Today's News

The Jeffco Sheriff’s Office seized 18 horses from a Morrison property May 21.

“The horses have illnesses and physical issues,” said Christine Padilla, an animal control officer with the Sheriff’s Office. “(Most of the horses) were kept in a dirt lot, and there was no grass for them to graze on.”

Padilla also said there is a 75-foot drop on the property that isn’t fenced off.

“The majority of the horses were in poor condition and underweight,” Padilla said. 

The Littleton City Council has voted to remove Scott Ranville from the city’s planning board.

Ranville, who was removed from the board May 21 on a 6-0 vote, was appointed to the volunteer panel in April and had attended two meetings, including a postponed hearing on the proposed Broadstone development project on May 13.

The Jeffco county commissioners approved an ordinance Thursday that allows the sheriff to prohibit openly carrying firearms in designated county buildings despite Commissioner Don Rosier’s concern that the ordinance left too many questions unanswered.

The ordinance, approved on a 2-1 vote with Rosier dissenting, directs the sheriff to conduct yearly vulnerability assessments of county buildings and to decide whether the open carrying of firearms should be banned.

ATHLETICS
Speed and agility camp set for Dakota Ridge
Dakota Ridge High School is hosting its annual speed and agility camp June 3 to July 3.
The camp runs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and is open to children in grades two through 12. The camp runs from 9 to 10:15 a.m., for grades 2-9 and from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., for grades 10-12.
Cost is $85. Brochures are available in the main office at Dakota Ridge and online at the school’s website at  https://sites.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/dakota-hs/.