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Conifer councilman charged in altercation in which teen was allegedly shot in face
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Conifer councilman charged in altercation in which teen was allegedly shot in face

By Austen Erblat, Alan Gionet | CBS Colorado Brent Metz, the Colorado town councilman accused of shooting a 17-year-old boy in the face last week, has been formally charged. Metz is accused of shooting the teen who, along with his friend, say they hopped a fence to knock on a Conifer property owner's door to get permission to take high school homecoming photos. When it appeared no one was home, they went back to their car on the side of the road to write a note for the property owner. According to an arrest report, Metz pulled up in his truck, pulled a handgun and shot the 17-year-old through the windshield of his Audi. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Denver’s Initiative 309 slaughterhouse ban impacts national lamb supply chain
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Denver’s Initiative 309 slaughterhouse ban impacts national lamb supply chain

  By Lindy Browning | Contributor, Rocky Mountain Voice  As J Paul Brown of Ignacio, Colo., gets ready to bring his sheep back to the lowlands for the fall roundup, he contemplates the impact of Denver’s Initiative 309, which singles out the largest lamb processing plant in Colorado for closure.  He worries that, if passed, the state has, yet again, compromised the domestic food chain.  Superior Farms has been singled out by this ballot initiative for closure after an animal rights activist group, Pro-Animal Future, championed the initiative.  Superior Farms has been in business since its founding in 1964 and is a 100 percent employee owned facility that currently employs upwards of 170 direct employees.  “I find it so ironic that the very same people, who support loc...
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Xcel natural gas customers could see 10.5% residential price reduction
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Xcel natural gas customers could see 10.5% residential price reduction

By BizWest Xcel Energy Colorado has requested approval from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to reduce customer natural-gas bills for the last three months of the year.   That will mean on average, a 10.54%, or $9.15, reduction on residential monthly bills and an 11.08%, or $42.04, reduction for typical small businesses from the same time last year. That is providing the weather remains stable, Xcel reports in a press release. Residential customers are expected to see a decrease of 13 cents per month on their electric bills, while small businesses would pay approximately 91 cents more on a typical monthly bill compared with the third quarter of 2024, according to a news release. READ THE FULL STORY AT BIZWEST
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Denver council OKs $6 million contract to Haven of Hope to aid immigrants
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Denver council OKs $6 million contract to Haven of Hope to aid immigrants

By Alexander Edwards | Denver Gazette The Denver City Council on Monday approved a $6 million contract for a group to manage the distribution of food and provide services for immigrants participating in the city's work program. The vote on the $6 million contract with Haven of Hope was postponed in late August and again last week after councilmembers grilled the Johnston administration and one member said it resulted in more questions than answers.  Those questions seemed to have been answered on Monday, when 12 councilmembers voted in favor of the contract, though Councilmember Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez pressed about the program’s sustainability.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Wildfire in northern Larimer County causing hundreds to evacuate was human-caused, officials say
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Wildfire in northern Larimer County causing hundreds to evacuate was human-caused, officials say

By Olivia Prentzel | The Colorado Sun A wildfire that forced hundreds to evacuate their homes Monday in northwestern Larimer County was human-caused and sparked on private property, officials said Monday evening. The Pearl fire was estimated at 138 acres with zero percent containment at about 9 p.m. Seventy-five people worked to control the fire and more were on the way, the sheriff’s office said in an update Monday evening. Larimer County officials began to receive calls about smoke just after 11 a.m. Monday and firefighters found a fire burning about 5 miles northwest of Red Feather Lakes. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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Small town near Vail ends long legal battle with win over developer in $48M settlement
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Small town near Vail ends long legal battle with win over developer in $48M settlement

By Jason Blevins | The Colorado Sun Minturn, a village of about 1,100 people along a defunct railroad near Vail, has bested a $25 billion real estate company, securing a transformative $48 million settlement that ends a long legal battle.  “I don’t think they ever thought that a small town like Minturn would be strong enough to stand up to them. But we did,” said Lynn Feiger, a Minturn councilwoman and nationally acclaimed lawyer who helped the former railroad town win the settlement from real estate giant Lubert Adler. “I always thought Minturn could win if we stayed the course.” It’s been a long course for Minturn, where a Florida golf resort developer named Bobby Ginn dreamed big on the slopes of Battle Mountain above the town. With visions of a private ski hill, golf cour...
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Inmate found unconscious in El Paso County jail cell has died, sheriff’s office says
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Inmate found unconscious in El Paso County jail cell has died, sheriff’s office says

By Brett Yager | Fox 21 News The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) said a man who was found unresponsive in his cell has passed away at the hospital. On Wednesday, Sept. 11 at around 8:15 p.m. during a routine welfare check at the El Paso County Jail, deputies found a man unresponsive in his cell. EPSO said evidence found suggested the man attempted to take his own life. Deputies and medical staff began lifesaving measures until first responders from American Medical Response and the Colorado Springs Fire Department arrived at around 8:32 p.m., and at 9:22 p.m. the man was taken to the hospital. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21 NEWS
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Man convicted on DUI turns self in to Summit County jail to start sentence… while still drunk
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Man convicted on DUI turns self in to Summit County jail to start sentence… while still drunk

By Lindsey Grewe | CBS 11 News A convicted DUI driver is in more trouble after deciding to drink before driving himself to the county jail to start his sentence. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office says the 54-year-old was very obviously intoxicated when he showed up at the detention center last week. He was also past the date he had been ordered to show up. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS 11 NEWS
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CSP to release body camera video of deadly shooting involving trooper
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CSP to release body camera video of deadly shooting involving trooper

By Jim Hooley | Fox 31 News The Colorado State Patrol will release body camera footage on Monday of a deadly shootout between a trooper and a gunman. The shooting happened on the afternoon of Sept. 7 along U.S. Highway 36 near Federal Boulevard in Adams County. On Monday CSP will share the body camera and narrate the timeline of events that took place. CSP said Cpl. Tye Simcox was parked on the side of the road in his patrol pickup truck doing paperwork. That’s when the suspect drove past Simcox, heading eastbound in a black pickup, and opened fire from a semi-automatic handheld gun, CSP Chief Col. Matthew Packard said.  READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Mexican drug cartels are operating in southern Colorado, DEA agent says
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Mexican drug cartels are operating in southern Colorado, DEA agent says

By Sarah Ferguson | Fox 31 News Two Mexican drug cartels that are responsible for the fentanyl smuggled into the U.S. are operating in Colorado, said the Drug Enforcement Administration. As part of an exclusive, new partnership with the DEA’s Rocky Mountain Field Division, Nexstar’s FOX21 News in Colorado Springs spoke to Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen about the unprecedented action the DEA is taking to target every aspect of the global fentanyl supply chain. “We use technology to identify who they are, where they are, who they are communicating with and we try to identify the entire network; so, the distribution side, the supply side, and the money laundering side and we try to go after all of those folks at the same time,” said Pullen. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX...
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