The Home Front: Western Slope case raises questions about marijuana vs. hemp...
“Complications in the criminal case of a Palisade hemp farmer are highlighting the reality for law enforcement agencies that prosecuting marijuana crimes in Colorado can be a bit sticky,” reports the...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Major settlement reached in case of dead jail inmate Your...
“A correctional health-care provider has agreed to pay $4.25 million in the case of a Fremont County jail inmate who died of prescription drug withdrawal, attorneys said Monday,” The Colorado Springs...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Harsh reality after transportation measure’s failure Your...
“(Durango), with 2A failing, doesn’t have any money for major road projects, said Levi Lloyd, city operations director. That means roads that need reconstruction or re-pavement won’t get fixed, at...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Will Colorado Springs have the country’s hottest housing...
“Colorado Springs’ housing market has ranked as one of the country’s hottest during much of 2018 because of strong demand and rising prices, according to national publications and real estate groups....
View ArticleHome Front: Cop resigns after stealing granola bars from crime scene Your...
“A La Plata County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant who serves as commander of the Southwest Drug Task Force will resign at the end of the month after allegedly stealing food from a crime scene while on a...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Colorado Springs shooting ‘a joke turned deadly’ Your daily...
“An accidental shooting that claimed the life of a Fort Carson soldier Saturday was a joke turned deadly, according to a witness, who told police it was an instance of the soldier and his friends being...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Officials vow to protect a rare albino deer Your daily...
“A proposed deer harvesting program within Cañon City and adjacent areas of Fremont County would help with the deer overpopulation in the area, but it also would protect the rare albino deer living in...
View ArticleThe Home Front: City finally lifts ban on recreational pot Your daily roundup...
“After dozens of workshops and discussions on the issue that date back to early 2017, Rifle City Council in November moved to bring recreational marijuana to a limited number of stores in town,”...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Another commitment to 100 percent renewable electricity Your...
“The renewable energy future that Platte River Power Authority has previously assured is coming is now officially part of the utility’s guiding documents,” reports The Loveland Reporter-Herald. “The...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Colorado’s economic growth likely to slow in 2019 Your daily...
“The Colorado economy will continue to grow next year, but the pace might slow a tad. That’s the message from the 2019 Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forecast released today,” reports The Boulder...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Boycott of Salvation Army causes bell-ringer shortage Your...
“A year ago, bells were ringing outside City Market and all was jolly as Durango residents knew that every dollar they put into the Salvation Army kettle would stay in the community, donated to local...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Rise in attempted suicide among middle school students Your...
“A presentation of the Healthy Kids Colorado 2017 survey shows a rise in attempted suicide with middle school students in Cañon City at 11.9 percent compared to 11.3 percent in 2015. Cañon City High...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Half-blind endangered wolf on the run Your daily roundup of...
“A half-blind endangered Mexican gray wolf that had been loose in Teller County since escaping from a wildlife center a month ago was captured Wednesday north of Divide,” reports The Colorado Springs...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Michelle Obama comes to Colorado Your daily roundup of the...
“(Michelle) Obama was in town as part of a book tour for her recently released memoir ‘Becoming.’ The former first lady signed books at Tattered Cover in Denver, visited Children’s Hospital Colorado...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Food insecurity on campus Your daily roundup of the biggest...
“CU students are going hungry, but nobody is sure how many,” reports The Boulder Daily Camera. “CU officials do not yet have an estimate, and local service providers see and serve CU students but do...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Local goat thinks he’s an elk Your daily roundup of the...
“A little black goat appears to have joined an elk herd near the Devil’s Backbone, causing wonderment and a bunch of photo snapping among residents in the area,” reports The Loveland Reporter-Herald....
View ArticleThe Home Front: Colorado’s $800 million ‘Las Vegas-scale’ hotel Your daily...
“The Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center threw open its doors at 12:18 p.m. Tuesday — the 18th day of the 12th month — giving Colorado a Las Vegas scale hotel at 1,501 rooms and Aurora a new...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Travel season expected to smash records Your daily roundup of...
“Anyone who can get an early start on their holiday travel might want to this year,” reports The Colorado Springs Gazette. “Nearly a third of Coloradans — a record 1.8 million people — are expected to...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Resort skiing in Colorado less affordable than ever Your...
“The $200 barrier for a walk-up ski lift ticket was broken for the first time by Vail Mountain and Beaver Creek this season, according to industry sources,” reports The Summit Daily. “Vail and Beaver...
View ArticleThe Home Front: New images from the Kuiper Belt Your daily roundup of the...
“The team behind the Boulder-born New Horizons mission on Wednesday released the clearest image to date from its New Year’s Eve flyby of Ultima Thule, the Kuiper Belt Object on which the spacecraft...
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