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Colorado county changes fairgrounds policy after drag show backlash

May 27, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Haley Lena, Colorado Community Media (via AP Storyshare) CASTLE ROCK, Colorado – It’s not every day that a Douglas County commissioners’ meeting includes a quote of Rihanna lyrics. Several area residents at the meeting expressed concern with a drag show…

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Safety Plan: How Northern Colorado schools are protecting students, with and without police (Part 1 and 2)

May 25, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Cracking jokes, singing songs: Boulder security staff try to keep kids safe in school through trust and connection By Leigh Paterson, KUNC (via AP Storyshare) IMG7063 or 7069, 4/20/23 Steve Brown, a school safety advocate (SSA) at Monarch High School,…

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Colorado Homeowners Are Fed Up with Metro Districts but Reforms Are Hard to Come By

May 18, 2023 1 0 Robert Davis

Andrew Sorensen and his wife Samantha were elated when they bought their home in Broomfield’s Baseline neighborhood in September 2022 after nearly a year of bidding on homes that were overpriced and uninhabitable in some cases. However, Sorensen said that…

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Colorado promises $70 million over 3 years, hopes to see 12 new facility schools open

May 11, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Special thanks to Jennifer Brown The Colorado Sun (AP Storyshare) The additional support will help the beleaguered facility school system grow by 40% statewide Colorado passed a new law this spring intended to fix the facility school shortage by bolstering…

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Dacono council fails to hire interim attorney in special meeting

May 11, 2023 Like 0 Robert Davis

Dacono’s divided city council failed to hire a questionable interim city attorney during a special meeting on May 10. The council interviewed Rick Samson, the former town attorney from Frederick, for the interim post. Despite earning enough votes to be…

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Monumental Gun Control Package Moves Through the CO Capitol

May 10, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Special thanks to Brian Heuberger, Front Porch Newspaper (AP Storyshare) After the second instance of gun violence in a month closed down their school, Denver East High School students flooded the Capitol to protest the school shooting epidemic and support…

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Dacono enacts emergency powers to purchase recall election ballots

May 8, 2023 Like 0 redtornado

Dacono’s city council has invoked its emergency powers to purchase the recall ballots it needs for the special election in June. The move is the latest example of how Dacono’s government continues to find gridlocks following the abrupt firing of…

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Boulder City Council removes Police Oversight Panel member, prompting threat of legal action

May 8, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Special thanks to John Herrick, Boulder Reporting Lab (AP Storyshare) The Boulder City Council has voted to remove a member from the Police Oversight Panel, the latest flashpoint in a dispute that has dominated Boulder headlines for months. The decision…

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Marshall Fire homes being rebuilt faster than national, post-disaster average

May 7, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Special Thanks to Shay Castle, Boulder Beat (AP Storyshare) It’s spring in Boulder County. Flowers are blooming, trees budding. Something else is sprouting in the Marshall Fire burn area: Houses. Dozens of them, being built anew after 2021’s devastating blaze,…

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Boulder City Council’s Removal of Police Oversight Member is Another Blow to Panel’s Effectiveness

May 6, 2023 Like 0 Austin Clinkenbeard

Edit: Boulder Police Oversight Panel will vote on whether or not to suspend its work on Wednesday 5/10 following the removal of Sweeney-Miran as first reported by the Boulder Reporting Lab here. Boulder City Council decided to remove Police Oversight…