Colorado Week in Review

• Get Ready for Halloween by Celebrating Bat Week with CPW
• Free fries? No. Paid time off? Yes. Companies learn how they can encourage voting.
• Now Hiring: Several companies hiring for seasonal positions across Colorado
• “An iconic moment”: Auction of Heritage Square’s rides signals final farewell for beloved Colorado amusement park
• Where Does All The Marijuana Money Go? Colorado’s Pot Taxes, Explained
• United Airlines Catering Workers Unionize and DIA $15 Minimum Wage Advances
• State, EPA investigating possible mine spill into Left Hand Creek
• Shop owners dealing with homeless waste, needles
• Summit County Sheriff, Challenger Work Together On Campaign Sign Vandal Search
• Goodbye, White Fence Farm, you served Denver’s chicken cravings well
• John Elway goes deep with political contributions
• Chickenpox outbreak at ICE detention site in Aurora prompts outcry from immigration rights’ groups

• TSA officers buy shirt for boy traveling to Denver who didn’t have one
• Colorado native becomes first woman to lead largest command in U.S. Army
• Jeremy Renner, Dakota Johnson and more celebs coming to Denver this weekend for fundraiser
• Marijuana sales exceed $1 billion mark in Colorado
• Canadian legalization creates opportunities for Colorado marijuana businesses
• Colorado Court of Appeals upholds state’s ban on large-capacity magazines
• Smash-and-grabs continue to plague metro Denver
• Shooter in Colorado Walmart slayings of 3 faces sentencing
• “Well, you’re not in Windsor,” Timnath cop reportedly said before kneeing mayor of neighboring town in groin, lawsuit says
• Vice President Pence speaks on Stapleton, missing journalist during Denver visit
• Colorado TV station pulls GOP ad attacking Jared Polis
• Report: Denver metro area roads ranked 17th worst in country

• Officials warn residents to be extra careful as bears prepare to hibernate
• Denver Zoo adds 2 new Asian elephants — Chuck and Jake — to its pachyderm bachelor pad
• Former Colorado Gov. Romer’s Son Awarded Nobel Prize In Economics
• Sunshine returns to Denver on Friday ahead of weekend cold front
• Schwarzenegger to rally in Colorado for anti-gerrymandering amendments
• Balance of power shifting in metro Denver’s housing market
• Colorado’s Safe2Tell program sees youth suicide reports increase dramatically, echoing national trend
• Rare virus impacting children in Colorado and across the U.S.
• Man held in Denver jail five days because he couldn’t pay $50 bond fee, lawsuit says
• RTD Counter Sues Commuter Rail Operator, Says It Attempted To ‘Retroactively Shift Blame’
• Amendment 74: The truth behind Colorado’s proposed amendment to strengthen property rights
• Deborah Ramirez’s Attorney: ‘At The End Of The Day, We Got Debbie’s Voice Out There’

• Odd-looking razorback sucker fish pulled back from extinction in Colorado
• Colorado Rockies: The Unexpected “Super Bullpen”
• Denver International Airport no longer scolds passengers about “delaying the departure of this train”
• Got a criminal record? Serving time in the county jail? You can still vote in Colorado
• New Reports Show Medicaid Expansion Was Crucial for Coloradans, Who Widely Support The Program
• Colorado lawmakers nix raising taxes on Airbnb properties
• Violent crime up 25 percent in Colorado since 2013, latest CBI report shows
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks public for help solving Poudre River fish kill mystery
• Former Westminster police officer pleads guilty to unlawful sexual contact
• Wolf spiders are popping up in neighborhoods around the Denver metro area
• Why Law Enforcement Group’s Horrors of Pot Report Is Being Ignored
• Colorado’s Cory Gardner reviews FBI report on Kavanaugh after listening to sexual assault survivors

• The March for Black Women calls on all women to unite
• Colorado Woman Finds Nearly 3 Carat Diamond at Arkansas Park
• Colorado Rockies: Every scenario that’s on the table for the rest of 2018
• Denver Comic Con will change its name to Denver Pop Culture Con for 2019
• Metro Denver’s minority neighborhoods piling up home equity
• Advocates want voters to have final say in Denver Winter Olympics bid
• Last year’s flu season was worst on record in Colorado
• Toxic algae bloom a potential health hazard at Blue Mesa
• September’s record heat baked Denver schools, prompting complaints from teachers and parents
• Denver’s locker program ends, but homeless storage is still an issue
• Colorado wildlife refuge at old nuclear plant is open – for now
• Attorney: Senate committee has rebuffed Boulder woman’s effort to cooperate

