Tag: Wheat Ridge
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Jefferson County struck by tragedy; affordable housing issue debated
There was a plethora of news in Jefferson County in 2025, but the entire state — as well as the country — was appalled by the tragedy that struck the small mountain town of Evergreen in September. On Sept. 10, 16-year-old Desmond Holly entered Evergreen High School with a revolver and fired around 20 rounds,…
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Wheat Ridge police officer found justified in fatal shooting
A Wheat Ridge police officer was found justified in a fatal shooting by both the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office and the department’s internal investigation. The Wheat Ridge Police Department provided an update and body camera footage Friday afternoon regarding a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on July 10 in the area of West 32nd…
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Lost cat sends Denver-area couple down rabbit hole of hope, heartbreak
In the waning hours of Oct. 4, a three-legged house cat named Bambi slipped out the front door of her suburban Denver home and disappeared into the night. What ensued was a frenetic two-week odyssey for the owners, desperate and willing to do anything to find her, and a dark primer on the lengths some…
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Lost cat sends Denver-area couple down rabbit hole of hope, heartbreak
In the waning hours of Oct. 4, a three-legged house cat named Bambi slipped out the front door of her suburban Denver home and disappeared into the night. What ensued was a frenetic two-week odyssey for the owners, desperate and willing to do anything to find her, and a dark primer on the lengths some…
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Lost cat sends Denver-area couple down rabbit hole of hope, heartbreak
In the waning hours of Oct. 4, a three-legged house cat named Bambi slipped out the front door of her suburban Denver home and disappeared into the night. What ensued was a frenetic two-week odyssey for the owners, desperate and willing to do anything to find her, and a dark primer on the lengths some…
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Wheat Ridge opens first new park in 11 years
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Wheat Ridge’s new park — The Green at 38th — is set to open Saturday, marking the first new park in the city since 2014. The city will be holding an official ribbon cutting at the park, 7101 W. 38th Ave., at 10 a.m. Saturday, with music,…
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Wheat Ridge planning commission approves new 15-year development plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Wheat Ridge Planning Commission officially gave the seal of recommendation for the city’s new comprehensive development plan, pushing the proposal into the laps of City Council members. The commission unanimously agreed to recommend the adoption of the more-than 160-page, 15-year plan on Aug. 21,…
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Amusement rides and carnival games a draw at Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anyone attending the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival on Saturday was greeted with a swath of vendor tents, carnival games and amusement park rides. The three-day festival, an annual celebration in Wheat Ridge for over a half century, took over Anderson Park starting Friday night, bringing…
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Developer presents plan for neighborhood on Wheat Ridge hospital property
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The more than 50-year-old Intermountain Lutheran Hospital property will soon be the home of a new Wheat Ridge neighborhood. Chris Elliott, principal of Centennial-based development firm E5x Management, sat down with the City Council on Monday evening to outline the current concept for the 100-acre site on which the…
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Developer to turn former Wheat Ridge hospital into neighborhood
The Lutheran Medical Center sat nestled in Wheat Ridge for over 50 years, but now the 100-acre site will become a neighborhood. Intermountain Health has selected a Centennial-based development firm, E5x Management, as the buyer for the parcel in which Intermountain Lutheran Hospital sat since 1961, according to a Tuesday news release from the healthcare…