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What happened to JonBenét Ramsey? New documentary set to premiere this month
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What happened to JonBenét Ramsey? New documentary set to premiere this month

By Samantha Jarpe | Fox 31 News On Dec. 26, 1996, JonBenét Ramsey was reported missing from her home in Boulder. The family of the beauty pageant star had called the police about a ransom note that was left in their home. The 6-year-old was later found dead in the basement of the home. Her death was ruled a homicide by strangulation. Her case remains unsolved and has been the subject of a number of documentaries and books, most recently in the Netflix three-part series “Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?” READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Fort Carson unveils largest, first-of-its-kind chemical battery installed on a DOD site
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Fort Carson unveils largest, first-of-its-kind chemical battery installed on a DOD site

By Mary Shinn | The Gazette A large new chemical battery at Fort Carson will help ensure the base can keep functioning during power outages and provide electricity when demand for energy is highest to save money.  "Diversification of our power distribution protects our community against power outages and any adversarial efforts," said Maj. Gen. David Doyle, who leads Fort Carson, during a ceremony on Wednesday. While the energy priorities of President-elect President Donald Trump, may be different than the current administration, Rachel Jacobson, assistant secretary of the Army Installations, Energy and Environment, said she expected energy resiliency for the Army would continue to be a priority and other installations would install similar systems.  READ THE FULL STORY AT...
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Denver has spent millions in voter-approved bond money to upgrade schools it might close
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Denver has spent millions in voter-approved bond money to upgrade schools it might close

By Melanie Asmar | Chalkbeat Colorado Denver Public Schools has spent $22.6 million in voter-approved bond dollars over the past four years on schools that district officials are now considering closing or downsizing, according to information obtained by Chalkbeat in an open records request. That dollar amount only includes construction projects unique to the 10 school buildings that would be closed or partially closed if the Denver school board votes yes Thursday on a proposal by Superintendent Alex Marrero to shutter seven schools and shrink three more due to declining enrollment. It does not include districtwide projects. Of the 10 schools, five are located in standalone buildings that would become vacant. About $4.6 million of the $22.6 million in bond money was spen...
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Graham: White liberal women are ‘The Mean Girls’
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Graham: White liberal women are ‘The Mean Girls’

By Ellen M. Graham | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Why do other women keep telling me they’ve been unfriended for voting for Trump? Why is this a thing? Having been through it myself, my pulse quickens and suddenly I’m in junior high and there they are.  The mean girls.  Today they are white, liberal, women, living in self-reflecting vacuums and their entitlement runs deep.  They are virtuous and experts on everything. Ruthless, alone, predatory in groups, these mean girls stalk the hallways of their modern neighborhoods, children’s schools and Whole Foods looking for those who aren’t worthy.  In the world of mean girls, wearing T-shirts that say BE KIND, your kindess will be taken as a weakness.  Weakness like the maturity of being a friend who l...
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Mesa County commissioners updated on pretrial and corrections services programs
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Mesa County commissioners updated on pretrial and corrections services programs

By Lindy Browning | Contributor, Rocky Mountain Voice Matt Lewis, a former Mesa County sheriff and current Justice Services Director for the county, updated Mesa County commissioners on the status of their Pretrial Services (PTS) program and the County Community Corrections Services program on Tuesday, Nov. 19. PTS is a program for people who have been arrested to receive pretrial services in the jail, in addition to services while they are incarcerated. A pretrial assessment is completed for anyone who is booked in the Mesa County jail. This assessment is provided to the court, district attorney's office and public defender’s office to be used as a tool to inform the court as they are considering bond decisions. Setting the appropriate bond assists with maximizing releases from c...
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Police investigating explicit traffic signs in Boulder area
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Police investigating explicit traffic signs in Boulder area

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News Boulder police are investigating after four signs with explicit messages were found affixed to speed limit signs around the city on Tuesday. The signs were found at: Table Mesa Drive and South Broadway 28th Street and Jay Road 28th Street and Palo Parkway 28th Street and Diagonal Highway READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Pikes Peak Library District CEO responds to community concerns over Rockrimmon closure
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Pikes Peak Library District CEO responds to community concerns over Rockrimmon closure

By Debbie Kelley | The Gazette As Dec. 1 approaches and the Rockrimmon Library gasps its last breath, the Pikes Peak Library District’s Chief Librarian and CEO Teona Shainidze-Krebs said she feels the community’s pain over the decision to shutter the beloved space. “We know people have passion and love for their libraries, and so do we, the staff and the board of trustees,” she said Tuesday. “I understand the concerns — this is something very hard.” Working off a new master facilities plan that recommended closing some of the 15 branches, the board voted 5-2 at its Oct. 16 meeting not to renew the lease of the storefront library at 832 Village Center Drive, which opened in 1989 in northwestern Colorado Springs. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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Aurora lawmakers vote to go forward with repealing employee tax on businesses
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Aurora lawmakers vote to go forward with repealing employee tax on businesses

By Kyla Pearce | Denver Gazette Aurora lawmakers on Monday night decided to keep a promise made to businesses that they would repeal the occupational privilege tax, which taxes businesses for each employee. The decision came after a series of meetings during which councilmembers went back and forth on the issue and ended up in arguments with each other over whether they should keep the promise, made last year, or go back on it and keep the tax to fund new fire stations.  The occupational privilege tax collects $4 monthly from companies for each employee. Employers and employees split the dues, paying $2 respectively. The tax began in 1986 to support street maintenance, police and fire services. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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‘Something needs to be done’: Smash-and-grab burglaries on the rise
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‘Something needs to be done’: Smash-and-grab burglaries on the rise

By Karen Morfitt | CBS Colorado Law enforcement agencies are seeing a spike in smash-and-grab burglaries across the northern part of the Denver metro area and up into Northern Colorado. The Boulder County Sheriff's Office is looking for what they are calling the Panda Bandit. Investigators say three young suspects, one dressed in a panda costume, burglarized a gas station in Superior and took vape products. In Greeley, a clothing store is asking for help after thieves drove through their front window. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Did Middle Park sell $1 billion of water for 10 bucks?
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Did Middle Park sell $1 billion of water for 10 bucks?

By Michael Booth | The Colorado Sun Since Dwight Eisenhower was president, tiny Middle Park Water Conservancy District has hoarded a precious gem: 20,000 acre-feet of water rights on Troublesome Creek, near Kremmling, and the authority to build a dam for it.  In October, Middle Park gave its treasure to a private rancher. For $10.   The Middle Park district, which primarily serves ranchers and hay growers in Grand and Summit counties, has only a few hundred thousand dollars of revenue each year, and no ability to raise potentially tens of millions of dollars for environmental permitting and hundreds of millions for construction, the district’s attorney said.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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