Month: November 2021

awesome + uniting

• Friends Of ‘Daddy Bruce’ Keep Thanksgiving Traditional Alive
• Themed Colorado license plates up for auction, proceeds to benefit Coloradans with disabilities
• Front Range retailers hope 2021 holiday shopping season is a little brighter

awesome + controversy

• Polis, other pot-state governors, pushed to prod feds about allowing interstate commerce — industry has mixed reaction
• I-25’s south “gap” no more: New lanes to open next month as painful 3-year project nears end
• Aurora, Denver politicians announce gun buyback effort in response to recent violence

awful + uniting

• Denver and its surrounding counties just issued a new mask order. These five charts show why.
• Family Of Annika Williams, Woman Killed, Wants Stricter Penalties For Street Racers
• Aurora Police Union Head: Diversity Should Include Crackheads, Illegal Aliens, Molesters

awful + controversy

• Colorado Weather: Another Unusually Warm Week Without Snow Is In Store
• Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for ‘appropriate action’ to be taken against Rep. Lauren Boebert after she shared anti-Muslim story
• Colorado joins multistate investigation into Facebook’s alleged ‘willful practices’ that harm children

awesome + uniting

• Fairview High School Grad Jessica Watkins Will Become First Black Woman On International Space Station Crew
• KC Becker, former Colorado House speaker, appointed to lead regional EPA office
• North America’s rarest mammal: CPW releases more black-footed ferrets into Colorado

awesome + controversy

• Colorado governor, state union agree to raises for more than 30,000 employees under first-of-its-kind labor agreement
• Regional Transportation District offering $4,000 hiring bonus for several open positions
• Union: DIA Janitor Strike Ends With ‘Historic’ Agreement

awful + uniting

• Colorado’s COVID hospitalizations jump again as virus’ statewide death toll surpasses 9,000
• Aurora to pay family of Elijah McClain record $15 million to settle lawsuit — city insurance costs rocket
• ‘A public health crisis’: Aurora calls emergency meeting after 6 teens shot

awful + controversy

• FBI search Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’ home in election security breach investigation
• Colorado remains one of the 20 worst states in the nation when it comes to recycling
• A quarter of all towing complaints in Colorado are against one company: “These guys feel particularly predatory”

awesome + uniting

• Colorado students combat climate warming, join UN COP26 summit in Scotland
• Colorado’s Fallen Heroes Memorial, 14 years in the making, formally dedicated ahead of Veterans Day
• How much money will Colorado receive from the infrastructure bill?

awesome + controversy

• Colorado voters reject all three statewide ballot measures
• Children are now eligible for the Pfizer COVID Vaccine. Here’s what you need to know
• Rep. Neguse announces gun violence prevention legislation in wake of Boulder mass shooting

awful + uniting

• From the Denver Broncos to the L.A. Rams: How the Von Miller trade went down
• Fewer than 100 ICU beds available in Colorado as COVID-19 hospitalizations increase
• Former Boulder County sheriff’s deputies get prison for detox van death

awful + controversy

• Mother Says Southwest Airlines Flight Crew Racially Profiled Her And Her Daughter On Flight To Denver
• The NRA illegally funded the campaigns of Donald Trump, Cory Gardner and other GOP candidates, lawsuit claims
• Denver’s Top Parking Enforcer ‘Fixed’ 21 Of His Own Tickets