Colorado Week in Review

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

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

awesome + uniting

• Humans are again aiming at the moon with NASA’s Artemis missions — and Colorado is at the center of it
• More than 770,000 Coloradans potentially eligible for loan forgiveness under Biden plan
• The 150th Colorado State Fair begins Friday. Here’s your guide to the Pueblo event

awesome + controversy

• Colorado voters will decide whether to allow wine sales in grocery stores as booze battle heads to November ballot
• LoDo food truck ban lifted this weekend
• Colorado lawmakers target turf amid unprecedented drought

awful + uniting

• After euthanizing 63 bears so far this year, wildlife officials urge Coloradans to bear-proof homes
• Final police officer submits resignation at Nederland Police Department
• Colorado mom guilty of Qanon kidnapping conspiracy

awful + controversy

• GOP group launches bid to recall Priola after Colorado lawmaker becomes a Democrat
• Judge to Knisley: ‘Facts both troubling and alarming’
• Denver real estate developer and former Republican candidate for state treasurer charged with security fraud

awesome + uniting

• Doctors in space: CU’s Boulder and School of Medicine campuses will offer a joint degree program to send MDs to infinity and beyond
• Delta County leaders reverse course, say “shear thing” to plan for big solar project on land where sheep graze
• Switch to native grasses estimated to save millions of gallons

awesome + controversy

• Colorado moves another step closer to importing lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada
• One person’s trash, another’s treasure: Donors, buyers flock to Colorado thrift stores amid post-pandemic resurgence
• Stalled in Congress, Colorado Democrats ask Biden to take action to preserve public lands

awful + uniting

• Colorado teachers have the largest pay disparity in the country
• Denver DA wants grand jury probe of police shooting that injured bystanders as body camera footage is released
• New water cuts announced by feds after Colorado River Basin states miss deadline for agreement

awful + controversy

• Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe
• Abortion becomes a front and center issue in Colorado’s Senate race
• Gun advocacy groups sue more Colorado cities over controls