January 30, 2012
ConocoPhillips has tentatively agreed to pay Colorado $137 million for oil and gas underlying the old Lowry bombing range in Arapahoe County. The Denver Post reported that an agreement signed Friday covers 21,048 acres. In addition to the $137 million …
December 20, 2011
The pilot of a single-engine plane managed to safely land on a major street in the northern Colorado city of Longmont after having engine problems. John Pritchard of Lafayette landed the Piper Cherokee Archer II on Hover Street near a …
November 10, 2011
Colorado wants top executives at the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance fund to waive big severance payments if the quasi-state agency is privatized. Gov. John Hickenlooper and Pinnacol Assurance are negotiating over a proposal to privatize the insurer. Past efforts to …
November 8, 2011
An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe blamed for the deaths of 29 people could be costly for grocery stores, a distributor and an auditing lab. Whole or pre-cut Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe from Colorado-based Jensen Farms have been traced as the …
November 7, 2011
A proposal to privatize the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer, Pinnacol Assurance, would give Colorado a $340 million ownership stake while restructuring it as a subsidiary of a mutual insurance holding company owned by policyholders. Pinnacol said Thursday its proposal would …
November 4, 2011
In the wake of lackluster unemployment figures released on Friday a large insurance company is trying to draw attention to opportunities within Colorado in the industry and its firm. Friday’s report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows jobs …
October 26, 2011
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says federal regulators will continue to push for the cleanup of coal power plants in southwestern Colorado despite the rough economy. EPA administrator Lisa Jackson praised Colorado’s plan to retire coal plants and …
October 19, 2011
Unsanitary conditions at a packing plant that processed fresh cantaloupes from a Colorado farm likely contributed to one of the deadliest listeria outbreaks in U.S. history, health regulators said on Wednesday. The Food and Drug Administration said the design of …
October 14, 2011
A preliminary report on the 2010 Fourmile Canyon wildfire in Boulder County shows insured losses exceeded $200 million, fire management costs will have exceeded $14 million following rehabilitation efforts, and that while fire responders’ efforts were well-executed, the fire spread …
October 14, 2011
A preliminary report on the Fourmile wildfire in September, 2010, considered one of the most destructive in Colorado history, is due out today. A spokeswoman for Colorado Sen. Mark Udall said he plans to release a report the wildfire last …