Tag: jeffco
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Manitou Springs’ Mackinzy Wall wins 3A girls discus, sets state record
LAKEWOOD – As Mackinzy Wall watched her discus soar through the air at Jeffco Stadium, she recognized it was a strong throw. But Wall didn’t think it would shatter a record. When the discus landed in the grass and staff measured the Manitou Springs senior’s heave, it surprised her. The board Thursday at the discus…
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Palmer Ridge’s Owen Twesme repeats as 4A boys shot put champ, sets meet record
LAKEWOOD — As Owen Twesme walked in the circle for his final throw in the shot put, he requested assistance from the audience gathered at the thrower’s pit. Twesme raised his left arm twice, and the crowd at Jeffco Stadium began to clap for the Palmer Ridge thrower. As the pace of the claps increased,…
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Lewis-Palmer’s Reese Douglas overcomes sprained throwing elbow, wins 4A girls shot put title
LAKEWOOD — That bandage on Reese Douglas’ throwing arm wasn’t for show. But the medal she won in the 4A shot put sure will be. Douglas sprained her right elbow three weeks ago throwing discus, but remained unfazed Thursday at Jeffco Stadium to win the shot put title with a distance of 40 feet, 10…
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Jeffco Schools’ shell game shuts out charters | Jimmy Sengenberger
In early 2024, Jeffco Schools carved out a special “municipal interest” process enabling Lakewood and other municipalities to bypass traditional bidding to acquire shuttered schools. Eight months earlier, an appraisal had made it clear to the school district that competitive bidding was in fact viable for the closed Emory Elementary, meaning the district could sell…
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‘Utterly no precedent’: Federal judge expresses concerns about Jeffco’s early appeal in jail death case
A federal judge shared his concerns on Monday about Jefferson County’s appeal of a routine procedural order in a constitutional rights case, which the plaintiffs argued could spawn appeal-related delays in countless lawsuits against the government. During a hearing, U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews noted he could find no decisions backing up the…
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The Classical Academy earns 4A’s top seed in inaugural flag football playoff bracket
The first-ever flag football postseason is here and The Classical Academy, as it has been all season, has rose above its competition. In the 20-team, 4A playoff bracket, the Titans earned the No. 1 seed in the single-elimination tournament that begins with the first round on Tuesday. The top 12 seeds will receive a first-round…
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Former principal, safety specialist, reflect on Columbine 25 years later
Former Columbine Principal Frank DeAngelis and Jeffco student safety head, Jeff Pierson, met with members of the media to talk about the evolving threats in schools and lessons from Columbine.
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Colorado justices agree Jeffco not immune from parking garage slip-and-fall suit
The Colorado Supreme Court agreed on Monday that a parking garage owned by Jefferson County qualified as a “public building” and a resurfacing project that created a hazard amounted to “maintenance,” which, in combination, meant the county is not immune from liability for a woman’s slip-and-fall. The case implicated the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, which…
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Colorado justices ponder whether evidence enough to convict man of sex crime
The Colorado Supreme Court considered this week whether Jefferson County prosecutors actually had enough evidence to convict a man of a child sex crime, based on a one-minute, sexually suggestive conversation for which he is serving six years to life in prison. Previously, the state’s Court of Appeals concluded James Clayton Johnson’s alleged comments toward…