Month: April 2021

awesome + uniting

• Red Rocks hosts its first concert of 2021.
• Coloradans can now walk-in and get a COVID-19 vaccine without an appointment.
• Historic Mars helicopter mission, supported by Colorado companies, earns praise after successful flight.

awesome + controversy

• CO Lawmakers, Climate Activists Advocate for Climate Bills With a Two-Ton Earth Ice Sculpture.
• GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES: Jury finds Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd.
• Colorado resumes use of single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after US lifts pause on shot.

awful + uniting

• Schools and nursing homes drive increase in Colorado coronavirus outbreaks.
• Colorado farmers are heading into one of the driest planting seasons in the last 20 years.
• A scientific study suggests that mass bird deaths in Colorado due to toxic gases from wildfires.

awful + controversy

• Reps. Boebert, Taylor Greene oppose National Marrow Donor Program reauthorization in 415-2 vote.
• Loveland police accused of using excessive force on 73-year-old woman with dementia.
• A Trinidad man was arrested for alleged participation in the January 6th US Capitol riot.

awesome + uniting

• Rep. Jason Crow, experts react to pulling troops from Afghanistan by 9/11
• Ken Salazar rumored to be up for ambassador to Mexico
• Former Japanese internment camp in Colorado could become national historic site

awesome + controversy

• Despite rising hospitalizations, Colorado says “timing is right” for state’s COVID-19 rules to ease
• Colorado looks to legalize human composting — yes, your dead body could become garden soil
• Jamal Murray-less Nuggets “still can make noise” in NBA Playoffs. But how much?

awful + uniting

• Nearly 4,000 patients of a Colorado Springs vaccination clinic told to get re-vaccinated
• Hackers try to extort University of Colorado in cyberattack
• Loveland police promise investigation after video shows elderly woman forced to the ground by officers

awful + controversy

• Boebert Pushing Racist “White Replacement” Voter Conspiracy
• Colorado lawmaker: Three-fifths compromise was not ‘impugning anybody’s humanity’
• Greenwood Village newspaper faces increasing criticism over racist April Fools’ Day article

awesome + uniting

• Denver’s Coors Field will host MLB All-Star game
• Colorado’s 2022 budget boosts K-12 spending, reverses higher ed cuts
• Colorado lawmakers propose ambitious plan for behavioral health recovery

awesome + controversy

• Supporters and opponents weigh in on the state’s public health option proposal
• Biden adopts measure pushed by Neguse to regulate device allegedly used in Boulder shooting
• ‘IsIt420’; Auction underway for pot-themed license plates

awful + uniting

• Colorado is expecting another explosive wildfire year, but the state may be more prepared this time
• Black and Hispanic people face “persistent set of disadvantages” in Denver courts, study of prosecutor data finds
• Deadly street racing-involved crash in Denver prompts police to send warning

awful + controversy

• Centura Health To Stop Using Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine At Drive-Up Mass Vaccination Events
• Colorado doctor charged in federal court with stealing nearly $300,000 from COVID-19 relief programs
• 9News, Parent Company Accused of Racist Behavior in Federal Filing

awesome + uniting

• Federal Spending Plan Could Thrust Colorado Roadways & Transportation Infrastructure Forward
• Confidence In Business: Denver Companies Looking Ahead And Looking Up
• A cat stole the show at Friday’s Rockies game

awesome + controversy

• Frontier Airlines Hopes IPO Rides Wave Of Travel Recovery
• Colorado lawmakers give 1st OK to ban on Native American mascots
• Colorado’s expansion of vaccine access stokes fears that appointments will be even harder to find

awful + uniting

• Colorado drivers involved in 42 crashes per day due to distracted driving
• Longtime Denver activist pleads guilty in judicial threats case
• ‘This is our Flint’: Colorado environmental activists call for investigation following whistleblower complaint

awful + controversy

• Gov. Polis extends mask mandate, level green counties can opt out
• Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter Wants Tighter Regulations On Firearm Used In Boulder Grocery Store Shooting
• Redistricting chairman defends Facebook posts: ‘I’m not a conspiracy theorist’