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Colorado River Basin’s largest users look to conservation strategies, while negotiators work on future

While water may cover 71% of the Earth’s surface, it’s frequently been in short supply in Colorado and across the West. As the climate changes and the Colorado River Basin sees dry days ahead, negotiators from the states that share its water and the Native Americans who have used it for centuries are hard at work to create a sustainable framework for the basin’s future. 

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Questions surface regarding control of troubled apartment complex in Aurora

By Vicente Arenas | Fox 31 News The city of Aurora has slated another apartment for a cleanup in the wake of two others that had major code violations and issues with crime. The latest complex to be slated for cleanup is the Whispering Pines apartment complex in the 1300 block of Helena Street, not far from

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Lakewood City Council approves ballot measure to permanently lift Colorado’s TABOR limits

The City of Lakewood wants to extend a measure lifting TABOR limits for the city. The city council approved putting the question on the ballot which will ask voters to not only extend the measure that expires next year but make that move permanent.

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Immigration evictions a growing issue in Denver as housing, food, transportation costs swell to $74M

Denver officials identified 15 apartment complexes with a high concentration of immigrants with tenants facing eviction — the latest focal point in a city whose finances have been stretched thin to pay for the influx of people from America’s southern borders.

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Is the migrant flow slowing? Denver claims it hasn’t received a bus from Texas since June 11

In January, the city of Denver called its migrant crisis “unsustainable” due to the constant arrival of noncitizens. However, the city said this week that it hasn’t received a bus of newly arriving migrants since June 11. 

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