Sixty Adams County high school students were awarded scholarships totaling more than $1 million on Thursday, May 30, through the Adams County Scholarship Fund. Adams County Commissioners introduced the Scholarship Fund in 2016 in partnership with the Colorado Department of Higher Education's Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative.
On Monday night and Thursday night, June 3 and June 6, full ramp closures will take place on the northbound and southbound 120th Avenue on-ramps. Closures on the north- and southbound on-ramps will take place both nights from 9:30 p.m.-5:30 a.m.
Detour Routes:
Northbound - Detour via Washington Street to 136th Avenue
Southbound - Detour via Huron Street to 104th Avenue
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and contractor, ABCO Contracting of Denver, began making repairs to 12 bridges at the I-25/I-76 and I-25/I-70 interchanges on April 14. This repair project is designed to improve the structural integrity of the bridges at two of the state’s busiest interstate interchanges, and to support CDOT's Whole System - Whole Safety initiative. Completion is scheduled for October 2019. For futher updates on this project, visit codot.gov.
Adams County won the Colorado National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) Commissioners Award for work on Homes for Hope and 7401 Broadway, the former Child and Family Services Center. The Board of Commissioners recognized county staff involved at public hearing earlier today.
Adams County Clerk & Recorder Josh Zygielbaum hired a third-party company, Eide Bailly, to perform an independent audit of the misplaced ballots from the 2018 General Election.
The report is complete and absolves the county and their ballot printing vendor, K&H Integrated Print Solutions, of any misconduct.
At about 1 p.m. today, May 24, the Suncor Commerce City Refinery’s Plant 2 FCC unit experienced an operational upset. The upset resulted in a subsequent abnormal emission out of the top of the FCC unit’s stack. They are also experiencing expected increased flaring as a result of this incident. Feed has been pulled from the unit and the operations team is in the process of bringing the units down. Suncor has made the required regulatory notifications, is investigating the root cause of the incident, and determining a path forward.
On Thursday, May 23, Governor Jared Polis signed the following 10 bills into law:
NOTICE: Suncor will conduct Fire Extinguisher Training on Monday, May 21, at the Suncor Fire Training Center from 1 - 3 p.m. The training will be performed at the Plant 1 Fire Training Grounds. During the training sessions there will likely be flames and smoke produced. In the event of an actual emergency, all training will cease and proper alarms will be sounded.
The Adams County Parks, Open Space & Cultural Arts Department is offering free debris drop-off for Adams County residents who have damaged trees or broken branches starting tomorrow, May 22, through Sunday, May 26, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Riverdale Regional Park, 9755 Henderson Rd., Brighton. Signs will direct residents to the drop-off site. This service is available to residents and may not be used by commercial landscapers or businesses.
The Adams County Elections Department received many entries for the “I Voted” sticker design contest. Because of the large number of contenders, the Elections Department decided to award four winners.
“My office was incredibly impressed with the quality of designs Adams County students sent in for the design contest,” says Adams County Clerk & Recorder Josh Zygielbaum. “We’re excited to recognize four of these amazing and talented students and use their designs in the upcoming elections.”
