Latest Colorado Headlines
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Lawsuit Against Vail Resorts Allowed by Colorado Judge
Sep 24 2014 // Vail Resorts could be required to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages to the family of a teenager who died in an avalanche while skiing in Colorado January 2012. Broomfield County District Court Judge Chris...
Parents of Colorado Theater Shooting Victims Sue Ammo Seller
Sep 18 2014 // The parents of a woman killed in the Colorado theater shootings filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing four online retailers of improperly selling ammunition, tear gas, a high-capacity magazine and body armor used in the...
Beacon Hill Names Senior Account Executive in Colorado
Sep 11 2014 // Beacon Hill Associates Inc. has tapped Tim Morgan to develop its Rocky Mountain region of the country. Morgan will be based in Denver, Colo. and he will manage new business brokerage opportunities and growing the...
High on Marijuana Insurance
Sep 8 2014 // Specialty brokers looking to get insurers hooked on emerging industry The legal marijuana industry in the United States is experiencing tremendous growth. Legal cannabis markets in the United States are expected to grow...
Marijuana and Workers’ Comp
Sep 8 2014 // There are some who believe medical marijuana and the workplace are a potent mix just waiting to be stirred as increasingly more states approve the herb and its derivatives for medicinal use. Not only are states approving...
Colorado City Appealing Ruling Against Fracking Ban
Aug 28 2014 // Longmont is pushing ahead in its legal battle to ban fracking and is inviting other cities to join an appeal to the Colorado Court of Appeals. City councilors voted unanimously Tuesday night to appeal a state judge’s...
A Fracking Compromise for Colorado
Aug 26 2014 // On the second day of his vacation, surrounded by science fiction and comic book fans at Comic Con, Alan Salazar looked around the San Diego Convention Center for a quiet place so he could take a phone call from his...
New Firefighting Strategy Unveiled by Colorado
Aug 21 2014 // Colorado will begin a new strategy for fighting wildfires in the coming weeks by deploying aircraft designed to pinpoint the location of blazes quicker after the first smoke sighting. The goal is to identify the location...
As Lake Mead Water Levels Drop West Braces
Aug 14 2014 // Once-teeming Lake Mead marinas are idle as a 14-year drought steadily drops water levels to historic lows. Officials from nearby Las Vegas are pushing conservation but also are drilling a new pipeline to keep drawing water...
AssuredPartners Buys The Wright Group in Colorado
Aug 4 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired The Wright Group Services in Colorado. AssuredPartners made the acquisition through its subsidiary AssuredPartners of Colorado. The terms were not disclosed. Denver, Colo.-based The Wright...
Braxton President of The Buckner Co.’s New Colorado Office
Jul 31 2014 // The Buckner Co. has opened new Denver, Colo. office and named Keith Braxton president. As head of the Salt Lake City, Utah-based commercial insurance brokerage’s Colorado office, Braxton is charged with recruiting...
Climate Change Debate in Denver Pits Coal Miners vs. Skiers
Jul 30 2014 // Coal miners took on skiers, and environmentalists dueled with business groups as the public debated sweeping rules from the Obama administration to combat global warming in a nationwide series of hearings yesterday. At the...
Colorado Home Inventory Firm Grows Rapidly After Bad Fire Seasons
Jul 21 2014 // Two years after the Waldo Canyon Fire and one year after the Black Forest Fire, the most costly and devastating natural disasters in Colorado history, TWS Home Inventory and Asset Management Group LLC has seen rapid...
Colorado Home Inventory Firm Grows Rapidly After Bad Fire Seasons
Jul 11 2014 // Two years after the Waldo Canyon Fire and one year after the Black Forest Fire, the most costly and devastating natural disasters in Colorado history, TWS Home Inventory and Asset Management Group LLC has seen rapid...
Overstake Joins Woodruff-Sawyer in Colorado
Jul 7 2014 // Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Conor Overstake as a producer in the Denver, Colo. office. Overstake will focus on business development in the technology, life science and manufacturing industries. Most recently, Overstake...
Uber, Lyft, Sidecar Toe-to-Toe With Insurers State-by-State
Jun 27 2014 // The share-and-share-alike attitude considered a virtue by some has the potential to create a rift between between ridesharing companies and insurance companies. “We try not to make it a battle,” said Robert...
Judge Won’t Toss Colorado Skiing Death Lawsuit
Jun 24 2014 // A judge has denied Vail Resorts’ request to toss a lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager who died in an avalanche while skiing in January 2012. The Vail Daily reported District Judge Chris Melonakis’...
Colorado Worker Trapped, Killed by 4,000 Pounds of Glass
Jun 24 2014 // Aurora, Colo. fire officials say a man has died after being pinned by 4,000 pounds of glass in two wooden crates at a window company. Capt. Diane Lord of the Aurora Fire Department said Saturday that the victim was helping...
Minor Damage in Colorado From 4 Tornadoes
Jun 23 2014 // The National Weather Service has reported four tornadoes have been reported in northeast Colorado, but there has been no major damage. Three twisters were reported Saturday in Adams County and one in Weld County. The...
Pittsburgh Mayor Defending Ride-Sharing Companies
Jun 21 2014 // Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is defending two ride-sharing companies that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement has recently threatened with fines and cease-and-desist...
