Latest Colorado Headlines
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Colorado Casualty Names Brewer Regional VP for Denver Region
Apr 11 2012 // Centennial, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, named Michael C. Brewer to regional vice president for the company’s Denver region. The Denver region is comprised of...
Colorado Driving Instructor Gets Six Months For Phony Tests
Apr 9 2012 // A man accused of falsifying the driver’s licenses of at least 1,500 people who took tests at the American Driving Academy in Arvada has been sentenced to six months in prison. The Denver Post reported Dennis Sieving...
Xcel Blames Road Chemicals For Power Colorado Outages
Apr 5 2012 // Xcel Energy is blaming chemicals used to keep roads clear of snow for outages that left up to 23,000 people in Colorado without power and heat. The company says emergency crews had to put out utility pole fires and clear...
No Forecast Requests in 3 Days Before Colorado Wildfire
Apr 5 2012 // Colorado officials monitoring a prescribed burn apparently didn’t request updated weather forecasts for the area for three days before it erupted into a deadly wildfire. Records released Wednesday show the National...
Colorado Death After Emergency Wildfire Calls Questioned
Apr 5 2012 // Sam Lucas was among the first to call about a wildfire burning near his Colorado home. But the busy emergency dispatcher cut him off, saying it was a controlled burn and the forest service was on the scene. “We got...
Calls Show Residents Panicked Over Colorado Wildfire
Apr 4 2012 // A man who was found dead in his burned home was among the confused and panicked residents who called Colorado authorities as a wildfire raged near them. Police tapes obtained by KMGH-TV show that Sam Lucas expressed...
Colorado Wildfire Victims Returning to Homes
Apr 3 2012 // The Lower North Fork wildfire in Jefferson County, Colo. is nearly 100 percent contained, and with all remaining evacuation and pre-evacuation orders lifted on Tuesday residents were returning to their homes. The fire,...
Colorado Sheriff Notes Problems With Fire Warnings
Apr 2 2012 // The search for a Colorado woman missing in a wildfire has been suspended after rescuers found human remains in her burned home. Jefferson County authorities say they don’t know yet whether the remains found Saturday...
Colorado Wildfire Nearing Full Containment
Mar 31 2012 // A blaze that may have been sparked by a prescribed burn conducted by the Colorado State Forest Service and ignited by high winds on Monday is now at 90 percent containment, the Forest Service said Saturday afternoon. The...
Some Progress Made On Colorado Wildfire
Mar 29 2012 // Firefighters are making progress on a wildfire in Colorado that has now consumed an estimated 4,140 acres, destroyed 27 structures and caused the deaths of at least two people, according to the Colorado State Forest...
Colorado Blaze Still At 0 Percent Containment
Mar 28 2012 // A blaze that may have been sparked by a prescribed burn conducted by the Colorado State Forest Service and ignited by high winds on Monday continues to burn with 0 percent containment, the Forest Service said Wednesday...
Stoned Driving Epidemic In Colorado, Washington Puts Wrinkle In Pot Debate
Mar 19 2012 // Angeline Chilton says she can’t drive unless she smokes pot. The suburban Denver woman uses medical marijuana to ease multiple sclerosis symptoms and says she’d never get behind the wheel right after smoking....
Colorado Revisits Marijuana DUI Standard
Mar 19 2012 // A divisive driving-while-high bill is back before the Colorado Legislature as senators revisit a measure to say how much marijuana can legally be in a driver’s system. A marijuana DUI bill was defeated last year amid...
Colorado Settles Lawsuit Against Westwood College
Mar 16 2012 // Westwood College has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit the state of Colorado filed alleging the school misled prospective students about its costs and how successful alumni are in finding jobs in their fields...
1 of 3 High-Profile Negligence Claims Bills Reaches Florida Gov. Scott’s Desk
Mar 9 2012 // Aaron Edwards squirmed in delight on his mother’s lap in the Florida Senate gallery Wednesday as the chamber passed a bill to compensate him for negligence during his birth at a public hospital 14 years ago that left...
Colorado May Criminalize Withholding Wages
Feb 29 2012 // Withholding wages from an employee could become criminal in Colorado under a bill being debated at the state Legislature. A House committee will consider a “wage theft” bill Tuesday. The bill would make it...
Colorado Revisits Marijuana DUI Standard
Feb 28 2012 // A divisive driving-while-high bill is back before the Colorado Legislature as senators revisit a measure to say how much marijuana can legally be in a driver’s system. A marijuana DUI bill was defeated last year amid...
Avalanche Danger in Rockies At High This Season
Feb 27 2012 // Business is lagging this year at the Boulder Outdoor Center in Colorado, where adventurers come to book and buy equipment for ski trips into the backcountry. Except, that is, in one area. The outfitter’s avalanche...
Colorado Car Dealers Installing GPS to Protect Risky Loans
Feb 24 2012 // Some Colorado car dealers who are approving high-risk loans for the vehicles they sell are installing GPS tracking units to protect their investments. According to KREX-T, the use of tracking units is an industry-wide...
Colorado Defers Action on State-Chartered Workers’ Comp Fund
Feb 20 2012 // Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation fund, made the right decision earlier this month in deferring further consideration of plans to restructure Pinnacol....
