Tag: Arvada, Colorado
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Arvada rolls affordable housing bond into 2026
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Arvada City Council voted to roll the city’s nearly $8 million bond into 2026 to potentially help create large-scale affordable housing amidst shortages throughout the region. The council met with the city’s Housing Manager Carrie Espinosa on Tuesday to discuss how the city should…
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Pride in Place: Arvada holds its first Americana Pride Month concert
Situated smack dab in the middle of Pride Month is a twangy concert reverberating the importance of counterculture throughout art. The Jefferson County Library and the Arvada Center will be holding its first “Pride in Place” concert on Thursday at the Arvada Center’s Mainstage Theater, highlighting local country, Americana and bluegrass artists that identify within…
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Arvada man sentenced to 192 years for 2021 Dollar General shooting
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An Arvada man will spend 192 years in prison for two charges of attempted murder in connection to a shooting at a Dollar General Store in 2021. Adams County District Court Judge Sean Finn sentenced 51-year-old Johnny McCaslin last week on two counts of first-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault and several violent…
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6 new incidents of rock-throwing at moving vehicles in Jefferson County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly a year-and-a-half after a 20-year-old Arvada woman was killed when three suspects on a rock-throwing spree hurled a landscaping rock through her windshield, someone is throwing rocks at moving cars again in Jefferson County, according to authorities. This time, the rock-throwing happened in six…
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Caretaker who sexually assaulted at-risk victims in Arvada sentenced
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Arvada man will now spend at least eight years in prison for sexually assaulting at-risk victims while working as a caretaker. First Judicial District Judge Diego Hunt sentenced 72-year-old Eugene “Gene” Gillespie to eight years to life in prison on Wednesday on charges of…
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City of Arvada buys building for long-time food pantry
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An Arvada food pantry that’s been in operation for more than 40 years will remain in the city. The City of Arvada purchased a building over 15,000 square-feet with the intent of transferring the Community Table to the new property. The emergency food shelter will be moving from its current leased space at 8555 W.…
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Man sentenced to life in prison after shooting and killing Arvada officer
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An audible sigh of relief could be heard from the countless number of police officers stuffed into an overflow Jefferson County courtroom — Sonny Almanza will serve life in prison for shooting and killing their fellow officer. First Judicial District Court Judge Russell Klein sentenced 32-year-old Almanza…
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1 dead, 5 injured after rollover crash in Arvada
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A rollover crash in Arvada injured all six passengers of the vehicle, closing parts of the interstate for around five hours, early Saturday morning. One passenger died. Police responded to a report of a crash on eastbound I-70 at I-76 near Wadsworth Boulevard around 12:30…
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‘Truly lucky’: Suspected car thief only one injured after Arvada crash
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Arvada Police arrested one person who crashed a stolen car at Wadsworth Boulevard and 76th Avenue Monday morning, saying the number of injuries and amount of damage could have been higher. The Toyota FJ Cruiser, which was reported stolen in Adams County, crossed multiple lanes of traffic before smashing into a traffic control box, according…
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Dad, 16-month-old son watch police from all over in procession for fallen Arvada officer
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Chris Whiteman and his 16-month-old son, Micah, stood alone at the crossroads of Colorado Highway 7 and 119th Street east of Lafayette, waiting for the hundreds of police and rescue vehicles to stream past them. The police procession was escorting the body of a slain Arvada Police officer. They happened to be the only two…