K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For January 2nd, 2018 – Morning

DENVER (AP) — Authorities had been contacted with concerns about the mental health of Matthew Riehl over a month before he shot and killed a Colorado deputy and wounded four others. But Riehl was never held for mental evaluation.

LA BARGE, Wyo. (AP) — A group of more than 20 people helped rescue an elk herd that plunged through the ice on a reservoir in western Wyoming.

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A 24-year-old Wyoming man is charged with felony animal cruelty after a hound mix puppy was found abandoned in a dumpster in Gillette in sub-zero temperatures.

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — Officials say they're investigating a possible case of measles in southwest Wyoming.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A 35-year-old Utah man has died in an avalanche in southwestern Wyoming.