Month: September 2022

awesome + uniting

• “Extinct” fish found reproducing naturally in Colorado waters
• Polis holds double-digit lead over Ganahl in new governor’s race poll
• World record for longest hopscotch set at Colorado state park

awesome + controversy

• Broncos win ugly over Texans
• Coloradans can now pay state tax bills with cryptocurrency
• Colorado sanctuary welcomes rarest wolf in the world

awful + uniting

• Highly invasive zebra mussel appears in Colorado waters for first time ever
• Video shows train slam into Platteville police vehicle with woman inside
• Threats close Denver’s public libraries, area high school amid surge in “traumatizing” hoax calls nationwide

awful + controversy

• December natural gas bills will jump 54% as Xcel passes a stack of price hikes on to Colorado customers
• Leaked Oath Keepers list includes nearly 1,000 Coloradans, including cops and military
• Judge says alleged Planned Parenthood shooter can be forcibly medicated

awesome + uniting

• New classified space fighting center ready to fight ‘hostile extraterrestrials’ as well as ‘adversaries China & Russia’
• Why you should keep your lights off in Denver this week
• Colorado’s fall leaves may appear more brilliant this year thanks to this summer’s monsoon rains

awesome + controversy

• Mayor Hancock proposes record spending for Denver in 2023, with focus on homelessness, cops and downtown
• Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser endorsed by Cynthia Coffman, his Republican predecessor
• ‘We know it works’: Denver piloting program to provide some of city’s poorest direct cash assistance

awful + uniting

• Northern Colorado air quality downgraded to “severe” by EPA
• Midair collision kills three people, Colorado authorities say
• ‘They should be protecting us, not attacking us’: Parents of man killed by Clear Creek County deputies speak out

awful + controversy

• FBI Seizes Mike Lindell’s Phone During Investigation of Colorado Clerk & Other Election Conspiracists
• Big Lie Bucks: Joe O’Dea Campaigns With Election Deniers at National and Local Fundraisers
• Denver’s Rocky’s Autos closes after 40 years; goodbye Shagman

awesome + uniting

• ‘Hospital Discounted Care Law’ goes into effect in Colorado
• Free public transit month ends with ridership up throughout Colorado
• Crowds pour into Water World for its last weekend of the season

awesome + controversy

• Denver teachers union, district reach agreement on 8.7% pay increase
• Thousands of Colorado students will see Westwood College loans forgiven
• Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during ‘energy emergency’

awful + uniting

• Summer 2022 finishes as 3rd-hottest in Denver history
• Denver police chief Paul Pazen retires amid pressure after 28 years
• Residents react to being displaced after lightning causes large fire in Northeast Colorado Springs

awful + controversy

• Republican candidate in CD-8 scrubbed abortion stance from her website
• Texas governor orders state to bus migrants to sanctuary cities, including Denver and Aurora
• Wardrobe malfunction at DougCo PrideFest stirs controversy about future of festival