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Colorado Baptists Respond to Wind-Driven Fire Destruction
Photo courtesy of Baptist Press. Colorado Baptist Disaster Relief personnel are helping care for evacuees of a fire that raged through neighborhoods west of Denver last week, one day before heavy snowfall blanketed the area. (Submitted photo) LAFAYETTE, Colo. (BP) –...
The Colorado Wildfire and Global Warming: Is there a Connection? – Watts Up With That?
Cliff Mass, Last Thursday, December 30th, powerful downslope winds resulted in a massive grass fire that rapidly moved into neighborhoods around Superior, Colorado–a town between Denver and Boulder. Driven by winds exceeding 100 mph that rushed down the eastern slopes...
Earth Matters: Colorado River disaster affects millions; Tesla delivered nearly a million EVs in ’21
A story I wrote for High Country News in 1980 about the serious dangers of a highly polluted uranium-milling operation in the Union Carbide company town of Uravan, Colorado, where even the health clinic was built on radioactive tailings and settling ponds leaked...
State endorses 5-day isolation, quarantine periods for Colorado schools
Colorado schools can adopt shorter COVID isolation and quarantine periods to match recent federal guidance for the general public, the state health department announced Friday. | Laura Faith Kebede / Chalkbeat Colorado schools can adopt shorter COVID isolation and...
Colorado Springs hotel laid off 160 employees after sale: State
The sale of Colorado Springs' second-largest hotel meant a not-so-happy start to the new year for dozens of hotel employees.Owners of the Hotel Elegante Conference & Event Center laid off 160 employees after selling the 496-room hotel to a Texas company,...
“Hang on to one another”: Joe Biden consoles Marshall fire survivors during Colorado visit
LOUISVILLE — President Joe Biden embraced and consoled survivors of the Marshall fire during a visit to the Boulder County burn area Friday, vowing to use the full power of the federal government to help people affected by the blaze. “We’re here with you,” he said...
Attention, Illegal Pete’s fans: Expansion plans include Colorado Springs
Illegal Pete's, known for its Mission-style burritos, tacos, and other Mexican dishes at a dozen locations in northern Colorado and Arizona, will become the latest Denver restaurant to expand to Colorado Springs.The fast-casual chain plans to open its first Springs...
Report reveals pipeline of stolen Colorado bikes ending up in Mexico
When Anna Helfrich moved in October 2020, she locked two of her family’s high-end mountain bikes in a storage locker in the parking garage below the apartments in her Westminster complex. Within five hours they were stolen. Whoever took them left other valuable items...
King Soopers workers union call for a strike in Colorado
The union representing King Soopers workers in Colorado is calling for a strike that could start as early as Sunday, a day after its contracts end with stores in the Denver area and Colorado Springs. Earlier this week, union members at nearly 90 stores voted...