Tag: Fort Collins
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A wrongful DUI arrest by Loveland PD kept woman from her kids for months. It’s part of a pattern, attorney says.
Emily Dutka was arrested by the Loveland Police Department on two counts of DUI in May 2020. The issue was, she wasn’t drunk. After the arrest, a blood test confirmed Dutka’s blood alcohol concentration was 0.027 — significantly below the legal limit of 0.08. Charges against Dutka were dropped and her record was expunged, but…
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The unlikely story of how ‘Colorado-style’ pizza was born | Craving Colorado
IDAHO SPRINGS • Chip Bair doesn’t live here anymore, though he hasn’t left the business on Miner Street. Far from it. “Can I put you on hold, just a second?” he says to one caller, with another beckoning. Then another, then another. “Hold on just a second, sorry.” The 74-year-old says he’s trying to be…
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Colorado unemployment rate falls for fifth consecutive month
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell in November for a fifth consecutive month , the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reported Friday. The state’s 5.1% jobless rate last month was down from 5.4% in October; it has dropped a full percentage point since July as 30,000 more people held jobs in November than did four months…
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Colorado Coalition vying for $100M federal grant
A coalition of Colorado companies and organizations is a finalist for up to $100 million of the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge by the U.S. Economic Development Administration. Dubbed the Colorado Coalition, the partnership is led by Innosphere Ventures, a Fort Collins-based science and technology startup incubator. The coalition is made up of “organizations…
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Wellington, Wilma Webb among Governor’s Citizenship winners
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced the recipients of the 2021 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals Friday morning. Inaugurated in 2015 by executive order and awarded by Polis, all living Colorado Governors and CiviCO, a nonprofit, to Colorado residents or organizations for their admirable contributions to residents and communities across the state. “These civic-minded leaders put Colorado…
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Authorities looking for missing, at-risk adult
The Fort Collins Police Department is asking for the public to be on the lookout for a missing at-risk man. Police said a man named David, 65, was last seen in the 3100 block of Boone Street earlier this week. He is known to have cognitive and medical issues and say his speech may be…
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9 Wells Fargo Colorado branches close temporarily
Financial giant Wells Fargo, the largest bank in Colorado Springs and statewide, recently closed nine Front Range branches temporarily as it fights a worsening labor shortage hitting many employers. Anthony Timmons, a Wells Fargo spokesman in Las Vegas, said via email that the company shuttered the branches “because of staffing constraints, and the branches will…
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Fort Collins police investigate separate assaults on teenage girls
The Fort Collins Police Department is seeking information on several assaults on teenage girls in recent months. Police said reports of the assaults began in August with the most recent happening on Nov. 23. There is no indication that the assaults are connected, but police said there are similarities in three of the incidents, according…
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Fort Collins man arrested on suspicion of more than 20 sex crimes
A Larimer County man was arrested on Friday for allegedly committing more than 20 sex crimes. Jediah Foster, 35, is being held on slew of charges, including 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child; six counts of sexual assault on a child, position of trust, pattern of abuse; and six counts of aggravated incest,…