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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Adams County commissioners are backing off rules limiting public protests to a free-speech area.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Former Adams County District Attorney Don Quick is hoping to become Colorado's next attorney general.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Adams County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man wanted on a Pueblo County arrest warrant over the weekend after he was accused of stealing more than $57,000 worth of items from two businesses.

Monday, April 30, 2012  A bear wandering around a suburban Denver neighborhood has been tranquilized and will be taken back to the wild.

Wednesday, November 02, 2011  A former El Paso County Employee convicted of sexually abusing girls was sentenced to 66 years in prison on Tuesday.

Saturday, August 07, 2010  The mother of a child whose mummified remains were found in a suitcase faces up to 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to the death.

Thursday, May 20, 2010  The U.S. attorney's office says 38-year-old Eric Dodd is known as the "Portfolio Bandit." An indictment accuses him in 11 Denver-area robberies between Aug. 27 and May 8.

Friday, April 23, 2010  Adams County District Attorney Don Quick says all the officers pursuing 35-year-old Christian Benshoof and 25-year-old Ashley Johnson were faced with deadly force. Authorities say the two fired at police as they led them on a chase that reached speeds of 100 mph

Wednesday, April 21, 2010  Adams County School District 50 spokesman Jason Kosena declined to release details of the threat Wednesday, including whether administrators found it on a social networking site or blog.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010  Adams County Sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Candi Baker says the shooting is still under investigation. Twenty-two-year-old Grant Edmunds, of Laramie, Wyo., was listed in good condition Tuesday at Denver Health Medical Center after being shot in his upper body Saturday at the Tanner Gun Show in the Denver Merchandise Mart.

Sunday, March 21, 2010  Adams County Sheriff's Sgt. Candi Baker says the shooting occurred Saturday afternoon as two people were looking at a gun and it went off.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010  The cuts at Adams 12 Five Star Schools include 24 high school teachers and two high school assistant principals. Certain student fees will rise. High school lacrosse and eighth-grade football and softball programs will be eliminated.

Sunday, March 14, 2010  Sheriff's officials say deputies were on a routine foot patrol in an apartment complex around 11 p.m. Saturday when they heard a disturbance. Several shots were fired at deputies as they approached, and one deputy was wounded. The deputy was treated at a hospital and released.

Thursday, March 11, 2010  The Adams County Coroner's office say an autopsy Thursday did not determine the cause of death.

Friday, February 26, 2010  2  people are dead after police and Adams County sheriff's deputies opened fire on a stolen pickup that tried to ram patrol cars and then crashed.