News briefs Biden to designate Colorado's Camp Hale a national monument Tribune News Service · Oct 7, 2022
Biden to designate Colorado's Camp Hale a national monument WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will travel to Colorado next week to designate a historic military site as a national monument, delivering on a key priority of Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, who is fighting for reelection. Los Angeles Times · Oct 6, 2022
18 months in prison for man who threatened Colorado official A Nebraska man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for online threats he made last year against Colorado’s top elections official in one of the first cases brought by a federal task force devoted to protecting elections workers across the U.S. who have been subject to increasing threats The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
More water restrictions likely as California pledges to cut use of Colorado River supply LOS ANGELES — With the Colorado River in crisis and reservoir levels continuing to decline, California water agencies that depend on the river are planning to significantly reduce their use of water from the river starting next year. Los Angeles Times · Oct 6, 2022
Overdoses, homicides and suicides drove Colorado’s teen death rate up more than 60% over last decade DENVER, Colo. — Colorado high school students were significantly more likely to die in 2020 than in 2010, despite signs that, in many ways, teens are now better off. The Denver Post · Oct 6, 2022
Did Murders Rise in 2021? No One Knows. Plus: Court says DACA is illegal, Colorado baker appeals gender transition cake ruling, and more... Reason · Oct 6, 2022
Colorado baker fighting ruling over gender transition cake The Colorado baker who won a partial Supreme Court victory after refusing on religious grounds to make a wedding cake for a gay couple a decade ago is challenging a separate ruling that he violated the state’s anti-discrimination law — this time over complaints he refused to make a birthday… The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre historic site will see major expansion, federal officials announce EADS, Colo. — Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site marking one of the nation’s bloodiest assaults on Native people will more than double in size to cover more than 6,500 acres of shortgrass prairie — a broadening federal project in tandem with tribal leaders. The Denver Post · Oct 5, 2022
Cyberattack takes down Colorado’s main website DENVER — Colorado state government’s homepage, Colorado.gov, was taken down Wednesday due to a cyberattack by an anonymous agent, according to news release. The Denver Post · Oct 5, 2022
US to expand historical site marking Native American massacre Site in Sand Creek, Colorado memorialises the massacre of more than 230 Native Americans by US soldiers in 1864. Al Jazeera · Oct 5, 2022
Colorado schools forced to tell GOP candidate to stop saying students identify as cats Heidi Ganahl claims that she’s received messages from more than 100 concerned parents about the rumour that students in Colorado are identifying as cats and other animals The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
Haaland: US expanding Native American massacre site Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has announced an expansion of a National Park Service historical site dedicated to the massacre by U.S. troops of more than 200 Native Americans in what is now southeastern Colorado The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
Colorado’s world-class elk herd in bull’s-eye of outdoor recreation boom, report warns Along with heading to the mountains to see the gold aspen leaves, a must-do for a lot of Coloradans in the fall is to hear bull elk bugle. The male elk’s high-pitched bellow signals the start of the rut — mating season — and is a beckoning call for wildlife-watchers… The Denver Post · Oct 5, 2022
GABF turns 40: How Colorado’s biggest beer festival shaped the American craft industry DENVER -- The first time Thornton resident Sarah Beth Bliss attended the Great American Beer Festival, she said it felt like “beer Christmas.” The Denver Post · Oct 5, 2022
The Denver Post · Oct 5, 2022 'Incredibly frustrating': Colorado schools reject GOP gubernatorial candidate's claims that students identify as cats DENVER — No, several large Colorado school districts said Tuesday, they are not having issues with students identifying as cats or other animals, as Republican gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl has repeatedly claimed is happening in schools across the state.
Ballotpedia · Oct 4, 2022 Three candidates running for Colorado treasurer on Nov. 8 Incumbent Dave Young (D), Lang Sias (R), and Anthony Delgado (L) are running for Colorado treasurer on Nov. 8, 2022.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 4, 2022 Bear pins man to ground in late-night attack in his backyard A Colorado man investigating a noise in his backyard late Saturday night startled a bear, which knocked him over and held him down.
WEKU · Oct 4, 2022 Meet the California farmers awash in Colorado River water, even in a drought A single irrigation district in California, along the Mexican border, takes more water from the Colorado River than all of Arizona and Nevada. It's under pressure to use less.
Salon · Oct 4, 2022 Colorado's broken child custody system "Sometimes the judge just cuts and pastes all my recommendations and puts it into the court order," evaluator brags
The Denver Post · Oct 3, 2022 Why Colorado’s Western Slope likely remains Lauren Boebert country, despite a string of controversies CRAIG, Colo. — Steam rises from the coal-fired Craig Station power plant, pickup trucks filter in and out of the Trapper Mine southwest of town and Bob Seger drifts over the radio waves.
Dynamite News · Oct 1, 2022 Another monkey virus may be on verge of infecting humans: Researchers According to new University of Colorado Boulder research published online Sept. 30 in the journal Cell, an unknown family of viruses that is currently prevalent in wild African primates and known to cause lethal Ebola-like symptoms in certain monkeys is "poised for spillover" to people. Read more on Dynamite News
The Denver Post · Oct 1, 2022 Colorado gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl pressed on election denial, tax cut plan during forum DENVER — GOP candidate for governor Heidi Ganahl faced particular scrutiny over her broad tax plan Friday at a forum hosted by a business-focused group.
The Denver Post · Sep 29, 2022 Ex-NSA employee in Colorado arrested on espionage charges for allegedly trying to sell secrets to foreign power DENVER — A former National Security Agency employee in Colorado has been charged with violating the Espionage Act for allegedly trying to send classified national defense information to a foreign government.
The Denver Post · Sep 29, 2022 Builder of quantum computers opens research and development facility in Boulder Atom Computing, a California-based startup that builds quantum computers, opened its largest research and development facility in Boulder on Wednesday.