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Boulder’s largest homeless shelter hit maximum capacity during winter storm
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Boulder Reporting Lab, Local

Boulder’s largest homeless shelter hit maximum capacity during winter storm

By John Herrick | Boulder Reporting Lab The Boulder Shelter for the Homeless, the city’s largest shelter in North Boulder, reached full capacity during Thursday night’s snowstorm. As a result, four people were turned away due to lack of capacity, a shelter official told Boulder Reporting Lab.  The shelter expanded its capacity to sleep 180 people during last week’s storm, which dumped about 18 inches of snow on parts of the City of Boulder, according to the National Weather Service. During such weather events, the shelter’s protocol is to increase its capacity to 180 from 160 people and remain open during the day to people who slept there the prior night. The shelter is typically closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., though a new day services center is expected to open th...
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Weld County pulls deputies from community in Northern Colorado to combat jail staffing shortage
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Weld County pulls deputies from community in Northern Colorado to combat jail staffing shortage

By Dillon Thomas | CBS Colorado The Weld County Sheriff's Office is pulling back some services to the community while the agency tries to combat a worker shortage within the county jail. Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams announced the agency has pulled some deputies and employees from the community to make sure the jail is properly staffed. The changes are temporary until more employees can be hired and trained. "We are having a terrible time finding people to work at the sheriff's office," said Weld County Sheriff's Office Cpt. Matt Turner. Turner said the decision to pull resources, including the animal control division, from the community was a difficult decision. However, he said the sheriff was placed in a tough position due to lack of funding. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COL...
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Fort Collins City Council to vote on rules to change public commenting
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Local, Northern Colorado, The Coloradoan

Fort Collins City Council to vote on rules to change public commenting

BY REBECCA POWELL | THE COLORADOAN Fort Collins City Council will decide whether to change the way public participation is handled in future meetings during a special meeting Monday. City staff says the proposed changes are meant to deal with disruptive crowds or high volumes of public comment that impede city business, but groups who have been prominent fixtures at council meetings say the new proposal limits public input and undermines transparent government and responsiveness. At the March 18 special meeting, which will start at 5 p.m. at City Hall, council members will consider proposed changes that would give them the ability to: READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADOAN
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AI-guided robot used to sort recylables in Colorado Springs
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AI-guided robot used to sort recylables in Colorado Springs

By Kasia Kerridge | CBS 11-Colorado Springs A local recycling facility is the first in southern Colorado to use a robot to help sort materials. 11 News visited Republic Services, near I-25 and Garden of the Gods, to see the AMP Cortex in action. Republic Services says the AI-guided recycling robotic system helps sort food and beverage containers from El Paso, Pueblo, Chaffee and Elbert counties. “It uses a vision system and it recognizes materials that [are] coming up through the stream, and it will decide what to pick,” said maintenance safety tech at Republic Services Thomas Brackett. “It has a vacuum tube, and what it will do is it registers, it will go down and pick it and then it will shoot it down into the shoot that it needs, so it uses air.” READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS 1...
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No comment: In Weld County, commissioners have removed public’s opportunity to speak at meetings
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No comment: In Weld County, commissioners have removed public’s opportunity to speak at meetings

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice GREELEY – A collection of residents in Weld County argued, during a town hall meeting here Wednesday, they should have an opportunity to express opinions and engage with officials they elected. Recently, though, Commissioner Kevin Ross and a majority of other commissioners removed public input from the Board of County Commissioner meeting agendas. It meant residents could still address the board on agenda items, but not on topics not included on the agenda. “There is no where in state or county law where it says we have to have it,” Ross said. That is true, said Jeff Roberts, executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition. Open meetings law does not cover the subject of whether or not a board or commission must all...
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Timnath Question 1A would restrict annexation, including Ladera land, if passed
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Local, Northern Colorado, The Coloradoan

Timnath Question 1A would restrict annexation, including Ladera land, if passed

By PAT FERRIER | Fort Collins Coloradoan The speed with which the proposed 240-acre Ladera development project in Timnath is built will largely depend on the outcome of the April 2 election. That's when Timnath's roughly 6,500 registered voters will decide ballot question 1A, a citizen-led initiative that would restrict the town from annexing any land that includes an active mining permit until reclamation is completed. It would apply retroactively to the 188.5-acre Connell LLC annexation the town approved Feb. 13 that includes Connell Resources' active mine and asphalt plant. If passed, Question 1A could slow development of the project's second phase — the 188.5 acres annexed Feb. 13 —but would not stop its first phase, roughly 60 acres on the northeast side of the site...
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Sonnenberg wins 4th District straw poll in Holyoke, his second straw poll victory
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Eastern Plains, Local, Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Sonnenberg wins 4th District straw poll in Holyoke, his second straw poll victory

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice The candidate that emerges in Colorado’s 4th District to represent the eastern third of the state in Congress will have a tall order – to serve a predominately urban population along the Front Range and a mostly rural population along the furthest reaches of the Eastern Plains. Jerry Sonnenberg may have begun making the case he is one who can do it, winning his second straw poll in the district Sunday at a tri-county forum held in Holyoke. The combined Phillips, Sedgwick and Yuma County event drew a crowd of about 200-250 and Sonnenberg came away with 55 of the 184 votes cast to take 29.9% of the vote. Ted Harvey gathered 38 votes to finish second and Lauren Boebert was third with 30 votes. Boebert had won a previous straw poll in Windsor...
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Floating solar array could improve water quality, lower the power bill for Fort Lupton — if a federal grant comes through
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Local, Northern Colorado, The Colorado Sun

Floating solar array could improve water quality, lower the power bill for Fort Lupton — if a federal grant comes through

By Mark Jaffe | Colorado Sun When it came to its water treatment plant Fort Lupton had two concerns: controlling algae in the reservoir next to the plant and the aging diesel generator that backed-up the facility when the electric grid was down. In collaboration with its power supplier Brighton-based United Power and the co-op’s contractor Schneider Electric the city found a solution for both – and then some. That plan — a microgrid with a battery fed by 850 kilowatts of solar panels floating on the reservoir — is in line for a $6.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, part of $366 million awarded to 17 projects in rural areas and tribal nations from Alaska to Florida. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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‘Great sadness’ as City of Loveland, Colorado losing leadership
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denvergazette.com, Local

‘Great sadness’ as City of Loveland, Colorado losing leadership

BY Carol McKinley | Denver Gazette The city of Loveland lost two of its municipal leaders Tuesday during a special meeting called by the City Council. City Attorney Moses Garcia and Municipal Court Judge Geri Joneson separated from the city. Garcia’s departure was an expected part of the meeting, but Joneson's departure appeared to be a bombshell to the council.  After coming out of executive session with Joneson, Loveland City Council member Troy Kenning announced that the judge was exiting “for personal reasons and entirely unrelated to her performance.” The panel voted 9-0 to approve her resignation, many of whom expressed “great sadness.”  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Aurora’s housing strategy team sets goals, gives recommendations for boosting affordable housing
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Aurora’s housing strategy team sets goals, gives recommendations for boosting affordable housing

By Kyla Pearce | Denver Gazette City of Aurora officials this week reported progress advancing they city's housing strategy, putting forth recommendations for enhancing the city's stock of affordable housing and getting additional funding through Proposition 123. Aurora adopted its housing strategy in 2020, which identified gaps in affordable housing and laid out a plan to improve affordability. At the time, city officials presented data showing the city short about 7,500 affordable rental units for households earning under $25,000 a year and 12,000 families below half of the Area Median Income (AMI). READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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