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Kiowa County deputy may be sued over fatal vehicle collision, federal judge rules
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A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that a Kiowa County deputy and the sheriff’s office may be sued for a fatal vehicle collision because of alleged violations of state law, although the parties dispute whose actions caused the accident. The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act generally shields government entities and public employees from being sued for their actions, but…
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over detainee’s suicide in La Junta
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A federal judge agreed last week that various law enforcement and medical defendants had not violated the rights of a suicidal man who died unattended in a holding cell of the La Junta Police Department. The surviving son and daughter of Glyn Hart filed suit over their father’s 2021 death. They advanced claims under federal…
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Appeals court finds no error in small-town trial despite juror ‘irregularities,’ improper prosecutor conduct
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Despite multiple problems with the jury pool and the prosecutor’s improper statements at the end of trial, the state’s Court of Appeals last month upheld a Prowers County woman’s convictions after concluding any errors did not undermine the fairness of her trial. A jury convicted Carie Ann Hawkins in 2019 for conspiring to commit theft…
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Granada school teacher, students help enshrine Camp Amache’s legacy
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When John Hopper, dean of students for the Granada School District, began teaching his history students about Camp Amache in the early 1990s, the site was a sage-brush strewn prairie dotted with concrete foundations. Now, after Hopper and his students spent decades preserving the former Japanese American internment camp from World War II, advocating for it,…
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Colorado Springs Utilities reaches novel water-sharing agreement
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Colorado Springs Utilities has entered into a water-sharing agreement that would bring in new supplies for a city that’s projected to grow by some 200,000 residents in the next 30 years. The agreement – which still faces hurdles – was struck between Colorado Springs Utilities, which manages water for 480,000 customers, and the Lower Arkansas…
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BARTELS: Secretary of State Williams talks elections with Prowers County clerk, residents
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Secretary of State Wayne Williams met Tuesday with local residents and Prowers County Clerk Jana Coen in the second stop of three town-hall meetings in southeastern Colorado. “It was good,” Coen said, of the secretary’s visit to Lamar. “He asked if his office was providing the services we need, and I told him they…
