utah
-
‘Heartbroken’: Colorado political leaders, organizations condemn assassination of Charlie Kirk
—
by
Colorado elected officials and political groups expressed grief, outrage and resolve against political violence in reaction to the fatal shooting of conservative organizer and nonprofit leader Charlie Kirk on Wednesday at Utah Valley University. “Today is a really hard day,” said U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Windsor Republican who described Kirk as her friend in…
-
DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
—
by
Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver. Little else is known about the details of the operation, which tallied one of the biggest seizures of the drug so far this year. Authorities told…
-
DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
—
by
Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver. Little else is known about the details of the operation, which tallied one of the biggest seizures of the drug so far this year. Authorities told…
-
DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
—
by
Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver. Little else is known about the details of the operation, which tallied one of the biggest seizures of the drug so far this year. Authorities told…
-
Child neglect rulings in 3 cases reversed by Colorado appeals court
—
by
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday determined judges in Montrose and Mesa counties improperly ruled against parents in child welfare cases, with one judge being the subject of two reversals. Weeks earlier, Montrose County District Court Judge D. Cory Jackson was reversed a third time by the Court of Appeals because he denied a woman’s request for…
-
Colorado, Utah governors team up to fight political polarization in ‘Disagree Better’ campaign
—
by
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox want to “save your family dinners.” That’s the message of their new “Disagree Better” campaign launched on Friday. The year-long initiative seeks to reduce political polarization nationwide – from the debate stage to the dining room table – with Polis, a Democrat, and Cox, a Republican, leading the…
-
Tax, climate package includes $4 billion to combat drought in Arizona, Colorado, other basin states
—
by
Tucked in the U.S. Senate’s tax and climate package is $4 billion for drought resiliency – money that comes at a critical time as the West grapples with dwindling supply from the Colorado River, depleting reservoirs and a drier climate that’s causing the worst wildfires the region has seen this century. The funding would benefit Colorado…
-
Colorado remains uninterested as much of U.S. turns to nuclear power
—
by
The Polis administration appears uninterested in nuclear energy, bucking a growing consensus that nuclear power is an essential component in eliminating carbon emissions. Powering homes by splitting atoms is not part of Gov. Jared Polis’ Greenhouse Gas Roadmap plan for 100% carbon-free energy by 2040. While Will Toor, director of the Colorado Energy Office, said…
-
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Officials weigh emergency actions in drought-stricken states
—
by
THE WEST Emergency response weighed as drought worsens FLAGSTAFF, Ariz- Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water deliveries to users on the Colorado River to prevent the shutdown of a huge dam that supplies hydropower to some 5 million customers across the U.S. West. Officials had hoped snowmelt would buoy Lake Powell…
-
Denver, state officials react to losing Outdoor Retailer trade show
—
by
Officials from Visit Denver and Colorado’s Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry expressed surprise and, of course, disappointment to Emerald X’s decision to move the Outdoor Retailer show back to Salt Lake City starting in 2023. “We were all pretty surprised,” said Richard Scharf, president and CEO of Visit Denver. “We’ve been working the past two…