Tag: jefferson county
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Colorado wildfire roundup: A look at fires burning along the Front Range
A status report on the four main fires burning along the Front Range Thursday: Alexander Mountain The Alexander Mountain fire has hit more than two dozen structures, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. The structures are reportedly in the immediate area of Palisade Mountain Drive and Snow Top Drive, the sheriff’s office said in…
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Colorado wildfire roundup: A look at fires burning along the Front Range
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A status report on the four main fires burning along the Front Range Thursday: Alexander Mountain The Alexander Mountain fire has hit more than two dozen structures, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. The structures are reportedly in the immediate area of Palisade Mountain…
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Colorado justices agree Jeffco judge wrongly ordered disclosure of confidential communications
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday concluded a Jefferson County judge went too far when she ordered a group of plaintiffs alleging injuries from toxic chemical exposure to disclose communications with their attorneys to the opposing side. Justice Richard L. Gabriel, writing in the June 10 opinion, agreed the facts of the plaintiffs’ exposure were not…
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Colorado Supreme Court accepts 2 cases on Jeffco slip-and-fall, landlord-tenant dispute
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will hear multiple cases that address when lawsuits may proceed if people are injured by dangerous conditions on government property, and what relief is available to tenants when the terms of their lease do not comply with state law. At least three of the court’s seven members…
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Appeals court rejects state’s argument that severely disabled sex offenders cannot de-register
Colorado’s second-highest court last week clarified for the first time that a 2018 change to state law now permits severely disabled sex offenders who are otherwise required to register for life to discontinue their registrations. Defendants convicted of certain serious sex crimes are generally required to register for the rest of their lives. However, the legislature in 2018 enacted…
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Colorado Supreme Court takes up cases on Title IX investigations, COVID campus closure
The Colorado Supreme Court recently agreed to hear multiple cases implicating a witness’ immunity for making defamatory statements in a school sex assault investigation, whether a university can be sued for closing its campus early in the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether a man should receive a new trial for his numerous securities fraud convictions. At…
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Federal judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Jeffco jail contractor for detainee’s death
A federal judge earlier this month refused to dismiss a constitutional rights lawsuit filed against the Jefferson County jail’s medical contractor, involving multiple personnel who allegedly failed to provide adequate care to a detainee before she died of an infection. Abby Angelo entered the Jeffco jail on June 19, 2021 following her arrest. Nine days…
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Colorado Supreme Court upholds man’s child enticement conviction
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday concluded the state’s second-highest court wrongly overturned a man’s Jefferson County conviction for a child sex offense, determining the evidence was sufficient after all to find him guilty. James Clayton Johnson is serving six years to life in prison after jurors convicted him of enticement. The offense requires someone to…
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Colorado Supreme Court returns 3 cases to trial courts with instructions
The Colorado Supreme Court decided three appeals this month in ongoing civil and criminal cases, either overturning trial judges’ faulty decisions or providing clarification for further proceedings. Although most of the Supreme Court’s decisions come at the conclusion of a case and after the Court of Appeals has rendered its ruling, the justices sometimes elect…
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Interactive map educates on Colorado recreation, points to lesser-known destinations
A new, interactive tool aims to educate first-time visitors to the outdoors around north-central Colorado while also pointing to lesser-known destinations. A map by a multi-jurisdiction collaboration, NoCo Places, lists several parks, open spaces and trailheads popularly reached from the Denver metro area. Listed, too, are land-stewarding do’s and dont’s and information on flora, fauna,…