Author: Esteban Candelaria
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Former volunteer youth pastor, haunted house owner sentenced to jail, probation in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vince Stites, a former volunteer youth pastor and haunted house owner who pleaded guilty to repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenager over 15 years ago, was sentenced to 90 days in prison Thursday. Stites, who’s already spent 110 days in custody after confessing to the crime,…
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Mental health panel primes teachers, families on new school year challenges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Amid a flurry of district mask mandates hitting just before the start of the 2021 fall semester, some Colorado mental health experts are forewarning another difficult school year. Especially if people face it alone. On Thursday, two of those experts met for a virtual town…
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Father and son find body while hiking; bear stands off first responders
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A father and a son discovered a grisly scene while hiking on Spruce Mountain Tuesday afternoon. Luke Fallentine, 27, was hiking on Spruce Mountain near Larkspur with his 9-year-old son and two dogs Tuesday evening…
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Federal investigators and Denver police seeking bank robber
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Federal Bureau of Investigations task force and Denver police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who robbed a Denver Wells Fargo Wednesday afternoon. The robbery took place at around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday at the Wells Fargo bank at 1777…
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Authorities announce arrest in July killing of Pueblo man shot while walking near I-25
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pueblo police arrested a man Friday they say may have been involved in the shooting of a Pueblo man in mid-July. Detectives located 20-year-old Jesus Arturo Benavidez at a swim beach at the Pueblo Reservoir at around 5 p.m. and arrested him on a warrant…
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Southwest Colorado county enacts mask mandate after surge of COVID-19 cases
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A disaster has been declared in a southwest Colorado county as new cases of COVID-19 have ravaged its small communities. San Juan County, home to just over 700, has seen a dramatic uptick in cases since the first week of August, leading to a county-wide…
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Durango dealership outbreak kills 3; health department recommends masks
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A COVID-19 outbreak at a Nissan dealership in Durango has killed three and infected 12, public health officials said Tuesday. The first case in the outbreak was identified June 19, according to San Juan Basin Public Health. Since then, 11 others have been detected, with…
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Masks required for everyone in residential care facilities, regardless of vaccinations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Among a statewide surge in delta variant cases, as well as in an updated pandemic guidance throughout the state, the state health department again updated guidelines for residential care facilities on Tuesday. Now, staff, visitors, and residents will universally need to wear masks, regardless of…
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I-70 to stay closed through weekend despite cleanup progress
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Interstate 70 will remain closed in Glenwood Canyon through the entire weekend, the Colorado Department of Transportation said Saturday, as efforts to clear heavy debris and mudslides continued. Crews worked “aggressively” to clear the interstate…
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Amache national historic site bill passes U.S. House, heads to Senate
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Camp Amache, a Japanese American incarceration camp that imprisoned over 7,000 in southeast Colorado, took one step closer to becoming a national park Thursday. The Amache National Historic Site Act, a bipartisan effort to preserve and learn from the legacy of the notorious incarceration camp,…