But the airport leads the nation "by about 10% in terms of recovery." Continue Reading
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The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission approved new rules Wednesday to require emissions monitoring during early stages of operations at oil and gas sites. Continue Reading
A man convicted of assaulting a police officer has the right to review the two use-of-force reports against the officer he punched — and whom he accused of fabricating the incident, the Court of Appeals decided on Thursday. Continue Reading
Denver issued a public health order targeting college students and athletes in an attempt to stop a recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, Mayor Michael Hancock announced Thursday. Continue Reading
The project, intended to secure the passenger screening areas, has been fraught with problems since just about ever taking flight. Continue Reading
Drug overdose deaths in Colorado began to climb in March, with the full onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and continued to surge through the spring. Continue Reading
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Two amendments from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette will be included in a clean energy bill under consideration, one to limit methane emissions from extraction operations on public land and the second to require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to identify and remediate at least 100 communities suffering under violations of environmental law. Continue Reading
The Colorado Education Association, the state's largest teacher union, has sent out its member voting recommendations for November. Continue Reading
A judge exceeded his authority by instructing a jury that he found the breathalyzer device used to convict a defendant to be reliable, rather than citing a certification by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, a Court of Appeals panel decided on Thursday. Continue Reading
Surprised, and more than a bit stunned after supporting the commission vocally for months, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association blasted the recent move by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to propose 2,000-foot setbacks from oil rigs or fracking operations. Continue Reading
President Trump sketched out a health care plan promising quality care at lower prices and greater transparency for consumers and signed an order he says will protect people with preexisting conditions Thursday. Continue Reading
Colorado polling veteran Floyd Ciruli thinks it's likely and remarkable that recent assessments show President Trump in a horse race with Joe Biden on the Western Slope. Continue Reading
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Pointing to 1,392 confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 among University of Colorado-Boulder students in just the past month, Boulder County Public Health will ban all gatherings of 18-to-22-year-olds within city limits for two weeks beginning on Thursday. Continue Reading
Attorney General Phil Weiser and Colorado lawn care company Fit Turf have entered into a settlement agreement following allegations of automatic service renewals without disclosure to customers. Continue Reading
Four of the Colorado state government’s online platforms are in the running for State IT Recognition Awards from the National Association of Chief Information Officers, a nonpartisan organization that supports states’ technology leaders. Continue Reading
The plan for “Avalon Governor’s Park” includes 418 luxury apartments, according to The Denver Channel. Racines closed like many restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the owners sold the site to the developer. Continue Reading
Defenders of Wildlife is putting the management before the wolves, announcing this week it's expanding its Working Circle Initiative to Colorado. Continue Reading
“Combined they have 535 years of service and experience” and average a 25-year career with the department, Councilwoman Kendra Black said during Monday's council meeting. “We are going to be missing that in our Parks Department.” Continue Reading
Hundreds protested in Denver Wednesday night against a grand jury's decision not to charge police officers in connection with Breonna Taylor’s death. Taylor, 26, was shot and killed in her apartment by three Louisville Metro Police officers on March 13. Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON — With crowds of admirers swelling outside, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was remembered Wednesday at the court by grieving family, colleagues and friends as a prophet for justice who persevered against long odds to become an American icon. Continue Reading
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Coloradans will be able to get immediate assistance under a plan Gov. Jared Polis approved Wednesday. Continue Reading
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As of Wednesday, 1,198 students and 12 staff members from the University of Colorado Boulder have tested positive for COVID-19. There are also 104 probable cases, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Continue Reading
Gov. Jared Polis followed through Wednesday with the executive order assigning unpaid leave to state employees who make more than $50,000 a year. Continue Reading
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The Center for Biological Diversity and the Western Watersheds Project argue that conservation measures adopted in 2013 to protect the Gunnison sage grouse have failed to protect the bird and its sagebrush habitat. The grouse is on the Endangered Species List. Continue Reading
