Tag: Wyoming
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Jeffco Public Schools to be investigated by U.S. Department of Education
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it is investigating the Jeffco Public Schools district regarding potential Title IX violations. The Department of Education announced the investigation to mark the 53rd anniversary of Title IX, looking into two separate schools for allegedly violating federal…
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Can Colorado better source, produce rare earth minerals? Mining experts weigh in on how
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump’s recent policy directives to cut the cord between China and the U.S. for rare earth minerals triggered by China’s retaliatory cut-off of certain critical minerals put a spotlight on the United State’s near-total dependence on China for minerals, products and materials essential…
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7 arrested in connection to Denver drug, gun and sex trafficking operation
DENVER — Federal prosecutors believe they’ve broken up part of a drug, gun and sex trafficking operation run, for at least a few months, out of a Denver apartment complex and led by notorious Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua. At least a few of the seven arrested in two states this week, federal investigators believe,…
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Daniels Fund awards $200K to two Denver metro nonprofits
The Daniels Fund awarded $100,000 to two local organizations working to help locals through various issues during the foundation’s second annual Salute to Excellence Wednesday. The nonprofits, CrossPurpose and Teaching the Autism Community Trades (TACT), received the prizes while being awarded finalists for the Daniels Fund Medal of Excellence at the Denver Museum of Nature…
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Rocky Mountain DEA breaks fentanyl seizure record for second straight year
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division broke a record for the most fentanyl pills seized in Colorado last year. This year, the division has already broken the previous record with a month left. The law enforcement agency has confiscated around 2.7 million fentanyl pills in the state as of the beginning of…
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Denver District Attorney files motion to try 14-year-old Federales suspect as adult
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 14-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed an employee at Federales may be tried as an adult. The Denver District Attorney’s Office recently filed a motion to transfer Steven Joseph Marquez’s case to Denver District Court to be tried as an adult, according to…
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Colorado Department of Transportation urges motorists to avoid driving during ‘treacherous’ winter storm
Rain before 9 p.m. Wednesday will turn into snow after 11 p.m. and may dump up to 16 inches of the white stuff in the metro Denver area, prompting the Colorado Department of Transportation to urge motorists to avoid travel during the storm. Road conditions are forecast to be “treacherous,” according to a CDOT news…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver, one of the biggest drug busts this year so far. Little else is known about the details of the operation. What authorities told The Denver Gazette,…