Denver Post

Police officers and sheriff’s deputies in Colorado are increasingly under physical attack, according to new crime statistics, and they blame a number of factors.
A swelling population, an overall increase in crime, more interactions with the mentally ill, rising drug abuse and growing hostility toward police are among the reasons for the increase in assaults cited by law enforcement.

The oil and gas industry in the past four years has poured more than $80 million into Colorado to shape public opinion and influence campaigns and ballot initiatives, creating a political force that has had broad implications throughout the state.

A brief write-up in the British Medical Journal claims that doctors found 27 contact lenses in a 67-year-old patient’s eye when she was being prepped for surgery at England’s Solihull Hospital.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Denver Water is asking for state permission to expand the uses of recycled water — to include flushing toilets in commercial buildings, washing cows and pigs at the National Western Stock Show, and irrigating crops such as marijuana.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Colorado’s list of highest-paid corporate executives usually reads like the membership roster of an exclusive country club, one where the same names show up year after year.
But four newcomers from the oil and gas industry pushed their way into the ranks of the 10 highest-paid Colorado executives last year, representatives of a downtrodden industry trying to make a comeback.

DEER TRAIL — There is sadness about the eventual destruction of this community’s school, parts of which were built 100 years ago. Many people in this town of 570, long past their teen years, still attend the annual homecoming dance in the school’s gym and reminisce about old flames and football championships.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

More than 100 people rallied Sunday at the state Capitol to condemn a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act with a Republican alternative that they said will strip coverage from millions while delivering a tax cut to the rich.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs has stood for 71 years as an independent bastion of health care in its bucolic mountain community.
“We’ve done very, very well here from a standpoint of quality of care,” said its CEO, Frank May.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Denver Police Department officers moonlighting at bars, sports events and other off-duty jobs will begin wearing body cameras as the department expands its camera usage, but police critics say the policy still doesn’t go far enough.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share