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• ‘Leaving Here Vaccinated’: Broomfield County Jail Boasts 85% COVID Vaccination Rate

  19-06-2021 06:10 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – As the state shifts its focus on where and how to vaccinate Coloradans against COVID-19, jails are playing a bigger role to protect the community. The Broomfield County Jail conducts vaccination clinics for inmates and staff on Fridays.
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  “The average time of custody for our inmates is less than 26 days so we didn’t want to create a situation where an inmate got vaccinated on their first shot and then cycled out to the community and they&r
  
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• ‘Celebrate Culture, Without Limitations’: Denver Juneteenth Kick-Off Concert So Much More Than Just A Show

  19-06-2021 06:05 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Events will be happening all weekend long in Denver to celebrate Juneteenth, the day celebrated as the end of slavery in the United States. Friday’s kick-off concert at Levitt Pavilion at Ruby Hill had some fans emotional, thinking about what the event really stood for.
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  At the intersection of the end of a year-long quarantine and the holiday finally being nationally recognized as a federal holiday, fans were overjoyed to be able to come together to celeb
  
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• ‘Leaving Here Vaccinated’: Broomfield Jail Boasts 85% COVID Vaccination Rate

  19-06-2021 05:54 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – As the state shifts its focus on where and how to vaccinate Coloradans against COVID-19, jails are playing a bigger role to protect the community. The Broomfield County Jail conducts vaccination clinics for inmates and staff on Fridays.
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  “The average time of custody for our inmates is less than 26 days so we didn’t want to create a situation where an inmate got vaccinated on their first shot and then cycled out to the community and they&r
  
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• Colorado’s June Economic Outlook Reveals Stronger-Than-Expected Growth

  19-06-2021 05:28 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Coloradans could see tax cuts and a refund next year as the state’s economy continues to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Office of State Planning and Budgeting released its June economic outlook on Friday showing stronger-than-expected growth.
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  Analysts say consumer spending is up as more Coloradans get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Colorado General Fund revenue is projected to increase by 12.1% in Fiscal Year 2020-2021, according to the report
  
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• ‘Little Slice Of Hell’ House Under Contract With Cash Offer, Off The Market

  19-06-2021 05:27 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– The real estate agent for the home described as a “little slice of hell” after tenants trashed it, said the home was officially under contract on Friday. Mimi Foster said that someone in the neighborhood made a cash offer on the home.
  The home was initially listed for $590,000. Foster did not say how much the cash offer was for the five-bedroom home at 4525 Churchill Court in Colorado Springs.
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  “If you dream of owning your own
  
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• Golden's Maxwell Schutt opens up about troubled past

  19-06-2021 05:15 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  The Demons' lacrosse captain is moving forward in a positive direction after coping with the loss of his mother.
  
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• Denver airport CEO appointee, named in LA investigation, still needs city council approval

  19-06-2021 05:11 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Phil Washington, who previously ran the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is named once in an LA warrant. Hancock's office says they knew.
  
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• Colorado Woman Says Doctor Used His Genetic Material For Insemination

  19-06-2021 05:07 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  (AP)– A Colorado woman is suing a Vermont doctor, accusing him of using his own genetic material when he artificially inseminated her in 1978 at what was then the Central Vermont Hospital in Berlin. In a lawsuit filed June 14 in federal court in Burlington, Shirley Brown, now of Boulder County, Colorado, alleges that Dr. John Coates III had agreed to inseminate her using donated genetic material.
  Coates’ attorney Peter Joslin, of Montpelier, did not immediately return a voice-mail me
  
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• Health And Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra Joins Gov. Jared Polis, Members Of Congress, To Increase COVID Vaccination Rate

  19-06-2021 04:45 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra flew to Colorado Friday to help boost the state’s COVID-19 vaccination rate. A total of 55% of Coloradans have one shot and 49% are fully vaccinated.
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  Gov. Jared Polis wants to see 70% of adults with at least one dose by July 4.
  While communities of color were hit especially hard by the virus, Becerra, the country’s first Latino Health and Human Services Secretary, says they have also been slow to ge
  
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• Loveland Hires Public Safety Firm Hillard Heintze For Independent Review Of Karen Garner Arrest

  19-06-2021 04:32 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  LOVELAND, Colo. (CBS4) – The city of Loveland has hired an independent consulting firm to review its police department following the violent arrest of a 73-year-old woman with dementia. Karen Garner was confronted by Loveland police in June 2020 after leaving a Walmart without paying for $14 dollars of merchandise.
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  Video of the arrest went viral with community members calling for greater police training and accountability. Many Colorado law enforcement agencies have added pol
  
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• State health department to start calling people who aren't vaccinated

  19-06-2021 04:25 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  The goal is to get 70% of Colorado adults vaccinated with at least one dose by July 4.
  
