Month: October 2022

awesome + uniting

• Dia de los Muertos, glowing Jack-o-lanterns and pumpkin beers on tap this weekend in Denver
• Broncos win ugly as Trevor Lawrence interception seals Jaguars’ fate
• Denverites worried crime would accompany safe outdoor spaces. Data shows the opposite happened.

awesome + controversy

• Coloradans search for pumpkin spice lattes more than people in other states
• Mural project will honor Denver’s historic Chinatown
• Dean Schiller on Acquittal in First Boulder King Soopers Shooting Trial

awful + uniting

• Colorado lawmakers call for probe after detainees’ death at Aurora ICE facility
• Castle Rock man found guilty in “We Build the Wall” fraud trial
• 4 dead in Aurora house shooting, suspect still at large

awful + controversy

• 10 Colorado communities support lawsuit to block Utah oil trains along Colorado River
• Ballot drop box intimidation will ‘not be tolerated,’ Colorado secretary of state says
• O’Dea to Campaign with Chris Christie

awesome + uniting

• Denver weather: Near 80s on Friday, weekend mountain snow, wind
• RTD offers zero fare days to encourage voter participation
• Nikola Jokic makes more NBA history, Nuggets survive Thunder on second night of back-to-back

awesome + controversy

• Colorado continues to lean toward Democrats, new poll shows
• Castle Rock to use treated wastewater for drinking; Aurora has re-used downstream water for years
• Denver Art Museum gives up 22 pieces from India linked to one of world’s largest antiquities smugglers

awful + uniting

• Again plagued by penalties, Broncos fall 19-16 to Chargers in OT
• Colorado woman with developmental disabilities wins $8.25M in sex assault lawsuit against sheriff: “I got my justice… he can’t hurt me”
• Ride-share driver John Pastor-Mendoza charged in sexual assaults of 10 women

awful + controversy

• How the conservative parents’ rights movement — fueled by LGBTQ backlash — is shaping Heidi Ganahl’s campaign
• O’Dea claims Google censorship, refuses to provide evidence
• Election Conspiracy Group — Which Has a Militia Division — Organizes ‘Parties’ at Ballot Dropoff Locations To ‘Deter Crime’

awesome + uniting

• Colorado native returns to Earth after nearly six months in space
• Pride of lions airlifted from Ukraine to Colorado in “biggest-ever warzone rescue of lions”
• The two largest pumpkins ever weighed in Colorado will be on display this weekend in Denver and Aurora

awesome + controversy

• Biden designates Camp Hale a national monument, moves to block drilling and mining on Thompson Divide
• Denver’s E-Bike Rebates Are So Hot They’re Gone Within Minutes
• Inflation in Colorado drops below national level — but remains high

awful + uniting

• Unionized Starbucks on S. Nevada Ave. set to close one day before first union bargaining date
• 1 dead, 7 injured in shooting at house party, according to Adams County Sheriff’s Office
• Kroger, Albertsons merger would leave some Colorado towns with only 1 grocer, costing consumers

awful + controversy

• Are Ads Attacking Yadira Caraveo Racist?
• Political rift shows up in Board of Education’s vote to veto conservative American Birthright social studies standards
• Third campaign finance complaint filed against GOP AG candidate’s campaign

awesome + uniting

• Great American Beer Fest returns after two-year pandemic hiatus
• New ballot box good for 3 counties: Denver, Arapahoe and Adams
• Marches for women’s rights take place across Colorado Saturday

awesome + controversy

• Biden to pardon all federal offenses for simple marijuana possession, review criminalization
• Sausage makers compete in Colorado Springs
• Ballot measure would direct hundreds of millions toward affordable housing

awful + uniting

• State website up and running again after cyberattack
• Aurora ends police chief search emptyhanded after 2 of 3 finalists withdraw
• Avian Flu declared disaster emergency in Colorado

awful + controversy

• Lauren Boebert’s re-election in jeopardy, new poll shows
• What does Joe O’Dea’s record as an employer mean to his Senate campaign?
• Inside Jeffco Kids First, and Ganahl’s furor over students

awesome + uniting

• Squeak! Squeak! You can track Colorado’s climate-threatened pikas with a new app
• Tom’s Diner reopens as Tom’s Starlight Lounge, ending years of drama around historic building’s future
• Expanded protections for Colorado mobile-home owners start Oct. 1

awesome + controversy

• Amy Schumer Praises Colorado Abortion Access in New Skit
• Free lunch plan on November ballot would cut stigma and support learning, supporters say
• Denver eyes turning a dozen downtown office buildings into apartments and condos

awful + uniting

• Colorado teams in Florida to help after Hurricane Ian
• Colorado among heaviest-drinking states
• Colorado’s climbing community in mourning over the death of Hilaree Nelson

awful + controversy

• ‘Unprecedented’ drop in home prices needed to solve affordable housing problems
• School district disputes Ganahl’s claim about students identifying as furries
• Jonathan and Diana Toebbe — accused of trying to sell nuclear submarine secrets — enter guilty pleas