chaffee county
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Divided appeals court says local governments may authorize noise limits exceeding state law
Colorado’s second-highest court ruled for the first time earlier this month that local governments may authorize noise permits for activities on private property that exceed the levels set in state law. By 2-1, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals concluded the state’s Noise Abatement Act allowed the city of Salida to issue outdoor…
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Judge blocks Colorado from enforcing non-discrimination policy against Christian preschool
A federal judge has blocked the state from “expelling, punishing, withholding funds from, or otherwise disciplining” a Christian preschool in Chaffee County, even though its policies appear to violate the non-discrimination requirements of Colorado’s universal pre-K program. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel D. Domenico last week granted Darren Patterson Christian Academy a preliminary injunction based…
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‘What’s the injury?’ Federal judge wary of Christian school’s challenge to universal pre-K program
A Christian school in Chaffee County argued to a federal judge on Thursday that it should be able to receive state money to participate in the new universal preschool program without having to abide by Colorado’s non-discrimination rules for providers. The Darren Patterson Christian Academy, which enrolls students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, is seeking…
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Plan calls for more protection of scenic, recreation areas in large swath of Colorado
The Bureau of Land Management has released a plan to manage a vast mosaic of canyonlands, grasslands and mountains in southern, central and eastern Colorado. In the works for close to a decade, the plan is officially called the Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan. “Eastern” might be deceiving; the focus area spans beyond the plains…
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10th Circuit rebuffs claim that Chaffee County violated landowner’s property rights
Because Chaffee County never definitively represented to a landowner that she would be able to maintain a kennel and foxhunting operation on her property, the county did not violate her rights when it found her in violation of its land-use code, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Tuesday. However, a three-judge panel…
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Colorado’s naming board rejects Union Reservoir change
The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board on Thursday recommended the governor reject a proposal submitted by the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, backed by the Union Reservoir Company and City of Longmont, to change the name of Calkins Lake to Union Reservoir. Union Reservoir has been the name commonly attributed to Calkins Lake for at…