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• Kayaker Goes Missing In ‘Fast-Paced, Steep, Technical Rapid’ In Crystal River Near Redstone

  19-06-2021 04:17 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  REDSTONE, Colo. (CBS4)– Rescue crews have been unable to locate a missing kayaker who went missing in a steep and technical rapids area of the Crystal River near Redstone. About 9:25 p.m. on Thursday, a 911 call to the Pitkin County Emergency Dispatch Center reported a lost kayaker.The kayaker, a 41-year-old man from the Roaring Fork Valley and volunteer for Mountain Rescue Aspen, overturned and was released from his kayak in the area of the “Meatgrinder” in the Crystal River.
  
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• Vegetation fire burns near Arvada homes

  19-06-2021 03:58 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  The fire was located in an open space between two canals south of Standley Lake.
  
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• STEM School parents concerned about teacher retention, calling for change in leadership

  19-06-2021 03:48 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  A school spokesperson said that across the entire school, including teaching and non-teaching, there are 29 open positions, a slight increase from last year.
  
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• Colorado shuts down youth center in Watkins after allegations of drugs, fights and improper restraints of kids

  19-06-2021 03:37 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  State officials showed up unannounced Thursday to remove children from Ridge View Youth Services Center. Several tried to run away and one is still missing.
  
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• Crews Battle 1 Acre Snowmass Canyon Fire In Pitkin County

  19-06-2021 03:35 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Crews responded to a small wildfire on Friday evening near Cerise Gulch in Snowmass. The Snowmass Canyon Fire has burned about an acre in the area of 1581 Lower River Road.
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  The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said a helicopter was called in on Friday night to drop water on the fire. No evacuations have been ordered and all roads remain open. Drivers are asked to avoid the area unless travel is necessary.
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• After A Week Of Power Outages Amid Record Heat, Some Colorado Families Forced To Evacuate Homes

  19-06-2021 03:32 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  WINDSOR, Colo. (CBS4) – Residents in the ever-growing portions of Northern Colorado, Timnath and Windsor, say they’ve experienced power outages daily for one week. The outages, some lasting more than 22 hours, came as Colorado set multiple records for high temperatures.
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  “It’s been horrible,” said Sara Ricord, a new resident of northern Windsor.
  The neighborhoods experiencing the daily Xcel Energy outages are those which have been developed in the past
  
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• What is Juneteenth?

  19-06-2021 03:26 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Juneteenth – a combination of the words June and Nineteenth – commemorates when the last enslaved people in the South were finally set free.
  
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• ‘Love Always Wins’ Pride Flag Ripped Down From Thornton Home Not Once, But Twice

  19-06-2021 03:22 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  THORNTON, Colo. (CBS4)– It’s a case of theft, but the meaning, in this case, goes far deeper. It involves a particular flag and the women who put it up at their home in Thornton.
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  “Love Always Wins” are the words on the flag which now hangs in front of the home but two women who live there call what happened hate.
  Jane Harmer said, “It absolutely broke my heart to see that flag ripped up and thrown in the gutter.”
  In an act of kindness, a friend a
  
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• Great Hall Project: DIA To Open Newly Finished Space At Jeppesen Terminal Next Week

  19-06-2021 02:22 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Great Hall Project at Denver International Airport will soon move to a new configuration. On Saturday, crews will begin to adjust construction walls in the center of Jeppesen Terminal on Level 5.
  Construction on the Great Hall Project at Denver International Airport in February 2021. (credit: DIA)
  On Wednesday, the airport will open the renovated space with new flooring and refurbished restrooms. Officials say the construction will improve the flow of passengers to bagg
  
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• New Lafayette art installation celebrates Spanish heritage within the community

  19-06-2021 02:04 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  A local artist finds a way to shift the narrative, to thinking about the perseverance of these families, rather than focusing on their oppression.
  
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• Woman, Dog Attacked By 2 Pit Bulls At Eagle Park In Aurora

  19-06-2021 02:03 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– On May 28, Megan Aldrete and a friend took her dog Prince on a walk at Eagle Park in Aurora. When they got there, they noticed a couple walking their 2 pit bulls off-leash.
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  Her friend asked the couple for space but to no avail. The dogs attacked Prince.
  “It happened so fast, I don’t know… it was just one of those things,” said Megan.
  Megan jumped in to break up the fight but wasn’t able to get the pit bulls off. She says th
  
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• Crews Contain Fire Burning Near Homes In Arvada

  19-06-2021 01:59 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) — A fire started near homes on Simms Street, between West 72nd and West 80th Avenue, in Arvada. Copter4 flew overhead Friday evening just after 5 p.m.
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  Crews were able to get the fire near Standley Lake contained. No structures are threatened.Fire officials ask that people stay away so crews can put out any hot spots.
  
