🌱 Denver's Promise To Plow Streets + Another Library Tests For Meth

Hello there, Denver! I'm here in your inbox per usual to get you up to speed on everything you need to know about what's going on around town, including news about:

• Victim to receive $160,000 in a settlement after being shot with pepper balls by DPD during the George Floyd protests in 2020.
• East Colfax hit-and-run injures pedestrian. DPD is seeking help finding suspect.
• Snow storm closes I-70 east to the Kansas border.

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Thursday's weather: Mostly cloudy and cold. High: 36 Low: 20.

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Here are the top stories today in Denver:

1. Yet another library in Colorado tests positive for methamphetamine residue. Yet another library in Colorado tests positive for methamphetamine residue. Some libraries and public facilities are making sure their buildings are safe for the public. Recently, the Littleton Library did, and discovered that one of their libraries had the same issues as Boulder and Englewood. Is the Denver Public Library going to test? (CO Sun)
2. Denver agrees to pay another settlement from the George Floyd protests. Denver City Council approved yet another settlement stemming from the George Floyd protests of 2020.
   Sammie Leon Lawrence IV will receive $160,000. The defendants were the City and County of Denver and Denver Police Department Officers Shawn Saunders, Kenneth Bridges, and Jackson Burkin. (9News)
3. Police seeking vehicle and suspect that may have been involved in hit-and-run. A driver struck and injured a pedestrian on Colfax just east of North Grant Street. The crash took place just after 1 a.m. on Tuesday. The suspect vehicle is a dark-colored SUV, possibly an Acura RDX. (FOX31)
4. Yesterday's snowstorm provides lots of fender benders and I-70 closure east of I-470. Denver was on a crash alert most of the day as a result of the icy and snowy roads across the city. (Patch)
5. Denver promised to plow residential streets this time around. Has your street been plowed yet? According to the City of Denver, city workers will keep plowing "round the clock" into Thursday, with drivers working 12-hour shifts. (Denverite)

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Today in Denver:

• Book Group: "Henry, Himself," by Stewart O'Nan. (9 a.m.)
• Trash Talk: Tips for reducing your waste & recycling. (5:30 p.m.)
• The Sklar Brothers: Comedy Works. (7:30 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Did the snow cause dangerous situations due to trees and branches after the storm? Report them here. (FOX31)
• This is the last week to attend the National Western Stock Show. Check out this week's events: (NWSS)
• It's official! Denver will be hosting the USA Curling Men's and Women's National Championships. The games will be held at the historic Denver Coliseum. With the country's best teams will compete Feb. 5-11. (AXS)

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