Tag: jim becklenberg
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Bemis Public Library reopens after month of closure for meth contamination
After closing in mid-January due to meth contamination, the Bemis Public Library in Littleton will re-open to the public on Tuesday, according to a library announcement Friday. The Arapahoe County Public Health Department deemed the public health risk at the library “extremely low” following what the library called a “comprehensive testing and remediation process, according…
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Third Denver area library closes due to meth contamination
The Bemis Public Library became the third Denver area library in the past month to temporarily closed due to methamphetamine contamination, a trend that illustrates how drug use is spilling over into public spaces normally associated with children and learning. Following meth contamination findings in the Boulder and Englewood public libraries, the city of Littleton…
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Colorado’s age-old water doctrine pushed to the brink by drought
Editor’s Note: This story is a collaborative report by Fresh Water News working with nine other Colorado news outlets. In Evans, four miles south of Greeley, houses are shooting up. Once a quiet farm town, Evans is scrambling to come up with enough water to slake the thirst of hundreds of new homeowners, drawn here…