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• WATCH: Rocky Mountain National Park shows their burn scars

  19-06-2021 01:56 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Two major wildfires last year made it into the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park and changed that landscape forever, burning nearly 29 thousand acres.
  
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• WATCH: Denver community celebrates Rodolfo 'Corky' Gonzales' legacy

  19-06-2021 01:35 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Rodolfo Corky Gonzales would have turned 93 today. The Denver boxer, Chicano activist and organizer, businessman and poet died on April 12, 2005.
  
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• Celebrate Juneteenth in and around Denver

  19-06-2021 01:29 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  A list of the Juneteenth events planned in and around Denver on June 19 and June 20, 2021.
  
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• Water activity is once again allowed on Clear Creek in Golden

  19-06-2021 01:28 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Restrictions were put into place 10 days ago due to fast-moving water. Clear Creek was one of multiple waterways in Colorado where activity was halted.
  
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• 3rd winner of Colorado's $1 million cash drawing announced

  19-06-2021 01:28 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Governor Jared Polis will announce the third $1 million Colorado Comeback Cash Vaccine Drawing winner and second round of scholarship winners.
  
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• Crews Fight Fire Burning Near Homes In Arvada

  19-06-2021 01:26 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) — A fire started near homes on Simms Street, between West 72nd and West 80th Avenue, in Arvada. Copter4 flew overhead Friday evening just after 5 p.m.
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  There is no word of any evacuations in the area.
   
  
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• 13-Year-Old Is Youngest Among Latest Comeback Cash Scholarship Winners

  19-06-2021 01:15 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado unveiled the latest group of students to win a $50,000 scholarship for getting the COVID-19 vaccine. All vaccinated children ages 12-17 are eligible to win.
  This week’s winner included the youngest yet: 13-year-old Levi.
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  “It means a lot for me to get vaccinated because we have been living in this pandemic for so long and I just want everything to go back to normal, like going back to school, being indoors with a bunch of friends, and planni
  
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• Juneteenth Flag Now Flying At State Capitol

  19-06-2021 00:53 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– The Juneteenth flag is flying at the state Capitol. The Black Democratic Legislative Caucus of Colorado joined Gov. Jared Polis as the flag raising on Friday.
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  Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation became official on January 1, 1863, it had little effect in Texas because of the small number of Union troops. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger landed a
  
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• Latest numbers: Positivity stays low, new COVID cases continues to trend down

  19-06-2021 00:50 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Here are the numbers for how many vaccines have been distributed in Colorado, how many new cases of COVID have been reported, and current hospitalizations.
  
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• Water Activity Restrictions Lifted On Clear Creek In Jefferson County

  19-06-2021 00:40 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Authorities in Jefferson County lifted water activity restrictions on Friday along Clear Creek. Inflated devices such as belly boats, inner tubes and single chambered rafts are now allowed along the creek due to decreased water flow.
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  “While the water flow measurements have shown a continued decrease since its peak, all users are encouraged to be very cautious when conducting activities on Clear Creek,” warned the Jefferson County S
  
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• Arvada West's Bearded Bros

  19-06-2021 00:20 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  The Simpson twins take the whole lookalike thing "hairy" seriously!
  
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• Tammsha Rice-Williams Arrested In Connection With Deadly Shooting At N. Colorado Blvd. & E. Colfax Ave.

  19-06-2021 00:15 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Police Department announced an arrest on Friday in connection with a deadly shooting at North Colorado Boulevard and East Colfax Avenue. Tammsha Rice-Williams, 34, is being held for investigation of second degree murder in the death of Lee Walker, 69.
  Tammsha Rice-Williams (credit: Denver Police Department)
  Officers responded to the shooting just before 1 a.m. on May 20 and found Walker shot inside a vehicle. He later died from his injuries.
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• Suspected 'hitchhiker' gets a ride to Englewood restaurant

  19-06-2021 00:13 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  The wayward rodent was said to be in excellent shape, according to police.
  
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• Suspect arrested in fatal shooting on Colorado Boulevard

  19-06-2021 00:11 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Tammsha Rice-Williams, 34, is being held for investigation of second degree murder, according to police.
  
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• Golden Eagle Released Back Into The Wild After Rehab For Injuries That Left Bird Near Death

  18-06-2021 23:55 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  PENROSE, Colo. (CBS4)– A golden eagle is once again flying over Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area after rehabilitation. Colorado Parks and Wildlife released the bird of prey on Thursday, with a little help from some summer campers. (credit: Colorado Parks & Wildlife)
  The bird was near death in May, likely hurt when flying into a vehicle during a storm near Cripple Creek. (credit: Colorado Parks & Wildlife)
  The eagle took to the skies and headed in the direction where it was found in
  
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• Study: Fort Carson Named Among Army Posts Where Female Soldiers Face Greater Risk Of Sexual Assault

