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‘If you want the truth, seek the truth’: Mesa Co. Clerk Gross responds to article allegations
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‘If you want the truth, seek the truth’: Mesa Co. Clerk Gross responds to article allegations

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice  Tina Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk and a Gold Star mother with a clean prior record, has now served two months of a nine-year prison sentence. She was found guilty on seven charges related to the unlawful access she granted to the county's election system. Recent open-record requests published by The Gateway Pundit reveal an alleged conflict of interest: while facing political persecution for investigating possible election data manipulation by the secretary of state and Dominion Voting Systems, Clerk Peters was unknowingly working alongside county officials who were also Dominion contractors. The Gateway Pundit article raised questions about whether the public knew that county officials and employees were also wo...
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Lone Tree police investigating increase in crash-and-grab home burglaries
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Lone Tree police investigating increase in crash-and-grab home burglaries

By Rachel Saurer | Fox 31 News Over the past several weeks, the Lone Tree Police Department has seen an increase in home burglaries. In each case, suspects have gained access to the houses by breaking large windows or sliding glass doors on the rear of the house before leaving with cash, high-dollar purses, jewelry and other items. The houses generally back up to commercial property, open space, or a golf course, and as of yet, no one has been home at the time, which police said is the one positive. “That’s the bigger fear of the whole thing right, if that ever happened you know what’s the outcome of that going to be?” Lone Tree Police Chief Kirk Wilson said. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Central to Colorado Springs’ hate crime hoax case, Derrick Bernard had lengthy record in home state
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Central to Colorado Springs’ hate crime hoax case, Derrick Bernard had lengthy record in home state

By GLENN WALLACE | The Gazette Derrick Patrick Bernard is the figure at the center of a federal indictment and political dust-up involving an alleged hate crime hoax in the closing days of the 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral election. But before his complicated career in Colorado Springs, Bernard had already had his share of run-ins with the law in his home state. Born in Florida in 1989, Bernard was 15 when state records indicate he was first arrested for petty theft. Just two months later he would be arrested again, this time for felony burglary and grand theft. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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Boulder PD investigating six overdoses on possibly tainted drugs at fraternity house
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Boulder PD investigating six overdoses on possibly tainted drugs at fraternity house

By Samantha Jarpe | Fox 31 News The Boulder Police Department is investigating after six college students were taken to the hospital after overdosing on possibly tainted cocaine at a party Saturday night. According to police, between 10-10:30 p.m., officers were called to the hospital and the Kappa Sigma fraternity in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue for reports of adult men who were sick and overdosing. According to the school, Kappa Sigma was expelled from the interfraternity council in 2015 due to safety and welfare violations. At least six men were transported or treated at the hospital and by medical personnel at the scene. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Adams County fire engine wrap highlights ’50-50′ risk of deadly fentanyl dose
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Adams County fire engine wrap highlights ’50-50′ risk of deadly fentanyl dose

By Michael Abeyta | CBS Colorado Adams County Fire Rescue's Engine 11 has a new look. For the next three to six months, it will feature a fentanyl awareness wrap to help protect people from the deadly drug. "As Engine 11 serves this community, folks will easily see our display on both sides, showing that five out of every 10 pills out there contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. Think about that for a minute—that's a 50/50 shot," DEA Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen said. Fentanyl poisoning is a crisis that has impacted both the nation and Colorado. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Property owners in Denver to pay fees for own sidewalks beginning Jan. 1
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Property owners in Denver to pay fees for own sidewalks beginning Jan. 1

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News Denver will begin charging property owners in 2025 for sidewalks across the city, and most will be charged a flat fee of $150 each year — but there are exceptions. The sidewalk fees will be used to fund repair and construction programs in the city. The fee was initially approved by voters in 2022 and faced a few setbacks as the city ironed out how the fee would be implemented. Property owners subject to the fee will be charged the first half of the annual fee during the first six months of the year and then will face the second portion of the fee in the second half of the year. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Pedestrians bothered by anti-Trump sign in downtown Denver using profanity
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Pedestrians bothered by anti-Trump sign in downtown Denver using profanity

By Shaul Turner | Fox 31 News A disturbing sign hung from a downtown Denver condominium balcony is causing a range of reactions from residents and passersby. “That’s not the only sign I’ve seen like that,” said one pedestrian. Political signs remain on display in the windows and on balconies near 19th Avenue and Grant Street. While some show support for former Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump, one uses an offensive word along with Trump’s last name. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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‘I did not lie to the FBI’: Mayor Mobolade rejects rumors around alleged hate crime hoax
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‘I did not lie to the FBI’: Mayor Mobolade rejects rumors around alleged hate crime hoax

By Brennen Kauffman | The Gazette Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade spoke Friday to address the recent weeks of rumors surrounding his connection to an alleged hate crime hoax that took place during the 2023 election. In a video message on his official Facebook account, Mobolade emphasized his full cooperation with the investigation into the alleged faked hate crime and condemned the "politically motivated attacks" he faced in recent weeks. In November the Department of Justice indicted three individuals for allegedly staging a cross burning in front of a Mobolade campaign sign defaced with a racial slur during the 2023 mayoral runoff election between Mobolade and Wayne Williams. Derrick Bernard Jr., Ashley Blackcloud and Deanna West were charged with "maliciously conveying fal...
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Grand Junction punts again on homeless center to the ire of taxpayers
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Grand Junction punts again on homeless center to the ire of taxpayers

By Lindy Browning | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Downtown residents and businesses continue to be frustrated by the Grand Junction City Council's efforts to find a way to meet the needs of vulnerable homeless people while saying they want to protect the homeowners and businesses from the darker element that lives within the homeless population.  In a recent turn of events, the Council, in an effort to address the violence, crime and exploitation of the area's approximately 2,000 homeless people, created a buffer zone that extends from curb to curb at the property on 261 Ute Avenue. The buffer zone was an attempt to stop the criminal element from dealing drugs and prostitution at the address where the Homeless Resource Center is located. The idea was to give the center...
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Castle Rock passes measure supporting Trump’s deportation plan
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Castle Rock passes measure supporting Trump’s deportation plan

By Noah Festenstein | Denver Gazette via Colorado Politics Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s response to the president-elect’s illegal immigration deportation strategy has prompted one Colorado town to push back — again. Since Johnston took office in July 2023, Denver has welcomed nearly 43,000 immigrants, most whom illegally crossed the southern border, into Colorado’s most populous city. Johnston, a Democrat, recently made national headlines when he told local news blog Denverite the city’s police and “50,000 Denverites” would not comply with President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to deport thousands of immigrants currently residing illegally in the Mile High City. Denver’s mayor even suggested he’d go to jail if necessary.  READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS...
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