dependent energy sources. America’s future prosperity requires abundant, affordable and reliable power to complement America’s vast reserves of fossil fuels. The solution is clear: a new generation of advanced nuclear reactors.
America is entering a new era of industrial revival, powered by a surge in domestic manufacturing and the rise of artificial intelligence. This surge is creating an unprecedented thirst for electricity. After a decade of flat demand, America’s industries are roaring back to life. But grid operators are warning of a looming "reliability crisis" as reliable power plants are retired far faster than they are replaced.
Meanwhile, the demand from AI, electrification and resurgent manufacturing is projected to add as much as 166 gigawatts (15 times what New York City requires) of new peak load by the end of the decade – an unprecedented surge that will strain existing infrastructure.
For decades, nuclear power has stood as an unassuming giant in the power sector, providing nearly 20% of America’s electricity with unparalleled reliability. Today, a new generation of advanced reactors – small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors – is poised to expand nuclear energy’s role. These reactors are designed to be built in factories and assembled on-site, dramatically reducing construction times and costs.
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Their smaller size allows them to be deployed in more places, including at retiring coal plants to reuse existing grid infrastructure and skilled workforces. A single SMR module can power a large data-center campus or a cluster of factories.
Beyond electricity, these advanced reactors can provide high-temperature heat needed to make steel and fertilizer, a crucial industrial input that solar and wind cannot meet. SMRs can even power desalination plants to turn arid landscapes into thriving communities. Microreactors are already being developed to provide secure, resilient power to remote military bases like Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, freeing them from dependence on the grid.
The primary obstacle to this promising future isn’t physics or engineering; it’s a half-century of suffocating government bureaucracy. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) licensing framework was designed for the large reactors of the 1970s and is inadequate for today’s advanced designs.
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Congress ordered the NRC to create a modern, streamlined process, known as Part 53. But instead of a clear path forward, the draft rule is becoming another layer of complex, burdensome requirements that could delay innovation rather than enable it. This moves us further from, rather than closer to, the energy dominance agenda. Instead, we should end local bans on nuclear power and lower barriers to startups seeking to increase competition and innovation.
We must also reject outdated fears about nuclear energy. Today’s advanced reactors are not our grandparents’ power plants. They possess inherent safety features that make accidents exceedingly unlikely, if not physically impossible.
They also help us steward our environment responsibly: they produce immense quantities of energy from a tiny amount of fuel, with a minimal physical footprint, and no air pollution. This stands in stark contrast to solar and wind, which require vast tracts of land and large-scale mining for their construction and deployment.
Public perceptions must also evolve. There are some that still raise concerns about nuclear safety and waste. But the entire amount of used fuel from America's nuclear industry over 60 years could fit on a single football field.
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This material, far from a crisis, is a manageable byproduct and can even be reprocessed to yield valuable minerals and re-usable uranium. The far greater crisis is a lack of energy, which consigns billions of people to poverty globally and threatens the stability of our own economy.
This is not just an economic issue – it is a national security imperative. While America’s nuclear industry is tangled in red tape, Russia and China are aggressively moving to export their own reactors across the globe, using state-backed financing to create decades-long dependencies.
Every market we concede to them is a loss for American influence and security, and every time an American SMR developer is stalled by bureaucracy, it is a victory for Moscow and Beijing. We can either lead the world in setting the gold standard for safety and non-proliferation, or we can cede the future of global energy to authoritarian regimes.
America has always thrived when it embraced bold technologies and rejected complacency. So now is the time to be bold. The AI boom and the return of manufacturing represent a historic opportunity. But to seize it, we must have the energy to power it. The servers processing complex algorithms and the factories forging new products all depend on a simple input: energy that is always powered on.
Jason Hayes is the director of Energy & Environment at America First Policy Institute.
WATCH: Dem senators make the case for the very bill they're trying to kill
In trying to downplay its seriousness and scope, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., tacitly acknowledged the existence of a problem they've argued is immaterial: that illegal immigrants may be able to unlawfully participate in federal elections.
"The evidence is that almost no illegal aliens vote," Schumer said in remarks on the Senate floor.
Warnock similarly acknowledged the issue while listing statistics about voting records in his home state.
"8.2 million people are registered to vote in Georgia. The Republican secretary of state found 20 instances of noncitizens who were registered, and only nine had ever attempted to vote," Warnock said.
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Their comments came as the pair of Democrats argued against passage of the SAVE America Act — legislation that would impose citizenship requirements for voter registration.
Democrats have fiercely opposed the Republican-led bill, citing concerns that its voter integrity measures are overly heavy-handed and could inadvertently burden communities that may struggle to provide documented proof of citizenship.
"This is a solution in search of a problem that does not exist," Warnock said.
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Under the bill, voters could use a REAL ID, a birth certificate, or a passport to satisfy the requirements, according to the bill’s text.
Republicans, who argue that lax identity requirements may have already allowed an unknown number of noncitizens onto voter rolls, have launched a marathon standoff over the bill on the Senate floor.
