Author: ESTEBAN CANDELARIA esteban.candelaria@gazette.com
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Train kills woman in Colorado in second recent railroad crossing incident
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The railroad crossing at U.S. 85 and Fontaine Boulevard was closed Wednesday afternoon after another incident involving a train. At around 3:45 p.m., Fountain police received a call from train dispatch that one of their…
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Giraffe’s second birthday celebrated at Colorado zoo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Viv, the ‘firecracker’ giraffe that leap-frogged over her mother’s back just six hours after she was born, turned two on Friday. Nobody forgot her birthday. Dozens turned out to the birthday party Cheyenne Mountain Zoo…
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Vehicle struck by moving train in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A vehicle collided with a train Thursday evening after driving through a security gate blocking a railroad in Fountain. No one was injured in the crash, a trooper with the Colorado State Patrol said, but…
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Discovery of possible explosives results in ‘shelter in place’ in Colorado mountain town
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Teller County sheriff’s deputies issued a shelter-in-place order Wednesday night for an area around a property they were told had explosives on it. Residents near the intersection between Upper Twin Rock and Quartz roads received…
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4 arrested after police find illegal weapons, drugs in hotel rooms near Coors Field
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Denver police arrested four people they said were in possession illegal weapons and narcotics on Friday at a hotel near Coors Field. In a Saturday release, police said they responded to the Maven Hotel on Wazee Street after receiving a tip about suspicious activity. After investigating the report, officers secured search warrants for two of…
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Armored truck and police motorcade transport most-valuable baseball card to All-Star Game in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The armored truck and police motorcade that drove through downtown Denver Saturday morning wasn’t transporting the president, dangerous prisoners, or even gold — it was driving one of the world’s most valuable pieces of cardboard…
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Elitch Gardens mandates adult supervision for teens
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Elitch Gardens, one of the oldest theme parks in Denver, now requires all park-goers under the age of 15 to have adult chaperones for entry. Those between under 17 will need adult chaperones after 3 p.m. The policy update was put in place to address…
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Morgan Creek fire ignites in northwest Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Voluntary evacuations for people and cattle began Friday afternoon after a small wildfire cropped up in northwest Colorado. The blaze, dubbed the Morgan Creek fire, was burning an area estimated at around 75-100 acres near…
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Record-breaking heat interrupts recent rainfall in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Temperatures throughout Colorado shattered records Friday as triple-digit heat rolled in after recent weeks of rainfall. “The whole state’s pretty toasty,” meteorologist Cameron Simcoe said. Cities along the I-25 corridor began seeing record heat early…
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Wheat Ridge I-70 on-ramp closed for over ten days
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save To improve traffic flow and safety, the Colorado Department of Transportation shut down a westbound I-70 on-ramp in Wheat Ridge earlier this week. Tuesday evening, the department closed the I-70 on-ramp at Ward Road, which…