Author: Christopher Osher
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Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park had past ejections of children from coaster cars, prior to death of 6-year-old girl, documents show
Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, where a six-year-old girl fell to her death from the Haunted Mine Drop, had other mishaps and injuries in the past, including at least two children hospitalized after they were ejected in separate incidents from roller coaster cars, state documents show. Six-year-old Wongel Estifanos died after falling 110 feet from a…
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Haunted Mine Drop ride passed all safety inspections, but questions remain about Colorado Springs girl’s death
The amusement ride on which a Colorado Springs girl died on Sunday passed all safety inspections, but its designer has long promoted the absence of some safety features he says makes the ride more exciting. Colorado Springs resident Wongel Estifanos, 6, died on the Haunted Mine Drop at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park Sunday night. An…
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Police leave disabled Colorado woman with nearly $1,600 toll bill after using her stolen license plate
A 52-year-old Westminster woman with back problems faces $1,592.72 in E-470 toll charges because the president of the Colorado Fraternal Order of Police, who also headed the narcotics unit of the Longmont Police Department, used a stolen license plate that comes back as registered to her. Debra Romero stands for a portrait next to her…
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Thousands of new Colorado homes in peril as wildfire protection plans languish
Fire chief Jay Teague discusses the wildfire preventative measures for the Four Mile Fire Protection District. (Video by Skyler Ballard and Katie Klann) Developers built tens of thousands of new homes in Colorado’s riskiest areas for wildfires over the last decade, while local and state forest officials allowed wildfire protection plans across the state to…
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Colorado wildfires threaten new homes in high-risk areas with out-of-date protection plans
Most wildfire protection plans in the riskiest parts of Colorado were drafted before big housing growth
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Lawsuit alleges former investigator fabricated evidence in prosecution of Colorado Springs developer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former investigator for District Attorney’s Office in El Paso County fabricated evidence, ignored evidence of a defendant’s innocence and conspired with Colorado Springs City Council members when she tried for more than a decade to prosecute developer Ray Marshall on charges of embezzlement, according…
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CDOT spent at least $3.2 billion through procurement practices in past decade that didn’t rely on traditional low-bid pricing
Over roughly the past decade at least $3.2 billion of the state’s transportation constructions projects used “alternative delivery” programs that steered clear of strict low-bid procedures, sending about 80% of that money to projects involving two contractors, a review of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s procurement processes by The Gazette found. The newspaper’s review further…
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Colorado spent at least $3.2B on roads in decade without traditional low-bid pricing
Over roughly the past decade at least $3.2 billion of the state’s transportation construction projects used “alternative delivery” programs that steered clear of strict low-bid procedures, sending about 80% of that money to projects involving two contractors, a review of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s procurement processes by The Denver Gazette found. The newspaper’s review…
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Colorado judicial official cited desire to avoid ‘paper trail’ in email tied to discrimination case
The human resources director of the Colorado judicial department in an email said he “didn’t want to create a paper trail” for then-Chief Supreme Court Justice Nathan Coates regarding details of an investigation into a Black lawyer’s claims that the Supreme Court exhibited racial and age discrimination against her when it hired a less experienced…
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Dual controversies hit Polis, Colorado COVID test program
Colorado’s coronavirus testing program pushed what critics contend are flawed tests in nursing homes from a fledgling company run by a 25-year-old college dropout that had the backing of a major Democratic campaign donor with a financial stake in the firm and a tie to Gov. Jared Polis’ administration. Meanwhile, about 1.86 million at-home, self-administered…