Month: October 2021

awesome + uniting

• It’s Bat Week in Colorado
• Metro Denver a leader for growth in science and technology jobs
• Captain Kirk returns: William Shatner on Denver Fan Expo, Star Trek’s legacy and decades of Dobermans

awesome + controversy

• With a little over a week to vote, fewer than 10 percent of Colorado voters have cast ballots for November’s election
• A look at how Biden’s new spending plan could affect Colorado
• Cannabis and tourism brings U.S. Virgin Islands Governor to Denver

awful + uniting

• Colorado governor prepares to request federal medical surge teams, stop elective procedures as COVID hospitalizations spike
• ‘We Simply Cannot Accept This As The New Normal’: Flight Attendant Union President Calls For Change After Assault On Diverted American Airlines Flight
• Staffing shortages at 911 communication centers in Denver metro lead to longer wait times for callers

awful + controversy

• Pueblo County wants to replace Comanche coal plant with nuclear power. Local activists are worried.
• Why Colorado school board races are bonkers this year
• EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff

awesome + uniting

• Colorado wants to turbo-charge renewable energy tech with new “Glo Park”
• 7 best things to do around Colorado this weekend: Oct. 22-24, 2021
• Sweetwater Lake area to become next Colorado state park in federal-state partnership

awesome + controversy

• National Voting Rights Leaders Converge On Denver for First-Of-Its-Kind Event To Combat Voter Suppression
• ‘Best Small Cities In America’: 4 Colorado Communities Make Top 100 List
• Front Range passenger rail proposal chugs forward with money to assess viability

awful + uniting

• Radio host says he tested positive for COVID days after attending Ganahl event in Colorado
• Colorado judge charged with menacing is accused of using an AR-15-style rifle to threaten another person
• Colorado woman sentenced 6 years for hiding kids behind day care wall

awful + controversy

• Report: Two-thirds of Coloradans eligible for Child Tax Credit would lose access under Manchin-backed cap proposal
• Morrison PD chief resigns days after conceding ticket revenue would fall $800K short of expectations
• Crow, Cheney sponsor bill banning national security clearances for domestic terrorists

awesome + uniting

• Great Colorado Air Show in Loveland draws thousands to see Blue Angels fly over Northern Colorado
• Colfax Marathon returns this weekend, will close roads around Denver
• Colorado’s newest solar project launches, will provide almost all of the power for Pueblo’s steel mill

awesome + controversy

• Colorado tied for state with fewest shark attacks, Gov. Jared Polis boasts
• If You Live With COVID Anti-Vaxxers, Get Shots but Don’t Tell Them, Polis Suggests
• After 2 Years, a Tire Is Removed From an Elk’s Neck in Colorado

awful + uniting

• Colorado jumped from 41st to 14th highest COVID cases in the US in about two weeks
• Demonstrators call for changes within Idaho Springs Police Department
• Hikers Discouraged From Climbing Kit Carson Peak As Madeline Baharlou-Quivey’s Body Recovered

awful + controversy

• Colorado air pollution director Garry Kaufman reassigned after conflict of interest investigation
• Colorado kids are floundering in math, a “crisis” that may add up to trouble for tomorrow’s workforce
• Trump allies converge on Denver as key defendant defies judge in Eric Coomer’s defamation lawsuit

awesome + uniting

• Videos capture the moment a bright blue fireball appeared in the Colorado sky
• Colorado Chicano achievements recognized during Latino Heritage Month
• Rep. Ed Perlmutter Receives Congressional Award For Atomic Heroes After Helping Former Rocky Flats Nuclear Plant Workers

awesome + controversy

• The Colorado Voter’s Guide To The 2021 Election
• Initiative In Denver Aims To Ban Flavored Tobacco Products
• Seasonal jobs in Denver paying $20+ an hour right now

awful + uniting

• 82 cases of Salmonella found in 14 Colorado counties
• 1,500+ Jefferson County students to lose bus transit next week
• Woman shot through apartment wall fights for life in hospital

awful + controversy

• ‘Pro-Trump warrior’ Ron Hanks blasts Bennet, office equipment in Senate campaign video
• Plundered art gifted or sold to Denver Art Museum unearthed by Pandora Papers’ probe of shadowy financial deals
• Testimony indicates Colorado GOP chair led fringe conspiracy group allied with militia

awesome + uniting

• Who Was Rodolfo ‘Corky’ Gonzales, Featured On Friday’s Google Doodle?
• Gov. Polis unveils Colorado’s new plan to keep wildlife, drivers safe
• Will the Broncos prove they’re for real against Baltimore?

awesome + controversy

• Colorado’s congressional delegation — minus one — urges Air Force to keep U.S. Space Command here
• Colorado raising minimum wage for employers again in 2022 — if that matters
• Reproductive rights activists march at Colorado’s Capitol

awful + uniting

• Former U.S. Olympian From Colorado Springs Pleads Guilty To Storming U.S. Capitol
• Cheyenne County Sheriff was drunk, choked his wife before pushing her against wall, affidavit shows
• 200+ Residents At Apartment Complex In Denver Claim Unlivable Conditions With Roaches, Black Mold

awful + controversy

• Denver airport janitors hit the picket line
• Colorado Amazon employees raise serious safety concerns, claim lack of proper training
• Controversial Republican state Rep. Ron Hanks files to run for U.S. Senate in 2022