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Parents frustrated after learning of Jeffco chief of schools’ termination, criminal investigation
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Parents frustrated after learning of Jeffco chief of schools’ termination, criminal investigation

By Gabriela Vidal | CBS Colorado Colorado parents of kids in Jefferson County Public Schools district are speaking out after learning the chief of schools was terminated from his role amid an ongoing criminal investigation. "I'm scared as a parent right now," said Jeffco parent Joe Jameson. Former Chief of Staff David Weiss was fired on Thursday, Dec. 19 following a school board meeting, according to the school district. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Pueblo police recovered stolen cars, arrested four on Christmas Eve
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Pueblo police recovered stolen cars, arrested four on Christmas Eve

By Ashleigh Quintana | KOAA-TV NBC 5 The Pueblo Police Department, with help from the Colorado State Patrol, Fountain Police Department, Local Parole, and the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office, was able to recover six stolen cars on Christmas Eve. The department also made four arrests in connection to the stolen cars; two people who were arrested had outstanding warrants, and the others are facing charges related to motor vehicle theft. READ THE FULL STORY AT KOAA-TV NBC 5
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Incoming Denver DA to get pay bump to oversee 6,000 felony, nearly 8,000 misdemeanor cases each year
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Incoming Denver DA to get pay bump to oversee 6,000 felony, nearly 8,000 misdemeanor cases each year

By Deborah Grigsby  | Colorado Politics, via Denver Gazette Incoming Denver District Attorney John Walsh hasn’t even been sworn in and he’s already set to get a pay raise — although he’ll have to wait a year before it shows up in his bank account. In its last meeting of the year on Monday, the Denver City Council voted, 9-2, to approve an amended version of his plea for an annual pay increase for his office. Walsh first brought the request to the Dec. 4 Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee, where he asked for a 4% annual pay raise beginning next year, which would have placed his starting salary at $254,609 instead of $244,816. He said he had to ask for a pay raise now — otherwise, that window is foreclosed for the next four years. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLOR...
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Family of abandoned Adams County baby says cocaine was in baby’s system
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Family of abandoned Adams County baby says cocaine was in baby’s system

By Kasia Kerridge | Fox 31 News The family of the 1-month-old baby found abandoned on the median of a busy Adams County street on Christmas morning spoke exclusively to FOX31. According to a social media report, deputies responded to a 911 call at around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday from someone who saw the baby boy only in his diaper sitting in a car seat on a median near 7490 Pecos St. and stopped to help. The area is a busy roadway that’s near an intersection with U.S. Highway 36. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office said it had arrested the child’s biological parents and was seeking to charge them with felony child abuse. The parents were identified as Jarvis Sims, 42, and Christina Thurman, 33. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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JonBenét Ramsey’s father to meet with police, urge use of new DNA technology
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JonBenét Ramsey’s father to meet with police, urge use of new DNA technology

By Laura Ingle | Fox 21 News, via News Nation The Boulder Police Department says it plans to use new DNA technology in hopes of solving the killing of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey in 1996. Ramsey’s body was found 28 years ago in her family’s Boulder home. Now, her father is planning to meet once again with local police to discuss new DNA testing technology that may hopefully fill in the forensic gaps and bring closure to the Ramsey family. “They have the ability to separate DNA — mixed DNA samples, which is one of the issues with the sample they got in 1997. They had an unidentified male DNA sample in early 1997, and it was mixed, apparently with JonBenét’s blood,” JonBenét’s father, John Bennett Ramsey, told NewsNation in November. “That DNA can now, technology-...
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In Wellington 2.0, some Englewood residents can’t believe their water bills
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In Wellington 2.0, some Englewood residents can’t believe their water bills

By Catie Cheshire | Westword When Austin Lunn-Rhue received a new water meter through the City of Englewood last summer, he thought his usual bill of around $110 per month would go down. Much to his surprise, when he opened his bill in September, it totaled $322. Lunn-Rhue isn't alone. This fall, Englewood residents received water bills that didn’t add up, with soaring charges and nonsensical usage graphs showing triple the previously measured water usage for many customers. After Westword compiled six different water bills from Englewood residents, a pattern emerged: water usage graphs at the top of each bill showed zero use for anyone in July, August or September, but then a skyrocketing bar for October. READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTWORD
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Denver eases deadlines for large building energy reduction compliance
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Denver eases deadlines for large building energy reduction compliance

By Scott Weiser | Colorado Politics, via The Gazette Denver has postponed a deadline for large building owners to comply with a major energy reduction plan and also terminated compliance targets due in three years. Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency announced the series of actions on Monday. First, the "Energize Denver" target for 2025 compliance was moved to 2026, while the 2027 compliance target was eliminated. The 2030 final compliance target remains, but the city said that, if needed, buildings may establish an alternative timeline through the "Energize Denver" process. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Suspected kidnapping in Pueblo prompts 40-mile police pursuit
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Suspected kidnapping in Pueblo prompts 40-mile police pursuit

By Lindsey Grewe | KKTV-TV CBS 11 A suspected kidnapping in Pueblo led to a 40-mile police chase, ending just outside the El Paso County jail. According to a Pueblo Police Department spokesperson, officers were called to a neighborhood on the city’s east side just before 4 a.m. Thursday on reports of a kidnapping. Family members at the scene told police that a man had driven off with his ex-girlfriend and wouldn’t let her out of the car. Police found the suspect and victim about 15 minutes later, still in the area of 2200 East 12th Street. The suspect sped off when he saw the officers, with the victim still in the car. READ THE FULL STORY AT KKTV-TV CBS 11
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As ‘transit-oriented’ law takes hold in Colorado, some see erosion of home rule
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As ‘transit-oriented’ law takes hold in Colorado, some see erosion of home rule

By Scott Weiser | Colorado Politics, via The Gazette A new law that mandates more than 30 Front Range municipalities incorporate state housing density goals along transit routes will lead to messy conflicts over contractual obligations and yet another erosion of Colorado's long history of local control over zoning and building regulation, according to critics. Supporters, on the other hand, argue that the high cost of housing is a problem that needs to be fixed, and Coloradans don't care who solves it — their local government or state actors. "It's certainly arguable that the reasonable expectations of parties to contracts could be adversely affected by state regulation," said Jack Luellen, special counsel at the Buchalter law firm. "And it really leaves the homeowner or the ...
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