Latest Colorado Headlines
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Judge Dismisses Group of Lawsuits against Colorado Theater
Jun 27 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed a consolidated group of lawsuits brought against the owner of the Colorado movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people and wounded 70 others. Judge R. Brooke Jackson dismissed the lawsuits...
New Twist in Colorado Marijuana Debate: Why Not Allow Pot Clubs?
Jun 23 2016 // Legal marijuana is giving Colorado a stinky conundrum. Visitors can buy the drug, but they can’t use it in public. Or in a rental car. Or in most hotel rooms. The result is something marijuana advocates and opponents...
Colorado Governor Again Vetoes Bill to Ban Red-Light Traffic Cameras
Jun 20 2016 // For the second consecutive year, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has vetoed a bill that would have enacted a statewide ban on red-light traffic cameras. Hickenlooper said he agrees with lawmakers that photo enforcement...
Colorado Scientists Detail Results of Fracking Air Pollution Study
Jun 16 2016 // A study of air pollution from western Colorado fracking wells found the highest rate of emissions came just after fracking was completed. The research released this week didn’t measure the effects on human health,...
Colorado Governor Again Vetoes Bill to Ban Red-Light Traffic Cameras
Jun 6 2016 // For the second consecutive year, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has vetoed a bill that would have enacted a statewide ban on red-light traffic cameras. Hickenlooper said he agrees with lawmakers that photo enforcement...
Ski Resorts Not Liable for Avalanches, Colorado Court Says
Jun 2 2016 // The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that avalanches are among the “inherent dangers of skiing” so ski resorts can’t be held liable for people killed by slides within their boundaries. The 5-2 ruling came...
Atlantic Coast Should Expect Normal Hurricane Season, Says Colorado State
Jun 2 2016 // The Atlantic should produce a near-normal 12 storms during the six-month hurricane season that officially begins Wednesday, while the U.S. coastline has a below-average chance of being struck by a major system, according...
Jury Rules Cinemark Theaters Not Liable in 2012 Colorado Movie Shooting
May 19 2016 // The owners of a movie theater where 12 people were killed during a screening of the Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” are not liable for the mass shooting, a jury ruled on Thursday, in the first civil lawsuit...
Lawsuit over Colorado Movie Theater Massacre Heads to Jury
May 19 2016 // The management of a Colorado movie theater where 12 patrons were slain in a 2012 shooting rampage could never have foreseen, nor safeguarded against, such a seemingly random but meticulously planned and violent attack, its...
Colorado Marijuana Businesses Sued After Fatal Shooting
May 12 2016 // The family of three boys filed a lawsuit against two recreational marijuana businesses after a shooting that left their mother dead and their father charged with murder. The lawsuit claims companies that made a type of...
Jury Selected in Colorado Movie Massacre Lawsuit
May 10 2016 // A six-member jury was chosen on Monday in Colorado to hear the first civil trial of wrongful death and personal injury claims stemming from a 2012 mass shooting in which 12 people were killed and dozens wounded in a...
Colorado’s High Court Holds State Law over Local Fracking Bans
May 3 2016 // The Colorado Supreme Court has blocked a push to limit oil and gas development near people. The state’s high court ruled that the power to promote industry trumps local bans, which the court deemed “invalid and...
Average to Below-Average Wildfire Season Expected for Colorado
Apr 27 2016 // Firefighters said Tuesday they expect another average or below-average wildfire season in Colorado in 2016, the third mild year in a row. “That’s always good news,” Gov. John Hickenlooper said after...
Colorado State Hurricane Forecaster Gray Passes Away
Apr 25 2016 // He changed the way the world looks at hurricanes, and in later years he challenged the science behind climate change, but most people will probably remember Bill Gray as the creator of the modern seasonal forecast for...
People – West
Apr 18 2016 // Gary Petrosino joined Lockton as chief operating officer of the global insurance broker’s Pacific operations in the U.S. Petrosino will be responsible for leading a team of more than 500 associates in the California...
Legal Pot Proponents Urge Connecticut Legislators to Act Fast
Apr 8 2016 // Proponents of legalizing marijuana in Connecticut urged state lawmakers to act quickly and capitalize on the “novelty factor” of possibly becoming the first New England state to allow recreational use of the...
Boston Insurance Brokerage Names Hicks VP in Colorado Office
Apr 4 2016 // Boston Insurance Brokerage has named Zachary Hicks vice president in the Denver Colo. office. Hicks will focus on environmental insurance. He previously was a senior environmental underwriter for Chubb Insurance...
IMA Promotes 3 Top Leaders
Apr 1 2016 // Denver-based independent insurance broker IMA Inc. one of the largest independent insurance brokers in the country, is excited to announce the internal promotion of its newest top leaders. Sandy Harvath has been promoted...
Another Kind of Puffing May Be Legal in Colorado for Some
Mar 16 2016 // It would be legal to leave cars running unattended – if they have remote-start systems – under a Colorado bill headed to the governor. The bill updates the state’s ban on so-called “puffing,” or...
Abuse Lawsuit Filed against Colorado Halfway House
Mar 15 2016 // Two women say they faced unwanted sexual advances while living at a Colorado Springs, Colo. halfway house. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that according to a federal lawsuit filed against Community Alternatives of...
