Colorado Week in Review

• House Democrats stage a roll call without women to mark International Women’s Day
• Colorado’s solar power capacity jumped 70 percent in 2016
• Teen Receives National Honor For Heroic Actions
• Oddball events animate Frozen Dead Guy Days in Nederland
• Advocates Announce Denver’s First Tiny Home Village to House the Homeless
• Broncos audit gives fans on season ticket waiting list a chance
• Colorado lawmakers, both Republican and Democrat, have concerns with GOP healthcare plan
• GOP Senate prez under fire for state transportation tax plan
• Cherry Creek business owner says paid parking policy is keeping customers away
• Study ranks Colorado as 21st worst state with DUI problems
• ICE agents illegally detained Colorado US citizen for days because he was Hispanic, lawsuit claims
• Two more Denver jail deputies punished for errors that left inmates behind bars for too long

• Gardner refuses town hall, Colorado resistance organizations host one instead
• Childhood immunization rates rising in Colorado as fight over funding looms
• 303 Day: A day to celebrate all things Colorado
• Bill headed to governor will allow ballot selfies
• Denver Zoo reveals baby giraffe Dobby after surprise pregnancy
• Nuggets close impressive two-game road trip with wire-to-wire victory over Milwaukee Bucks
• Colorado’s Gardner splits with Bennet, DeGette and Coffman on Sessions’ fate
• Senators ask feds not to meddle in state pot law
• Colorado drivers lose 49 hours and nearly $2,200 annually on bad roads
• Nearly 70 cats removed from vacant home in Craig
• Deputy Director Of Crime Lab Resigns, Accused Of Altering Crime Scene Reports
• “Culture of violence” in Colorado Youth Corrections includes physical restraints, solitary

• No, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is not running for president in 2020
• Colorado’s transgender students will still get to use the bathrooms they choose despite Trump’s order. Here’s why.
• Dems kill immigration bill targeting sanctuary cities
• RTD R-Line begins service Friday to Aurora, Denver and Lone Tree — and you can ride for free
• Colorado state troopers rescue cat from I-25 traffic
• Judge: Women can go topless in Fort Collins
• Lawmakers, industry leaders denounce White House marijuana enforcement signals
• Broomfield oil and gas forum sees big turnout, hushed crowd
• Study: Global warming shrinking Colorado River
• Jeffco library scrubs tweets after getting complaints that posts are politically biased
• Dog seriously injured after run-in with skier on Tiehack in Aspen
• Man sentenced in Colorado home invasion, stabbing

• Pueblo commits to 100% renewable energy by 2035
• Planned Parenthood funding supporters, and objectors, demonstrate in Denver
• Denver Public Schools assures immigrant families that their children are safe in city schools
• U.S. Rep. Jared Polis joins with congressional colleagues to create Cannabis Caucus
• Colorado Congressmen Introduce Legislation to Ease Kombucha Brewing Restrictions
• Outdoor trade show leaving Utah after two decades, leaving the door open for Colorado
• Worldwide attention on mom seeking sanctuary in Denver church
• Colorado health chief, researcher tangle over oil and gas cancer impact
• Court documents show five more women complained of harassment against Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway
• ICE: FB immigration checkpoint posts are false
• Principal of D’Evelyn High School convicted of harassment, third-degree assault and placed on leave
• Adam Densmore arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in case of missing Boulder mom

• Astronaut captures stunning photo of Front Range from space
• Bill that provides more rights for working parents moves forward
• Airfares from Denver to Europe drop
• Drone that vanished on Arizona flight found in Evergreen
• Democrats reject GOP efforts to curb abortion, including ‘reversal method’
• Gun laws unchanged as Democrats pick off bills on schools, businesses and ammo
• Denver rule requiring protesters to apply for a permit 7 days in advance is unconstitutional, lawsuit claims
• Neil Gorsuch Reportedly Calls Trump Attack On Judiciary ‘Demoralizing’
• New U.S. attorney general creates concern in Colorado’s marijuana industry
• Former CU Coach Allegedly Choked Woman 100 Times
• Deputy accused of showing up to work drunk suspended without pay
• ‘Please Stop’: Tire Slashing Victims Plea For Vandals To Quit

