staging.rockymountainvoice.com

Menu

denvergazette.com

Big Brother or crime fighter? Elbert County says ‘no’ to license plate readers
No Comments
Denver Metro, denvergazette.com, Local

Big Brother or crime fighter? Elbert County says ‘no’ to license plate readers

By Carol McKinley | Colorado Springs Gazette In a clash between personal freedoms and technology-driven public safety, the guys controlling Elbert County's purse strings won. In May — to the dismay of the Elbert County Sheriff's Office — its own panel of county commissioners became what is likely the first governmental entity in Colorado to challenge the reach of cutting-edge surveillance technology avowed by law enforcement as a powerful crimefighting tool. In December, the Elbert County Commissioners voted, 3-0, against renewing the contract for the region’s nine Flock Safety brand license plate readers because constant surveillance of passing vehicles is too much "Big Brother" for their comfort. “This is a place where people ought to be able to live freely and enjoy their pr...
Read More
Immigrants buoys Denver schools’ enrollment by 200 to 250 students each week
No Comments
Denver Metro, denvergazette.com, Local

Immigrants buoys Denver schools’ enrollment by 200 to 250 students each week

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette The number of immigrants arriving in Denver may have slowed, but Denver Public Schools, which has struggled with declining enrollment for years, is seeing a steady pace of new students each week. And district staffers warned during the board’s regular meeting on Thursday that, if the enrollment numbers continue to climb, budget "adjustments" may arise this year and next. That could potentially mean cuts.    The district saw roughly 300 students enroll since its last update in January. This time last school year, the district had 82,401 students, according to a district update on Thursday. Now, the district has 84,327 students. READ THE FULL STORY IN THE DENVER GAZETTE
Read More
Aurora considers modular construction for affordable housing
No Comments
Denver Metro, denvergazette.com, Local

Aurora considers modular construction for affordable housing

By Noah Festenstein | Denver Gazette As Colorado struggles with its lack of affordable housing, the Aurora City Council will consider on Monday a resolution that would allow the use of buildings with "modular construction" to provide affordable housing units. The goal of Aurora’s modular construction resolution is to “increase attainable housing,” according to city staff. With modular construction, buildings are built offsite and then moved, like a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle, onto a property. The method is seen as more effective, faster and more environmentally friendly than regular construction, officials said. Off-site construction “makes modular housing a promising and innovative solution for increasing the supply of housing with construction timelines that are more tha...
Read More
Missing 15-year-old girl from California vanishes in Denver airport layover
No Comments
Denver Metro, denvergazette.com, Local

Missing 15-year-old girl from California vanishes in Denver airport layover

Harper Cadman was last seen Jan. 30 and is believed to be in the Denver or Boulder area By Daniel Boniface | Denver Gazette A 15-year-old girl who stopped for a layover in Denver last month has gone missing and authorities are seeking the public's help in finding her. Harper Cadman landed at Denver International Airport on Jan. 30, but never boarded her flight back home to California, according to a news release from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The teen girl is believed to be in the Denver or Boulder area, officials said. Harper is about 5-foot, 7-inches tall and weighs about 115 pounds. She has blue eyes, her hair is dyed black, she has braces on her teeth, a nose piercing and tattoos on her waist and the middle finger of her left hand. READ T...
Read More
Russian disinformation operations seize on border battle, talk of Texas secession
No Comments
denvergazette.com, National

Russian disinformation operations seize on border battle, talk of Texas secession

By Joseph Morton, The Dallas Morning News | Denver Gazette WASHINGTON — Russian disinformation operatives have apparently found a rich vein to tap in their long-running effort to foment U.S. political divisions: the escalating battle between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and President Joe Biden over who is in charge of the southern border. American technology magazine Wired reported this week that it had obtained exclusive access to data from two disinformation research groups showing a coordinated Russian effort to promote the idea that the United States is heading toward civil war. Russian government officials and state-run media outlets have been publicly elevating that narrative by citing the intense U.S. domestic political battles over the border and immigration enfor...
Read More
Immigrants taking toll on hospitals, including in Colorado Springs, UCHealth data suggests
No Comments
denvergazette.com, State

Immigrants taking toll on hospitals, including in Colorado Springs, UCHealth data suggests

By Debbie Kelley | The Gazette Of 12 hospitals surveyed statewide in the UCHealth system, Memorial Hospital Central in Colorado Springs saw the second-highest jump over the past three months of new patients who appear to be immigrants, according to data UCHealth released Wednesday. “Memorial Hospital Central has had the second-greatest impact among UCHealth hospitals, next to University of Colorado Hospital (in Aurora),” said Dan Weaver, system spokesman. “In general, UCHealth and our hospitals see all patients — we will take care of anyone who comes to our hospitals or emergency departments,” he said. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
Read More
Denver Public Schools Under Scrutiny for Alleged Racial Discrimination Against White Students
No Comments
Denver Metro, denvergazette.com, Local

Denver Public Schools Under Scrutiny for Alleged Racial Discrimination Against White Students

By Nicole C. Brambila | The Gazette The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened two discrimination complaints filed against Denver Public Schools’ use of race in selecting committee members to evaluate the district’s "discipline matrix" and in deciding which students can take math extension courses. The complaints, filed by the Mountain States Legal Foundation in November and September, respectively, alleged that the district gives preferential treatment to persons of color and inferred that its use of the word "diverse" is a veiled reference to considering race and people's gender identity.    Will Trachman, general counsel for Mountain States Legal Foundation, said the district cannot discriminate against White students or individuals who iden...
Read More
One rate that hasn’t risen is on savings accounts, and it would help millions
No Comments
denvergazette.com, National

One rate that hasn’t risen is on savings accounts, and it would help millions

By Joseph Lawler | The Gazette Rates have soared for mortgages, credit cards, auto loans, and a range of other debt products, but not for savings accounts at big banks used by millions.  Yields on savings accounts at megabanks like Bank of America and Chase remain near zero. Savers, many of whom might lack financial discipline after years of living in a low-rate environment, have trillions in accounts that are yielding nothing and getting eroded by inflation.  “I really implore people to look outside their relationship with their current megabank,” said Amy Hamasaki, the owner of Mountain Wealth Planning. “These banks are making so much money off of these individuals having so much money earning nothing.”  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZET...
Read More
Aurora council votes to fill homeless service provider funding gaps at quarterly workshop
No Comments
Denver Metro, denvergazette.com, Local

Aurora council votes to fill homeless service provider funding gaps at quarterly workshop

By Kyla Pearce | The Gazette While Aurora's councilmembers held differing opinions on how to handle dollars for homeless service providers, they eventually agreed to allocate federal money to several organizations, bringing a few of them to flat funding. The councilmembers, however, entirely cut funding to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Aurora's policymaking body earlier delayed a decision on funding homeless service providers. The debate about city funding for homeless service providers has been going on since city staffers recommended last year that the council cut or limit funds to several organizations that provide services to homeless people in Aurora following a dip in the local government's revenues. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
Read More
Wolf captured on camera near road in Colorado
No Comments
denvergazette.com, State

Wolf captured on camera near road in Colorado

By Spencer McKee | Out There Colorado Another wolf sighting has been captured on camera in Colorado, about a month and a half after the species was formally reintroduced to the state. An article from 9News reports that the wolf was spotted last Thursday near Kremmling, with a rancher capturing footage from the road. This is at least the second time a wolf sighting has been publicized since reintroduction, with at least 10 wolves known to be roaming the state. READ THE FULL STORY AT OUT THERE COLORADO
Read More