Tag: Law
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Denver landlords behind on new license required by Jan. 1
Less than 500 of the estimated 25,000 multiunit residential rental properties in the City of Denver have gotten a new city license that’s required by Jan. 1, according to the City and County of Denver Department of Excise and Licenses. But officials expect a flurry of applications in the next two months, which also requires an…
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City Attorney Kristin Bronson to depart, Kerry Tipper nominated as replacement
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced Monday that City Attorney Kristin Bronson will resign her position effective Nov. 2. Hancock nominated Deputy City Attorney Kerry Tipper as Bronson’s successor. During her time in office, Bronson led one of the state’s most prominent legal offices. The news release from the mayor’s office said she applied herself in…
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Tipping Point: A Call for Change on the Colorado
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One hundred years of the Colorado River Compact — the agreement that divides 15 million acre feet of water each year among the seven states of the Colorado River basin and Mexico — has wrecked on the shoals of climate change and 22 years of drought. It doesn’t work anymore. What happens when the law…
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Boulder police identify carjacking suspect
Boulder police released the name of a man they say carjacked a vehicle in Broomfield and then led authorities on a pursuit in Boulder. Police said Trenton J. Dunham, 25, also committed crimes in Greeley before his arrest Thursday. He was being held on suspicion of: Two counts of aggravated motor vehicle theft Illegally discharging…
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Suspected Aurora church shooter identified, arrest warrant issued
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Police obtained an arrest warrant Sunday morning for a man suspected of shooting three people inside a church in Aurora on Friday that left a woman dead. The Aurora Police Department identified the shooter as Jose De Jesus Montoya Villa, 31, who is wanted on suspicion of first-degree murder, according to a news release. Police…
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Former Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs dies at 76
Former Colorado Supreme Justice Gregory J. Hobbs Jr., the state’s preeminent authority on water law and its history, died Tuesday. He was 76, two weeks short of his birthday. His family released a statement Tuesday evening saying he died “peacefully with his family” after a pulmonary embolism. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie, and…
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Metro Moves: Centennial Airport’s new captain
Welcome to the Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to [email protected]. Promoted Twenty-three-year Colorado aviation veteran and drone expert Michael Fronapfel took over as executive director of Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, which operates Centennial Airport,…
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Metro Moves: Reilly LLP joins Fennemore
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Welcome to the Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to [email protected]. Merging The Fennemore law firm keeps growing as it has acquired Denver’s Reilly LLP and…
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Residents in parched Colorado county fight water speculation
Tumbleweeds bounced along County Road 44, 20 miles south of the Colorado town of Walsh. Vast expanses of dry grassland spread in every direction in this southeast corner of the state, the occasional small herd of dusty cattle grazing at roadside. Farmhouses dotted the horizon. To most people, this would be the middle of nowhere,…
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Person of interest in fatal attack of bicyclist in Longmont arrested on separate charges
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A man thought to be person of interest in an assault and robbery that killed a 71-year-old bicyclist earlier this month has been arrested, the Longmont Police Department said. Edward H. Hoid, 36, was arrested after officers responded to a call in the 1200 block of South Hover Street of a man throwing rocks at…