Republicans cannot pass the bill without the 60 votes needed to end debate. They hold 53 seats in the chamber, making passage impossible without support from at least seven Democrats.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, the sponsor of the SAVE America Act, argued that the scope of the problem remains unknown.
"Democrats argue that federal law prohibits noncitizen voting and insist that it is not just rare but exceedingly rare — so rare that we shouldn't even consider it cognizable in this chamber," Lee said Tuesday.
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Lee said the lack of documented cases does not rule out future risk.
"It remains unknown — and in many instances, unknowable. How many illegal votes are being counted in federal elections? How many illegal votes cast by noncitizens might be cast in any future federal election?" Lee said.
The standoff, which began Tuesday, appears unlikely to advance the bill.
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Schumer and Warnock.
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Cuban exiles in Miami say 'this is the end' for communism as island teeters on collapse
There’s growing unrest in Cuba as the communist government struggles to deal with island-wide blackouts and a collapsing economy. As President Donald Trump alludes to change on the island, the Cuban community in Miami is left wondering what is next.
The island has experienced 67 years of authoritarian rule where the Communist Party of Cuba is the only legal party. Last week, protesters attacked a Communist Party headquarters on the island overnight, ransacking the building and attempting to set it on fire, according to local reports.
"The protesters are more brave today than before," said Jose Collazo, a Cuban migrant who left the island in the 1960's. "But if you remember four years ago when they came out, they were brutally repressed."
Collazo often spends time at Domino Park in the heart of Little Havana, a neighborhood in Miami with a large population of Cuban immigrants. He and other Cuban Americans meet up for friendly — but highly competitive — games of dominoes and to discuss current affairs.
Lately, there's been a lot of chatter about the situation in Cuba. On Monday, a nationwide power grid collapse left roughly 10 million people without electricity, according to U.S. Embassy statements and Cuban authorities. Cuban officials have said the outages are linked to fuel shortages and failures at aging power plants.
Then, there's the ongoing economic crisis which has been made even worse in recent months after President Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sends oil to Cuba.
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"They're living like in the Stone Age. Cave people. That's how they live. It's sad to see the people [living with] malnutrition, living in ragged clothes," said Collazo.
The escalating tension on the island comes amid remarks by Trump that he expects to have the "honor" of "taking Cuba in some form" and "I can do anything I want" with the neighboring country.
"Cuba right now is in very bad shape. They're talking to Marco," Trump told reporters, "We’ll be doing something with Cuba very soon.… We’re dealing with Cuba."
On Tuesday, Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, also made comments about the island, saying "they have to get new people in charge" in Havana.
Meanwhile, Pentagon officials told lawmakers there are no plans to invade Cuba, even as they described it as a long-standing security concern.
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"In all the years I've been here— I'm going on 47 years— I think this is the first time I've seen really good things happening for Cuba," said Francisco Botella, a Cuban migrant who lives in Miami. "You can tell it's a very precarious situation this time around. Now the system is going down, way down."
Hearing U.S. leaders discuss the situation brings members of the Cuban exile community like Botella and Collazo hope.
"I think this is the end for Cuba. I really think it's over. Either the communist leaders leave, or what happened to Maduro will happen to them," said Botella.
Cuban officials have continued to blame U.S. sanctions for the country’s economic hardships, while analysts say the government is facing mounting pressure from ongoing blackouts, shortages of basic goods and growing public frustration.
Canadian opposition leader tells Rogan 'fake refugees' are straining economy, must be dealt with lawfully
Canadian opposition leader and former prime minister candidate Pierre Poilievre blasted "fake refugees" during a Thursday appearance on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.
At one point, Poilievre appeared poised to become the next prime minister and lead his Conservatives to a majority government after former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to step down. But in a turnaround sparked in part by President Donald Trump's threats of annexation and his tariffs on America's close ally and northern neighbor, Liberal Mark Carney won.
Since then, Poilievre has been keeping his political ambitions alive, appearing primed for another bid at Canada’s highest office and working to do outreach to Americans to encourage them to ditch tariffs on Canadian goods. Rogan spoke with Poilievre about the various policy changes he would implement to help everyday people in his country if he got voted into office.
While he talked about issues like cutting down on inflation and bureaucracy, the rise of "fake refugees" is an issue for Canadians that is coming from the outside and taking advantage of their generosity.
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"We're giving a lot of money to fake, fake refugees, people who come in and don't actually – they're not actually fleeing danger," he said. "Like I love real refugees, my wife was a refugee, but I have no time for people who are pretending but they're not really."
When Rogan asked for clarification on what it means to pretend to be a refugee, Poilievre summarized, "They're not actually endangered in their home country. So they've come to be declared themselves as students and then wanting to stay, declaring refugee status."
While the politician said he ultimately sympathizes to a certain degree, one should focus on putting Canadians first.
"They just want to have a better life, so I don't begrudge them as people, but we can't spend money on enhanced social services, advanced programs that we as Canadians don't get for people who are not paying in," he said.
"If they're not real refugees, they shouldn't be brought in as refugees," he added, calling to distinguish between people who are actually in danger in their home countries and those merely seeking to take advantage of the system.
