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DEA arrests suspects in early morning drug raid in Colorado; weapons and ammunition seized
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DEA arrests suspects in early morning drug raid in Colorado; weapons and ammunition seized

By Jennifer McRae | CBS Colorado Drug Enforcement Administration agents along with Denver police officers, arrested several suspects in an early morning drug raid Wednesday. DEA said they were investigating a drug trafficking operation in Lochbuie.  "There is a renewed sense of purpose in our mission which is removing violent criminals who are trafficking dangerous drugs like fentanyl into our communities," said Assistant Special Agent in Charge, DEA Rocky Mountain Division David Olesky. Olesky said this is part of a larger operation that is removing members of the criminal Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and two other cartels, Jalisco and Sinaloa. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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U.S. Department of Education investigating if Denver Public Schools’ ‘all-gender’ restroom discriminates
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U.S. Department of Education investigating if Denver Public Schools’ ‘all-gender’ restroom discriminates

By Luige Del Puerto | Colorado Politics, via The Gazette The Trump administration's education department on Tuesday said it is investigating reports that Denver Public Schools converted a girls' restroom at its flagship high school campus into an "all-gender" facility, calling it "discrimination" against female students.     "As a result, East High School now has an exclusive restroom for male students and no restroom for female students on its second floor," the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said in a letter to Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero. A spokesperson for Denver Public Schools defended the restroom as "(aligning) with our values of supporting every student." READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration
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Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law as first legislative victory in new administration

By Fox News President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday, marking the first piece of legislation to become law in his second administration.  The measure, which advanced through the House and Senate in January, directs Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal immigrants arrested or charged with theft-related crimes, or those accused of assaulting a police officer.  The law also allows states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for harm caused to their citizens because of illegal immigration. READ THE FULL STORY ON FOX NEWS
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Whooping cough outbreak at Colorado Springs middle school confirmed by health department
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Whooping cough outbreak at Colorado Springs middle school confirmed by health department

By Mackenzie Bodell | The Gazette Jenkins Middle School families with children in the seventh grade received a notice from El Paso County Public Health this week confirming a whooping cough, or pertussis, outbreak.  An outbreak is considered to be two or more individuals testing positive for the illness, according to a health spokesperson. Officials were not able to say how many cases of the respiratory illness have been reported so far. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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Montrose County jail entering final phase of $8 million renovation
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Montrose County jail entering final phase of $8 million renovation

By Bella Demosthenous | KJCT-TV ABC 8 News Montrose County Jail is currently in the third and final phase of this seven-year, $8 million project. “We looked at the facility and determined that we needed a lot of extra room in holding. There were some deficiencies with the architecture originally, so what we did was expand that,” says Dean McNulty, Montrose County Jail commander. The jail nearly doubled in size, going from three holding cells to nine, bringing its total holding population from 15 up to 45. It also added new safety cells, designed for inmates who pose a threat to themselves or others. READ THE FULL STORY AT KJCT-TV ABC 8 NEWS
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Pueblo County sheriff’s deputies have rescued cows from frozen ponds twice in three days
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Pueblo County sheriff’s deputies have rescued cows from frozen ponds twice in three days

By Ashley Eberhardt | KXRM-TV Fox 21 News For the second time in three days, volunteers and employees with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) were called to rescue cows that had fallen through a frozen pond in eastern Pueblo County. According to PCSO, deputies responded on Monday, Jan. 27 along with Emergency Management and volunteers with the sheriff’s office dive and fire teams for a rescue of cows that had fallen through a frozen pond. PCSO said three cows were rescued Monday, after a similar incident on the previous Friday. READ THE FULL STORY AT KXRM-TV FOX 21 NEWS
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Feds using Buckley Space Force Base to detain and process illegal aliens
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Feds using Buckley Space Force Base to detain and process illegal aliens

By Lindsey Grewe | KKTV-TV CBS 11 News A Colorado military installation is now being used as a holding and processing facility for detained migrants as the Trump administration ramps up mass arrests across the country. Coming at the behest of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora is the first military installation in the country utilized for this purpose. In a statement to 11 News sister station CBS Denver, U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) said that no military personnel would be involved in ICE operations. READ THE FULL STORY AT KKTV-TV CBS 11 NEWS
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SB25-003, limiting semiauto firearm sales, passes Colorado Senate committee
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SB25-003, limiting semiauto firearm sales, passes Colorado Senate committee

By Maddie Rhodes | KDVR-TV Fox 31 News A bill banning some semiautomatic firearm sales passed through part of the Colorado Senate and is making its way through the floor. On Tuesday, Senate Bill 25-003, “Semiautomatic Firearms & Rapid-Fire Devices,” passed through the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee in a 3-2 vote. The proposed bill, backed by Democratic Senators Tom Sullivan of Centennial and Julie Gonzales of Denver, would prohibit the manufacture, distribution, transfer, sale and purchase of specified semiautomatic firearms along with the purchase and sale of accessories that increase the rate of semi-automatic fire, like binary triggers. READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR-TV FOX 31 NEWS
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Longmire resigns Douglas Co. planning post in protest of treatment Commissioner Thomas received
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Longmire resigns Douglas Co. planning post in protest of treatment Commissioner Thomas received

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Editor's note: This is a developing story and may be updated. Jay Longmire quit the Douglas County Planning Commission this week, protesting what he called years of alleged "bullying, antagonization, abuse, and slander" of Commissioner Lora Thomas by fellow commissioners George Teal and Abe Laydon. "Effective immediately, upon the conclusion of this planning meeting, I’m submitting my resignation as a commissioner on the Douglas County Planning Commission. I find that I must stand on principle. I’m resigning in protest to the way former Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas has been treated by Commissioners George Teal and Abe Laydon over the past several years," Longmire said. He accused Teal and Laydon of stripping...
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ACLU lawsuit claims Aurora landlords violated law in threatening to report tenants to ICE
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ACLU lawsuit claims Aurora landlords violated law in threatening to report tenants to ICE

By Austen Erblat | CBS Colorado The ACLU of Colorado has filed a lawsuit against a pair of Aurora landlords who the civil rights group accuses of threatening tenants, in violation of state law.  An ACLU spokesman says the threats violate Colorado's Immigrant Tenant Protection Act and filed a civil suit in Arapahoe County District Court on Monday. According to the suit, Avi Schwalb and Nancy Dominguez of PHS Rent LLC threatened to report two tenants and their children, aged 15 and 3, to ICE. Reached by phone Tuesday afternoon, Dominguez declined to comment. The ACLU says the couple, who are not identified in the lawsuit, have pending asylum cases with the U.S. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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