Month: January 2023

awesome + uniting

• Colorado wildlife camera accidentally captures hundreds of adorable ‘bear selfies’
• Casa Bonita hiring hundreds of workers, cliff divers
• Driver’s ed could soon be mandatory for minors in Colorado

awesome + controversy

• Colorado bill banning so-called assault weapons would outlaw sale — not possession — of such guns
• Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake
• Sending US tanks to Ukraine receives bipartisan support from Colorado congressional delegation

awful + uniting

• Big Colorado utility bills are because of two things state regulators can’t control: Weather and gas prices
• Colorado records highest traffic death toll in over 40 years
• Troubling surge of poaching cases in Colorado has wildlife officers trying to keep up

awful + controversy

• Bennet, Hickenlooper meet with Pentagon chief, say Space Command decision won’t be political
• CO Christian University Claims To Be the ‘Most Pro-Life University in the Nation’
• Denver International Airport ranked 5th-ugliest building in US

awesome + uniting

• Space infrastructure company “Think Orbital” picks Colorado to set up headquarters
• Colorado parents can now apply for universal preschool. Here’s what they need to know.
• Martin Luther King Jr. remembered in events across Colorado, including Denver “Marade”

awesome + controversy

• Despite historic majorities, Colorado Democrats have big hurdles to overcome this legislative session
• Denver’s minimum wage rises nearly 9% in 2023. Not all bosses will know to comply
• Storm weakens but still brings significant snow to Colorado, including largest total in January in Denver in 31 years

awful + uniting

• More “forever chemicals” found in Colorado and U.S. freshwater fish, study warns
• Elijah McClain case: Judge orders three separate trials for the officers and paramedics charged
• Sheriff says ‘no evidence’ Taco Bell employees put rat poison in taco

awful + controversy

• TSA discovers record number of firearms in carry-on luggage at Denver International Airport
• House GOP rewards hard-liners Boebert, Santos with committee seats
• Health expert says he ‘wouldn’t be concerned about public health’ after meth contamination at libraries

awesome + uniting

• Historic firsts in the 2023 Colorado legislature: majority women and highest percentage of LGBTQ legislators in the country.
• Local pup to star in 2023 Puppy Bowl.
• Online Girl Scout Cookie sales begin in Colorado.

awesome + controversy

• Frozen and furious: the long tradition of ice racing begins in Colorado’s mountains.
• Gov. Jared Polis is sworn in for his second term.
• The National Western Stock show is back to pre-pandemic attendance levels.

awful + uniting

• Cinnamon the 31-year-old titi monkey dies at the Denver Zoo.
• Colorado’s deadly avalanche streak prompts new backcountry warning.
• The Broncos head coach search kicks off with 4 interviews.

awful + controversy

• Aurora police promote cop who escaped DUI after being found passed out in duty vehicle in 2019.
• Colorado dropouts rise along with graduation rates.
• Colorado state Rep. Tracey Bernett resigns the day before legislative session following residency questions.

awesome + uniting

• The Nikola Jokić-Aaron Gordon duo is smashing opponents to dust
• Mikaela Shiffrin matches Lindsey Vonn’s World Cup record with win No. 82
• 117th National Western Stock Show kicks off in Denver

awesome + controversy

• Colorado’s newest members of Congress cite affordability as a top concern – Colorado Newsline
• Colorado has two job openings for every available worker. Here’s the plan to fill that gap
• Counties with the longest life expectancy in Colorado

awful + uniting

• Rich Jones, a Revered Progressive Policy Nerd, Dies Four Years After Retiring From the Bell Policy Center
• Corrected ozone data estimate fracking and drilling produce more emissions than every Front Range vehicle
• ‘They murdered him’: Parents of Christian Glass respond to internal affairs report on shooting

awful + controversy

• Colorado’s Lauren Boebert, Ken Buck cast crucial votes handing Kevin McCarthy the speaker’s gavel
• Guns stolen from new Loveland lawmaker’s truck parked at Colorado Capitol
• 6 of Colorado’s Jan. 6 defendants have pleaded guilty