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- North Fork fire victims say board payment recommendations too low
Thursday - 04/10/2014 - 03:07 AMThe Colorado State Claims Board will recommend that the legislature award more than $1 million to five additional victims of the Lower North Fork fire, bringing the total for 26 victims to about $12.5 million.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Claims board will recommend damages for North Fork fire victims
Wednesday - 04/09/2014 - 02:22 AMThe state would pay 21 victims of the deadly 2012 Lower North Fork fire $11.4 million if the legislature accepts a recommendation of the Colorado State Claims Board.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gov. Hickenlooper's staffing overhaul, sold as cost-neutral, costs millions
Wednesday - 04/09/2014 - 02:34 AMGov. John Hickenlooper sold voters in 2012 a plan he said would modernize and streamline hiring and management of state workers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Denver County Fair putting high emphasis on "Pot Pavilion"
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 05:03 PMOrganizers said Tuesday that the fair's "Pot Pavilion" will now occupy an entire floor of the National Western Complex during the event Aug.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Activist at Westminster dog park warns of proximity to Rocky Flats
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 01:56 PMAfter seeing two dogs battle cancer she believes was caused by playing in a dog park next to the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons factory, Denver resident Alesya Casse has started a campaign to educate dog owners about the area's history.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dismissed ethics report raises questions for Hickenlooper's Aspen trip
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 01:56 AMA draft report written by an investigator charged with reviewing an ethics claim filed against Gov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Colorado governor scales back pot tax prediction
Monday - 04/07/2014 - 04:01 PMDENVER—Citing uncertainty in the marijuana market, Colorado's governor has ratcheted back his projection on how much tax the newly legal drug could produce.
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< - Aurora eyeing "Live Where You Work" program for Anschutz campus
Monday - 04/07/2014 - 01:44 AMIn an effort to put a dent in the extremely low homeowner rates in a part of north Aurora, a city councilwoman and a real estate broker have started an initiative to improve those numbers
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Broadmoor wins kudos on basis of Anschutz's $112 million investments
Sunday - 04/06/2014 - 02:39 AMA billionaire owner with an open checkbook has The Broadmoor enjoying an enviable status among its peers in the luxury hotel industry.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mental health resources in limbo in dispute over grant awards
Sunday - 04/06/2014 - 02:20 AMMost of a $22 million infusion into Colorado's stressed mental health system — a response by the governor to the Aurora movie theater massacre — is stranded in the courts as the state and disappointed bidders wrestle for the money.
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- Children's Museum of Denver announces massive expansion
Wednesday - 04/09/2014 - 08:32 AMThe Children's Museum of Denver will double in size and has purchased and leased land around it that could allow the attraction to expand again.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Denver better than most in construction jobs
Wednesday - 04/09/2014 - 02:23 AMDenver is one of the few metro areas in the country that added construction jobs last year, thanks in part to the redo of Denver Union Station and the 122-mile FasTracks mass-transit project, transportation and construction officials said Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-Aspen socialite guilty in 1996 bomb death of ex-husband
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 06:13 PMTUCSON — A former Aspen socialite was found guilty Tuesday in the 1996 Tucson car-bomb killing of her ex-husband after spending years living a lavish lifestyle across Europe.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Architects put their stamp all over Denver
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 04:04 PMIn their 32 years in Denver, architects Sarah and Rusty Brown have seen the potential in aging and sometimes abandoned structures, designing new life into old structures such as Denver's Ice House, Memorial Hall in Pueblo and the Highlands Ranch Mansion.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Defense attorneys in Aurora theater shooting case want case moved
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 01:52 AMDefense attorneys in the Aurora movie theater shooting case say the staggering amount of media coverage and unprecedented impact on the community will prevent the shooter from receiving a fair trial.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. craft brewers exporting beer — and ideas — around the world
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 02:17 AMThe tables in the global beer garden have turned: An industry that took root in the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lack of banking opens private-money doors for marijuana properties
Monday - 04/07/2014 - 01:43 AMWhen some banks began calling commercial notes they held on properties leased to marijuana businesses, it opened the doors to private financiers willing to take on the fledgling industry and its associated risks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hydrogen car intrigues at Denver display of alternative-fuel vehicles
Monday - 04/07/2014 - 01:46 AMColorado's only commercial hydrogen-powered car made an appearance at an exhibition of "green" vehicles that drew about 100 window shoppers to the state Capitol on Sunday afternoon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For southeast Colorado, a new dust bowl is blowing in
Sunday - 04/06/2014 - 02:15 AMTopsoil blew into a dark cloud that swept across the flat landscape of southeast Colorado once again Monday afternoon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Southwest Chief could be rerouted from rural Colorado in two years
Sunday - 04/06/2014 - 02:37 AMFrom the towns of Lamar and La Junta on the Eastern Plains, south to Trinidad, the Southwest Chief has made stops since 1971 as it shuttles passengers between Chicago and Los Angeles.
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- Denver-based Udi's Foods changes names
Wednesday - 04/09/2014 - 12:33 PMUdi's Foods announced Wednesday that it has changed the name of its parent company to the "Baron Group" and will rename three of its brands to "Izzio," "Etai's," and "Silvi's.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Planning for Jefferson Parkway still pulling in municipal dollars
Wednesday - 04/09/2014 - 02:25 AMThree Front Range municipalities that for the past six years have pumped $6.7 million into the yet-to-be constructed Jefferson Parkway recently made it clear they want to see their money back — eventually.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pedestrian "Bridge to Nowhere" near Southwest Plaza Mall in Jefferson County is still contentious
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 09:45 PMIt's been complete for nearly three years, but the pedestrian bridge at Wadsworth Boulevard and Bowles Avenue is still a sore subject with Jefferson County residents and some in the government.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Habaneros found in playground where kids had mystery reaction
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 01:51 PMSix habanero peppers are being blamed for Monday afternoon's haz-mat situation at a Lakewood school.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Teachers union bargaining team walks out on talks
Tuesday - 04/08/2014 - 10:56 AMHundreds of Jefferson County teachers walked out of a contract negotiating session en masse Monday night, showing their dissatisfaction with school board decisions affecting their wages and the negotiating process itself.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Traffic-enforcement camera ban gains bipartisan support in Colorado
Monday - 04/07/2014 - 05:45 PMCameras that bust drivers speeding or running red lights could be banished in Colorado after a bipartisan group in the state legislature reached consensus on the controversial devices.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New system to bring unity to suburban emergency response services
Sunday - 04/06/2014 - 09:47 PMIt could be the sudden discovery of a child trapped on the top floor of a burning building.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CDOT tackling I-70 mountain corridor
Sunday - 04/06/2014 - 06:37 PMState and local officials insist they have a long-term plan for the Interstate 70 mountain corridor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wild-card 10th Circuit judge is deciding vote in gay marriage cases
Sunday - 04/06/2014 - 01:49 AMA Denver-based federal appeals court is preparing to hear arguments about whether to uphold same-sex marriage bans in two states, and all eyes are on the three judges sitting on the panel.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rockies rally past D-backs as Nolan Arenado homers twice and doubles
Sunday - 04/06/2014 - 12:05 AMSure, the Rockies got three home runs in their comeback victory over the Diamondbacks on Saturday night.
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