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Adams County fire engine wrap highlights ’50-50′ risk of deadly fentanyl dose
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Adams County fire engine wrap highlights ’50-50′ risk of deadly fentanyl dose

By Michael Abeyta | CBS Colorado Adams County Fire Rescue's Engine 11 has a new look. For the next three to six months, it will feature a fentanyl awareness wrap to help protect people from the deadly drug. "As Engine 11 serves this community, folks will easily see our display on both sides, showing that five out of every 10 pills out there contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. Think about that for a minute—that's a 50/50 shot," DEA Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen said. Fentanyl poisoning is a crisis that has impacted both the nation and Colorado. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Adams 12 families wonder what’s next for teachers after mill levy fails
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Adams 12 families wonder what’s next for teachers after mill levy fails

By Gabriela Vidal | CBS Colorado It's been over a week since residents in Adams and Broomfield counties sealed the fate of two school measures that could have produced big changes for schools and staff across the Adams 12 Five Star School District. "First of all it was really strange that the bond passed but the mil levy didn't pass," said Heather Delair, a parent of two students in the Adams 12 school district. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Long-running Colorado animal sanctuary facing “a lot of hurdles” during critical fundraising period
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Long-running Colorado animal sanctuary facing “a lot of hurdles” during critical fundraising period

By Ashley Portillo | CBS Colorado The founder of an animal sanctuary in Adams County says because of a cellphone company cutting her phone line and that leading to her landline phone not working, she's down thousands of dollars. With winter coming, she's now worried about how she's going to keep nearly 200 animals fed. Maxine Mager is the owner and founder of Creative Acres, a nonprofit organization which provides no-kill and free-roam sheltering to animals like horses, pigs, and chickens among many others. She says because of the phone issue, she could not get the word out about her fundraising efforts. "They cut my line and apparently they cut it five times. I haven't had a phone for over a month," said Mager. "During that time, we couldn't do any fundraising through t...
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Aurora, Adams County, Westminster select new leadership
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Aurora, Adams County, Westminster select new leadership

By Kyla Pearce | Denver Gazette The Aurora City Council picked the city's current chief of public safety to fill its open city attorney position following the former city attorney's retirement in June.  Pete Schulte, whose selection will go to a formal vote at Monday's council meeting, follows former City Attorney Dan Brotzman, who retired earlier this year. Schulte has worked for the city of Aurora since September of 2021. He is a licensed attorney in Colorado, Texas and Wyoming. He will be sworn into office at the following regular council meeting on Oct. 14. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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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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Adams County crews begin work on first-of-its-kind bridge project in Colorado
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Adams County crews begin work on first-of-its-kind bridge project in Colorado

By Gabriela Vidal | CBS Colorado In rural Adams County, near Bennett, county engineers are building a bridge quite literally between need and innovation. "We're excited to share this," said Denise Beltran, Civil Engineer for Adams County. In June 2023, major flooding took out portions of the bridge at East 144th Avenue near North Converse Road. Roughly 750 cars travel through it each day. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Colorado fire crews respond to warehouse fire in Adams County
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Colorado fire crews respond to warehouse fire in Adams County

By CBS Colorado South Adams Fire posted a message on X that crews responded to a large warehouse fire that happened near 60th Avenue on Saturday. Initially, Commerce City police posted a message on X that there was a large warehouse fire happening in the 4300 block of 60th Avenue, which led to road closures.  South Adams Fire responded to the fire along with Adams County Fire, North Metro Fire, Platte Valley Ambulance, and Commerce City PD. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Members-only auto race track on course for rural Adams County
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Members-only auto race track on course for rural Adams County

By Gabriela Vidal, Jeff Gurney | CBS Colorado Look on Google Maps and you'll able to see a squiggly line on Colorado's plains just East of Denver International. Airport. It's the beginning of a members-only race track.    "It's a private racing facility," Nick Eagleson, Adams County senior strategic planner told CBS News Colorado.  "Adams County is growing -- obviously it is growing east. There's a lot of benefits because of the location and its proximity to DIA as well as downtown Denver," Eagleson said. Nine parcels of land purchased make up the 600-acre site. It will include a race track, go-cart facility and other venue facilities. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Investigation: South Adams County FD’s trips may be ‘violation of public trust’, says ethics expert
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Investigation: South Adams County FD’s trips may be ‘violation of public trust’, says ethics expert

By Brian Maass | CBS News Colorado Top fire chiefs and administrators with the South Adams County Fire Department, along with some of their board members, have regularly taken their spouses along to winter conferences in Florida and fall conferences in Colorado's high country, billing taxpayers for their spouses' meals and other expenses, and extending their stays before and after conferences.  One Colorado ethics expert characterized this as "sounding more like a vacation than a business trip" and suggested, "they've been misusing funds." The questionable expenditures emerged from a CBS News Colorado investigation of the fire department's conference expenses over the last three years, prompting the department to announce updates to its travel and conference policies.  REA...
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