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Aurora names two finalists for open police chief job
Neither finalist currently works in Colorado.
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The San Luis Valley gets a new district attorney after months of turmoil in the office
Anne E. Kelly comes to the job from the Boulder district attorney’s office. She takes over for Alonzo Payne, who resigned last month.
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Douglas County resident files another lawsuit against the school district over sunshine laws
According to the lawsuit, four school board members attended a private training retreat in Estes Park after they were elected but before they were sworn into office in November 2021.
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A new COVID wave is here. Here’s how to avoid getting sick with all those graduations, weddings and summer trips
It’s time to get vaccinated (and boosted), wear masks and avoid crowds indoors.
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If Roe v. Wade is overturned, Colorado will become an island of abortion access
What abortion care looks like in Colorado versus Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska and Oklahoma by the laws and by the numbers.
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Corey Wise, the former DougCo superintendent, talks about his firing, his formal complaint and the new politics of school boards
“But violating my civil rights when I stood up, and we stood up, for those students who have disabilities and those students are most at risk, is not OK.”
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In a tense special meeting, Douglas County School Board members are divided over how to handle lawsuit
The lawsuit could be costly for the district. Because the district’s insurance carrier has denied coverage of this case, any will come directly out of the district’s operating budget.
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Court orders four Douglas County School Board members to follow the state’s open meetings law
The preliminary injunction issued Wednesday applies only to the Douglas County School Board.
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Colorado reports just 52 COVID cases on Friday as health officials see light at the end of the tunnel
For the first time since the state started collecting COVID-19 data, the number of reported cases dropped below 100.
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Douglas County School Board votes to remove Superintendent Corey Wise
At 8 p.m. on Friday, the board’s conservative majority made good on their ultimatum to vote to fire Superintendent Corey Wise if he did not resign.
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Douglas County school board controversy: A timeline of what led to superintendent’s firing, teacher protests and more
Teachers are calling in sick en masse and protesting outside of the district office. What led to this point in Douglas County?
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Colorado’s hospitals wait for omicron wave to crest as test positivity rate stays near 30 percent
The latest on COVID cases, hospitalizations and more in Colorado.
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The omicron surge is underway in Colorado. What it means for the vaccinated, the unvaccinated and the state’s hospitals
Colorado is seeing a record number of COVID cases.
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Omicron in Colorado: Treatment, testing, booster shots and more to know
Fueled by the fast-moving omicron variant, Colorado hit a new record for positive COVID-19 cases in a single day — 11,018 on Dec. 31.
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Stories from Coloradans struggling with housing instability
Housing in Colorado was unaffordable even before the pandemic but COVID-19’s economic ravages have only exacerbated things. CPR News launched a special series to share the stories of people struggling with housing instability and we speak with Alison Borden and Obed Manuel, who edited the series.
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Interstate Reopens After “Sloppy, Wet” Mudslides Blanket I-70 For Second Weekend
CDOT has westbound lanes reopened Sunday, but eastbound lanes are still closed by the mud from the Grizzly Creek fire burn scar.