Colorado Week in Review

• Colorado Springs-based supertanker gets approval to fight U.S. wildfires
• This Drone Could Solve the Front Range’s Air Pollution Problem
• Michelle Obama visits Denver as one of first appearances after White House
• Aurora Police Chief Nick Metz: ‘If U.S. Military won’t take you, Aurora PD will!’
• Colorado Springs teenager originates anti-suicide program that’s gaining attention
• Active-duty military and veterans get free admission to Colorado state parks in August
• No evidence 5,000 Colorado voters who unregistered were ineligible to vote, secretary of state says
• Wait times at Colorado VA facilities among worst in the nation, new data show
• #CatScratchBrauchler: Ted Nugent throws support behind George Brauchler
• Suspect arrested in 2 violent attacks near CU Boulder
• Man who shoved wife off cliff loses appeal for a new trial
• Weld County sheriff’s deputy arrested on suspicion of child abuse

• Colorado unemployment at record-low 2.3 percent for third straight month
• Colorado passes a milestone for pot revenue
• Beatles legend Ringo Starr was just hiking in Colorado high country
• Levitt Pavilion opens at Ruby Hill Park
• World-renowned cheese festival coming to Denver next week
• CAUGHT ON TAPE: Glass-Smashing Goat Vandalizes Business, Goes On The Lam
• Social Security numbers were showing up in 311 databases, Denver auditor finds
• Colorado’s construction landscape currently understaffed by 10,000 workers
• Tiny houses running into obstacles in Colorado
• Broncos season tickets: Some just want them before they die; others are signed up before they’re born
• State Senator allows comments suggesting the use of violence against political opponents on his Facebook page

• How Colorado is trying to cash in on the multibillion-dollar space race
• Colorado’s Democratic Governor Endorses Global Climate Pact
• Hancock: Transportation, housing changes by 2030
• Southern Ute, Ute Mountain athletes head to Canada to compete in North American Indigenous Games
• Stolen Shelter Dog With ‘Indomitable Spirit’ Returns To Colorado
• Slow Food Nations: A festival to taste and explore a world of good, clean, and fair food for all
• Nearly 3,400 Colorado Voters Withdraw Registration Following Trump Request
• Confidentiality Agreements Broken In Attempt To Warn About Rocky Flats
• 3 more bears euthanized in Colorado
• DA: Former CDOT audit director charged more than $20,000 on state credit cards
• Family of inmate who died in custody asks criminal investigation to be reopened
• Aurora police officer arrested in Erie, faces tampering and influence charges

• Federal court rules against Trump administration’s delay of EPA methane rules, siding with Colorado and conservation groups
• Coloradans celebrate 4th of July as new citizens
• Survey: Colorado has some of the most courteous drivers in the country
• Nederland hires Beth Buglione as first female head football coach in Colorado history
• Outdoor Retailer confirms move to Denver
• Marijuana Legalization Is Decreasing Violent Crime in Border States
• Confused or angry about the Trump election panel’s request for Colorado voter ID info? Here’s what you need to know.
• Tax crusader: Amber Alerts ‘stupid’
• MAP: Wildfires currently burning in Colorado
• Five days. Six people killed by police in Colorado.
• Terry Maketa had “hit list,” El Paso County prosecutor says of ex-sheriff
• Father Shoots, Kills Son Believed To Be Burglar

• Elite smokejumpers train locally
• Fireworks in Colorado 2017: Find all Colorado fireworks shows from Denver, Aurora, Boulder and more
• Report: Colorado has best economy in US
• Colorado Springs cop released from ICU after Pence motorcade crash
• Aurora Fair Brings A Wealth of Services to the Homeless
• Drivers: Expect heavy Fourth of July traffic for next six days
• Rep. Mike Coffman to Trump: #StopTheTwitterTantrums
• EPA alleges widespread air pollution by Colorado oil and gas company
• Disabled protesters arrested at Sen. Cory Gardner’s Denver office after 2-day sit-in
• 74 indictments in ‘Operation Toker Poker,’ AG says it’s largest pot bust since legalization
• Early testimony in Maketa corruption trial reveals feuds, shifting alliances
• Former school board president sentenced for trying to lure 12-year-old

