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Super soaker set to bring inches of rain and feet of snow to the state
A strong moisture packed storm is blasting into the Rockies this weekend. Moisture amounts will the most we have seen in a long time. Drenching rains will start over the plains and Front Range Friday night along with a heavy, wet snow machine ramping up in the mountains.Heavy bouts of rain is expected to soak the Denver metro area and I-25 Urban corridor all day Saturday into Sunday. By the time we get to the end of the weekend some areas may see as much as 1 to 3 inches of rain fall.Now for the snow. Castle Pines, Castle Rock...
RTD operators can receive paid leave for exposure to illicit drug smoke on the job
DENVER — RTD employees reported nearly 70% more on-the-job injuries in 2023. Exposure to drug smoke was cited hundreds of times — almost half of injury reports last year. Starting last year, operators can receive paid leave without affecting their paid time off for reporting an exposure to illicit drug smoke on the job.
Denver looks to spend $22.8M to help people pay housing bills
(The Center Square) – The city of Denver will review a $22.8 million plan to help 940 households deal with the costs of housing as part of the city’s effort in 2024 to wipe out homelessness. The two motions are before the city’s Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee’s May 1 meeting. According to the U.S. Census, Denver’s median rent averaged $1,665 a month from 2018 through 2022. Apartments.com listed...
Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison Friday and was sentenced to 14 months in jail with work release and probation in the killing of the Black man that helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests. Jeremy Cooper had...
Man wanted for attempted murder in Denver
DENVER — The Denver Police Department is looking for a suspect wanted for attempted murder. Noah Josiah Martinez, 21, is wanted in connection to an incident that happened at about 1:20 a.m. on March 10 in the 1700 block of West Mississippi Avenue, according to police. Martinez is described...
Denver's latest homeless sweep moves approximately 50 people into housing
DENVER — The city of Denver completed its latest sweep of a homeless encampment Thursday near the intersection of 4th Avenue and Lipan Street. Approximately 50 people were loaded onto buses and taken to transitional housing units as part of the All In Mile High initiative, formerly known as House1000, which aims to move 2,000 people into housing by the end of the year.
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