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Denver Public Schools will start looking this winter for principals for a new Montbello high school and feeder middle school. The schools are set to open in the fall of 2022. Continue Reading
On Tuesday, the Brighton city council voted 6-1 to censure Councilmember Kris Jordinelli following his bizarre, alcohol-induced comments at a virtual meeting last week. Continue Reading
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“While our country grapples with the coronavirus, another epidemic has continued to rage. Across Colorado and the country, opioid use and other substance use disorders continue to devastate families and communities." Continue Reading
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow was among the House members to travel to the Fort Hood Army base in Texas to investigate the approximately 30 service member deaths at the facility this year and the conditions there. Continue Reading
An internal campaign poll for the Democratic commissioner candidate in Douglas County’s District III shows Darien Wilson is closing the gap with the Republican incumbent, Lora Thomas. Continue Reading
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WASHINGTON — In a sweeping bipartisan vote that takes a government shutdown off the table, the House passed a temporary government-wide funding bill Tuesday night, shortly after President Donald Trump prevailed in a behind-the-scenes fight over his farm bailout. Continue Reading
The proposal, sponsored by Council member Alison Coombs, would have increased the city’s minimum wage gradually over the next six years, beginning at $12.60 in 2021 and $13.23 in 2022 to eventually reach $20. Continue Reading
The study, which looked at 488 public airports in the U.S., found nearly 100 used solar panels. At DIA, more than 42,600 solar panels have been installed across 56 acres since 2008, the study reported. Continue Reading
El Paso County election officials are preparing for 372,400 voters in November, a big jump up from the last presidential election. Continue Reading
While U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is being roasted over siding with the president and other Republicans for supporting a Supreme Court justice pick before the Nov. 3 election, the House of Representatives sent his bipartisan suicide prevention bill to the president this week. Continue Reading
While population health — which included measures of access to medical care, health outcomes and reports of suboptimal health health — was a category in which Douglas County received high marks, there were also excellent scores given for infrastructure. Those features included a high percentage of households connected to the Internet and slightly better walkability than the nation as a whole. Continue Reading
The governor will not be exempt from furlough days, which will be distributed for the remainder of the fiscal year. Continue Reading
Doug Emhoff, the husband of Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, is scheduled to take a virtual tour of a Denver bagel shop, headline a rally for National Voter Registration Day and attend a cafecito, or small coffee, with members of former Vice President Joe Biden's Colorado Latino Council. Continue Reading
Gov. Jared Polis is supportive of a provision in a stopgap federal funding measure to extend a deadline for states’ compliance with national hemp standards from Oct. 31 to next year. Continue Reading
"We're tired of the virus," the governor said at his weekly update Tuesday afternoon. "The virus is not tired of us." Continue Reading
The announcement was part of a $268 million award to projects in 28 states through the USDA’s Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. Continue Reading
Two rows of middle school students, each with their backs against opposing walls, stood on spaced out “X”s in the hallway at North Middle School in Aurora on Friday. Continue Reading
Forty municipalities and local authorities have received grants worth up to $50,000 from a Colorado Department of Transportation initiative to help modify roadways and community spaces to promote distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
A federal judge dismissed a challenge to Colorado’s sex offender registry on Fourth Amendment grounds, one month after an appeals court also found the law did not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Continue Reading
The Denver City Council unanimously approved the five-year, $1.9 million contract with OpenCities, Inc., a Microsoft partner whose parent company is based in Australia. Continue Reading
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has unveiled two legislative proposals to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells and to clarify the level of notification the federal government must provide in leasing public land. Continue Reading
The Denver Department of Housing Stability is positioned to receive an increase in funding next year, at a time when just about every other agency will see deep cuts in the wake of a crushing recession caused by the pandemic. Continue Reading
Colorado Coming Together, the campaign to pass Amendment B on the November ballot, had an oddly timed virtual kickoff Tuesday morning most likely to show off its bipartisan support. Continue Reading
Feasibility testing at the university has already begun for SolaVAX, which employs ultraviolet light and riboflavin to inactivate the virus and stimulate an immune system response. The process is based on longstanding methods to improve blood transfusion safety. Continue Reading