Month: October 2020

awesome + uniting

• Colorado Scientists At Lockheed Martin Celebrate Historic Day With OSIRIS-REx
• Colorado stories are some of the most compelling at this year’s Denver Film Fest
• Colorado seeing 52% increase in flu vaccines over last year

awesome + controversy

• Denver’s unique sales tax to fight climate change could be a blueprint for future action nationwide
• Aurora becomes first Colorado city to ban “no-knock” warrants
• New Phone App To Track Colorado Coronavirus Exposure Will Arrive This Weekend

awful + uniting

• Colorado Is Entering A Dangerous Third Wave Of The Coronavirus Pandemic, Polis And Top Health Leaders Say
• Facing a deluge of election misinformation, Colorado takes the offensive against it
• “Lots of structure loss” after East Troublesome fire’s explosion into Grand Lake, but changing weather slows march toward Estes Park

awful + controversy

• A Federal Judge Sides With Colorado Churches In A Lawsuit Against Two Public Health Mandates
• Douglas County, Tri-County Health Strike Tentative Agreement
• CU’s Board of Regents planned to fire Bruce Benson before he announced retirement, records show

awesome + uniting

• ‘Record turnout’ already seen in Colorado election
• Four out of top 5 best places to live are in Colorado, says US News
• Polis announces virtual workshop, funding for future of outdoor dining in colder months

awesome + controversy

• Colorado governor bans late fees for renters through end of 2020
• With Gardner trailing Hickenlooper, national GOP groups scale back spending in Colorado
• ACLU praises sheriffs for reducing jail populations

awful + uniting

• Holzer pleads guilty to Pueblo synagogue bomb plot
• DA plans to charge Denver security guard with second-degree murder in connection with deadly shooting
• Cameron Peak Fire forces Masonville residents to flee as blaze grows to largest in history

awful + controversy

• Former Boulder County Sheriff’s Sgt. Christopher Mecca Faces Charges of Assault, Misconduct
• QAnon, the Conspiracy Web Creeping Into U.S. Politics: QuickTake
• Court fines and fees fuel Colorado governments at expense of poor

awesome + uniting

• Colorado’s Boom Supersonic Reveals Prototype Of XB-1 Commercial Jet
• Ballots get mailed out Friday; here’s what you need to know
• Colorado celebrates its inaugural Cabrini Day

awesome + controversy

• This Colorado community will pay you $100 to visit it; plus other areas to explore this fall
• Biden leads Trump by 10 points in state, new Colorado Politics/9News poll shows
• Colorado won’t try to collect the $1.4 million in overpaid unemployment benefits it distributed after all

awful + uniting

• State advisory committee shares guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Colorado
• Denver Stores Dropping Many COVID-19 Safety Procedures
• Colorado’s dry conditions worsen, with nearly 60% of state in extreme drought

awful + controversy

• 1 dead, security guard in custody after shooting near dueling Denver rallies
• A deleted voter story at a local Denver TV station has morphed into a monster
• Opposition to 22-week abortion ban winning the money race among Colorado issue campaigns

awesome + uniting

• Colorado releases climate action ‘roadmap’ for meeting emissions targets
• Progress Now Colorado takes positions ahead of ballot website rollout
• Colorado not fazed by mail-in ballot drama

awesome + controversy

• The largest wildfire in Colorado’s history is now 100 percent contained
• Colorado governor to mass-pardon 2,700-plus marijuana convictions
• Colorado parolees are now allowed to vote. And advocates are rushing to register them.

awful + uniting

• ‘Thousands’ of students not enrolled in school as Polis, school officials make plea to parents
• Black woman who called officer ‘master’ while upside down in patrol car says she cried watching bodycam
• Colorado shuts down Clear View Behavioral Health Monday, will seek to revoke license permanently

awful + controversy

• Julian Assange may end up at Colorado’s Supermax prison, UK court told
• Pendley ruling raises questions about legality of his decisions
• Colorado Proud Boys remain active, have protested with neo-Nazis