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In this image from an April 2017 video provided by the Denver Police Department, Olivia Gant, who was 6 years old at the time, rides with Capt. Tim Scudder on a call in Denver. Olivia's mother, Kelly Turner, will be sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, after pleading guilty last month to child abuse resulting in death, charitable fraud and theft between $100,000 and $1 million, according to prosecutors. Authorities say she duped doctors about her daughter’s health, leading to unnecessary surgeries and medications. (Denver Police Department via The Denver Post via AP)

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Colorado mom fatally abused child, gets 16-year prison term
By PATTY NIEBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,02/08/22-11:05PM , 219 Reads
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado mother who fatally abused her 7-year-old daughter and lied about her health to get handouts from charities worth at least $100,000 was sentenced to 16 years in prison as part of a plea deal that threw out murder charges.
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Sean Hovorka, production superintendent Trapper Mining, holds coal from the Trapper Mine on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Craig, Colo. Hovorka, also recently elected member of the town's city council, sees a future in mining because of renewables. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Colorado coal town grapples with future as plant shuts down
By PATTY NIEBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,01/19/22-8:59AM , 224 Reads
CRAIG, Colorado (AP) — In a quiet valley tucked away from Colorado’s bustling ski resorts, far from his hometown in northern Mexico, Trinidad Loya found a way to support his family’s American dream: Coal.
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Homes burn as a wildfire rips through a development near Rock Creek Village, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, near Broomfield, Colo. An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver, officials said Thursday evening. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Colorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes, force evacuations
By PATTY NIEBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,12/30/21-2:31PM , 168 Reads
DENVER (AP) — An estimated 580 homes, a hotel and a shopping center have burned and tens of thousands of people were evacuated in wind-fueled wildfires outside Denver, officials said Thursday evening.
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6 teens injured in drive-by shooting near Denver area school
By PATTY NIEBERG - AP / Report for America
Mon,11/15/21-2:42PM , 133 Reads
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Six teenagers were wounded Monday in a drive-by shooting in a park near a suburban Denver high school, but all were expected to survive, police said.
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