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  • 4 days ago | cbsnews.com | Brian Maass

    Two Aurora firefighters -- a lieutenant and an engineer -- have been demoted over a bizarre incident in which the firefighters are accused of using their fire engine spotlights to blind an Aurora police officer as he drove toward the truck in his patrol car, forcing the police vehicle off the road to avoid a crash in a bizarre game resembling "chicken," CBS News Colorado has learned. According to CBS News sources and fire department records, Aurora Police Sgt.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Brian Maass

    A new paid leave program for City of Denver workers is causing "unintended consequences" at the city's 911 call answering center, with overall leave usage among 911 call takers shooting up 334% in 2024, the first year of the Denver Care Bank program. That's according to Andrew Dameron, the director of the 911 center. "When you provide benefits to employees that allows them to take more time off, then there are costs on the other end," said Dameron.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Brian Maass

    Janel Forde, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's Chief Operating Officer, has left the Mayor's office and taken a job with the University of Colorado. Forde's hiring as the city's COO was announced in August 2023. She left the Mayor's office on June 13 and has been hired by CU- Boulder to serve as the Senior Vice Chancellor for Operations. She will assume that role on June 23.

  • 1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Brian Maass

    A steady stream of Denver City workers on Wednesday blasted a proposed rule change that would make it easier to lay off city workers, regardless of their seniority.

  • 2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Brian Maass

    Neka Sunlin estimates she has checked out about 1,000 Front Range sprinkler systems in the past 9 years, and invariably finds inefficiencies in the residential sprinkler systems that are costing homeowners water and money. Sunlin works with a nonprofit called Resource Central which says in the last 20 years, its Colorado sprinkler system assessments have helped save nearly 2 billion gallons of water. "Saving water is a great way to save money, too," said Resource Central's CEO, Neal Lurie.

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Henry Zimmerman

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Digital Innovation Editor, News at Colorado Public Radio

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Karen Morfitt

Reporter at KCNC-TV (Denver, CO)

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Alan Gionet primarily covers news in Denver, Colorado, United States and surrounding areas.

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Brian Maass
Brian Maass @Briancbs4
6 Jun 25

Facing a projected $200 million deficit next year, @CityofDenver proposes major shift that would remove barriers to laying off workers with seniority: https://t.co/wdDTHD65Ig

Brian Maass
Brian Maass @Briancbs4
6 Jun 25

Top @CityofDenver administrator says the number of layoffs of city workers in 2026 will likely be "in the hundreds" due to projected $200 million budget deficit. At 10pm on @CBSNewsColorado she explains proposed rule changes to make it easier to lay off veteran workers.. https://t.co/wmiecC5dD9

Brian Maass
Brian Maass @Briancbs4
3 Jun 25

#BreakingNews -the entire family of accused #BoulderAttack suspect Mohamed Soliman has been taken into custody per @Sec_Noem who says in post govt investigating what his family knew about the attack. Soliman told investigators he had 5 children. @CBSNewsColorado https://t.co/4zY3AOFyKA

Secretary Kristi Noem
Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_Noem

Today, @DHSgov and @ICEGov are taking the family of suspected Boulder, Colorado terrorist, and illegal alien, Mohamed Soliman, into ICE custody. This terrorist will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We are investigating to what extent his family knew about this https://t.co/fcjMiyWil7