Today's News

Shoulder surgery to repair a dislocated rotator cuff. A broken nose. Plenty of doubters. And, yet, Lindsay Caprio wouldn’t have it any other way. The 16-year-old Chatfield junior is a rugby player, no doubt about it.

   Jefferson County is updating its 10 community plans as part of its new Comprehensive Master Plan.

Meetings to gather citizen input for the South Jeffco plan will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 15, at the Ken Caryl Ranch House, 7676 S. Continental Divide Road, and on Wednesday, July 28, at the Columbine Library.

The defense team for Deer Creek Middle School shooting suspect Bruco Eastwood lost a round July 23, when a judge overturned a prior ruling that prevented prosecutors from accessing the defendant’s jail records.

District Judge Christopher Munch also denied a defense attorney’s request to close the motions hearing to the public.

From county commissioner to Colorado governor, Jeffco voters face very crowded ballots this year, and as the primary election approaches on Aug. 10, our opinion pages will no doubt become more crowded as well.

Before the usual avalanche of political letters to the editor — and the subsequent phone calls asking why some letters haven’t appeared — I’d like to review our policy.

• All letters must be accompanied by a verifiable name, along with information that allows us to contact the author.