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DEA seizes drugs, detains over 100 undocumented immigrants in Colorado Springs raid

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Federal law enforcement officials said they detained more than 100 people who were in the country illegally in a raid at an “underground” Colorado Springs nightclub early Sunday morning.

The Drug Enforcement Administration said it also seized cocaine and guns during the raid at the northwest corner of Academy Boulevard and Airport Road.

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Ganahl: From Superior Elementary to sex camps — Colorado parental rights under attack

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In 2018, as a mom of four with three of my children in first and third grade at Superior Elementary, I was shocked to learn that our young students were being exposed to confusing gender identity discussions without parental knowledge. 

This was done through a program called Queer Endeavor at CU Boulder, which trained thousands of teachers in the metro area to integrate “queering the curriculum” around “problematic parents.”

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Free speech or safer feeds? Colorado reacts after Senate overrides veto of social media bill

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Several groups on Friday lauded the Colorado state Senate’s veto override of a bill that seeks to impose certain regulations on social media platforms in the hopes they would crack down on users who violate their rules, while critics called the bill censorious and argued it would give tech companies “too much power” to “de-platform” people.

The Senate voted to override the governor’s veto on a 29-6 vote. The state House is expected to hold its override vote next week.

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Gross Reservoir safety work can continue under appeals court ruling

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Denver Water may continue shoring up its partially-finished Gross Dam expansion in southwestern Boulder County until a May 6 U.S. District Court hearing detailing long-term safety issues of a permanent injunction against further construction, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals said late Friday. 

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City leaders ask residents to help shape future of Colorado Springs parks

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Colorado Springs wants residents to play a role in creating the master plan for the next decade of maintaining and expanding the city’s park system.

The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department announced the rollout of the 2026 Park System Master Plan on Friday morning at America the Beautiful Park. The planning process, with a tagline of “Building Community, Preserving Our Legacy,” will create big picture goals for the park network.

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Healing after the call: First responder speaks out after verdict in Alexa Bartell death

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DENVER (KDVR) — One of the very first people to respond to Alexa Bartell after a rock shattered her vehicle windshield spoke out in the wake of Friday’s guilty verdict in her murder trial.

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Colorado Supreme Court tightens child welfare case rules: No jury trial without parental presence

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The Colorado Supreme Court adopted on Monday a package of revisions to the rules governing child welfare cases, while modifying one section that governs when a parent surrenders their right to have a jury decide if their child is neglected.

Earlier this month, the justices held a hearing to evaluate the long-running group effort to revise the rules of juvenile procedure. They heard the proposed package had achieved consensus among the entities with a stake in such proceedings. The proposal reflected recent changes to state law and clarified the unique position children occupy in dependency and neglect matters — the formal name for child neglect cases.

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Jail inmate escapes Pueblo County lockup, faces new charge two days before release

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(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search for an inmate trustee on Thursday, April 24, after he escaped the Pueblo County Jail while working.

At around 8:20 p.m. on Thursday, 26-year-old Lucas Brown was working in the kitchen at the jail, and was with other kitchen trustees throwing out trash when he ‘suddenly ran away.’ Detention deputies supervising the trustees reported seeing Brown run west on 9th Street. A deputy ran after Brown but lost sight of him, and other deputies secured the remaining trustees in the jail and called the communications center to report the escape.

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Rep LaMalfa takes aim at Endangered Species Act: ‘Species of the week’ halting real conservation

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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Recovering animals that are nearing extinction, like the black-footed ferret, was the whole point of the 1973 Endangered Species Act but some lawmakers say it needs to be reformed.

“Is the program working as designed 50 years ago?’” Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) asked. “No, it’s been interpreted way beyond that, where it isn’t just the species, but they want to have every ounce of possible habitat as they determine is critical habitat.”

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ACLU targets ICE to block detention facility expansion in Colorado

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DENVER (KDVR) — The American Civil Liberties Union is making Colorado a battleground state against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as it sues to access what the nonprofit says should be publicly requestable documents.

According to the ACLU and the ACLU of Colorado, it all stems from attempts by ICE to expand immigration detention in Colorado and Wyoming. FOX31 learned during an exclusive ride-along with ICE Denver agents earlier this week that there are plans to double the number of available beds for immigration arrests in the Denver area.

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