Latest Colorado Headlines
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One80 Intermediaries Acquires Hill Program Managers in Colorado
Nov 2 2021 // One80 Intermediaries acquired Hill Program Managers LLC, a Denver, Colo.-based program manager for commercial lines insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Hill Program specializes in oil and gas service...
Parents of Unrestrained Girl Killed on Ride Sue Colorado Theme Park
Nov 1 2021 // On her family’s first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt and cousins last month. When the floor pulled away,...
Parents of Unrestrained Girl Killed on Ride Sue Colorado Theme Park
Oct 22 2021 // On her family’s first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt and cousins last month. When the floor pulled away from...
Amazon Sued by Colorado Warehouse Workers Over COVID-19 Screening Pay
Oct 18 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. has been accused of violating Colorado state law by failing to pay warehouse workers for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings before clocking in at work. Jennifer Vincenzetti, who worked at two Amazon...
Colorado Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Seafood Sickens 82
Oct 11 2021 // A salmonella outbreak tied to seafood that Denver, Colo.-based Northeast Seafood Products Inc. processed or manufactured has sickened at least 82 Coloradans in 14 counties. Of 102 people in 14 states who got sick from...
Amazon Sued by Colorado Warehouse Workers Over COVID-19 Screening Pay
Oct 7 2021 // Amazon.com Inc. has been accused of violating Colorado state law by failing to pay warehouse workers for time spent undergoing COVID-19 screenings before clocking in at work. Jennifer Vincenzetti, who worked at two Amazon...
Goats Being Brought in to Help Slow Colorado Wildfires
Oct 4 2021 // A group of horse trailers pulls up to a trailhead outside of Carbondale, Colo. The doors open and more than 800 goats jump out onto the gravel parking lot. The goats head straight for the closest grassy hill and...
Colorado Dairy Fined over Worker’s Death in Manure Pit
Oct 4 2021 // A dairy in northern Colorado has been fined nearly $25,000 after the death of a worker whose truck slipped into a pit filled with liquid manure. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Shelton Land and...
Projections on Drought-Stricken Colorado River More Dire
Sep 24 2021 // The U.S. government released projections Wednesday that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40 million people in the American West. The Bureau of Reclamation recently declared the first-ever...
$3M Deal Reached in Arrest of Colorado Woman with Dementia
Sep 20 2021 // A Colorado city has agreed to pay $3 million to a woman with dementia who was roughly arrested by police last year after being suspected of shoplifting, money which her family said will pay for the around-the-clock care...
People Moves: Beecher Carlson Adds Humphrey in Colorado; Newfront in California Adds Landver
Sep 14 2021 // Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC named Kevin Humphrey to the executive liability practice as managing director, trade credit & political risk. Humphrey will report to Jeff Lattmann, executive managing director,...
$3M Deal Reached in Rough Arrest of Colorado Woman With Dementia
Sep 10 2021 // A Colorado city has agreed to pay $3 million to a woman with dementia who was roughly arrested by police last year after being suspected of shoplifting, money which her family said will pay for the around-the-clock care...
6-Year-old Dies on Mine Drop Ride at Colorado Amusement Park
Sep 7 2021 // An investigation is underway after a 6-year-old girl on vacation with her family died at an amusement park in the western Colorado town of Glenwood Springs. Few details have been released, but Suzanne Emery with the...
Meatpacker Fined $175K After Colorado Worker Loses Arm
Sep 7 2021 // Meatpacking giant JBS USA has been issued five citations and fines totaling nearly $175,000 after a worker’s arm was amputated when it got stuck in a conveyer belt at the company’s beef plant in northern...
Couple Files Lawsuit Over Shooting of Dog That Ran at Colorado Officer
Aug 31 2021 // A couple whose young dog was shot by a police officer in a northern Colorado city has filed a lawsuit accusing the officer’s supervisors of covering up what happened and claiming that the city has fostered a culture...
Alera Group Acquires Sage Benefit Advisors in Colorado
Aug 25 2021 // Alera Group has acquired Sage Benefit Advisors in Colorado. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sage is a l health insurance agency that offers health insurance consulting and enrollment support for individuals, families...
Mulch Eyed as Erosion Control Following Colorado Wildfires
Aug 24 2021 // An aerial landscaping team has taken flight in the mountains west of Fort Collins, Colo. Its landing site sits in a broad field at the base of Poudre Canyon. Every few minutes, a helicopter arrives to lift a net loaded...
Oklahoma ‘Green Rush’ Fueled by Colorado Pot Entrepreneurs, Low Barriers to Entry
Aug 18 2021 // Chip Baker surveyed a vast field on the outskirts of an old hay farm an hour east of Oklahoma City, his ponytail waving in the thick, humid air, his voice growing excited. “This is probably the largest collection of...
Colorado Home Manufacturer Faces $222K in OSHA Penalties
Aug 17 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials cited a Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facility. Key Structures LLC faces $222,055 in OSHA penalties and 13 willful, repeat and...
Colorado Freeway Buried by Mudslides to Open Saturday
Aug 13 2021 // Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says the state should be able to reopen a vital interstate highway corridor that was blocked by massive mud and debris slides in a wildfire burn scar area to limited traffic on Saturday. Polis...
