- Pueblo finally opens a permanent shelter for people experiencing homelessness.
- “Dolly Day” event sets world record for most people dressed up as Dolly Parton in the same room.
- Colorado cannabis and beer industries partner to recycle CO2.
- Colorado struggles with teacher representation. 87% of teachers are white but 40% of students are people of color.
- Denver B-cycle program ends after 10 years.
- Garden of the Gods draws controversy for fees, drainage project.
- No coronavirus cases in Colorado, as a third patient tests negative.
- Broncos fans unsure of who to root for in the “Big Game” this weekend: the Kansas City Chiefs or the San Francisco 49ers.
- Death penalty repeal passes through the Colorado Senate.
- Lawsuit alleges that the Kansas Highway Patrol targets out of-state-cars, particularly ones coming from Colorado.
- Sen. Cory Gardner tows the party line and votes against additional impeachment witnesses.
- Colorado has one of the highest police shooting rates in the country.
Month: January 2020
1/24/20
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- Senator Brittany Pettersen becomes one of the first female legislators in Colorado history to give birth during the legislative session. She, her husband Ian (PNC’s director), and their son, Davis James, are happy and healthy.
- Breckenridge hosts the 30th Annual International Snow Sculpture Championships.
- Larry walker becomes the first member of the Rockies inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Denver Public Schools will be the first school district in the state to require at least one all-gender bathroom in each of its schools.
- Boulder City Council updates building code to allow tiny homes in residential areas.
- Lafayette City Council will most like allow residents to own two miniature pot-bellied pigs. Current law only allows for one.
- Bill in the Colorado Legislature would end puppy mills in Colorado.
- An American firefighter, originally from Colorado, died in a plane crash while fighting rampant wildfires in Australia.
- Woman’s 15 pet bunnies cause neighborhood conflict
- Most Coloradans can’t watch the Avs and Nuggets on TV, as Comcast and Altitude Sports continue their fight over broadcasting rights.
- How now Brown Cloud? Front Range air quality is especially awful this week.
- Hospital prices are driving up health care costs in Colorado more than anywhere else in the country.
1/17/20
- Halfway through the NBA season, the Nuggets stand at #2 in the Western Conference.
- Denver has two important marches this weekend: (1) The Womxn’s March on Saturday and (2) The MLK Day “Marade” on Monday
- While the Broncos didn’t make it to the Super Bowl, Aspen from Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue will represent Colorado in the Puppy Bowl.
- This weekend ic Colorado’s second-worst when it comes to ski-traffic along I-70. Expect major delays.
- Durango School District 9-R considers banning cell phones for all middle schools.
- An Aurora police officer pleads guilty to driving and holding a weapon while drunk.
- Denver city council considers the legal registration of pit bulls. Denver banned pit bulls in 1989.
- Rep. Jason Crow (CO-6) will help prosecute President Trump as one of seven impeachment managers.
- Kids try to hold onto sheep as long as possible in the National Western Stock Show’s Mutton Bustin’ event.
- Denver police break up a homeless encampment near Civic Center Park because of “environmental health” concerns.
- CU Study finds that global warming will lead to an increase in violent crime.
- Jorge Zaldivar Mendieta, a father of five who arrived in the U.S. in 1997 and has no criminal record, was deported from the private ICE facility in Aurora after a long battle for residency.
1/10/20
- Mysterious drones continue to puzzle authorities and residents in northeastern Colorado
- Bob, the 175 pound turtle from the Denver Zoo, has died
- TV watchers groan and advertisers cheer as $163 million is predicted to be spent on political ads in Colorado in 2020
- The ski train to Winter Park starts this weekend
- The National Western Stock Show kicks off with their traditional parade of livestock through downtown Denver
- Cherry Creek mall stops first-hour free parking
- The Colorado Legislature started on Wednesday. Democrats retain control of the House, Senate, and Governorship.
- A pack of gray wolves cross into Northwest Colorado
- Three dozen people arrested during a climate-change protest at Gov. Jared Polis’ “State of the State” address