Tag: Mark Techmeyer
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Quarry fire now being investigated as possible arson
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The now 550-acre Quarry fire was human caused, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office investigator Kevin Bost said Friday. Investigators are suspicious that the fire started at 9 p.m. on the south side of Deer Creek Canyon, a dark mountain road with no cameras and no streetlights,…
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Northglenn residents decry planned transition home for sex offenders, mentally ill
Northglenn residents packed a meeting Wednesday to voice their opposition, often tearfully, to a panel of city, county and state leaders over a Mental Health Transitional Living Home planned for an area near an elementary school, playgrounds and a church. Some are so upset by the facility, they plan to move from Northglenn. “If this…
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Northglenn transitional home for sex offenders, mentally ill sparks controversy
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Neither the state nor the City of Northglenn wants to budge in a tug of war over plans for a facility that would house dozens of registered sex offenders and mentally ill residents in a neighborhood near schools and a playground. The Mental Health Transitional Living…
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Colorado’s support effort underway for Afghan refugees
After months of life-shattering uncertainty and loss, an Afghan family of three sat at a dining room table to eat breakfast on a recent morning at a facility in Colorado with perhaps a sigh of relief to know they’re almost home. They are the first of around 1,000 Afghan refugees in an unprecedented state-run program…