Charley Able

Two fun and free events await families as the summer draws to as close. The Jeffco DA’s Safety Fair and the West Metro Fire/Rescue District’s Family Fire Muster are on consecutive weekends later this month.

If City Council decides to send measure to voters in November, it must act quickly to meet the early September ballot deadline. Plan would require vehicles of unlicensed drivers to be seized.

Officials expect to fully contain the Dakota Ridge blaze by dark. The fire, which broke out early Monday afternoon, has caused no injuries and has not damaged any structures.

Despite overnight moisture, hillside blaze began growing again early Tuesday and the fire was about 25 percent contained by midafternoon. No injuries have been reported and no homes are in danger.

City Council scraps plan to place all petition-driven ballot measures on November ballots except those scheduled earlier at Council’s discretion. Instead voters will decide whether to double the the City Clerk’s Office processing time.

Cheryl Fugett, who skipped out on closing arguments and the verdict in her trial in June, was convicted of taking more than $20,000 for her own use, including repairs to her hot tub and pool.

Suspect faces extradition to Colorado in beating death at victim’s Lakewood home. Another suspect remains jailed without bond and a third faces trial on theft by receiving charges.

Jeffco Clerk & Recorder’s Office offers link to on-line customized ballot website that compiles the ballot by precinct, according to the user’s address. Ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. Aug. 10.

RV owners can park for only 48 hours at a stretch to load, unload, maintain and make their vehicles road-ready under ordinance passed to bar long-term storage of RVs on the street.

Neighborhood spokeswoman says the community will continue the battle against a nebulous plan for the commercial and retail redevelopment of the site at the intersection of West Alameda Avenue and Kipling street.

JEFFERSON COUNTY – A woman indicted by a Jeffco Grand Jury earlier this year is in custody in Chicago pending extraction to Colorado, the District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
Andrea Harris-Frazier, 54, was indicted on 43 counts of theft, forgery and attempted theft. The indictment named 28 people investigators believe were victimized by Harris-Frazier between November [...]

Wheat Ridge man, on probation for selling liquor to a minor later involved in a 2007 fatal car crash, admits he sold beer to a teen-ager during a Lakewood Police operation.

Debate centers around higher cost of special elections and the City Clerk’s heavy workload vs. a more speedy path for citizens taking the ‘direct democracy’ route to appealing City Council actions. Voters would make the final decision on the proposal.

Man accused of selling alohol to teen in Lakewood Police sting admits violating probation terms in a previous case that had a lethal outcome for a local youngster.

Concerned citizens collect nearly 3,000 signatures in three weeks in effort to send controversial rezoning to a city-wide vote. City Clerk will determine whether petitions stand.

On-street RV parking would be limited to 48 hours – to load and unload before and after trips – if Council approves the draft porposal in July. Also in the plan is a proposed two-week permit for visitors in parked RVs and removal of an existing total ban on parking RVs that are longer than 25 feet.

One of the summer’s best family activities, West Metro Fire Rescue District’s Family Fire Muster, will be postponed until August to avoid the rain and lightning expected over the weekend, the first postponement in the event’s 16 years.

School board approves budget with nearly $662 million in operating expenses. Critics of the budget questions why a pay increase was granted, forcing the loss of nearly 70 teachers and the resulting larger student/teacher ratio.