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Appeals court tells Grand County judge to reexamine spat between town officials
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Colorado’s second-highest court directed a Grand County judge last week to conduct further analysis of the defamation claim by two former Grand Lake officials against the ex-town manager. The immediate issue before the Court of Appeals was relatively narrow: Did defendant John Crone act “willfully and wantonly” when he sent a 2021 email to the…
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Recognizing ‘anomaly,’ appeals court says man with dismissed sex offense must continue sex offender registration
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week concluded a man must continue his placement on the sex offender registry despite the dismissal of his sex offense charge – throwing the question to the legislature about whether and how to correct that unusual outcome. The issue before the Court of Appeals revolved around the treatment of a deferred judgment…
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Colorado Supreme Court, 6-1, clarifies meaning of ‘prior’ DUI offense
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The Colorado Supreme Court clarified on Monday that if someone is charged with multiple drunk driving offenses, what matters is which incident results in a conviction first, not necessarily which offense happens first. Under Colorado law, each subsequent impaired driving conviction receives a harsher sentence. Consequently, prior convictions are important for determining the severity of…
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State Supreme Court takes on homeowner insurance issue, shows interest in 2 criminal cases
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether two Boulder County homeowners may pursue their insurance claim for hail damage, even though they reported it to their insurer 10 days beyond their policy’s deadline. The legal question and facts are virtually identical to another case the court accepted in December out of Denver, Gregory…
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Once-pristine Grand Lake asks state to intervene in water clarity stalemate
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Fourteen years after Colorado adopted standards to restore Grand Lake, the state’s largest natural water body once known for its astonishing clarity and high water quality, continues to deteriorate. Frustrated and worried about the future, Grand Lake locals are asking the state to intervene to break through a logjam of federal and environmental red tape…
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Drought, warming, punish Colorado River, push mega-fires onto the basin
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Historic drought and low-runoff conditions have impacted the Colorado River Basin for several decades, robbing the area of moisture and priming the land for wildfires. In October of 2020, the East Troublesome spread through Grand County, devastating the drought-stricken terrain with a speed and ferocity no one in Colorado had seen before. As the fire grew,…
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Grand County allows for partial re-entry from East Troublesome fire evacuations
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Re-entry plans for Grand County began Monday following emergency evacuations as a result of the East Troublesome fire. The plans are for areas on the east side of Highway 34, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said. The Sheriff’s Office opened all areas south of the intersection of Highway 34 and County Road 6 east and…
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Environmental groups sue to block Front Range reservoir
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A group of environmental groups Thursday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver to block the Windy Gap Firming Project, a project being developed by the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District that would divert water from the Colorado River to the northern Front Range, beginning around 2022 or 2023. The environmental groups suing…
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US withdraws western Colorado land from oil, gas lease sale
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The federal government has withdrawn about 43 square miles (110 square kilometers) of public land from a June auction for oil and gas leases in western Colorado after challenges were filed. The Bureau of Land Management said Monday the land is in Grand County near Rocky Mountain National Park. The Grand County commissioners, a dude…
