COLORADO LAWMAKERS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS ARE EXPRESSING GRIEF, SHOCK AND SYMPATHY FOR THE VICTIMS IN YESTERDAY’S SHOOTINGS IN TUSCON, ARIZONA. ARIZONA CONGRESSWOMAN GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AND IS IN INTENSIVE CARE. A COLORADO SPRINGS WOMAN WAS ONE OF THE SIX PEOPLE THAT DIED. RESCUERS ARE SEARCHING THE SANGRE DE … Read more
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) – Colorado issued nearly 6,000 oil and gas drilling permits last year for the state’s third-highest total on record. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director David Neslin says the state issued 5,996 permits last year. The record is 8,027 permits, set in 2008. Weld County had the most permits at … Read more
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) – Aspen city officials are looking into a possible ban on bottled water in plastic, disposable containers. The City Council has directed staffers to investigate options for prohibiting or discouraging single-use plastic containers. The Aspen Daily News reports that Councilman Torre suggested a possible ban Tuesday, saying he was astounded by all … Read more
DENVER (AP) – It might be drier than usual at lower elevations in Colorado, but higher-than-normal snowfall in the mountains has boosted the snowpack in most parts of the state. Colorado’s overall snowpack was 136 percent of average on Jan. 1, the highest reading for that date since 1997. The federal Natural Resources Conservation Service … Read more
DENVER (AP) – Former congressman John Salazar has been appointed to be the new Colorado agriculture commissioner. Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper also appointed Dr. Chris Urbina, director of Denver Public Health at Denver Health, to head the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and announced that Mike King will remain as head of the Department … Read more
DENVER (AP) – Civil rights groups are denouncing Gov. Bill Ritter’s decision Tuesday to approve the use of a federal program that identifies illegal immigrants through the fingerprints of every person booked into jail. Opponents are urging the Democrat with a week left in office to reconsider, saying the Secure Communities program will lead to … Read more
SEVERAL JUVIES BUSTED AT GW NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY A GLENWOOD SPRINGS POLICE OFFICER WAS INJURED WHILE TRYING TO BREAK UP A HUGE, UNDERAGE NEW YEAR’S EVE DRINKING PARTY. ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORTS, A NOISE COMPLAINT SENT OFFICERS TO THE COTTONWOOD LANDING APARTMENTS NEAR THE 27TH STREET BRIDGE AND MIDLAND AVENUE AROUND 2:30 A.M. POLICE … Read more