• PHOTOS: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the Aurora SWAT team rapelling as superheroes for Children’s Hospital Colorado
• Denver finally legalized it: Kids can now operate lemonade stands
• All national parks are free Saturday in honor of National Public Lands Day
• Colorado Rockies fans, you’re needed at Coors Field next week
• Hickenlooper forms leadership PAC — a step closer to possible 2020 presidential bid
• Doomsday Preppers Will Descend on Denver for Self-Reliance Expo
• 66 tons of Colorado ground beef recalled for E.coli
• Fort Collins police officer resigns over excessive force incident
• “Not something we can ignore anymore”: White supremacist, extremist activity on the rise across Colorado, experts say
• The Tailhook scandal shook the Navy, and the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor found himself in the middle of it
• Trump rolls back pollution rules for drilling on US lands; Bennet ‘disappointed’
• Statehouse Dems Call For Harassment, Diversity Training For 2 GOP Leaders

• Colorado ranked fifth for aerospace manufacturers in new study
• Colorado Is the Least Obese U.S. State, Study Finds
• Museum replicates river
• 3-day Grandoozy festival kicks off Friday in Denver
• Denver airport breaks 6 million monthly passengers. Thanks, Switzerland.
• Psychedelic Mushroom Advocates Push Initiatives for May 2019 Citywide Ballot
• Colorado wildfire update: High heat raises red flag warning
• Sacrificing Our Schools: Number of schools switching to 4-day weeks growing as Colorado funding woes continue
• Lake Powell mussels multiplying, menacing Colo. lakes, reservoirs
• Why would AMERICA license plate be offensive?
• That fight in D.C. over food stamps? It has some Colorado small farmers worried, too.
• CBS4 Reporter Pissed About Being Used in Political Ads

• Colorado’s new consumer data protection law among the most demanding in the country
• Colorado ranks in Top 10 best states for early retirement
• Trout Thought To Be Extinct Found In Colorado
• Third-warmest summer on record for Colorado
• Stinky, the giant flower smelling of rotting flesh, blooms again at Denver Botanic Gardens
• Western business owners throw support behind reauthorizing Land and Water Conservation Fund
• 8-year-old boy killed by float in Labor Day parade in Colorado
• International cocaine trafficking ring in Colorado busted by “Operation White Whale”
• Colorado sues Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma over its role in opioid crisis
• Store in Chapel Hills Mall clearing out Nike merch in protest of Kaepernick ad
• Walker Stapleton walks back comment calling local media ‘phony’, avoids Tancredo talk
• These Palisade peaches come with a message: 9/11 was an inside job

• Colorado vs. Colorado State: Prediction, pick, odds, line, TV channel, live stream, watch online
• What to expect heading into Denver’s jam-packed September of festivals
• Colorado Just Gave This Renewable Energy Stock a Boost
• Making lemonade out of lemons? Denver moves to legalize kids’ stands following police bust
• Colorado Rockies: Starting pitching will determine their postseason fate
• Answering your questions about oil & gas Initiative 97
• Mom of 9-year-old boy who ended his life wants ‘bullying to end’
• Former Fort Carson soldier gets 3 years for smuggling guns to Dominican Republic
• Body camera released of Denver police handcuffing a journalist, telling her to ‘act like a lady’
• ACLU Blasts 31 Colorado Cities for Cracking Down on Panhandling
• Lamborn wants Justice Dept. to investigate Colo. civil rights agency
• Alarm from Colorado’s congressional Democrats over Trump admin. gathering negative marijuana data

• Colorado leaders hope new space port will give aerospace industry one giant leap
• To end gerrymandering, bipartisan group asks voters to approve reforms
• A Bear Had a Scary Good Time After Wandering into the Shining Hotel in Colorado
• How a House speaker’s aide helped smuggle the Putin portrait into the Colorado Capitol
• Aspens in Colorado changing early, ready or not
• RTD train testing wreaking havoc on neighbors
• Jeffco Mom Pushing For Smartphone Ban In Middle Schools
• Smoky conditions, poor air quality continue to linger in Denver, along Front Range
• EPA identifies elevated potential cancer risk near Lakewood facility, triggering air study by Colorado health officials
• Pueblo jail inmate said to be “faking illness” nearly dies awaiting health care, lawsuit says
• Jury deliberates on charges against CSU student whose arrest went viral in video
• First big-name Colorado Republican calls on Trump to resign
• Ex-Denver for Trump Head: We’ll Recall Any Republican Disloyal to the President