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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

• Colorado’s Chicano communities celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
• Juneteenth officially becomes Colorado’s newest state holiday.
• MSU Denver makes tuition free for Indigenous students.

awesome + controversy

• A former Loveland cop gets sentenced to five-years in prison after violently arresting an elderly dementia patient.
• The Avalanche take 3-0 lead over Nashville in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
• The Colorado legislature passes a bill protecting homeowners from predatory HOAs.

awful + uniting

• A surge of new homeless pets fill local animal shelters.
• Abortion advocates unite in righteous anger and action after draft Roe reversal leaks.
• Colorado’s Chicano murals are included on a list of the nation’s most endangered historic places.

awful + controversy

• A leaked draft opinion suggests that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe, months after Colorado Democrats affirmed abortion access in the state.
• Colorado COVID cases and outbreaks increase.
• The Colorado Senate votes to felonize fentanyl possession over one gram, whether someone knows they possess the drug or not.

awesome + uniting

• A new national study shows that Colorado ranks #3 in percentage of women in municipal office and #2 in percentage of women in the state legislature.
• Coloradans of different faith celebrate Ramadan, Easter, and Passover.
• Ski resorts bring back the tradition of pond skimming for their closing weekends.

awesome + controversy

• Aurora to become first Colorado city to exempt diapers from city sales tax.
• Colorado wants to have an esports team in half of the state’s high schools.
• New Era Colorado starts a campaign to shut down CU’s Benson Center for association with January 6th architect John Eastman and “White Supremacy Culture”

awful + uniting

• Alcohol deaths jumped by nearly 30% in Colorado in 2020 with less treatment, more drinking alone.
• Colorado air pollution now severely in violation of federal standards.
• The Nuggets lose to the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the NBA playoffs.

awful + controversy

• A bill in the CO legislature would make possession of fentanyl a felony, upsetting many criminal justice advocates.
• A CO panel recommends stripping all LGBTQ references from K-3 studies standards.
• High winds contribute to wildfires across Colorado.

awesome + uniting

• Denver’s Ruby Hill Rail Yard opens for skiers and snowboarders and comes with free gear rentals.
• Former Broncos linebacker Von Miller returns to the Super Bowl as a Los Angeles Ram.
• Girl Scout cookie sales begin in Colorado.

awesome + controversy

• Denver based Frontier Airlines bids $2.9 billion to acquire rival budget airline Spirit.
• Steve Fenberg is selected as the next president of the Colorado Senate
• The Boulder King Soopers on Table Mesa reopens with memorial ceremony

awful + uniting

• A train derails in Denver and sends 3 empty cars into the South Platte River.
• Colorado’s Michaela Shiffrin deals with adversity after finishing 9th in super-G and skiing out in her first two races of the Beijing Olympics.
• Utah senator single-handedly blocks the designation of the Amache internment camp as a National Historic Site.

awful + controversy

• In an “emergency meeting,” Colorado election conspiracy theorists threaten election officials with violence.
• Mesa County clerk Tina Peters is arrested and released by Grand Junction police.
• The city of Colorado Springs settles the lawsuit over the police killing of De’Von Bailey for $2.97 million and a promise for increased bias training.

awesome + uniting

• Red Rocks hosts its first concert of 2021.
• Coloradans can now walk-in and get a COVID-19 vaccine without an appointment.
• Historic Mars helicopter mission, supported by Colorado companies, earns praise after successful flight.

awesome + controversy

• CO Lawmakers, Climate Activists Advocate for Climate Bills With a Two-Ton Earth Ice Sculpture.
• GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES: Jury finds Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd.
• Colorado resumes use of single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after US lifts pause on shot.

awful + uniting

• Schools and nursing homes drive increase in Colorado coronavirus outbreaks.
• Colorado farmers are heading into one of the driest planting seasons in the last 20 years.
• A scientific study suggests that mass bird deaths in Colorado due to toxic gases from wildfires.

awful + controversy

• Reps. Boebert, Taylor Greene oppose National Marrow Donor Program reauthorization in 415-2 vote.
• Loveland police accused of using excessive force on 73-year-old woman with dementia.
• A Trinidad man was arrested for alleged participation in the January 6th US Capitol riot.

