by Mr. Leadville | Feb 23, 2021 | Leadville News
LEADVILLE • Stand close enough to Vicki Koch and you’ll be sprinkled with flour. That is, if you’re in the kitchen when she’s making pizza dough for the second time that day. Her muscled arms create a faint cloud of white as she stirs.Never mind the flour dust. You’ll...
by Mr. Leadville | Feb 23, 2021 | Leadville News
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago. The slinky predator named Elizabeth Ann, born Dec. 10 and announced Thursday, is cute as a button. But...
by Mr. Leadville | Feb 23, 2021 | Leadville News
A man tied by DNA to the long-unsolved 1988 slaying of a Colorado Springs woman pleaded guilty Wednesday, averting an insanity trial set for April.James Edward Papol, who was 15 when he attacked Mary Lynn Vialpando in an alley in the Old Colorado City neighborhood,...
by Mr. Leadville | Feb 22, 2021 | Leadville News
In Estes Park, Colorado, dog-owner Gene Whannel fought off an attack from a mountain lion trying to kill his dog Sadie. It had been around 6 a.m. when Gene let his dog out in the backyard for her morning bathroom break.According to KdvrNews, Whannel always carefully...
by Mr. Leadville | Feb 22, 2021 | Leadville News
School safety concerns and unmanageable workloads brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have Colorado teachers reconsidering their careers. According to a new survey conducted by the Colorado Education Association, 40% of licensed teachers across the state said they are...