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Judge gives Woodland Park district the bill for parent who sued over vague school board meeting agenda

Do not make public agendas vague or bury controversial items under generic labels, or you risk violating Colorado’s Open Meetings Law and paying attorney’s fees. That was the message to public bodies ...
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Colorado Springs City Council gives Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple a unanimous thumbs up

After a few hours of discussion Colorado Springs City Council voted 8-0 to allow the plan to build a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple to move forward without special restrictions.
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Social media companies would have to respond more quickly to warrants under proposed legislation

Lawmakers and Evergreen community members stood near Evergreen High School on Monday to unveil legislation to prevent acts of violent extremism by tightening the time social media companies are ...
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Why your Colorado property tax bill still increased this year

Homeowners across Colorado may have expected their property tax bills to go down this year — after all, their homes may be worth less. Instead, many property owners will see their bills rise again — a ...
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The mysteries of Southern Colorado’s Indigenous rock art: Why it’s there, who made it and what threatens it

Images carved or painted on rock walls in southeastern Colorado by ancient Indigenous peoples often evoke wonder about who made them and why. These petroglyphs and pictographs carved and painted on ...
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State responds to major avian flu outbreak in Weld County

Avian flu concerns are ramping up further in Weld County, after hens at an egg operation with 1.3 million chickens tested positive for the virus last week. Agriculture officials have issued poultry ...
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Crisosto Apache named Colorado’s newest poet laureate

Colorado has a new ambassador for poetry. Crisosto Apache was named the next poet laureate for the state at an announcement ceremony at the Capitol on Wednesday. Apache, who lives in Lakewood, is a ...
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Here are the Coloradan skiers and snowboarders headed to the Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn headline a list of Coloradans that will head to the Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina d’Ampezzo next month. On Wednesday, U.S. Ski and Snowboard named 97 athletes to ...
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Judges probe arguments over Tina Peters’ appeal

A panel of Colorado appellate judges scrutinized arguments as to what claims former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters should have been able to make at trial in 2024, and whether or not a judge’s strong ...
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Mountain towns tighten their belts as pandemic-fueled tourism high starts declining

This is part of an occasional series looking at aspects of Colorado’s faltering economy. Colorado’s mountain towns, once overcrowded with out-of-towners fleeing their homes in the pandemic, are now ...
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Feds to reject a Colorado clean air plan because it aims to close coal-fired power plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday it will reject Colorado’s latest plan to protect air quality over wilderness areas and national parks, citing the state’s attempt to ...
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Youth gender affirming care suspended at Children’s Hospital Colorado and Denver Health

Children’s Hospital Colorado is suspending all gender-affirming care to patients under 18 years old amid an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. On Friday, the hospital ...