Continue reading “2/28/20”

• Denver restaurant El Taco de Mexico receives the prestigious America’s Classics Award from the James Beard Foundation. 
• Denver Restaurant Week runs from February 22 to March 3.  
• Civic Center Park hosts the first annual Downtown Open Rail Jam, featuring a 90-foot snow slope structure and musical performances. 
• 11,000 people show up to a Bernie Sanders rally in Denver. More Presidential candidates have scheduled visits to Colorado as our March 3rd primary inches closer. 
• A bill to lower Colorado’s dangerously low childhood vaccination rate passes its first hurdle but faces organized opposition. 
• The CROWN Act, a bill to end racial hair discrimination by employers, passes in the Colorado legislature. 
• Westminster Strangler captured in Houston after manhunt. 
• No one was hurt after two people shoot at each other at a Broomfield Walmart. 
• NHL Stadium Series game between the Avs and the Kings at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs is marred by an Avs loss, awful traffic, and a death. 
• Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich released from Colorado prison after Trump commutes sentence. 
• Denver Mayor Michael Hancock vetoes pit bull legalization bill. 
• Cory Gardner and Donald Trump praise each other at Colorado Springs rally. 

• Blucifer celebrates 12 years of freaking out travelers at DIA. 
• Colorado’s 2020 presidential primary ballots hit the mail this week. 
• A dog becomes honory Mayor and Police judge of Georgetown. 
• The Denver City Council overturns the city’s pit bull ban, but the Mayor remains undecided. 
• A historic powder day causes huge lift lines at Vail. 
• Tests confirm a wolf pack is living — and pooping — in Colorado. 
• Thieves steal 30,000 bees from a Northglenn farm. 
• Trump’s changes to a key environmental law bring conservation and indigenous activists together in Denver. 
• Sen. Michael Bennett drops out of the Presidential primary after a dissapointing finish in New Hampshire 
• Bills to restrict reproductive rights and descriminate against LGBTQ Coloradans fail in the state legislature. 
• Michael Bloomberg’s racially charged comments on “stop and frisk” from a 2015 Aspen Institute panel cause problems for his presidential campaign. 
• Mel Tucker leaves CU after a single season to coach football at Michigan State 

• A team in Steamboat prepares to send off the world’s largest firework.
• CSU-Pueblo will be the first solar-powered university in the state.
• Kids across the state cheer as major snowfalls cause school cancelations.
• Kids across the state cheer as major snowfalls cause school cancelations.
• Broncos’ rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, win the Super Bowl.
• Garden of the Gods draws controversy for fees, drainage project.
• After Iowa, Coloradans are thrilled that the state switched from caucuses to a presidential primary.
• The Iowa caucuses end in a virtual tie between Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg.
• The STEM School shooting suspect pleads guilty.
• The problematic mobile app that created problems in the Iowa Democratic presidential caucus has Denver ties.
• A state lawmaker, with no evidence, foolishly claims that wolves will attack hikers and skiers.
• An anti-vax Facebook group tells a CO mom to give her son elderberries instead of Tamiflu, and the boy dies days later..
• Arapahoe county DA won’t charge the Aurora cop who was found drunk and passed out in his car.
• Cory Gardner votes to acquit President Trump, Michael Bennett votes to convict, as the impeachment trial comes to an end.

• Pueblo finally opens a permanent shelter for people experiencing homelessness. 
• “Dolly Day” event sets world record for most people dressed up as Dolly Parton in the same room.
• Colorado cannabis and beer industries partner to recycle CO2.
• Colorado struggles with teacher representation. 87% of teachers are white but 40% of students are people of color.
• Denver B-cycle program ends after 10 years.
• Garden of the Gods draws controversy for fees, drainage project.
• No coronavirus cases in Colorado, as a third patient tests negative.
• Broncos fans unsure of who to root for in the “Big Game” this weekend: the Kansas City Chiefs or the San Francisco 49ers.
• Death penalty repeal passes through the Colorado Senate.
• Lawsuit alleges that the Kansas Highway Patrol targets out of-state-cars, particularly ones coming from Colorado.
• Sen. Cory Gardner tows the party line and votes against additional impeachment witnesses.
• Colorado has one of the highest police shooting rates in the country.