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🌱 Got TABOR Check? + Veteran's Move Goes Bad + Omicron In Jeffco

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Here are the top five stories today in Lakewood:

  1. Have you cashed your TABOR refund checks yet? The Jeffco treasurer has sent out checks to taxpayers as part of the TABOR tax refund from an overage of $1.5 million in property tax revenues that had been collected. (Patch)
  2. Monitoring detects omicron variant in several Colorado wastewater systems. According to CDPHE, a fifth omicron case is believed to be caused by local transmission. (7News)
  3. Prosecutors and lawmaker are calling for stricter penalties for drug dealers that are caught selling fentanyl. The state's attorney general indicates that the number of drug overdose deaths in Colorado will break last year's record. (Newsline)
  4. Navy veteran's nightmare move just got worse. A sketchy moving company abandoned their possessions in a U-Haul storage unit in Louisiana, now this. (7News)
  5. Arvada Center cancels the final round of performances Elf. Several members of the cast tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the cancellation of the final nine shows. A rough finish to the year when, like most area arts organizations, it was recovering financially from shutdowns caused by the pandemic. (Gazette)

Today in Lakewood:

  • Jingle on the Avenue: Golden Chamber of Commerce. (11 a.m.)
  • Make Something: Hot Cocoa Bombs at Golden Library. (2 p.m.)
  • Lakewood Cultural Center: Ariel's 'Nutcracker.' (2 p.m.)
  • Homestead for the Holidays: Golden History Museum. (5 p.m.)
  • Lakewood: Prep sports schedule. (Patch)
  • Lakewood Calendar: What's happening this weekend. (Lakewood Patch)

From my notebook:

  • Santa's making his list and checking it twice. There's still time to make sure you're on it. Dec. 24 is the last day to visit Santa at Colorado Mills Mall to him what's on your list this holiday season. (Facebook)

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