clear creek county

Judges uphold police search stemming from IP address, but disagree on legal justification

Oct 25, 2022

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Michael Karlik

Law enforcement in Clear Creek County was in the process of executing a search warrant at a Silver Plume home, looking for devices containing child pornography, when they encountered Kevin M. Dhyne, a tenant in the house’s basement. Dhyne volunteered to a detective that he used his landlord’s Internet – an admission that would culminate in…
10th Circuit says Clear Creek deputy who slammed detainee’s head is entitled to immunity

Jun 17, 2022

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Michael Karlik

The federal appeals court based in Denver has agreed an ex-Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy did not violate a detainee’s constitutional rights by slamming his head into a metal doorframe, leading to an apparent seizure and profuse bleeding. Deputy Michael Hansen was in the process of fingerprinting Eric Magne during the early morning hours of…
Idaho Springs’ razor-thin ballot measure margins prove every vote counts

Nov 4, 2021

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EVAN WYLOGE

Do you have one of those friends who tells you they don’t vote because they don’t think their single voice matters? Well this week we got two examples of why that’s just not true. In Idaho Springs, a quirky mountain town about 30 minutes west of Denver, residents were so sharply divided over their recent…
Steve Fenberg talks about engaging young voters, his mountain bar and being mistaken for an aide

Mar 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Steve Fenberg discusses a range of topics in an episode of “Behind the Politics,” a weekly podcast produced by the Senate Democrats posted online this week, including his work engaging young voters over the course of a decade with New Era Colorado, the Silver Plume bar he opened last summer with a few friends and some…
Barbara Jones drops out of Democratic state chair race, endorses Clear Creek County’s Tim Mauck

Mar 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Barbara Jones, one of the three candidates for Colorado Democratic Party state chair, withdrew from the race just days before the election and threw her support to Clear Creek County Commissioner Tim Mauck, the dark horse candidate running against former congressional candidate and former Senate President Morgan Carroll. Jones, the state party’s incumbent 2nd vice…
State Democratic Party chair candidates make case at Denver meeting

Feb 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Three of the four candidates for chair of the Colorado Democratic Party sounded the alarm and raised the roof campaigning for the post at Denver County’s reorganization meeting on Saturday. Former Senate President Morgan Carroll, Colorado Democratic Party 2nd vice chair Barbara Jones and Clear Creek County Commissioner Tim Mauck made their pitches to the…
Senator-elect Fenberg hopes Silver Plume bar becomes a community living room

Nov 24, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Fenberg wants his bar to bring community together, draw outsiders over craft cocktails Glancing up the steep hillside toward the old mine, Stephen Fenberg smiles as he recounts how a granite monument wound up there, representing the collision of hardscrabble reality and whimsy that marks this town. He’s telling the story of Clifford Griffin, an…
BARTELS: Nevada’s secretary of state joins Wayne Williams for clerk tours

Jun 28, 2016

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LYNN BARTELS Special to Colorado Politics

Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams teamed up with his counterpart from Nevada Monday to visit county clerks in Broomfield, Clear Creek and Arapahoe the day before the primary election. Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske was interested in touring counties using the latest equipment from Dominion Voting Systems. Her state uses an older…