• Neil Gorsuch nomination to the Supreme Court sparks sharp reactions
• Colorado College poll: Mountain West voters oppose public lands transfer
• Spectacular work is on display at the Breckenridge Snow Sculpture Championship
• Why Summit County has the lowest cancer death rates in the country
• Helicopter drops bombs, triggers avalanche in Colorado
• Early spring: Boulder’s Flatiron Freddy doesn’t see shadow
• Colorado’s Doug Lamborn introduces bill to strip federal funding for NPR, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• Republicans defend plan to repeal health insurance exchange despite protests
• Colorado court rejects appeal; rancher who waged war on mosquitoes to protect spouse faces jail
• Traffic Fatalities are up in Colorado
• Colten Moore undergoes surgery for lower back injury suffered during X Games snowmobile crash
• Colorado mosque contacted Homeland Security about accused RTD officer shooter

• Estimated 100K pour into downtown Denver in massive march for equality, women’s rights
• Laverne Cox, ‘Buffs United’ celebrate diversity at CU Boulder
• How Colorado judge Neil Gorsuch could end up as Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
• Secretary Of State: Colorado’s Elections Are Clean, Fraud Rare
• Colorado Classic to revive pro cycling in Colorado with stops in Colorado Springs, Breckenridge and Denver
• Elk walks into Colorado store, hangs out for nearly an hour
• Colorado’s congressional delegation juggles sharp spike in constituent calls, messages
• Rural Colorado is most at risk in Trump trade war with Mexico
• Christo, Trump and the Art World’s Biggest Protest Yet
• Report: 28,000 gallons of oil, gas, drilling waste water sprayed from well near Hudson
• Denver’s police watchdog finds “significant deficiencies” in proposed use-of-force policy
• Right house, wrong family: Denver agrees to pay $1.6M for mistaken raid that roughed up father and 3 sons

• Colorado supporters of Donald Trump prepare to party in D.C. for presidential inauguration
• 36,000 expected in Denver Women’s March; 2,000 Coloradans head to D.C.
• Colorado’s graduation rate hits six-year high, with both big spikes, declines in metro Denver
• Record apartment building boom fuels decrease in average rent in Denver
• Governor proposes 50 percent marijuana tax hike for school funding
• Denver Clergy and Activists Force Law Enforcement Leaders to Sit and Listen
• Denver could lose 6 mild days, NOAA study finds
• Downtown Denver businesses seeing slew of conterfeit money
• Cowboy loses thumb while roping at National Western Stock Show
• Colorado fires transportation audit chief for alleged embezzlement, launches criminal investigation
• Fremont County detective placed on leave after 2006 murder evidence found in his storage unit
• Colorado jail deaths steadily increased, more than doubled from 2011 to June of 2015

• CU Boulder to lead operations for NASA black holes mission
• Gov. Hickenlooper calls state of Colorado “strong” in State of the State address
• Colorado House gavels in, elects state’s first Latina speaker
• Colorado in running for experiment of levitation-based transportation
• Vance Joseph takes helm, ready for “reboot” of Denver Broncos
• Wildlife panel considers pet sloths, kangaroos for Coloradans
• Marijuana industry braces for Sessions appointment
• Dead Colorado lynx offers insight into human-wildlife interactions
• Monarch Mountain one of 3 Colorado ski areas shuttered because of heavy snow
• Colorado sheriff accused of sexually assaulting at-risk inmate has been recalled
• Tanner Flores, accused of shooting ex-girlfriend Ashley Doolittle, in court Thursday
• Report: Deaths of 2 children, 2 adults in Colorado Springs ruled murder-suicide

• CDOT, Panasonic to turn I-70 into a ‘smart highway’
• Navarro among hosts of Latino inaugural ball for Trump
• Fort Carson Bids Formal Farewell To Europe-Bound Unit
• ‘Give a Pint Get a Pint’: Bonfils offering donors a free beer during January
• Lynx stroll past Colorado crowds in rare sightings
• Denver Police Department pursues new use-of-force policy
• National Western Stock Show Parade Canceled Due to Weather
• Fight brewing over rule that could ease sale of federal lands
• Coachella’s Owner Has Donated to Groups that Support an Anti-LGBTQ Agenda
• Colorado must stop using jails for people in mental health crisis, panel says
• More than 90 guns seized from Denver airport in 2016
• Former JeffCo DA Scott Storey arrested New Year’s Eve on DUI