  18-06-2021 23:42 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  FORT CARSON, Colo. (CBS4)– A new study includes Fort Carson as one of the U.S. Army bases where female soldiers face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than at other posts. The Rand Corp Study shows that Army bases in four states account for more than one-third of all active duty sexual assaults in 2018.
  (credit: U.S. Army Fort Carson)
  Soldiers at Fort Hood and Fort Bliss in Texas faced the highest risk.
  Fort Carson joins Fort Campbell in Kentucky and Fort Riley in Kansas as A
  
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• Anthony Martinez Arrested For First-Degree Murder In Death Of Roommate Shannon Ziel

  18-06-2021 23:30 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  GREELEY, Colo. (CBS4)– Greeley police have arrested a man accused of murdering his roommate. About 1 a.m. Friday, officers responded to an apartment on C Street, not far from 35th Avenue and 4th Street.The mother of 50-year-old Shannon Ziel told dispatchers that she was there to check on her son after his roommate told her that he thought Ziel was dead.Responding officers discovered Ziel’s body inside the bathroom. During an interview, Ziel’s roommate Anthony Martinez, also kno
  
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• Marmot Rescued Outside Steakhouse In Englewood After ‘Hitchhiking’ From Mountains

  18-06-2021 23:17 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– A marmot was rescued from outside a restaurant in Englewood after the little guy hitchhiked to town from the mountains. Animal welfare officers believe the marmot crawled inside a vehicle and then hung on until the vehicle stopped in Englewood.(credit: Englewood Police)
  The marmot was found outside Steakhouse 10 and officers say it appears to be healthy and in good condition.
  According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, marmots are attracted to cars, they like to expl
  
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• U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra Meets With Gov. Jared Polis

  18-06-2021 23:16 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra met with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis Friday on a visit to Denver that is part of the Biden administration’s effort to promote COVID-19 vaccines among hesitant minority communities that have some of the lowest inoculation rates.Becerra, who is the first Latino to lead the department, was scheduled to visit a community vaccination site in a suburb of Denver that has a Hispanic population of almost 30%, according to Cen
  
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• Boulder Business Owner Is Third $1 Million Winner In Colorado Comeback Cash Giveaway

  18-06-2021 22:51 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Officials with the State of Colorado on Friday named the third $1 million winner in a lottery that’s hoping to inspire residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Pete Vargas, a business owner in Boulder, was named the third winner of the Colorado Comeback Cash giveaway.
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  Vargas is a business owner in Boulder and plans to spend some of the jackpot on outdoor gear — and invest in regenerative agriculture.
  Every vaccinated resident has been entered
  
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• ‘I’ve never been so close to being killed’: Man gets 20 years for crashing car into deputy

  18-06-2021 21:57 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  The man was accused of slamming into a deputy on April 2, 2020. He took a plea deal roughly a year later.
  
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• Pronóstico local: Tormentas aisladas este fin de semana

  18-06-2021 21:54 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Temperaturas bajarán un poco este fin de semana tras una semana calurosa.
  
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• Next with Kyle Clark full show (6/17/21)

  18-06-2021 21:43 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  Fire seasons like last year's have been decades in the making. How do we and our environment adjust? - Firefighters are fending off human idiocy. - One of Colorado's biggest music festivals is promoting tickets before they have permission to put on the show.
  
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• Frontier-themed Western Conservative Summit lineup features Boebert, Santorum

  18-06-2021 21:37 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  This year's summit will be smaller than in previous years, held at a downtown Denver hotel instead of the Colorado Convention Center.
  
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• Arturo Garcia Sentenced To 60 Years In Prison For Murder Of 18-Year-Old Ally Raber

  18-06-2021 21:29 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – The man who admitted killing 18-year-old Alexandrea “Ally” Raber has been sentenced to 60 years in jail. Arturo Garcia, now 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Garcia was on probation for hurting Raber when he killed her.
  Arturo Garcia & Ally Raber (credit: Raber Family)
  Aurora police officers found Raber’s body in a motel room after a maid called 911 on July 2, 2017. Raber had been strangled.
  Prosecutors say Garcia fled to Mexico after
  
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• Man who killed Aurora woman sentenced to 60 years in prison

  18-06-2021 20:59 via rssfeeds.9news.com
  
  The defendant was sentenced on Thursday, almost four years after Ally Raber, 18, was strangled to death in a motel in July 2017.
  
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• 102-Year-Old Veteran In Denver Receives Overdue Medals For Service In WWII

  18-06-2021 20:25 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
  DENVER (CBS4) — A 102-year-old veteran in Denver received long-overdue medals for his service during World War II. On Friday, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Major General Steven P. Best, U.S. Army (Retired) awarded Father Ed Flaherty, Jr. a total of seven medals.
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  Father Flaherty served as a medic in the army from 1941 to 1945. He earned these awards during that time, but never actually received the medals.
  “While serving in the Army, Edward was a Medical Technician
  
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