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The politician confirmed to Rogan that this problem is on such a large scale it has impacted the Canadian economy.
"Right now it's a challenge because we had a big number of international students and temporary foreign workers that came in in very large numbers," he said. "In like two or three years. We were bringing in about a million people a year, which in America's terms would be 10 million, like just if you're doing per capita."
He added that this caused a massive housing shortage to the point where one might find 26 students living in one basement.
When asked how one might remedy this, he said, "Well, when their work permit and their visitor visa runs out, then we have to encourage them to head back lawfully."
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"Right, but you don't want to do it ICE style?" Rogan asked.
"No, no, I don't think we need to do that," Poilievre said. "I just think we have to be orderly and lawful about it."
When asked by Rogan whether Canadians are on board with that, the politician agreed, saying, "We're a nation of immigrants, but we're also a nation of laws and we — there's a general consensus, like across the spectrum in Canada that there was, the population growth was too fast for like four or five years. And so we're, we're trying to unwind that now."
Far-left firebrand dodges questions over hiring bodyguard with criminal history
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas., turned away questions on Wednesday about why her office had hired a security guard with a criminal history after news broke that he had been shot and killed in an armed standoff with law enforcement in Dallas, Texas.
"I’m going to refer you to my page," Crockett told Fox News Digital.
"I made a statement and I said there would be no additional statements. You need someone to read it for you? I can find someone to do that."
The criminal history of Crockett’s bodyguard, Diamon-Mazairre Robinson, 39, who went by the alias "Mike King," drew national attention last week when details emerged that he had a track record of run-ins with the law for theft, violating probation and impersonating law enforcement.
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Robinson was killed in a standoff with SWAT last week after he barricaded himself inside the garage of a children’s hospital as local police were looking to detain him while investigating an active warrant.
Local authorities said they had recovered 11 firearms during their investigation.
Crockett, who said she had known Robinson under the name, Mike King, said he had been employed by her office "for years" and that during that time he had not given her reason to suspect him of wrongdoing.
Crockett said her team had vetted Robinson according to standards laid out for lawmaker security, according to a statement put out by her office.
"We are saddened and shocked by some of the concerning revelations. Our team followed all protocols outlined by the House to contract additional security. We were approved to use this vendor who also provided security services for additional entities in the local community and worked closely with law enforcement agencies, including Capitol Police," Crockett said in a statement.
She noted that she was surprised that her office hadn’t discovered his background until the time of his death.
"The fact that an individual was able to somehow circumvent the vetting processes for something as sensitive as security for members of Congress highlights the loopholes and shortcomings in many of our systems," her office’s statement read.
Cop’s skull smashed in creek fight as repeat offender suspect walks on $100 bond
A Colorado police officer suffered a serious head injury during a violent struggle with a suspected drug dealer, but the suspect was released on just $100 bond despite prosecutors pushing for a much higher amount.
The incident happened Tuesday evening in downtown Boulder, where officers were responding to ongoing complaints about open drug use and overdoses in a public park.
According to police, officers were speaking with a woman seen smoking suspected methamphetamine when she pointed them to a man nearby who she said had sold her the drugs. When officers approached the suspect, later identified as Kai Brown, he attempted to flee.
An officer gave chase, and during the struggle, both the officer and Brown fell into Boulder Creek. Police said the suspect landed on top of the officer, who struck his head on a rock.
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Despite suffering a serious concussion along with cuts and bruises, the officer was able to help take Brown into custody before collapsing. He was transported to a hospital and has since been released and is recovering at home, police said.
"This incident is deeply troubling — not only because one of our officers was injured as a direct result of a suspect fleeing, but because it highlights the very real dangers that drug trafficking poses to our entire community," Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said.
Brown was found with multiple individually packaged baggies of suspected methamphetamine and is facing several charges, including a felony drug offense, assault, resisting arrest and obstruction, according to authorities.
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The bond decision, however, is drawing scrutiny.
The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office said it requested a $20,000 secured bond, citing the suspect’s criminal history, the seriousness of the charges and the injuries to the officer.
Instead, a judge set bond at $1,000, with the option for Brown to post just $100 for release.
"This defendant is charged with a serious drug felony… [and] caused significant and scary injuries to the police officer who attempted to enforce the law," District Attorney Michael Dougherty said. "Given the defendant’s criminal history, his actions here and the injuries suffered by the officer, our prosecutor asked for a high, secured bond. That was definitely the right thing to do."
Chief Redfearn also raised concerns about the broader implications.
"I also have serious concerns about whether the full risk to our community, the severity of this incident, and risk to and impact on our officers was reflected in the bond decision," he said. "This is a pattern that is frustrating because these bond decisions directly impact community safety."
Police noted the arrest came amid ongoing concerns about drug activity in Boulder. According to the Boulder County Coroner’s Office, there were 26 fatal drug overdoses in the city in 2025, many occurring in public spaces.
Officers were patrolling the area proactively in response to those concerns when the incident occurred.
"If the water levels in the creek were lower, or higher, this situation could have easily resulted in a life-altering or even fatal outcome," Redfearn said.
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