Tag: Denver Metropolitan Area
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The Big One: Is Metro Denver prepared for L.A.-strong conflagrations?
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As fires rage in California, emergency officials from metro Denver warily eye the mountains. Especially during windy days. With the right equipment, smart placement and plenty of water, Colorado’s seasoned firefighters are prepared to confront wildfires. But if winds are kicking at 100 miles per…
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MLK Day closures and events around metro Denver, delayed Marade
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Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be cold in Denver Monday. An artic blast will send chills down the city’s spine this upcoming weekend, dropping temperatures to nearly 0 degrees with a real feel of 12 degrees below zero with wind chill, according to National Weather Service Boulder.…
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Denver welcomes first babies born in 2025, all boys
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After the fireworks died down, Denver welcomed its first born babies of 2025 — all boys. Madden was born at Intermountain Health’s St. Joseph 25 minutes into the new year, with Sammer not far behind at Denver Health. Sammer Andre Arellano Cambero came into the world at 1:49 a.m. Wednesday morning to parents Angelica Cambero Grisales…
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1 dead, 1 injured after Denver crash
The Denver Police Department responded to a two-car crash early Wednesday morning that resulted in the death of one of the motorists. Officers responded to the crash around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning in the 1000 block of South Sheridan Boulevard — in the Mar Lee neighborhood near West Mississippi Avenue — ultimately closing South Sheridan Boulevard in…
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Adams City High School students sent home following 3-hour lockdown
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A Commerce City high school was placed on lockdown as local police assessed a potential threat. The Adams City High School — a school just west of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City — was placed on lockdown around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to a social media post from the Commerce…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife building new law enforcement training facility in Denver
Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans to expand its Denver training facility by retrofitting a former shop building. CPW, along with Wold Architects and Engineers, began building a new 16,500 square-foot training facility at its Denver headquarters — located at 6060 Broadway — this summer, according to a news release. The “cutting-edge” law enforcement training center started…
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Motorcyclist dies after crash on I-225 in Denver
A motorcyclist died Saturday morning after a single-vehicle crash in south Denver. The Denver Police Department responded to a report of a crash at the ramp in south Denver connecting southbound Interstate 225 to southbound Interstate 25 — near the Hampden South neighborhood — around 3 a.m., according to a social media post from the department. The…
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Keep On Pluckin’: Denver holds first BanjoFest
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just miles from the snow-glistening Rockies — the mountains often revered in the tunes of folk and bluegrass — twanging banjos could be heard from the halls of Swallow Hill Music. Charlie Nilan of Denver, front, learns the pitchfork stroke for clawhammer, a playing style for the…
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Denver Health poised to gain $70 million annually
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Denver voters backed a sales tax increase designed to provide more money to Denver Health, the city’s safety net hospital system. Though votes were still being counted, the margin in favor of the tax hike was sizable at roughly 13 points, with 155,698 votes supporting the measure out of 275,723 counted so far, according to…
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U.S. Postal Service searching for armed robbery suspects in Denver, Aurora
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The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest of suspects in connection with a string of armed robberies across Denver and Aurora. In a press release, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service noted four separate robbery incidents involving a USPS postal carrier in Denver and…