colorado national guard

Republican George Brauchler declares he’s running for governor of Colorado in 2018

Apr 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, officially launched his campaign for governor of Colorado on Wednesday. Declaring that he will be the grassroots conservative in what could be a crowded GOP primary field, Brauchler said he intends to bring leadership to a state that has languished under what’s amounted…
Hickenlooper appoints Air Force Major General Michael A. Loh as adjutant general of Colorado

Mar 31, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed U.S. Air Force Major General Michael A. Loh as Colorado’s new adjutant general, the governor’s office announced Friday. Loh will also serve as executive director of the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Loh will take over for Adjutant General U.S. Air Force Major General H. Michael Edwards, who announced his impending…
Brauchler promoted to colonel in Colorado Army National Guard

Mar 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

District Attorney George Brauchler, an officer in the Colorado Army National Guard, was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel Sunday in a ceremony attended by military brass and the prosecutor’s family. “Some want to serve, but cannot. Some can serve, but choose not to. I have been blessed to have the ability to serve my…
YESTERYEAR: General Assembly toys with corporate, military law

Mar 2, 2017

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Rachael Wright

…Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … The Colorado General Assembly seemed to have lawmakers’ heads stuck in the corporate law section of the Colorado Revised Statutes. At the start of the 1997 legislative session, the Colorado Bar Association pushed two measures in the Legislature that would have far-reaching impact in corporate law,…
Top Colorado National Guard officer Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards to retire

Jan 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, Colorado’s adjutant general, will step down on March 31 upon reaching mandatory retirement age, Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Thursday, Edwards has commanded the Colorado National Guard since 2007 and also serves on the governor’s cabinet as executive director of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. “For the last 43 years, our…
PHOTOS: Hickenlooper, Edwards lead celebration of Colorado National Guard’s 157th birthday

Jan 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper had a simple message to convey before he pulled a saber from its scabbard and sliced into an enormous birthday cake. Noting that the Colorado National Guard is an institution older than the state – it counts territorial militias, including the Colorado Volunteer Militia, the Denver Guard and the Jefferson Rangers, in…
Photo Gallery: Colorado Remembers 9/11 event

Sep 13, 2016

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Colorado Politics

A photo gallery compiled by Statesman photographers from the Colorado Remembers 9/11 event that took place Sunday, September 11, 2016, in downtown Denver’s Civic Center Park to mark the 15th Anniversary of 9/11.
Partisan differences checked at the door during Denver’s 9/11 tribute event

Sep 12, 2016

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SARAH KUTA Fresh Water News

The twisted, rusting hunks of steel that rested on the flat bed of a semi truck on Broadway in downtown Denver served as a solemn reminder to Coloradans of the terrorist attacks that shook this country 15 years ago. One woman dabbed at her eyes with a tissue Sunday after looking at the rubble from…