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Summer skeeters: New mosquito species, the Aedes aegypti, found in Grand Junction
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Summer skeeters: New mosquito species, the Aedes aegypti, found in Grand Junction

By Timber Schuman | Fox 31 News A new mosquito species was discovered in Grand Junction –the Aedes aegypti. Grand River Mosquito Control District Manager Tim Moore told Nexstar’s WesternSlopeNow that only two of these mosquitoes were found in Grand Junction in 2023, and this June, three Colorado Mesa University students found several more — 12 adults and 150 eggs. Officials are not sure if they’re permanently established. The Aedes aegypti will live its whole two-to-four-week lifespan within 50 feet of where it hatched, unlike the Culex mosquito commonly seen in Mesa County, which will travel miles over its lifetime. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Large Cherry Creek West development moves ahead as neighborhood groups ask for more clarity
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Large Cherry Creek West development moves ahead as neighborhood groups ask for more clarity

By Mark Sameulson | Out There Colorado The Denver Planning Board on Wednesday approved a rezoning of the west end of Cherry Creek Shopping Center for a huge redevelopment that could bring seven office and apartment buildings — some to 13 stories high —  on a site where the old Bed Bath & Beyond store now overlooks University Boulevard. With the board’s unanimous vote on Wednesday, the Cherry Creek West project moves to the City Council for review and approval, despite worries from neighborhood groups that the planned development might grow larger still as its buildings come out of the ground over the next decade. Representing a consortium of neighborhood groups, Lou Raders of the Cherry Creek Steering Committee appealed to city planners to better define the size of t...
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Mothers’ non-profit can’t have a bake sale in Golden without permit
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Mothers’ non-profit can’t have a bake sale in Golden without permit

By Karen Morfitt | CBS Colorado A group of moms raising money for charity has found themselves in a conflict with the City of Golden. The group raises money in the name of the mothers' daughters who died several years ago. As a nonprofit, they offered baked goods in exchange for donations. They set up outside the Golden Fine Arts Festival every year. This year, they received a notice stating that without the required license, they would be ticketed. The city says the license is required to ensure equity for all the different groups that participate each year. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Aurora shuts down apartment complex, owners blame Venezuelan gang for building’s condition
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Aurora shuts down apartment complex, owners blame Venezuelan gang for building’s condition

By Nico Brambilla and Carol McKinley | Denver Gazette An Aurora landlord is blaming the city’s decision to shut down an apartment complex on a Venezuelan gang — a claim that city officials dismissed, calling it an "alternative narrative" to numerous code violations and the poor condition of the building. The landlord said it could not resume normal operations at the site because of an immediate threat of danger from the gang that staffers and residents face. City officials insisted that Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan prison gang known as TDA, was not responsible for issues that for months have plagued Aspen Grove Apartments at 1568 Nome St. and compelled Aurora to evict dozens of families. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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In Larimer County, 75 laid off from mental health center amid rise in uninsured and Medicaid reform 
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In Larimer County, 75 laid off from mental health center amid rise in uninsured and Medicaid reform 

By Jennifer Brown | The Colorado Sun Larimer County’s community mental health center has abruptly laid off 75 employees, causing a gap in care for some of the most vulnerable patients and increasing concerns about how far the fallout will spread after a seismic shift in Medicaid funding.  Connor Grogan had 35 clients at SummitStone Health Partners in Fort Collins when he was told at a mandatory meeting last week that he was among those losing their jobs because of a budget crisis. He had to turn in his phone and laptop on the spot, with no opportunity to say goodbye to his patients.  “It was unethical the way that it was handled,” said Grogan, who had counseled children, families and adults at the center for more than two years. “At the very least, I feel like it is not ...
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In Denver, one member of City Council wants parks & rec workers to transition away from gas equipment
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In Denver, one member of City Council wants parks & rec workers to transition away from gas equipment

By Alexander Edwards | Denver Gazette Denver Councilmember Sarah Parady requested a second delay on voting for a trio of contracts worth $25.5 million that would pay for upgrades and replacements to Denver Parks and Recreation landscaping, gardening and golf course maintenance equipment. The first-term councilmember previously called the three contracts out last week asking the council to consider alternatives to gas powered landscaping tools. She repeated this request Monday and shared information about how gas powered equipment impacts health and air quality more so than something like a car. Denver, and indeed the metro area as a whole, have experienced many days of air quality alerts. Though driven primarily by fires burning in California, Oregon and locally, Denver regularly ...
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Video gone viral is of a beaver, not a bear, in downtown Denver
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Video gone viral is of a beaver, not a bear, in downtown Denver

By Hannah Metzger | Westword Don't believe everything you see on social media. A viral video claiming that a bear was spotted in downtown Denver has accumulated millions of views and thousands of comments discussing wildlife danger in the city. But the animal in the video was actually a beaver, says Miles Ifie, the man who recorded and posted the clip online. "I knew it was a beaver when I posted," Ifie admits. "I did not think it was a bear." READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTWORD
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Judge awards families of loved ones left rotting in funeral home $950M, but getting paid may be another matter
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Judge awards families of loved ones left rotting in funeral home $950M, but getting paid may be another matter

By Jesse Bedayn Associated Press, via Fox 21 News The Colorado funeral home owners who allegedly stored 190 decaying bodies and sent grieving families fake ashes were ordered by a judge to pay $950 million to the victims’ relatives in a civil case, the attorney announced Monday. The judgment is unlikely to be paid out since the owners have been in financial trouble for years, making it largely symbolic. The owners of Return to Nature Funeral Home, Jon and Carie Hallford, did not acknowledge the civil case or show up to hearings, said the attorney representing the families, Andrew Swan. The Hallfords, who own Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado Springs, about an hour south of Denver, face criminal charges in separate cases. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 21 NEWS
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Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang linked to brutal jewel heist in Denver
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Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang linked to brutal jewel heist in Denver

By Julian Resendiz | Fox 31 News Federal officials in El Paso have relinquished custody of an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member they say is linked to a violent June 24 jewelry store robbery in Denver. Homeland Security Investigations special agents in Las Cruces, New Mexico, last week turned over the suspect to Denver County Sheriff’s Department staff for transfer to Colorado. HSI said the man is a Venezuelan national, a member of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization and a “suspect in the June 24 Denver jewelry heist.” The brutal robbery caught on video shows several young men posing as clients suddenly turn on the all-female staff and clients. The robbers are seen pulling out guns, pushing open an office door and pistol whipping two women who fall onto on the f...
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Council gives unanimous support to Denver’s plan to spend $3M on youth job program
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Council gives unanimous support to Denver’s plan to spend $3M on youth job program

By Alexander Edwards | Denver Gazette The Denver City Council on Monday agreed to spend $4 million in an attempt to curb youth violence and support the struggling city center. A $1.5 million contract with Denver Public Schools was doubled, and $1 million will be spent to hire a planning firm to update an area plan for downtown. The city has approved spending almost $5 million this year to keep Denver’s kids occupied during the summer months, and away from crime. The city will now spend $3 million on the Denver Youth Employment Program on top of Mayor Mike Johnston’s own YouthWorks effort which, broadly speaking, has the same goals. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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