Latest Colorado Headlines
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Colorado Forest Service Launches County-by-County Wildfire Risk Index
Sep 1 2020 // The Colorado State Forest Service has launched a wildland-urban interface risk index. The county-by-county index uses housing density combined with modeled fire behavior to determine where the greatest potential impact to...
Damages Awarded to Colorado Woman Under New ‘Revenge Porn’ Law
Aug 31 2020 // A Denver, Colo., judge awarded $40,000 to a woman after a man she dated sent a sexually-explicit video of her to her estranged husband. The woman’s attorney says it is the first trial victory under Colorado’s...
Colorado Banning Open Fires as State Battles 4 Wildfires
Aug 19 2020 // Gov. Jared Polis issued a 30-day ban on open fires such as campfires, fireworks and other open sources of ignition on Tuesday as the state battles four separate wildfires. The ban does not include home barbecues, public...
Homes Evacuated by Growing Wildfire in Western Colorado
Aug 10 2020 // Several residents near a western Colorado wildfire were ordered to evacuate as the blaze continues to expand. The fire about 18 miles north of Grand Junction was started more than a week ago by lightning in remote and...
Report Holds Optimistic Virus Recovery View for Cannabis Industry
Aug 10 2020 // A new report out examining how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the U.S. cannabis industry shows consumer purchasing spiked, dropped, then started to stabilize in the time between when things began to unravel for the nation...
Appeals Panel Rejects Suit over Abandoned Mine Shaft Death in Colorado
Aug 7 2020 // A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died when the car she was riding in drove off a Forest Service road and into an abandoned mine shaft in the...
Report Holds Optimistic COVID-19 Recovery View of Cannabis Industry
Jul 29 2020 // A new report out examining how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the U.S. cannabis industry shows consumer purchasing spiked, dropped, then started to stabilize in the time between when things began to unravel for the nation...
IMA Financial Group Acquires HofgardBenefits in Colorado
Jul 27 2020 // IMA Financial Group has acquired HofgardBenefits, a Louisville, Colo.-based employee benefits agency. The acquisition augments IMA’s employee benefits business segment that’s focused on companies with less than...
Pinnacol in Colorado Adds Golombek and Salazar to Board, Announces New Chair
Jul 20 2020 // Colorado workers’ comp insurer Pinnacol Assurance has added Ellen Golombek and Jesus Salazar to its board of directors, while farm and ranch representative Joseph A. Hoff will serve as board chair. Both Golombek and...
Colorado Files Suit Against Juul for Marketing to Minors
Jul 20 2020 // Colorado has filed a lawsuit against an e-cigarette manufacturer saying the company marketed products to children and downplayed health risks. The lawsuit filed in Denver District Court in early July says Juul Labs Inc....
Colorado Paying $7M for Cleanup of Former Alaska Mine
Jul 17 2020 // A Colorado company agreed to a $7 million cleanup plan for Alaska’s only uranium mine, which has left radioactive waste in the Tongass National Forest. Newmont Corporation is expected to fill the former Ross-Adams...
CIA-Leavitt Insurance Agency Acquires Goetz Insurors in Colorado
Jul 15 2020 // CIA-Leavitt Insurance Agency has acquired Goetz Insurors in Fort Morgan, Colo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Goetz Insurors provides insurance to north eastern Colorado and offers an equine insurance program...
Colorado Files Suit Against Juul for Marketing to Minors
Jul 9 2020 // Colorado has filed a lawsuit against an e-cigarette manufacturer saying the company marketed products to children and downplayed health risks. The lawsuit filed in Denver District Court this week says Juul Labs Inc....
Forest Service Orders Colorado Train to Halt Wildfire Mitigation
Jul 6 2020 // The U.S. Forest Service shut down an extensive fire mitigation project after raising concerns about the number of trees being cut down and sold to a logging company in southwestern Colorado. The Durango & Silverton...
Workers Killed in Industrial Accident at Colorado Cheese Plant
Jun 30 2020 // Two men were killed while working on a pipe extension project at a cheese plant in northern Colorado. Weld County Coroner Carl Blesch says 25-year-old Odaniz Javier Ortiz Quinones, of Greeley, and 47-year-old Joseph Jarvis...
Crest Insurance in Colorado Expands to Ft. Collins
Jun 17 2020 // Crest Insurance of Colorado has expanded from Denver, Colo., into Ft. Collins. Jason Jarvis, Mike Ball and Christina Radomski are moving to the Ft. Collins office from the Denver branch. Kristen Hopkins and Mario Medina...
Colorado Wildfire Grows to 4.2 Square Miles
Jun 17 2020 // A lightning-caused wildfire in southwestern Colorado that has led to the evacuation of more than two dozen homes has grown to about 4.2 square miles. The fire started Saturday and was burning on private and U.S. Bureau of...
Colorado Insurer Group Calls out Bill Targeting Businesses to Make-up for Budget Shortfall
Jun 10 2020 // Colorado lawmakers are putting thousands of jobs at risk with a proposal that would repeal Colorado’s Regional Home Office Insurance Premium Tax Credit, an insurer group is charging. HB20-1420 will have significant...
Colorado Resort Files Suit Against Railroad for 2018 Fire
Jun 5 2020 // An insurance company representing a Colorado resort filed a lawsuit against the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad for damage costs associated with an extended wildfire. Purgatory Resort’s insurance...
Insurer Group Has Issue with Colorado Insurance Department’s COVID-19 Memo
May 29 2020 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association is taking issue with tentative plans by the Colorado Department of Insurance to halt the use of credit information in Colorado during the pandemic. A recent draft...
