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Posted inCrime and Courts
Colorado lawmakers mandate audit of halfway houses for first time in decades
A new state law directs Colorado’s Division of Criminal Justice to hire a third-party auditor to evaluate the finances of halfway houses every five years, including the costs imposed on residents of the facilities.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Silverman: Club Q victims deserve better law enforcement and criminal justice. Let the feds take over.
El Paso County law enforcement bears responsibility for enormous errors with the Club Q gunman
Posted inClub Q Shooting
2021 case against Club Q suspect, who threatened to become “next mass killer,” was dismissed by court
District Attorney Michael Allen said prosecutors were unable to serve subpoenas on witnesses, namely Anderson Aldrich’s mother and grandparents
Posted inClub Q Shooting
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, which arrested alleged Club Q shooter in 2021, has never initiated a red flag gun seizure
In June 2021, the sheriff’s office arrested the alleged shooter, Anderson Aldrich, on felony menacing and kidnapping charges. Formal charges weren’t pursued and the case was sealed.
Posted inNews
Doug Lamborn wins Republican primary in 5th Congressional District, all but securing ninth term
The Colorado Springs congressman beat out state Rep. Dave Williams, Lone Tree businessman Andrew Heaton and Navy veteran Rebecca Keltie
Posted inClimate, Environment, Growth, News, Wildfire
1 million Colorado buildings are threatened by wildfire. The risk is highest in suburban counties.
Colorado faces the largest increase in homes and businesses threatened by wildfire of any state in the nation with nearly 1 million properties — two-fifths of all those in the state — already facing some risk, according to a new analysis. The First Street Foundation wildfire risk modeling ranked Colorado No. 7 in the country […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Colorado’s largest county jail is having one of its deadliest years of the decade — after just five months
COLORADO SPRINGS — A 48-year-old man found unresponsive at the El Paso County jail in April was the fourth inmate to die there so far this year — putting 2022 among the jail’s deadliest years of the past decade with seven months to go. Cristo Cannett was the seventh inmate to die in roughly seven […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News, Politics and Government, Social Services
A rare conviction and tearful Capitol testimony are intensifying pressure to reform Colorado’s guardianship system
It was a call about an unpaid bill from her mother’s doctor that led Barb Dowski to begin unraveling the deception. Dowski tried to question her mother’s court-appointed conservator, who was in charge of paying those medical bills and the rest of Barbara Moore’s finances, but got no answers. So she headed down a paper […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Southeastern Colorado struggles to attract home builders. Now federal stimulus will help add 127 homes.
Between the state and private prisons, the sheriff’s office, schools and a growing cannabis cultivation industry, there are plenty of workers who could make Crowley County their home. Except there aren’t enough places for them to live. And, as the supply of houses and apartments has declined in the rural county east of Pueblo, few […]