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Loveland wants to create street outreach program with opioid settlement funds
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Loveland wants to create street outreach program with opioid settlement funds

By Veronica Acosta | Denver 7 News To date, Colorado is on track to receive more than $750 million in opioid settlement funds from different pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors. The City of Loveland will receive $1.8 million after it opted into the settlement funds in 2021. The city hopes to create a street outreach program with part of the $340,000 it's already received. "It's really not enough money to be able to do something like build housing for people to go to recover, but it is enough money to start a street outreach program," said Alison Hade, the Community Partnership Office manager for the City of Loveland. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER 7 NEWS
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‘This storm is the worst I’ve seen’: Hail pummels Eastern Colorado farm
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‘This storm is the worst I’ve seen’: Hail pummels Eastern Colorado farm

By Colette Bordelon | Denver 7 With a view of the horizon that seems endless on the Eastern Plains, Mile High Farms has a sprawling piece of land that hosts a pumpkin patch and corn maze in the fall. However on Sunday, the land was covered in hail. In some spots, Bill Coyle estimates it was around four feet deep. “It'll take days for it to actually melt totally off because it's so deep," Coyle, who operates Mile High Farms, said. “This storm is the worst I've seen since I've been here.” READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER 7
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FAA, United investigate video showing ‘unauthorized person’ in flight deck during Rockies flight
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FAA, United investigate video showing ‘unauthorized person’ in flight deck during Rockies flight

By Sydney Isenberg | Denver 7 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and United Airlines have launched investigations after a video reportedly showed an "unauthorized person" in the flight deck during a Colorado Rockies flight. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the incident. The FAA and United Airlines did not confirm details of the incident. However, a video posted to social media appears to show the team's hitting coach sitting in the cockpit during the flight. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER 7
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Littleton parents confront school board after bus aide caught on camera hitting boy with autism
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Littleton parents confront school board after bus aide caught on camera hitting boy with autism

By Claire Lavezzorio | Denver 7 LITTLETON, Colo. — More than a dozen parents confronted the Littleton Public Schools Board of Education Thursday night, pushing for change after a school bus paraprofessional was caught on camera hitting a boy with autism. There were tears shed and one father even called on LPS Superintendent Todd Lambert to resign. Parent Blake McBride told the board he was contacted by law enforcement who told him his child was a victim of the alleged abuse by Kiarra Jones. According to an arrest warrant for Jones filed on April 4, she is facing a charge of crimes against an at-risk adult or juvenile (third-degree assault) and crimes against an at-risk adult or juvenile causing injury. She was arrested on April 5 and released on a $5,000 bond. This is...
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Boeing whistleblower found dead days after testifying against company
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Boeing whistleblower found dead days after testifying against company

By Elina Tarkazikis | Denver7 A Boeing whistleblower who raised concerns about the company's production standards was found dead days after testifying against the company. Sixty-two-year-old John Barnett of Louisiana had worked for Boeing for 32 years before retiring in 2017 because of his health, according to the BBC. In the lead-up to his death, he had been giving evidence in a whistleblower lawsuit against the aircraft giant. The Charleston County Coroner's Office in South Carolina confirmed to several news outlets that Barnett died on March 9 of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was found dead in his truck in a hotel parking lot. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER7
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Denver Coliseum to act as 24/7 severe weather shelter through Feb. 16
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Denver Coliseum to act as 24/7 severe weather shelter through Feb. 16

By Claire Lavezzorio | Denver7 DENVER — The City of Denver opened the Denver Coliseum as a 24/7 severe weather shelter Friday afternoon, allowing those experiencing homelessness to escape the cold and snow for an extended period of time. The Coliseum, located at 4600 N Humboldt Street, will remain open until 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 16. People in need can go directly to the Coliseum. The city said this shelter is best suited for individuals, not families. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER7
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Denver City Council fails to override mayor’s veto of bill preventing homeless sweeps in freezing weather
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Denver City Council fails to override mayor’s veto of bill preventing homeless sweeps in freezing weather

By Sydney Isenberg , Landon Haaf | Denver7 With a 7-6 vote, the Denver City Council on Monday failed to override Mayor Mike Johnston's veto of an ordinance that would have banned homeless encampment sweeps when temperatures dip below freezing. City Council Ordinance 23-1960, introduced in December, aimed to revise the municipal code to prevent multiple city agencies from removing homeless encampments when temperatures 32 degrees and colder are in the forecast. It passed by a 7-6 margin on Jan. 29.. Nine votes were needed to protect the bill from mayoral veto. The mayor and several citizen groups had voiced their opposition to the ordinance. Johnston officially vetoed the ordinance on Feb. 2. In a letter to the council announcing...
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