• Protesters plan to greet Mike Pence in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ garb at Focus on the Family in speech in Colorado Springs
• Colorado students given $420,000 in marijuana tax-funded scholarships
• Xcel Energy gets go-ahead to modernize power grid and recoup costs
• Greeley man helps lead storm chasing tours
• State ramps up boat inspections to keep invasive mussels out of lakes, reservoirs
• Is texting while driving legal in Colorado? State lawmaker says, ‘Hell, no!’
• Coffman to meet with Kislyak over CO mountaineer
• TSA apologizes after tossing Englewood mom’s breast milk at DIA
• New Mexico lab ships mislabeled waste container to Colorado
• Colorado teachers trained on how to use guns in case of school emergency
• Boulder County man guilty of shooting neighbor over squirrel-feeding dispute
• Former immigration detainees challenge labor practices

• Denver introduces program for safe LGBTQ+ spaces
• Thousands to descend on downtown for annual Pride festival
• Not a pop-up shop. Not a pop-up bar. There’s a new pop-up park downtown
• Prime Now, Amazon’s 1-hour delivery service, launches in Denver
• The proposed rules of public pot consumption at Denver businesses
• The surprising Colorado city that has North America’s best-tasting tap water
• CDPHE stopped state testing PFCs plume, blaming end of EPA funding
• Testing on RTD’s Wheat Ridge-Arvada train? Check … But passenger service? Who knows? (Video)
• Colorado’s Republican House Minority Leader seemingly uses congressman’s shooting to raise money
• CU Chancellor DiStefano, HC MacIntyre, AD George penalized in Joe Tumpkin investigation
• Groups clash at march against Sharia rally in downtown Denver, 4 arrested
• Top Denver Sheriff Commanders Demoted For Preferential Treatment

• Deaf singer from Longmont gets standing ovation on ‘America’s Got Talent’
• Birth control bill signed into law, allows Colorado women a one-year supply
• 2 Coloradans among NASA’s 12 new astronauts
• Colorado toughens up on home grows, boosts funding for black market enforcement
• Start paying attention to the 1st-place Rockies
• Mount Evans Highway opens to summit
• Lamborn, Pruitt facing more pressure to continue EPA lawsuit against Colorado Springs
• Crossing Gate Issues Plague RTD, Denver Transit Partners Want Out
• Piano-playing bear strikes viral chord at Colorado apartment
• Longmont city officials to investigate warrantless search accusations
• Pueblo police officer accused of re-enacting body camera footage will be disciplined
• Investigation: ‘clearly deception’ in DPD record handling

• Drone-delivered doughnuts land in downtown Denver
• Governor Hickenlooper signs bill increasing fine for texting and driving
• It’s official: Colorado passes first law to regulate driverless vehicles
• People’s Fair Art & Music Festival Denver, CO – June 3-4, 2017
• Colorado’s weed boom will fund schools and fight opioid addiction
• Kids and families can fish for free in Denver this weekend
• Boulder-area scientists worry about impact of Trump pulling U.S. from Paris climate accord
• Why is Sen. Cory Gardner touring Asia and shaking hands with Rodrigo Duterte?
• Colorado’s high school graduation rates lag behind other states’, but new programs offer hope
• Massive tanker fire shuts down I-25 in both directions near Denver Tech Center
• Sentence For DUI Driver ‘Not Long Enough,’ Widow Says
• Jury: $50,000 To Ex-Denver Inmate Slammed Against Window

• Global SuperTanker could soon fight fires in Colorado
• Colorado’s dropping unemployment rate plunges into uncharted waters
• Governor orders flags lowered Monday until noon in observance of Memorial Day
• Report: Medical marijuana could poach more than $4B from pharma sales annually
• Downtown Denver hotel opening this summer will boast highest open-air rooftop bar in the city
• 19th annual Denver Arts Festival
• Trump budget would allow sale of wild horses for slaughter
• Guv, GOP in dispute over panel appointee
• Pockets of methane gas detected near site of deadly Firestone home explosion
• Transgender woman doesn’t want to press charges over botched surgery
• Criticism of state polygraph program grows
• Man in demonic clown makeup, now accused in killing, lived in dark fantasy world, friends say