Tag: Bennett
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Eastern Plains library is a beacon for behavioral health services
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the town of Bennett, 30 miles east of Denver on the plains, mental health support can be hard to come by. There’s no local full-service medical center. No equivalent human services center. And for…
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‘It happened so quickly’: Eastern Colorado tornado survivors recount destruction
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Victoria and Mark Katchen were sitting on the porch of their Bennett home Sunday when they saw a funnel cloud in the sky transform into a tornado closing in on their property. Only moments after fleeing inside to safety, the Katchens found their home of…
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$3.2 million in NHTSA grants for highway safety improvements awarded to Colorado municipalities
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U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet announced a new $3.2 million grant for creating highway safety plans for five cities, towns and counties from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program. The money adds to the $28.6 million in grants for 11 projects in Colorado awarded earlier this…
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Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office extending coverage to Bennett
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office’s line of jurisdiction will extend a bit past the county border, following a contract approval by the small eastern town. The county department will assume law enforcement duties for the entire town of Bennett as of May 1, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. The County Commissioners…
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Adams County commissioners award $9M for open space projects
Adams County residents will start seeing the benefits from an Open Space Sales Tax in the form of new playgrounds, ballfields, trails and aquatic center additions. Last week, the Adams County Board of Commissioners awarded $9 million in open space grants for 21 projects in cities and towns including Thornton, Westminster, Bennett, Strasburg and Brighton.…
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Free COVID-19 testing site opens for Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas counties
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new free COVID-19 community testing site opened in Bennett on Tuesday, open to all Coloradans but targeted to Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties. The testing site, located at the Bennett Community Center on East…