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Bob Stromberg offered the best of reasons for joining the 2,500 people who ran the Platte River Half Marathon & Buckhorn Exchange Relay on Sunday: He isn’t dead. 

Last April 4, the Parker resident was in Marin, Calif., on a family vacation. While trying to get in a run before he and his family returned to Colorado, the 44-year-old triathlete suffered a heart attack.

“I was running along the boardwalk, I stopped for a second and then I just dropped dead,” Stromberg said. 

Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette spent time in her Colorado district last week — including the newly added South Jeffco areas — and she brought plenty of controversy with her.

DeGette fielded issues ranging from the legalization of marijuana to federal budget cuts, but gun control, which has been a hot topic at the federal level and at the Colorado statehouse, dominated the week’s headlines.

The Jeffco Sheriff's Office has arrested a South Jeffco man in connection with an alleged attempted sexual assault on Thursday afternoon.

Xavier Sebastian McDaniel, 20, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of first-degree burglary and attempted sexual assault causing serious bodily injury.

McDaniel is accused of walking through an unlocked apartment door in a complex where he lives near West Bowles Avenue and South Simms Street about 3:30 p.m. Thursday. A teenage girl who was home alone reportedly was the subject of an attempted sexual assault.

A proposal to allow chicken coops and beekeeping in Jeffco has soared over its final hurdle. 

The county commissioners voted 3-0 to allow citizens in unincorporated residential areas to keep up to six chickens and two beehives on properties of at least 4,000 square feet. 

Originally, the proposal would have allowed one hive for every 4,000 square feet, but the planning staff made the change after feedback from several beekeepers.