Edgewater News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2008 The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force has identified and arrested a serial bank robbery subject, nicknamed by Investigators as Bank Robber BOB.

The man who authorities dubbed Bank Robber Bob for allegedly robbing several banks in the Metro Denver area was arrested Monday.

The Utah Highway Patrol has identified a two Coloradans killed when their pickup truck collided with another vehicle on Interstate 70.

Of the $40 million in New Market Tax Credits allocated to the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, the most significant contribution the agency has made is for the renovation of the former Fontius building ...

Two-pound, nine-ounce rainbow trout is the catch of the day at 22nd Lake Estes derby

" The third annual Jefferson County Community Resource fair is Tuesday from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. The Jefferson County Department of Human Services is putting on this free resource fair to promote your business as ...

One of two men suspected of robbing a store while wearing women's thongs to cover part of their faces has been arrested.

Watch the "masked" robbers in action. denverpost.com/extras Arvada police say they have unmasked the "Thong Bandits," a pair of robbers masked in women's undies to knock off a gas station last month.

Members of the West Metro Drug Force uncovered a meth lab in an Edgewater apartment and arrested the two occupants after neighbors reported a strange odor Tuesday night. via Rocky Mountain News

About 50 people were evacuated from an Edgewater apartment building overnight due to the threat of explosion from a suspected drug lab. via TheDenverChannel

Marcus Coleman's life took a sudden, cruel turn when he was widowed by the F5 tornado that tore through Edgewater 10 years ago on April 8. That storm dramatically altered Martha Harley's life, too, when six ... via Birmingham News Online

“The Dems have failed to yak and scream about this because they are beholden to the auto companies”

Along with Democrat Mark Udall and Republican Bob Schaffer, two Green Party candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Wayne Allard. via Vail Daily News

“Both contracts were approved unanimously”

Denver Business Journal - by Paula Moore Denver Business Journal The board of the Cherry Creek North Business Improvement District has OK'd two contracts totaling nearly $2 million for the design of capital ... via Denver Business Journal

Lumberg Elementary School in Edgewater has been evacuated after students and staff were feeling ill, district officials say. via Denver Post

U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar on Friday will hold a press conference on Friday in Edgewater to discuss the The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008, legislation that was recently introduced in the Senate to help keep ... via Denver Rocky Mountain News

“We can get an answer from our district soon and we can start to serve again.”

Public school districts across the Denver metro area have temporarily stopped serving beef in their cafeterias. The federal government took action after an undercover investigation by the Humane Society.

Districts including Denver, Cherry Creek, and Jefferson and Douglas counties are complying with the "hold order" for beef products.

"We were notified this morning to put a hold on all of our beef products," said Hope Hicks, kitchen manager at Lumberg Elementary School in Edgewater.

The hold order is due to a Humane Society undercover investigation that revealed sick or crippled cattle at a government inspected slaughterhouse, raising the possibility of mad cow disease. Read more

Editor's note: the letter below was sent to the Mayor of the City of Edgewater, its Councilpeople, and the heads of the departments in the city that have quasi-judicial or legal function, as well as the City ... via North Denver News

“I think people's attention to this (now) is because there were so many in such a short time”

Residents in Edgewater appeared relieved Tuesday night to learn that three arrests had been made connected to at least 11 burglaries in a recent crime spree, including a teen-ager wearing a home-arrest ankle ... via Denver Post