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Judge denies Denver Public Schools’ wrongful termination lawsuit dismissal request
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Judge denies Denver Public Schools’ wrongful termination lawsuit dismissal request

By Sage Kelley | Denver Gazette Former McAuliffe International Principal Kurt Dennis' wrongful termination lawsuit against Denver Public Schools will continue, a judge decided, denying a request for dismissal the school district sought. United States District Court Judge John Kane denied the district's motion, based on arguments implicating student privacy and confidentiality laws, to dismiss Dennis' case. The court granted the district's motion to dismiss property interest claims based on a Fourteenth Amendment argument the former principal had raised in court.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Denver Public Schools will need to decide whether to keep or sell seven closed campuses
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Denver Public Schools will need to decide whether to keep or sell seven closed campuses

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette At the end of this academic year, students at seven schools to be shuttered in Denver will stream out of the hallways, spilling into courtyards and home for the very last time. But what will become of the buildings they leave behind? The short answer is Denver Public School officials don’t know yet. But parents have a few ideas. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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How Venezuela’s TdA gang used tactics seen in Aurora to seize a building in San Antonio, Texas
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How Venezuela’s TdA gang used tactics seen in Aurora to seize a building in San Antonio, Texas

By Nicole C. Brambila | Denver Gazette The Venezuelan gang that infiltrated and terrorized tenants at three apartment complexes in Aurora used similar tactics to seize control of a San Antonio apartment complex, highlighting the increasingly disparate strategies employed by police in these cities. In both instances, Tren de Aragua (TdA) appeared to have gained a foothold in buildings largely occupied by Venezuelan nationals who arrived in both cities after illegally crossing the southern border. Law enforcement in San Antonio responded to the gang’s presence with handcuffs, while Aurora police countered with eviction notices. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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Suspect in Aurora home invasion was wanted from previous apartment unit takeover caught in viral video
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Suspect in Aurora home invasion was wanted from previous apartment unit takeover caught in viral video

By Sage Kelley | Denver Gazette The video that catapulted a Colorado city to the center of the debate over illegal immigration and brought to the attention of millions of viewers the tentacles of a Venezuelan gang operating in metro Denver showed six men barging into an apartment unit. In the video, posted on X in August, six men walked up the stairs at The Edge at Lowry apartments. Four carried guns; one of them a rifle. A another man was holding a cellphone. One man knocked on Unit 301 twice. Somebody opened from the inside. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Documentary on John Elway, who led Broncos to five Super Bowls, to air on Netflix
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Documentary on John Elway, who led Broncos to five Super Bowls, to air on Netflix

By Darren Whitehead | Denver Gazette, via 9News  John Elway has accumulated enormous accolades in his lifetime. First-team All-American at Stanford, New York Yankees draftee, three-time Super Bowl winner with the Broncos, NFL Hall of Famer. Now he can add "documentary subject" to his lengthy resume. Streaming giant Netflix announced Thursday it will carry a new documentary simply titled "Elway." The documentary will follow the Broncos Ring of Famer's life on and off the football field, Netflix said. Taking part in the documentary along with Netflix will be Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions, NFL Films and Skydance Sports. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Bass Pro to build a 130,000-square-foot store in Loveland
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Bass Pro to build a 130,000-square-foot store in Loveland

By Alexander Kirk | Denver Gazette, via 9News Bass Pro Shops is planning its sixth location in Colorado. The outdoor retail company is constructing a 130,000-square-foot Outdoor World store in Loveland. The store is located in the "Brands at the Ranch" mixed-use development, off Interstate 25 and Crossroads Boulevard, near the Larimer County Fairgrounds and Blue Arena. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Colorado approves $10M in incentives; largest award aims to poach major solar factory
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Colorado approves $10M in incentives; largest award aims to poach major solar factory

By Bernadette Berdychowski | Denver Gazette The Colorado Economic Development Commission approved more than $10 million in tax incentives Thursday to three companies looking to expand along the Front Range. The largest incentive of $6.25 million was awarded to an unnamed solar manufacturer looking for other options to build its first solar cell factory under the code name “Project Phoenix.” It’s considering developing in El Paso County, in or near Colorado Springs. The EDC typically keeps the names of companies seeking incentives confidential in the competitive process to attract businesses from going to other states. At Thursday’s EDC meeting, Hari Achuthan spoke on behalf of Project Phoenix. Achuthan is the CEO and founder of solar manufacturer Convalt Energy. READ THE FULL S...
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Denver fails to meet emergency response time goals, audit says
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Denver fails to meet emergency response time goals, audit says

By Deborah Grigsby | Denver Gazette A city audit concluded that Denver's emergency first responders are failing to meet their own response time goals — a situation that managers partly blamed on new laws that resulted in having less control over how often staffers could take a leave of absence. Emergency managers also said that, as a result, the city needs to hire more 911 operators.       Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien said he sought to evaluate several key aspects of the city’s 911 emergency response system, including alignment with industry standards, adequate staffing levels, oversight and monitoring, the reliability of data used for decision-making, and compliance with contractual obligations. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER GAZETTE
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Mayor claims Denver has ended street homelessness among veterans
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Mayor claims Denver has ended street homelessness among veterans

By Noah Festenstein | Denver Gazette Brian Asbeck, a Navy veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2003 to 2007, found himself living on the streets of Denver a little over a decade later. Asbeck said he moved to Denver three years ago, “hoping for a fresh start.”  “But (I) quickly found myself living out of my vehicle after a hardship,” he said. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Brauchler: Residents of the new 23rd District choose law and order
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Brauchler: Residents of the new 23rd District choose law and order

By George Brauchler | Commentary, Denver Gazette On Jan. 14, every district attorney in Colorado will take the oath of office and begin a four-year term of seeking justice and public safety consistent with the values of their individual jurisdiction and within the limitations of Colorado’s ever-weakening laws. For the first time in more than 60 years in Colorado, a new judicial district will come into existence, and with it, a brand new district attorney’s office. I am honored to have the opportunity and obligation to be the first DA to lead the new 23rd Judicial District. This jurisdiction — comprising Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties — begins at a unique time and place in Colorado’s history. Colorado is far from a “top 10 safest state,” as pledged by Gov. Jared Polis in 2022...
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