Latest Colorado Headlines
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Tornado in Colorado Forest Area Damages Campground
Jul 24 2015 // Tornado damage at a Pike National Forest campground has crews clearing felled trees in a six-acre area. KMGH-TV reported the Devil’s Head campground was hit by a tornado that the National Weather Service confirms...
Wells Fargo Insurance Names Calvert Head of Client Experience in Colorado
Jul 24 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance has named Chris Calvert head of its newly established client experience team. Calvert will lead a team focused on strengthening customer service. She is based in Highlands Ranch, Co., and she reports...
Disaster Area Declared for Colorado Following Flooding
Jul 20 2015 // President Barack Obama has declared that a major disaster exists in Colorado and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and...
Colorado Asks for Major Disaster Declaration in Wake of Spring Floods
Jul 20 2015 // Colorado asked federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and...
Coming Soon: Marijuana ‘Breathalyzers’ for Police Testing of Drivers
Jul 14 2015 // As cannabis bans are relaxed in more U.S. states, the race is on to develop an instant roadside breathalyzer for police to test drivers who may be taking the “high” road. Vancouver-based Cannabix Technologies...
Colorado Asks for Major Disaster Declaration in Wake of Spring Floods
Jul 13 2015 // Colorado is asking federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Denver Post reported the Colorado...
Colorado Commissioners Move Injection Well Proposal Forward
Jun 26 2015 // A company is closer to putting an injection well online with approval from commissioners in a northwest Colorado county. The Rifle Citizen Telegram reported Garfield County commissioners gave the go-ahead this week to a...
Appeals Court Backs Claim under State Law in Colorado’s Rocky Flats Case
Jun 26 2015 // A U.S. appeals court has ruled a decades-old pollution case over nuclear weapons production in Colorado should be sent back to the district court that in 2006 ordered companies that ran the facility to pay damages of $353...
Colorado Law Targets Frivolous Patent Lawsuits
Jun 19 2015 // Colorado will start prosecuting so-called patent trolls, businesses and individuals who falsely claim to have the rights to an idea or product so they can intimidate inventors and companies into doling out money to settle...
Workers Can Be Fired For Off-Duty Marijuana Use, Colorado Court Says
Jun 16 2015 // Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a medical marijuana patient who was fired after failing a drug test cannot get his job back. The case has big...
Report: 4.5 Million Homes in 13 States at Extreme Wildfire Risk
Jun 10 2015 // A report issued today shows 4.5 million U.S. homes at high or extreme risk of wildfire as the multi-year drought continues. The report’s author said the worsening drought means 2015 has the potential to be one of the...
U.S. Regulators Scrutinizing Coal Mines’ Clean-Up Insurance Program
Jun 8 2015 // Coal giant Peabody Energy has been among the harshest critics of federal energy policies, joining a court challenge to the Obama administration’s new clean air regulations and denouncing its promotion of renewable...
Colorado Schools Liable For Violence Under New Law
Jun 5 2015 // Legislation to allow lawsuits against Colorado schools when there are shootings or other violence was signed into law this week by Gov. John Hickenlooper. With the law, Colorado will be among a few states that allow school...
Is This the End of Active Hurricane Era?
May 29 2015 // Colorado State University’s annual benchmark forecast for Atlantic hurricanes is unlikely to change significantly when it is updated June 1, according to CSU hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach, as the increasing...
American Family Launches Coverage for Ridesharing Drivers in Colorado
May 21 2015 // American Family Insurance has introduced a new transportation network company insurance coverage in the state of Colorado, designed to meet the needs of customers who are independent contractors for transportation network...
Colorado Lawmakers Agree on School Violence Liability Bill
May 6 2015 // Legislation to make Colorado public schools legally liable for student safety awaits the governor’s signature. The state House and Senate agreed Monday on final language in the bill to allow public schools to be sued...
Policewomen in Colorado Claim Fitness Discrimination
May 5 2015 // A group of 12 Colorado Springs, Colo. female police officers are suing the city for what they say is an unfair fitness test that discriminates against women over the age of 40. The Gazette of Colorado Springs reported that...
School Violence Liability Bill Headed to Colorado Governor
May 4 2015 // Legislation to make Colorado public schools legally liable for student safety has been approved by the state House after an emotional debate. The bill has already cleared the Senate and appears likely to head to the...
RIMS Report: Insurers, Employers Still Figuring Out Legal Marijuana’s Effects
May 3 2015 // Following the lead of a pioneering few, more states around the country are warming up to the idea of legalizing marijuana use for medical or recreational purposes, or both. But with legalized pot still in its infancy, it...
Felony DUI Bill in Colorado Passes Key Senate Test After Changes
Apr 30 2015 // A measure to add penalties for habitual drunken drivers has advanced in the state Senate after weeks of delay. The felony DUI bill would make a fourth DUI a felony punishable by up to six years in prison and a fine of as...
