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Denver teachers bear brunt of layoffs; tread carefully, courts tell police on misleading suspects; Aurora moves to make mandatory theft minimums permanent | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is May 14, 2024, and here's what you need to know:. Denver teachers bear the brunt of layoffs amid declining enrollment. Faced with declining enrollment and tight campus budgets, school leaders across Denver Public Schools have laid off more than 900 teachers since 2022, The Denver Gazette has learned.
Grants slash cost of Aurora summer preschool programs
The first year of universal preschool in Colorado is coming to a close and it has been a relief for many families. Now summer activities are on the brain, but they might not be in the budget. However, some Aurora programs just got more affordable. The city of Aurora offers a continuous preschool program from August to May for children ages 3 to 5 years old. Tuition-based programs are available for 3-year-olds and UPK subsidized programs for 4-year-olds. "We also offer summer programs for our preschoolers, three to six-year-olds, and then our older kids from six to 13,"...
Your complete guide to summer music festivals in Colorado
May 17 - Oct. 5. The Levitt Pavilion in Denver offers a free, all-ages summer concert series. Audiences will encounter a range of acts: major, emerging, local and international artists from diverse genres and backgrounds. RSVPs are encouraged but walk up entrance is permitted, as long as the pavilion hasn’t hit capacity.
Denver paramedics can navigate without a GPS. Here’s how they do it — and why you should try, too
Dispatchers once sent Denver Health paramedic James Boyer to a call near downtown — a routine occurrence for a first responder who has worked in the Denver area for 12 years. The only problem? The caller didn’t know their address and was only able to tell a dispatcher they...
7 people, including 4 teens, injured in three-vehicle crash in Wheat Ridge
Seven people, including four teenagers, were injured in a three-vehicle crash in Wheat Ridge near the Arvada city line, snarling traffic in the area for about two hours Tuesday afternoon.
Billboard in Colorado reads ‘Work in Wyoming where breaking the law is STILL ILLEGAL’
DENVER (KKTV) - A billboard aimed at recruiting for a Wyoming sheriff’s office was posted in Denver and is generating both support and opposition. “Work in Wyoming where breaking the law is STILL ILLEGAL & cops are funded!” The billboard reads in part. The billboard was put in...
Man pleads guilty to DUI charges related to death of composer
ARVADA, Colo. — The man charged in a February crash in Arvada that killed a composer pleaded guilty Monday to multiple counts including vehicular homicide - DUI. Juan Ortega Torres Jr. also pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular assault in Jefferson County District and, as a result, five other counts were dismissed.
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