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Rep. Lauren Boebert’s son called police on father in months before divorce filing
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These senior citizens are stepping up to help fill Colorado’s lifeguard shortage
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Western Slope senior sports sash at graduation ceremony, despite school policy

Tom Hesse.

Tom Hesse.

By Tom Hesse · Today, 1:25 pm

Ana Villasano, right, places a sash sporting the flags of the United States and Mexico, on her daughter, Naomi Peña Villasano, during Saturday's graduation at Grand Valley High School.

Ana Villasano, right, places a sash sporting the flags of the United States and Mexico, on her daughter, Naomi Peña Villasano, during Saturday's graduation at Grand Valley High School.

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School district can bar student from wearing graduation sash representing her Mexican-American heritage, a judge rules
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Education
Western Slope student will sue school district that denied her request to wear a sash with the US and Mexican flags to graduation
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