All Entries Tagged With: "Labor Day"
Labor Day DUI Enforcement Period Begins Today
STATEWIDE — Beginning today, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and local agencies are stepping up education and enforcement for the 2015 Labor Day DUI enforcement period. The enforcement period, part of CDOT’s The Heat Is On campaign, runs from Friday, August 21, through Tuesday, September 8. In conjunction […]
1,342 Arrested for Impaired Driving During Heightened Labor Day Enforcement
STATEWIDE— Labor Day marked the unofficial close of summer, and for the many arrested for driving impaired on Colorado roadways the end-of-summer celebrations came to an abrupt finish. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) The Heat Is On campaign along with the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and law enforcement agencies across the state have reported that 1,342 people […]
CSP’s 100Days of Heat on DUIs ends Sept 4
Denver – The final countdown of the “100 Days of Heat” DUI crackdown promises to be the most intensive DUI enforcement of the summer, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). Over 90 law enforcement agencies and the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) have filed plans to increase DUI patrols starting tonight, Friday, Aug. 17 […]
CSP and Local Law Cracking Down on Labor Day DUIs
Denver – As Coloradans prepare to head out on the roads this Labor Day Weekend, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and statewide law enforcement agencies have a warning: Don’t even think about drinking and driving because DUI patrols will be out in force. Sobriety checkpoints and increased DUI patrols are under way across the […]
New City Administrator Begins Job – Council Will Consider Employee Wage Increases
City finances occupied two of the three agenda items on the Lamar City Council work session this past Monday evening, August 27. Sean McTaggert, Spreading Antler Golf Course Superintendent, discussed how the city’s annual $15,000 equipment loan has been rolled over into annual payments for the course’s sprinkler irrigation system. A $90,000, seven year […]
Municipal Holiday Fireworks Displays Cancelled
Prowers County Sheriff’s Office June 27, 2012 Fire Works Ban Due to the high fire danger Prowers County has been added to the “Red Flag” counties. I have consulted with Fire Chiefs Warn, Cook and Duffy on the fire dangers posed by public fireworks display. I have come to the conclusion that the fire danger […]
Pilot Cars Set to Direct Traffic through U.S. 40/287 Project
News From The Colorado Department of Transportation www.coloradodot.info August 23, 2011 Contact: Bob Wilson, CDOT Public Relations, (303) 757-9431 Pilot Cars Set to Direct Traffic through U.S. 40/287 Project LINCOLN COUNTY – Pilot car operations are scheduled to begin on the U.S. 40/287 reconstruction project near Hugo right after Labor Day. Beginning on Tuesday, […]