State Highway 392 Washed Out In Weld County

Severe weather overnight in Weld County washed out a busy highway. Ashley Mohr with the Colorado Department of Transportation says crews are working at this hour to rebuild a portion of State Highway 392 near mile marker 119....






TAG: C-DOT has set up local detours around the work which is expected to take about a week.

Denver College Lowers Tuition For Illegal Aliens

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Denver's Metro State College Board of Trustees approved a plan to lower tuition for illegal aliens living in Colorado by 58-percent. The motion carried 7 to 1 at Thursday's meeting. At least one Colorado Lawmaker...Republican Ft. Morgan Rep Jon Becker...has a problem with the decision. He says the school has put their state funding in jeopardy because they went with a plan that had been rejected by the legislature. Becker contends that, because the school receives state funding, the tuition break is being paid for with tax-payer dollars.

Greeley Man Convicted of manslaughter by Rock

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A Weld County jury has convicted a man on charges that he threw a rock from his balcony and killed a man.
Dominick Ramirez threw the rock at 60-year old Larry Pino following an altercation. The manslaughter conviction carries a sentence of up to 12 years in prison. Ramirez will be sentenced on August 8th.

Brush Schools Get Distance Learning Grant

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More than 285-thousand dollars of USDA grant money is coming to the Brush School District to set up a Distance learning Lab at Brush High School. The grant also involves The Pawnee, Prairie, and Wiggins School Districts. Brush would not have gotten the grant alone because it is not considered "rural" enough based on grant guidelines. The money will be used to set up a lab that will allow students to access classrooms all over the world via interactive video conferences.