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Aurora, Denver to launch gun buyback program in wake of recent youth shootings
Aurora and Denver are partnering to host a gun buyback program next year in response to recent youth shootings in the metro area. Aurora was rocked last week by two shootings outside of local high schools. The first shooting, outside of Aurora Central High School, left six teenage students wounded on Nov. 15. Four days…
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Increased DUI enforcement for Thanksgiving to begin Wednesday
Law enforcement agencies across the state will begin increased DUI enforcement Wednesday in an effort to prevent impaired driving over the Thanksgiving holiday. Additional street patrols and DUI checkpoints will be in place from Wednesday through Sunday by the Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and 84 police and sheriff’s agencies, according to law enforcement…
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Colorado middle school teacher charged with sexual exploitation of a child
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former teacher at Clear Creek Middle School in Idaho Springs has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Justin Paul Manter, 25, was charged Thursday with five counts of sexual exploitation of a child, in…
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Pedestrian hit, killed by driver on Interstate 25 in Denver
A pedestrian was killed overnight Monday after he was hit by a driver on Interstate 25 in northwest Denver, according to the Denver Police Department. Police said the crash happened on northbound I-25 near the 20th Street exit. Police announced the crash just after 1:30 a.m. Monday. The pedestrian was allegedly pushing a shopping cart…
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Deputies seek information in murder, disappearance of 2 men in northern Colorado
The Weld County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in investigating the murder of a man and the disappearance of another man in Weld County over the weekend. Deputies said 40-year-old Gilbert Gutierrez was found dead at 12:45 p.m. Sunday in the 23600 block of Blake Street outside of Johnstown. An autopsy revealed…
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Increased DUI enforcement for Thanksgiving to begin Wednesday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Law enforcement agencies across the state will begin increased DUI enforcement Wednesday in an effort to prevent impaired driving over the Thanksgiving holiday. Additional street patrols and DUI checkpoints will be in place from Wednesday…
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Denver’s ‘Zoo Lights’ tickets on sale now
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The winter holiday season is back at the Denver Zoo, with tickets for the annual “Zoo Lights” celebration opening to the public on Monday. For more than a month, the zoo will be transformed nightly…
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Kruger Rock fire now 60% contained
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Kruger Rock fire near Estes Park is now 60% contained and did not grow after spreading only one acre overnight, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The wildfire had burned 146 acres as of Thursday evening, the agency said. The fire sparked Tuesday morning,…
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Warren Village to expand housing services for homeless single-parent families in Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Warren Village will soon expand its services to a third location, increasing affordable housing access for low-income and homeless single-parent families in Denver. The new facility will include 74 affordable apartments at 1394 W. Alameda Ave. and 1373 W. Nevada Place in southwest Denver. After…
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2 Denver parks, playgrounds shut down over drug paraphernalia
Two weeks after Denver’s Civic Center Park began reopening to the public, two other parks and playgrounds in the area are shut down due to drug paraphernalia. The playground at Governor’s Park and the entire Quality Hill Park are both closed because of excessive amounts of needles found on the grounds, according to Denver Parks…