Month: July 2021

awesome + uniting

• Colorado giving out $100 Walmart gift cards to boost vaccinations
• Denver police giving out Advance Auto Parts gift cards instead of tickets for broken tail lights
• A guide to Colorado’s fruit season — from peaches to apples, melons and berries

awesome + controversy

• Does nature have a legal right to exist? Colorado mountain town says yes
• Colorado could get $300M from latest opioid settlement if local governments agree to deal
• Moose seen in Colorado Springs rescued by CPW, Fort Carson soldiers

awful + uniting

• Poudre Canyon Flooding: Number Of Missing People Grows, Poudre River Still Off Limits
• 12 Victims Of Aurora Theater Shooting Remembered 9 Years Later
• Plague discovered in 6 Colorado counties after 10-year-old dies

awful + controversy

• Denver creates wage theft unit to prosecute bad bosses who don’t pay
• Black Coloradans arrested at twice the rate of white people nearly a decade after pot legalization
• Survey: 69% of Denver’s homeless moved to a different block after sweep

awesome + uniting

• Bald eagle numbers rising despite human population increasing along northern Front Range
• These Coloradans Are Heading To The Olympic Games In Tokyo
• Sen. Bennet, Colorado Democrats celebrate rollout of expanded child tax credit

awesome + controversy

• Colorado Republican voters decline, unaffiliated skyrocket
• Denver unveils new affordable condos, criticism of mayor continues about affordability crisis
• Most ‘desirable’ place to live in nation located in Colorado, according to new analysis

awful + uniting

• Advocates rally outside of All-Star Game to shed light on Denver’s homeless problem
• Idaho Springs police officer used Taser without warning on 75-year-old, court documents say
• Mark Redwine found guilty for the murder of his son Dylan in Colorado

awful + controversy

• PFAS “forever chemicals” may seep into Colorado’s water from 501 sites, analysis finds
• DaVita And Former CEO Kent Thiry Indicted On Collusion Charges By Federal Grand Jury
• Billionaire Phil Anschutz and his wife are suing Colorado for a tax refund. How much they want is a secret.

awesome + uniting

• New Colorado law tackles insulin prices
• Gov. Polis Has Declared An End To Colorado’s COVID-19 Health Emergency. Here’s What That Means
• Four days in April: How politics brought the MLB All-Star Game to Denver

awesome + controversy

• Air Tanker For Fighting Colorado Wildland Fires Can Carry 3,000 Gallons Of Fire Retardant At Up To 28,000 Feet Altitude
• Getting married? New Colorado program could help pay for your wedding
• Colorado will ban single-use plastic bags and polystyrene, create bag fees

awful + uniting

• 4 arrested at Maven Hotel, police feared a “Las Vegas style shooting” during All-Star Game in Denver
• West Nile virus found in Weld County mosquitoes; all Coloradans advised to take precautions
• Denver crime up 22% in June since last year

awful + controversy

• Purdue’s Sackler family to pay Colorado $50 million in settlement over opioid crisis
• Voluntary fishing closure enacted on Colorado River from Kremmling to Rifle
• Uber driver clocked at 102 mph in Lakewood — with passenger in the car

awesome + uniting

• Here’s a list of 4th of July weekend fireworks shows across Colorado
• Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm Tours Aurora Solar Garden With Sen. John Hickenlooper
• Colorado reaches President Biden’s goal to have 70% of adults vaccinated by July 4th

awesome + controversy

• Colorado HOAs losing power to restrict speech on flags and signs
• Colorado governor signs bill providing $15M to help coal-dependent workers, towns transition to clean energy
• Clarence Thomas says federal cannabis ban “may no longer be necessary or proper” as Supreme Court rejects Colorado case

awful + uniting

• Dominant COVID Strain in Colorado Is “Much More Transmissible”
• Now-deleted tweet from Boebert suggests Delta variant isn’t real
• Former CDOT employee accused of stealing nearly $800K to buy gift cards, camping gear and video equipment

awful + controversy

• 9News Can Be Hostile Workplace for Young Women Staffers, Sources Say
• Commissioners reject constitutional sanctuary idea
• Far-Right Militia Apparently Attends CO School Board Meeting on Critical Race Theory