Tag: Public Records
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EDITORIAL: Keep Colorado’s public business public
A statewide ballot initiative to augment Colorado’s constitutional Bill of Rights would overturn a 2024 law passed by the legislature to hide some of its key deliberations from public view. Arguably, that would be reason enough to embrace the pending proposal to voters next fall. The citizens initiative in fact would go a lot further.…
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Arapahoe County celebrates digitization of all documents since 1861
After years of work, Arapahoe County is celebrating the digitization of all county records dating back 164 years. After the multi-year effort to digitize the county’s records, there is now a comprehensive database that preserves the county’s history dating back to its founding in 1861, including the earliest homestead records, and modern filings. Digitizing all…
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Lawmakers seek to give child victims, witnesses of crimes anonymity in public records
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Eight months ago, 17-year-old Riley Whitelaw was murdered in the break room of the Colorado Springs Walgreens, where she worked. The horrific details of the crime, allegedly committed by an adult co-worker who Riley had previously complained against, quickly consumed state and national news. In…
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How sealed criminal records in Colorado may be released to the public
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New footage obtained by The Gazette shows events during a 2021 bomb threat that lead to the arrest of 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, whose name and age match that of the suspect arrested in Saturday’s Club Q shooting. In this screen recording provided by the owner of the house where Aldrich’s mother lived at the…
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NEWS | Facebook live video shows events during 2021 bomb threat incident
New footage obtained by The Gazette shows events during a 2021 bomb threat that lead to the arrest of 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, whose name and age match that of the suspect arrested in Saturday’s Club Q shooting. In this screen recording provided by the owner of the house where Aldrich’s mother lived at the…
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“No passport required” – Christkindlmarket opens in downtown Denver
Much of Denver’s Civic Center Park transformed into “Colorado’s only authentic German market” with the return of the holiday shopping and entertainment Christkindlmarket. The 36-day event, presented by Bank of America and United, offers a Christmas shopping experience with local vendors and authentic German cuisines. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through…
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Kevin Priola used text messages during party switch to avoid open records scrutiny
In the week prior to Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola announcing that he was flipping political parties, the soon-to-be-Democrat said in a text message to his soon-to-be party leader that he would share certain information with him but wanted to avoid the state’s email system so as not to leave a paper trail subject to public…
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In lawsuit over access to Colorado police data, Attorney General’s office is contradicted by its own records
In October, when Denver County District Judge J. Eric Elliff upheld records request denials for data that would show identifying and employment data for every law enforcement officer who has been certified to work in Colorado, he partially based his decision on testimony from Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office that the state’s system for maintaining…