Governor Polis Orders Flags To Fly at Half Staff For 30 Days To Honor Former President Jimmy Carter

You are invited to join the Adams County Sheriff’s Office as they swear in honorary deputy Kaiden Ross. The nine-year-old was recently diagnosed with a rare type of kidney cancer that has spread to different parts of his body. The event will be held on Monday, Aug. 19, 5:30 p.m., in the Adams County Public Hearing Room, 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy., Brighton. If you can’t be there in support, the Sheriff’s Office is also raising money to help the family with medical costs. Donate here.

A single eastbound lane closure will be in place for 24 hours, from 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, until 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. The closure location is from MP 5.63 to MP 5.73 at the I-76/I-25 interchange. This 24-hour lane closure is necessary so crews can repair concrete deck panels and make bridge improvements to maximize driver safety. CDOT anticipates medium travel impact to motorists traveling the affected route and some delays are expected. The project supports CDOT's new Whole System, Whole Safety initiative.

Adams County Manager Raymond Gonzales announced today the hiring of Katie Griego as the county’s new Director of Human Services. Griego will join the team on Monday, Aug. 19. This position provides critical leadership and oversight to a large department that includes many multi-disciplinary teams.

This week, a mosquito pool sampled in Thornton by Tri-County Health Department tested positive for West Nile Virus. If you’re outside in the early morning and late evening, be sure to use a mosquito repellent that contains DEET. For more information on prevention and risk, visit Tri-County Health Department's website.

Vaccination Critical to Keep Measles Out of Colorado

Notice: Suncor ERT will conduct live fire training on Thursday, Aug. 8 , 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Suncor Fire Training Center. During the training there will likely be flames and smoke produced. In the event of an actual emergency, all ERT training will cease and proper alarms will be sounded. If you have any questions, contact Clint Lawton, 303.227.6195, or Jeff Osetek, 303.286.5758 or 303.656.5883.

Nationwide, August is celebrated as Child Support Awareness Month, and today it’s been proclaimed so in Adams County by the Board of County Commissioners.

“Often, Child Support Services workers are made out to be the bad person,” says Wisler Jacquecin, Administrator, Adams County Child Support Services (CSS) Division. “Hopefully, the awareness activities during this month will show we’re here to be advocates for the children and to provide assistance to the parents where we can.”

Anticipate traffic delays on US 36 between Westminster and Boulder Monday, Aug. 5, through Wednesday, Aug.7, 10 p.m.-5 a.m. These delays will be due to installation of green screen devices on top of the concrete barriers which separate east and westbound lanes of traffic.  This screen is intended to decrease headlight glare as well as increase nighttime visibility.

Aug. 4, 2019 - Gov. Jared Polis today ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide immediately, until sunset on Aug. 8, to honor the victims of the shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, and as proclaimed by President Donald J. Trump. See the full presidential proclamation below. 

HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDIES IN EL PASO, TEXAS, AND DAYTON, OHIO 
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

Tri-County Health Department is working with numerous sites in Commerce City regarding plague-infested fleas affecting the prairie dog colonies in the region. Several areas have been closed voluntarily, signs have been posted, and the prairie dogs’ holes are being treated with insecticide to kill any fleas that could transmit the disease to prairie dogs, humans, and pets. These areas are affected until further notice: