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Man who dragged Brighton officer with car sentenced to decades in prison
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Man who dragged Brighton officer with car sentenced to decades in prison

By Janet Oravetz  | Denver Gazette, via 9News A man who injured a Brighton Police Department officer when he attempted to drive away to avoid being arrested was sentenced Wednesday morning to 20 years in prison. Robert Trujillo, 51, pleaded guilty in September to first-degree assault related to the August 2023 incident at Overland Trail Middle School. On Aug. 16, 2023, officers responded to the school after learning that Trujillo, who was wanted on a felony domestic violence warrant was sitting in a car at the school. Officers arrived and one parked in front of Trujillo's vehicle and a second parked behind him. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Horse rescued after falling into icy pond in Northern Colorado
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Horse rescued after falling into icy pond in Northern Colorado

By Jennifer McRae | CBS Colorado Fire crews with Loveland Fire Authority rescued a horse that had fallen into an icy pond in Northern Colorado. Crews rushed to the pond on South County Road 13 on Thursday where a horse found a way through the fence and onto a frozen pond.  Firefighters said the pond could not support the horse's weight and ended up in the icy waters in the middle of the pond. The horse could not get back to shore.  Firefighters donned ice rescue suits and broke apart the ice using axes and sledgehammers. Eventually, they were able to walk the horse to shore after clearing a path.  READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Colorado Springs native explores abandoned places in award-winning podcast
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Colorado Springs native explores abandoned places in award-winning podcast

By Jennifer Mulson | The Gazette Anemoia is one of Blake Pfeil’s favorite words. Author John Koenig coined the unofficial English word, which means a longing for a time or place you’ve never known, in his 2021 book, “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows,” a collection of words he dreamed up for emotions not described in English. It’s an apt word for Pfeil, a Colorado Springs native, who explores abandoned spaces around the globe in his award-winning “Abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast.” Season three launched a week ago. You can find it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other streaming services, as well as blakepfeil.com/audio. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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Mijares bridges Montrose divides with whiskey bar, now hopes to do so in office
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Mijares bridges Montrose divides with whiskey bar, now hopes to do so in office

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Montrose County Commissioner-elect Scott Mijares never set out to run for office. His path to becoming a public servant started at Wild Horse Wine and Whiskey, a Main Street business he and his wife, Julie, opened in 2021.  Mijares doesn’t fit the typical image of a bar owner.  “People ask me all the time, ‘What’s your favorite whiskey?’ And I tell them, ‘I don’t drink,’ ” he said. “I might take a sip here or there just to be educated, but I learn about the whiskey from the people I serve it to.” The bar business isn’t about indulging in drinks for Mijares. “We talk politics at the Wild Horse,” Mijares said.  “Both our guests and sometimes myself get asked to join the conversation. Our mantra is, the more talk ...
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Letters: Media should have allowed Jimmy Carter’s funeral to air uninterrupted
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Letters: Media should have allowed Jimmy Carter’s funeral to air uninterrupted

The coverage of the funeral of President Jimmy Carter is another example of the disconnect between Big Media and the audience.  Who tunes in to watch such moments in history?  What do they expect to see and hear? Tuning in at random to CBS, the service began and, after some speakers, the service continued, with music including very moving performances from the Navy Choir.  Unfortunately, if viewers continued to watch on most networks, the music and some other elements of the service were muted, so that the network correspondents could impress viewers with more of their pontification.  Did these networks honestly think most people tuned in to hear these discredited Fake News talking heads yammer on in the middle of Jimmy Carter’s funeral? Give credit where cr...
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As California reels, study shows Marshall fire made air in nearby homes hazardous for months
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As California reels, study shows Marshall fire made air in nearby homes hazardous for months

By Michael Booth | The Colorado Sun Direct neighbors of houses burned in the Marshall fire suffered measurable increases in volatile organic compounds from toxic smoke in their homes, and hundreds more residents reported headaches and other health problems, according to companion University of Colorado studies published in late December.  Smoke-weary Los Angeles County residents may want to study up as they sit in limbo during evacuations from the Pacific Palisades/Malibu and Pasadena wildfires sweeping the area this week. The twin CU studies show toxins from burned homes drift into still-standing neighboring homes and create tangible health symptoms for months after fires are put out.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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Rescue Mission employee allegedly stole up to $20,000 from residents
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Rescue Mission employee allegedly stole up to $20,000 from residents

By Ashley Eberhardt | Fox 21 News Arrest documents are revealing more information about thefts from residents of the Pueblo Rescue Mission (PRM) that total anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000. According to the arrest affidavit for a former employee of PRM, Lori Arabie, Arabie was working as a director at the Mission and was allegedly the only one with access to a safe in her office where residents’ cash was stored. The documents reveal that the Mission’s treasurer was informed in September by the executive director that a large sum of money, between $10,000 and $20,000 of residents’ cash, was stored on-site. The treasurer was shocked because that posed a large liability risk. The treasurer was under the assumption that petty cash was kept on-site, but not as much money as was reporte...
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National Western opens today with kickoff parade in Denver, followed by two weeks of fun
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National Western opens today with kickoff parade in Denver, followed by two weeks of fun

By Maddie Rhodes | Fox 31 News The National Western Stock Show is returning to Denver and bringing cowboys, rodeos, livestock and just about anything Western for more than two weeks in January. The stock show is a 119-year-old tradition that hosts rodeos, youth shows, fiddling, educational activities, livestock shows, food festivals, veterinarian classes, live bands and more for 16 days. Put in place by farmers and ranchers in 1906, the stock show is still bringing in hundreds of thousands of people, and soon it will be back for another year. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Two arrested for allegedly shooting cows to death in Montrose County
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Two arrested for allegedly shooting cows to death in Montrose County

By Kacie Sinton | KKCO-TV 11 News A teenager and one other person have been arrested after allegedly shooting three cows to death in Montrose County. On Friday, a combined group of Delta and Montrose County Deputies carried out a search warrant looking for evidence related to the shooting at 25 Mesa Road. The cows were shot on December 29, just one mile south of the Delta County line. READ THE FULL STORY AT KKCO-TV 11 NEWS
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Mayors of Denver and Aurora clash over ‘offloading of illegals’ in Aurora
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Mayors of Denver and Aurora clash over ‘offloading of illegals’ in Aurora

By Shaun Boyd | CBS Colorado In an op-ed published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman accused Denver Mayor Mike Johnston of not being truthful about how migrants, including Venezuelan gang members, ended up in Aurora. Coffman said he filed an open records request that shows Johnston used the cover of non-profits to quietly dump migrants in other cities. Johnston denied the allegations, stating,  "The City of Denver never places anyone anywhere."  Johnston said he was blindsided by the op-ed that included a headline claiming, "Denver's Mayor offloads immigrants on Aurora." READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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