Author: Sage Kelley
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Tapped: Golden tightens water rules as Clear Creek snowpack falters
Editor’s note: The Denver metro region sits at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the region secures, stores, and conserves its water while navigating the competing demands of fast‑growing urban communities and the increasingly unpredictable mountain snowpack that…
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Tapped: As snowpack levels shrink, Jefferson County cities take divergent paths on water
Editor’s note: The Denver metro region sits at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the region secures, stores, and conserves its water while navigating the competing demands of fast‑growing urban communities and the increasingly unpredictable mountain snowpack that…
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Tapped: Built to stand alone, Westminster’s water system confronts historic dryness
Editor’s note: The Denver metro region sits at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges. This series examines the interconnected systems that determine how the region secures, stores, and conserves its water — while navigating the competing demands of fast‑growing urban communities and the increasingly unpredictable mountain snowpack…
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Westminster begins filling potholes in ‘Pothole Palooza’
Know any potholes causing your vehicle to stumble and scrape in Westminster? Let the city know for its “Pothole Palooza.” The city of Westminster is holding its annual pothole filling week between Monday and May 7, with city street teams attempting to fill as many reported potholes on city roads as possible, according to a…
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Man sentenced in Evergreen shooting, police chase
A Lakewood man will spend more than a decade behind bars after slamming a stolen truck into police vehicles in Evergreen last fall. Jefferson County District Judge Jason Carrithers on Monday sentenced 33-year-old Tyler James Young to 13 years in prison and three years of mandatory parole on convictions that stemmed from a police chase…
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Aurora anti-violence activist Lumumba Sayers Sr. guilty of second-degree murder
Former MMA fighter and anti-violence activist Lumumba Sayers Sr. was found guilty of murder Monday afternoon after a two-week trial. The Adams County District Court jury deliberated for a day and a half before handing down the judgment to District Judge Jeffrey Ruff, finding the 47-year-old man from Aurora guilty of second-degree murder. Prosecutors had…
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No verdict in Sayers trial
The jurors deliberating the fate of a former Aurora anti-violence activist accused of murder did not agree on a verdict Friday after one day of deliberation. Deliberations continue Monday at the Adams County Courthouse in Brighton. Lumumba Sayers Sr., 47, faces charges of first-degree murder, two counts of felony menacing and two counts of tampering…
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Closing arguments delivered in Lumumba Sayers Sr. murder trial
Witness credibility themes dominated the closing arguments of both sides in the murder trial of Lumumba Sayer’s Sr., who is alleged to have shot and killed a man out of revenge for his murdered son. Victim Malcolm Watson’s family members swiftly exited the Adams County District courtroom as defense attorney Megan Downing told the jury…
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Lumumba Sayers Sr. testifies in his murder trial
A former Aurora anti-violence activist took the witness stand Wednesday afternoon to tell his side of the story after being charged in a murder prosecutors say is rooted in revenge. Both sides of the aisle were filled as 47-year-old Lumumba Sayers Sr. took the stand in an Adams County District courtroom, claiming innocence in the…
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Jeffco task force arrests two dozen fugitives in 2 weeks
The U.S. Marshal Service, along with Jefferson County law enforcement agencies, arrested nearly 30 people avoiding violent arrest warrants in the area. District of Colorado U.S. Marshal Kirk Taylor announced Tuesday that the Colorado Violent Offender Task Force’s two-week “Operation Gateway Sweep” led to the arrest of 24 fugitives in 10 days. “We work for…