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Clear Creek County sheriff strives for change in his office after former deputy sentencing
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Clear Creek County sheriff strives for change in his office after former deputy sentencing

By Nate Belt | Fox 31 News IDAHO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — Former Clear Creek County deputy Andrew Buen will spend the next three years behind bars, officially sentenced Monday morning after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Christian Glass nearly three years ago. Clear Creek County Sheriff Matthew Harris says while they still have a ways to go, he’s confident his office is on the right track to making sure something like this doesn’t happen again thanks to many policy changes made since Glass’s death. “We as an organization understand the tragic nature of what happened,” said Harris. That’s why he said things needed to change in his office. “We issued over 200 brand new policies in the last year,” said Harris. Policies to better hold dep...
Widespread power outage closes Clear Creek County schools, businesses in Colorado’s mountains
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Widespread power outage closes Clear Creek County schools, businesses in Colorado’s mountains

By Jennifer McRae | CBS Colorado Thousands of people living in Clear Creek County in Colorado's mountain community woke up without power on Thursday morning. The outage impacting nearly 4,000 people started at 3:10 a.m. and was expected to be fully restored by 1:30 p.m.  According to the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office, the cause of the power outage is being investigated. The outage impacted homes, businesses, schools, and government offices.  READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO