The Home Front: A Colorado town has a ‘Cannabis Discovery Center’ for...
“When curious visitors come to Colorado with questions about legal marijuana, Durango now has the go-to place,” reports The Durango Herald. “The mission of the Durango Cannabis Discovery Center is to...
View ArticleThe Home Front: ‘When Stormy came to town’ at Denver’s Diamond Cabaret strip...
“She strutted on the stage in kicks, the way a dancer does, in a red-sequined gown and blue-and-white top hemmed in stars,” reports ColoradoPolitics. “The harmonic chords of ‘American Woman,’ the Lenny...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Colorado sheriff wants to store police-issued AR-15 rifle...
“Parents and law enforcement officials hope meetings this week with St. Vrain Valley School District regarding a Boulder County Sheriff’s Office proposal to store long-range rifles in firearm safes...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Durango won’t ‘assess potential hazards’ of a planned...
“A planned homeless camp expected to open near the Durango Dog Park may pose health risks to residents, but the city does not plan to assess potential hazards before allowing people to sleep on the...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Xcel ‘intends to shift its power production into renewable...
“Xcel Energy’s latest plan for electric production in Colorado calls for building three major solar power systems in Pueblo County, along with battery storage, and additional wind power that would let...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren want feds forced to...
“The federal government would be forced to respect state laws on marijuana under a bill introduced Thursday by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Elizabeth Warren,” reports The Denver Post. “The measure,...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Trump’s steel tariffs could ‘send costs soaring and even...
“The Pikes Peak Cog Railway, whose future as an iconic tourist attraction has been in doubt since its closing late last year, will be rebuilt and reopened if its owner and the city of Manitou Springs...
View ArticleThe Home Front: ‘Fires are raging across Colorado’ with ‘flames fueled by...
“Wildfire anxiety in Colorado is peaking after a fast-growing blaze west of Silverthorne ignited Tuesday morning and made a hasty run at more than 1,300 houses and condominiums in a pair of...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Dacono residents learned ‘how they will be impacted by...
“Dacono residents mulled Wednesday whether Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s agreement to move two proposed well pads further from homes and outside city limits justifies the city losing tax revenue at a...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Trump administration would allow drilling in Colorado ‘next...
“From a small plane circling over secluded grassy meadows and Sangre de Cristo Mountain spires, politicians and conservationists on Friday will see the stakes as the federal government pushes to open...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Anti-fracking protestors ‘forced officials to abruptly...
“An impromptu protest from anti-fracking activists on the floor of Lafayette’s City Council meeting Tuesday forced officials to abruptly adjourn, suspending the leadership’s planned vote to revamp the...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Colorado’s economy ‘is flush and so are expected revenues to...
“Colorado’s economy is flush and so are expected revenues to the state, economic forecasters told legislators Wednesday,” reports The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. “Even though state forecasters said...
View ArticleThe Home Front: In Colorado, woman jailed for charging a phone. Critics say...
“Gaya Jenkins missed her bus. She was headed to Denver, to receive treatment for cancer, but now she would have to catch a later ride,” reports The Boulder Daily Camera. “While she waited, she decided...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Methane leaks from oil and gas industry ‘offset much of the...
“The U.S. oil and gas industry emits 13 million metric tons of methane from its operations each year – nearly 60 percent more than current estimates and enough to offset much of the climate benefits of...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Ken Salazar will be working on ‘the redevelopment of Black...
“Former Colorado U.S. Sen. and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will be working with Black Hills Energy and Riverwalk North Alliance as the two sides continue to work with each other to plan the...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Local primary election results across Colorado
“U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, the Republican incumbent representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, knows which Democrat he will face off against in the mid-term general election Nov. 6 – former...
View ArticleThe Home Front: In Montrose County, glitches and ‘a fiasco with ballot...
“Antiquated election equipment, glitches and an expensive printing mistake added up to Montrose County’s primary election night turning into election week,” reports The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel....
View ArticleThe Home Front: Durango ‘may test for radon at a proposed homeless camp.’ But…
“The city of Durango may test for radon at a proposed homeless camp, but residents and the state health department say the test will not answer all the questions about radioactive materials on the...
View ArticleThe Home Front: Broomfield’s city council is expected to vote on oil and gas...
“The Broomfield City Council is expected to vote on whether or not to adopt an ordinance amending sections of the municipal code regarding oil and gas regulations at its Tuesday council meeting,”...
View ArticleThe Home Front: ‘Major victory’ for grass-roots effort ‘to see Colorado...
“For those behind the statewide, grass-roots effort to see Colorado schools funded more equitably and at a higher level, Wednesday marked a major victory,” reports The Pueblo Chieftain. “Proponents of...
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