Jefferson County

12 deportations later, ICE detains trucker who killed Colorado man

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A suspected illegal immigrant convicted in a deadly Colorado crash last year involving a semi-truck he was driving was detained on Sunday by federal immigration authorities.

Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza, 47, a Mexican national, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the lobby of the Jefferson County Detention Center shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, immediately after his release from jail, according to Denver7.

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Jeffco Schools considering closure that would send students to Everitt M.S., Wheat Ridge H.S.

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Declining enrollment may soon claim another school in the Denver metro area. Jeffco Public Schools is hosting a series of community meetings to determine the future of Jefferson Junior/Senior High School in Edgewater. The district is proposing closing the school, which serves grades 7-12, starting in the 2026-2027 school year. Students would instead attend Everitt Middle School and Wheat Ridge High School.

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In a shifting of chairs, Republican parties have new leadership in many Colorado counties

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The only constant in life is said to be change. That certainly is the way it may feel for those in a number of county Republican parties around Colorado.

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Jeffco Schools admins respond to ‘crisis at hand’ of chief’s death during child porn investigation

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The Jefferson County Public Schools administration said Tuesday it is “grappling” with the death of the district’s former chief of schools, who was under investigation for child pornography.

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