With the ongoing woes of an international trade war and now a global pandemic brewing, Dino Dardano, president of Hestra Gloves, is ready to try a new tool available to him as a business in Jefferson County: foreign trade zones. The county became the latest Colorado community awarded the special designation, which lets businesses postpone […]
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Here’s a roundup of the most important 2019 local election results in Colorado
Coloradans decided on two major statewide ballot measures on Tuesday, but they also made key choices in a number of local races that will shape the state for years to come. From the Aurora mayoral contest to a big Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights question in Jefferson County and the future of oil and gas drilling […]
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Opinion: Proposition CC isn’t the answer to all of our problems. But it’s a start.
As the state representative for District 27, I’ve talked to a lot of people in Arvada. From coffee shops and breweries to libraries and town halls, we always seem to end up on the same refrain: taxes. Our district is a growing community with a growing economy. Arvadans often, rightly, ask why we can’t seem […]
Posted inColoradans, Environment, Outdoors
One-way-only mountain bike trail ups the adrenaline on Clear Creek County’s emerging trail network
FLOYD HILL — Mike Orr skids his Yeti mountain bike into the parking lot and pumps his fist. “It’s a good time to be alive,” Orr says to a group of fellow mountain bikers preparing to ride. “Mountain bike trails keep getting better. Mountain bikes, too. This is why I ride.” Orr had just bombed […]
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Opinion: Colorado reproductive health services are being compromised by federal gag order
In the past 10 years, fewer young women in Jefferson County — and Colorado as a whole — have experienced an unplanned pregnancy than ever before. That’s not a coincidence. It’s not a sign of a generation’s changing attitudes toward sex. It’s not a victory for abstinence. It’s a direct result of the availability, affordability […]
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Adjusting to life under tariffs, Jefferson County and Grand Junction are pursuing a solution that’s still proving itself in Colorado
Jefferson County and Grand Junction are seeking to become free-trade zones in an effort to attract more business, add jobs and help local companies offset some of the rising cost of international trade. Their applications would provide the regions with a spot for companies to store imported goods and defer or bypass tariff-duty payments. There’s […]
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Opinion: It’s time to tear down Columbine High School
When the majority of U.S. citizens hear the word “Columbine,” they don’t think of the beautiful flowers that adorn meadows each year. Nor do they envision a high school with Friday night football games, pep rallies or laughter of students in the hallways. Rather, due to the events of April 20, 1999, there is a […]
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A fight on a school bus, a knife in a backpack, suicide tips from Safe2Tell: The post-Columbine world of school safety runs 24/7
“Fight in progress,” the dispatcher’s voice crackled into the patrol car. Officer Clyde Casados slowed to a stop on a quiet neighborhood street in northeast Denver and checked his laptop screen for more detail: students were brawling on a school bus near Xenia Street and East 23rd Avenue. It was 4:33 p.m. on a Thursday, […]
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New law to keep Colorado foster kids in their home schools is off to disappointing start
On school mornings, 19 kids who live in Mesa County foster homes are driven across the valley — to Fruita or Grand Junction or Palisade or beyond — so they can attend school with the same teachers and friends they had before they switched homes. They catch a ride on new school bus routes, with […]