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New technology may help find missing people in Colorado’s backcountry within minutes

A Durango-based helicopter company is testing a new tool that could help search and rescue teams in helicopters detect missing and distressed people in Colorado’s backcountry within minutes and communicate with them, even if they are stuck in an area without cellphone service.

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Applegate: Possible solutions for El Paso County’s immigration problem

El Paso County recently saw two busloads of immigrants here illegally come down from Denver. Since Denver’s sanctuary city policies create their own fiscal burden, they now claim they cannot afford to keep taking care of lawbreakers they attracted in the first place.

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Jefferson County is considering a new trailhead west of Arvada, to the chagrin of nearby residents

After four decades of buying enormous tracts of land west of Arvada, Jefferson County is considering new hiking trails in an unblemished area less than thirty miles from downtown Denver. Property owners in the private community located right next to the proposed trailhead aren’t keen on the idea, however.

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