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Out West Roundup: Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town
Utah Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town SALT LAKE CITY – The new mayor of a mostly polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border is finishing off a complete overhaul of municipal staff and boards after mass resignations when she took office in January to become the first woman and first non-member of…
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Survey of Colorado cities and towns finds rising efficiencies delivering public safety services, rosy economies
Colorado municipalities are delivering public safety services – police and fire departments – more efficiently in the last year, according to a survey released Thursday, though most cities and towns are finding it hard to recruit and retain officers. The 2018 State of Our Cities & Towns Report, conducted by the Colorado Municipal League, also found…
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Governor orders flags lowered in Colorado Friday to honor firefighter Mike Freeman
Gov. John Hickenlooper ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide on Friday in memory of South Metro Firefighter Engineer Mike Freeman, who died peacefully at his home Sunday after battling cancer. Flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset, the governor’s office said. Freeman began his firefighting career in 1974 with the…
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Routt County Republican, volunteer fire chief Brita Horn launches bid for state treasurer
When Routt County Treasurer Brita Horn and some of her neighbors realized they lived in a large, sparsely populated patch of the state that wasn’t covered by fire protection services, they put together their own volunteer fire department. Some 244 square miles between Steamboat Springs and Vail, it turned out, fell between areas covered by…
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Officials: Fire near Boulder, Colorado, may be human-caused
Firefighters made progress Sunday in battling a small wildfire that forced people to flee hundreds of homes in the mountains just outside downtown Boulder, Colorado, and authorities said they believe the blaze may have been human-caused. Light winds pushed the flames in the wooded area a couple of miles west of Pearl Street, the shopping…
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YESTERYEAR: Owens takes steps to fix transportation budget shortfall, Amendment 41 derails three legislators
Fifteen Years Ago this week in the Colorado Statesman … The Colorado Children’s Chorale performance at the White House was proclaimed a riveting success. Thirty-two Colorado children performed at the private event, an experience the now-adults have surely not forgotten. “The Holiday Open House” event was for White House staff, members of Congress, the Secret…
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Colorado: Water contamination likely came from military base
Colorado health officials said it’s highly likely that trace amounts of toxic chemicals found in three drinking water systems came from firefighting foam used at a nearby Air Force base. The state Department of Public Health and Environment said Wednesday it hasn’t ruled out additional sources, but officials believe at least some of the chemicals came…