Tag: Weld
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Denver Zoo set to open 570-acre facility in Weld County
The Denver Zoo has brought animal fun and education to the city during its staggering 128-year run. Now, it will get a bit of an expansion. A bit is an understatement. The zoo has begun construction on a new, 570-acre facility in Weld County, according to a Thursday press release. The Lembke Family Preserve will…
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Adams County officer dies in off-duty crash in Weld County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy died following a car crash in Weld County on his day off, according to the office. Detectives and Colorado State Patrol troopers are investigating the crash. 31-year-old Deputy Joshua Maloy died during an off-duty traffic collision on Sunday evening,…
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Suspect who escaped Weld County custody arrested in Larkspur
A shelter-in-place order was issued Friday while deputies looked for Luis Fernando Cerda-Regaldo, 27, a car theft suspect who had escaped custody in Weld County
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Colorado grand jury returns 90-count indictment for auto theft, burglary operation
Colorado’s statewide grand jury has indicted five people on 90 counts in connection with an auto theft and burglary operation in the Denver metro area, Clear Creek and Weld Counties. The ring operated between December 2019 and March 2021, according to a news release from the Attorney General’s office. The five suspects are accused of…
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Newly-released body cam footage shedding light on train crash with suspect detained in police vehicle
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The Platteville Police Department released new body cam footage of the train crash which struck a suspect-occupied police cruiser in Weld County on Sept. 16th.
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Weld County teacher faces child pornography charges
A Weld County teacher is facing charges after police say he used a district computer to share child pornography. Authorities on Tuesday arrested 58-year-old Kenneth Magruder, who was being held on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a minor, according to the Greeley Police Department. In December, police received a tip that someone had shared child…
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5,276 acres in Colorado to be leased for oil, gas extraction
The Bureau of Land Management is opening up 5,276 acres of federal land for oil and gas extraction in Colorado. The nine parcels lie in Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Weld counties. Other than a 120-acre parcel 14 miles east of Eaton in Weld County, they are all in northwest Colorado in areas where drillers…
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Colorado Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer announces campaign team for 8th CD run
Republican congressional candidate Barbara Kirkmeyer, a state lawmaker and former Weld County commissioner, this week announced key members of her campaign team in her bid to represent Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District. Kirkmeyer is one of five Republicans seeking the nomination in the battleground district, which stretches from Adams County suburbs north of Denver to…