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Morgan County homeowners pay upwards of $200 a month for water they can't drink
Jesse McCoppin remembers the day he arrived at Prairie View Ranch in Morgan County.A storm was brewing that day and as the wind picked up, power went out, and the pumps went down at Prairie View Ranch Water District. "That was an immediate wake-up call. I was less than 8 hours in my house," says McCoppin.The president of the water district he says assured him there was backup power in the event of a fire. But not only were there no generators, there wasn't even enough water pressure to put out a fire if it did happen.Worse still, the water...
Former Colorado paramedic Jeremy Cooper sentenced in death of Elijah McClain
Former Colorado paramedic Jeremy Cooper was sentenced to four years probation, 14 months work release and 100 hours of community service on Friday afternoon. Cooper is one of the two paramedics who were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Elijah McClain.Adams County District Judge Mark Warner stayed Cooper's sentence until June 7, which he said will give Cooper time to "make arrangements to continue his employment."Former Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic Peter Cichuniec was sentenced last month to 5 years in prison last month and 3 years of probation by the same judge, Adams County District Judge Mark Warner....
See the Top 5 counties where state troopers investigated distracted driving crashes
The Colorado State Patrol on Thursday released a list of the counties where they investigated the highest number of distracted driving crashes last year.The top five counties where the 2023 data shows "inattentive to driving" crashes appear to have happened were Adams County (1), Douglas County (2), El Paso County (3), Jefferson County (4) and Larimer County (5). "Driving should never come second to any other task in the car," said Col. Matthew C. Packard, the chief of the CSP. The data also shows that the highest number of distracted driving incidents in Colorado were in the summer and that people in their 20s and 30s were responsible for the highest number of incidents. "Remember, we are all out on the roads together. There's no lane reserved for you, so you can drive distracted safely. Make driving your primary focus and arrive safely at your destination," CSP said in a news release. Packard said troopers investigated a total of 566 distracted driving crashes last year where there was a major injury or someone was killed.
Local high school student TJ Rivera awarded two year scholarship at Otero College in La Junta
TJ Rivera, joined by his mother Nina, father Tom, and brother Moses, gathered at Brush High School to sign his official paperwork, which awarded him a two-year scholarship at Otero College in La Junta. Rivera says he began wrestling in sixth grade after moving to Brush from Greeley. “When I...
Baseball Game Preview: Roosevelt Roughriders vs. Fort Morgan Mustangs
Roosevelt and Fort Morgan are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Roosevelt Roughriders are on the road again on Thursday to play the Fort Morgan Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. Roosevelt is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 9.2 runs per game this season.
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