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January is National Radon Action Month, and radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. Unfortunately, about 50% of homes in Colorado have high radon levels. Tri-County Health Department (TCHD) will be campaigning using bus advertisements for radon awareness throughout the metro area during January. TCHD is also giving away 300 free radon test kits starting in January.

DENVER - Today, Gov. Polis ordered flags lowered to half staff on all public buildings statewide from sunrise to sunset on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, to honor the passing of Assistant Chief Troy Jackson.

The Board of County Commissioners passed Resolution 2019-646 Establishing Office Closures for 2020. The county will observe 12 scheduled closures, and employees will have an additional Floating Holiday, in 2020. All government offices will be closed on the 12 noted closure dates.

The Adams County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the 2020 Adams County budget at public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 10.

Top priorities in the 2020 budget, set at $574,283,381, a 10.9% increase from 2019, include education and economic prosperity, a high-performing and fiscally sustainable government, quality of life, safe and reliable infrastructure, and community enrichment.

DENVER - Today, Gov. Polis ordered the Colorado and American flags be lowered to half staff on all public buildings statewide from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in recognition of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, and as proclaimed by President Trump. 

On Thursday, December 5, Suncor’s Commerce City refinery will conduct testing on one of its flare units in Plant 1. The work will begin at 8 a.m. and completed by approximately 6 p.m. As a result of this activity, increased flaring with potentially larger flames and smoke could occur from the flare stack.  Additional updates will be provided if the refinery experiences increased flaring for an extended period of time.

Adams County Community Partner Foster Source introduced the Charles “Chaz” Tedesco Champion Award and awarded it to namesake Commissioner Chaz Tedesco at the organization’s fall fundraiser in November 2019.

Adams County leads the nation in job growth, according to a recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Bureau gathered employment statistics from 355 of the largest U.S. counties from June 2018 to June 2019.

Expect ramp closures overnight. Consecutive ramps will not be closed at the same time. Detour to the next ramp.

Construction activities are weather and site-condition dependent and schedules are subject to change.

Construction activities will halt at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 27 for the holiday weekend and will resume at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2. Long-term closures will remain in place.

Today, 20 children in Adams County welcomed a new start on National Adoption Day. A special celebration took place at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton. The Board of County Commissioners, Human Services Department, and the 17th Judicial District hosted the adoptive families. Adams County projects a total of 160 adoptions will be finalized by the end of the year.