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What to know about the 2025 National Western Stock Show Kick-Off Parade
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What to know about the 2025 National Western Stock Show Kick-Off Parade

By Morgan Whitley | Fox 31 News Get your best cowboy attire ready, the National Western Stock Show Kick-Off Parade is a week from Thursday. On Thursday, Jan. 9, at noon, downtown Denver will be flooded with boots, chaps, cowboy hats and cattle to usher in the 119-year-old Colorado tradition. Aside from the cowboys and cowgirls, an array of over 30 Longhorn cattle, horses and western wagons will trot down the streets of downtown Denver. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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David Weiss, the terminated Jeffco chief of schools, found dead in Maryland
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David Weiss, the terminated Jeffco chief of schools, found dead in Maryland

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Two weeks after ex-Jefferson County Chief of Schools David Weiss was terminated, he is believed to have committed suicide, Fox 31 News is reporting. He was found dead following allegations he had been in possession of child sexual assault material. Weiss was terminated Dec. 19 during an investigation. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating Weiss, Fox 31 News reported. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the Washington, Md., Sheriff's Office on New Year's Day that a death investigation into Weiss was taking place, Fox 31 reported. He was visiting family there. Weiss spent 10 years with Jefferson County.  Previously, he was an elementary principal for five years and an assistant high school principa...
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Juvenile rescued after falling into missile silo east of Aurora Reservoir
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Juvenile rescued after falling into missile silo east of Aurora Reservoir

By Christa Swanson | CBS Colorado A juvenile was rescued Wednesday after they were injured falling into a missile silo in Arapahoe County. According to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, dispatchers received a report at 3:45 p.m. that a juvenile fell into the silo east of the Aurora Reservoir. Authorities said three people were exploring the site when a juvenile fell 40-50 feet into one of the silo's exhaust vents and was injured. The bottom of the vent was reportedly filled with approximately four feet of water, which covered pieces of metal and debris. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Colorado Springs working to replace, rehabilitate crumbling bridges
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Colorado Springs working to replace, rehabilitate crumbling bridges

By Savannah Eller | The Gazette As with any good public infrastructure, a bridge is meant to be taken for granted. For about 218 major bridges carrying cars, trains and pedestrians from one place to another in Colorado Springs, most would say that users should not have to spare a thought for the engineering under their feet. A 2024 study put out by the Colorado Department of Transportation rated those bridges at least a 5 out of 9, putting them in the “fair” to “excellent” category of condition. Unfortunately, Colorado Springs had a few in need of serious work — some of which are linchpins in major transportation arteries. According to the city, 13 bridges ended up with condition ratings 4 and under in the “poor” to “failed” categories. One of the worst of those was removed entire...
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Commerce City police officer hurt after suspected DUI driver crashes into patrol vehicle
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Commerce City police officer hurt after suspected DUI driver crashes into patrol vehicle

By Jennifer McRae | CBS Colorado A Commerce City police officer was hurt in a crash when a suspected DUI driver slammed into the back of the patrol vehicle. The crash happened just after midnight Tuesday northwest of Denver on I-270 west of Vasquez.  According to investigators, one officer was inside the SUV at the time of the crash and rushed to the hospital. That officer suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Residents rebuild neighborhoods decimated by Marshall Fire three years ago
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Residents rebuild neighborhoods decimated by Marshall Fire three years ago

By Rachel Saurer | Fox 31 News It has been three years since the Marshall Fire burned more than 6,000 acres and destroyed 1,105 homes in Boulder County. Louisville, Superior and unincorporated Boulder County have collectively reported that 712 of those homes have been rebuilt. Many of the neighborhoods that were hit hardest in the fire are nearly unrecognizable after these three years. Eric Schnepp rebuilt his home in the Sagamore neighborhood, which was one of the first neighborhoods to get hit. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Pueblo police requesting help identifying alleged Riverwalk vandals
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Pueblo police requesting help identifying alleged Riverwalk vandals

By Dara Korn | Fox 21 News The Pueblo Police Department (PPD) is asking for the public’s help to identify a group of young men suspected to be connected with property damage along the Pueblo Riverwalk on Saturday, Dec. 28. According to PPD, several areas were damaged by graffiti, including The Center for American Values. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21 NEWS
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Judge denies Denver Public Schools’ wrongful termination lawsuit dismissal request
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Judge denies Denver Public Schools’ wrongful termination lawsuit dismissal request

By Sage Kelley | Denver Gazette Former McAuliffe International Principal Kurt Dennis' wrongful termination lawsuit against Denver Public Schools will continue, a judge decided, denying a request for dismissal the school district sought. United States District Court Judge John Kane denied the district's motion, based on arguments implicating student privacy and confidentiality laws, to dismiss Dennis' case. The court granted the district's motion to dismiss property interest claims based on a Fourteenth Amendment argument the former principal had raised in court.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Denver’s Crestmoor residents hit panic button as a bollard bikeway heads their way
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Denver’s Crestmoor residents hit panic button as a bollard bikeway heads their way

By Mark Samuelson | Colorado Politics Bollards — waist-high white plastic poles that line the new bike lanes popping up in downtown Denver and in several city neighborhoods — are headed for streets further from the urban core. And neighbors aren’t happy about it. “This project, far from enhancing our neighborhood, threatens to destroy the very qualities that make it a desirable place to live,” residents of Denver’s Crestmoor Park neighborhood wrote Mayor Mike Johnston last week, with a copy forwarded to the city’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. DOTI is a well-known agency to residents in Denver neighborhoods further west that are coping with bollards installed on their streets during recent years. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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