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Sheriffs who denounced Colorado’s red-flag law are now using it
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Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson never expected to use Colorado’s “red-flag” law when it was passed in 2019. He thought the law made it too easy to take a person’s guns away. The statute allows law enforcement officers or private citizens to petition a county court to confiscate firearms temporarily from people who pose an…
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Gov. Jared Polis, lawmakers, law enforcement officials announce public safety bill package
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Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday unveiled a $113 million public safety package designed to take Colorado from the middle of the pack to one of the top states in the nation for public safety. Ahead of the package’s rollout at a Thursday state Capitol news conference, Polis in a Wednesday interview told Colorado Politics his…
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Xcel Energy spends $597 million to mitigate fire risks prior to historic Marshall fire
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Though authorities have now dismissed initial reports suggesting downed lines owned by Xcel Energy caused the Marshall fire, the utility is currently engaged in a $597 million wildfire mitigation program across the state because of concerns about its powerlines starting fires. People walk though the destruction across from Davidson Mesa Open Space in Louisville, Colo.,…
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Marshall fire: Missing man found alive, search continues for 2 others
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A man who was missing and feared dead in the Marshall fire was found alive, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle announced Sunday. Authorities said the man was “alive and well” during a press briefing this afternoon. The search for two others, a woman from Louisville and a man from the Marshall area, continued with the…
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Nearly 1,000 structures confirmed lost in Marshall fire; 3 people missing, feared dead
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Three people are missing and feared dead in the wake of the Marshall fire, the Boulder County sheriff said Saturday, and nearly 1,000 structures have been destroyed, making the blaze by far the most destructive in Colorado history. Two of the three missing persons are in Superior, and the third is in the Marshall area,…
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‘New Year’s miracle’: No casualties reported in Marshall fire burning in Boulder County
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Footage from Gov. Jared Polis’s aerial survey of Boulder County the morning after the Marshall fire devastated the area. (Courtesy 9News) As of Friday, officials reported no casualties as the Marshall fire continues burning through southeast Boulder County, a feat Sheriff Joe Pelle and Gov. Jared Polis both called “a New Year’s miracle” because of…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Lundberg backs Watson in GOP treasurer’s race
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The recent slew of endorsements has slowed a bit recently, perhaps because the Legislature’s waning days have drawn the focus of Colorado’s political world, perhaps because few bigwigs remain who have not bestowed their blessings during this long political season. Still, some candidates learned in the last week that they won the support of notables,…
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Senate Republicans sink bump stocks ban, advance magazine limit repeal
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DENVER – In the same committee hearing Monday afternoon, Senate Republicans rejected a ban on bump stocks – devices that give legal rifles the ability to fire more bullets like an illegal one – and advanced a bill to repeal the 15-round limit on ammunition magazines passed by Democrats in 2013. “We can’t afford to wait…
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Michael Dougherty appointed to replace Stan Garnett as Boulder district attorney
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday appointed veteran prosecutor Michael Dougherty, a former Democratic candidate for attorney general, to replace Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett, who is stepping down at the end of the month to take a job with a law firm. At the same time, state Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette, the other finalist…
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Stan Garnett stepping down as Boulder district attorney to take job at his old firm
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Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett is resigning after 10 years in office to take a position as senior partner at the powerful Denver law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, where he worked before winning election in 2008, he announced Thursday. Garnett, 61, was the second-longest serving district attorney in Boulder County, the state’s 20th Judicial…
