Author: Dacia Johnson
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Polis plans to extend Colorado’s statewide mask mandate
Watch highlights from Thursday’s press conference here. Gov. Jared Polis plans to extend Colorado’s statewide mask mandate, his office confirmed Wednesday. “Our data has shown that mask-wearing has contributed to our great success thus far in reducing the spread of the virus and helping more and more of our economy re-open rapidly including our schools,”…
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Vanessa Wilson becomes Aurora’s first female police chief
Aurora City Council at its meeting Monday night voted 10-1 to approve the appointment of Vanessa Wilson as the new chief of the Aurora Police Department. Wilson is the current interim chief for APD and has been so since earlier this year. She has 23 years of experience in the department. City Manager Jim Twombly…
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Semi, at least 4 other vehicles involved in ‘major accident’ in Castle Rock
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — First responders said passengers were trapped underneath a semi-truck that was involved in what firefighters referred to as a “major accident” on Founders Parkway Sunday afternoon. The crash happened at around 1:30 p.m. near the Interstate 25 interchange, according to Colorado State Patrol Spokesperson Ivan Alvarado. Alvarado said the semi crashed…
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Suspected serial rapist arrested in northern Colorado
LAKEWOOD — A 49-year-old man accused of luring women into his trailer and sexually assaulting them has been taken into custody on multiple felony warrants, according to the Lakewood Police Department (LPD). On the afternoon of Nov. 29, an off-duty LPD agent was in Fort Collins when she recognized a van and trailer belonging to…
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Colorado Springs brewery wins gold at Great American Beer Festival
DENVER — The 38th annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF), held each year at the Colorado Convention Center, featured more than 800 breweries and 4,000 beers. This year’s event was Oct. 3, 4 and 5, so better luck next year if you didn’t make it to the largest collection of U.S. beer served in a…
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Dillon Ice Castles will return this winter
The Ice Castles are returning to Colorado this winter! The Dillon Town Council unanimously voted to approve a resolution at their regular meeting Tuesday night, the Summit Daily reports, authorizing the town to enter into a new contract with Ice Castles LLC that would keep the castles in town for the 2019-2020 winter. The decision…
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Possible record-breaking hailstone falls in Colorado
The Colorado Climate Center said a hailstone that fell Tuesday near Bethune might have broken the state’s size record at 4.83 inches — the long-standing state record is 4.5 inches. Measurements of the Tuesday hailstone are considered unofficial until Colorado climatologists work with committee members from other agencies to consider social media photos and measurements…
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Attorney for suspect in fiery I-70 crash charged with kidnapping and vehicle theft at DIA
DENVER — The attorney representing a man accused of causing the fiery crash on I-70 in April that killed four people was facing several charges himself after an incident June 10 at Denver International Airport. Robert Corry was arrested Friday, according to booking documents from the Denver jail. He had his first court appearance Saturday…
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Moose crashes wedding photo shoot at Rocky Mountain National Park
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COLORADO, USA — When a couple decided to tie the knot in Rocky Mountain National Park on Monday, they had an unexpected wedding crasher — a local resident. The couple from Illinois, who had come to Colorado to elope, had never seen a moose before. And while the moose didn’t crash the vows, she did…