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  • Corrections

    Denver Post – Fri Dec 11, 3:53 am ET  

    The Denver Post will correct all errors occurring in its news columns. If you find a problem with a story — an error of fact or a point requiring clarification — please call the city desk at 303-954-1201. Full Story »

  • Jeffco fires top official Jim Moore

    Denver Post – Fri Dec 11, 3:12 am ET  

    Jefferson County administrator Jim Moore has been fired, weeks after the county paid out $766,000 related to age- and sex-discrimination cases involving him. The three commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday night to oust Moore, who assumed his position four years ago and was on track to earn about $150,000 this year. Full Story »

  • RTD overestimated FasTracks sales-tax revenue by at least $1 billion

    Denver Post – Fri Dec 11, 3:12 am ET  

    RTD could have at least $1 billion less than previously forecast to build its FasTracks rail expansion under a more conservative sales-tax revenue model created by a panel of economic experts. Full Story »

  • Jewish soldiers often lonely for faith's connections

    Denver Post – Fri Dec 11, 3:12 am ET  

    Rachael Rubens served "four years, one month and a day" in the U.S. Army as a finance officer at Fort Carson and in Iraq. Full Story »

  • Colorado's new educational standards stress strategic thinking

    Denver Post – Fri Dec 11, 3:11 am ET  

    New standards for subject matter as varied as reading and theater were unanimously adopted by the state school board Thursday. Full Story »

Boulder Daily Camera

Greeley Tribune

  • Friday's weather

    Greeley Tribune – 2 hrs 42 mins ago  

    The "heat wave" begins. Expect highs in the mid-30s today in Greeley and throughout Weld County. Skies stay sunny all day, and northwest winds stay under 30 mph. Overnight lows tonight fall to about zero, but that's warmer than previous nights. After a long stretch of Arctic air and periodic snowfall, we're now moving into a slightly different weather pattern. High pressure has setup shop across ... Full Story »

  • Friday's events

    Greeley Tribune – 2 hrs 42 mins ago  

    FRIDAY, DEC. 11 ZUMBA WITH AMY, 4-5 p.m. at Centennial Park Library, 2227 23rd Ave., Greeley. Exercise class sponsored by the High Plains Library District Wellness Program. Free. Details: (970) 506-8651. GINGERBREAD HOUSES, 6-7:30 p.m. at Farr Regional Library, 1939 61st Ave., Greeley. Instructor: Marilyn White of Marilyn's Cake Creations. Supplies provided. Registration required. Details: (970 ... Full Story »

  • Friday's sports events

    Greeley Tribune – 2 hrs 42 mins ago  

    Friday, Dec. 11 Pro Hockey Colorado Eagles at Amarillo Gorillas, 6 p.m. Boys Basketball Pawnee at Peetz, 7 p.m.; Holy Family at Eaton, 7 p.m.; Skyline at Roosevelt, 7 p.m.; University at Denver Lutheran, 7 p.m.; Weld Central at The Academy, 7 p.m.; Windsor at Silver Creek, 7 p.m.; Greeley Central, Platte Valley at NJC Tournament; Valley at White River Shootout, Meeker; Briggsdale at Prairie ... Full Story »

  • SLIDESHOW: Greeley woman's secret to a perfect photo is patience

    Greeley Tribune – Fri Dec 11, 3:07 am ET  

    Practically every Saturday, Doyle Finke rises early, turns to his wife and asks, "Well, where do you want to go today?" Deb's trained him well. Deb's usually got a place in mind. All she needs is her camera. Finke, 54, of Greeley, will shoot hundreds of pictures of wildlife on those trips. On a typical weekend, when she's not hunting elk, coyotes or birds with her camera, she's probably snapping ... Full Story »

  • Greeley wildlife photographer Deb Finke

    Greeley Tribune – Fri Dec 11, 3:07 am ET  

    This is a slideshow of photos taken by Greeley resident Deb Finke, who is featured on the Adventure page of the Dec. 11 edition of the Tribune. Finke prefers to shoot wildlife, though she does shoot other subjects as well, and uses Olympus digital cameras with many different lenses. She also uses a tripod. She generally shoots early Saturday mornings in Rocky Mountain National Park, the Poudre ... Full Story »

CBS4 Denver

  • Lights Out Lunch Pushes Energy Conservation

    CBS4 Denver – Fri Dec 11, 3:15 am ET  

    Dozens of Colorado businesses are turning off their lights from noon to 1 p.m. Friday as part of an initiative to conserve energy. It's called Lights Out Lunch. Residents who pledge to turn off their lights too can get discounts from participating restaurants and a chance to win prizes. The initiative is by Xcel Energy, the Governor's Energy Office and the city and county of Denver. Full Story »

  • Judge Tentatively Invalidates West Water Pact

    CBS4 Denver – Fri Dec 11, 2:08 am ET  

    A California judge on Thursday tentatively invalidated a landmark pact to curtail the state's overuse of water and allow other Western states to claim their fair share. The 2003 agreement ended of years of bickering over how to divide the Colorado River between California and six western states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. More than 30 million acre-feet of water ... Full Story »

  • UFCW Local 7 President To Retire With Union Truck

    CBS4 Denver – Thu Dec 10, 11:43 pm ET  

    The longtime president of a union representing thousands of Colorado grocery workers is receiving his union vehicle as a retirement gift. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 President Ernie Duran Jr. lost a re-election bid this year and is be replaced on Jan. 1 by Kim Cordova, who raised questions during her campaign about Duran's spending. KUSA-TV in Denver reports that Duran will ... Full Story »

  • No Cash 5 Jackpot Winner; 34 Tickets Win $200 Each

    CBS4 Denver – Thu Dec 10, 11:37 pm ET  

    No one matched all five of the numbers drawn Thursday to win the Cash 5 jackpot worth $20,000, the Colorado Lottery said. The randomly selected numbers were 11, 15, 16, 23 and 27. Lottery officials said 34 tickets matched four of the numbers to win the $200 second prize, while 910 tickets matched three numbers to win $10 each. Another 8,370 tickets matched two numbers to win $1 apiece. Full Story »

  • Hybrid Plows Way Toward Greener Future

    CBS4 Denver – Thu Dec 10, 11:30 pm ET  

    Jefferson County is plowing toward a greener future with a new piece of snow removal equipment. Full Story »

KMGH 7 Denver

  • More Winter Weather Covers Nation

    KMGH 7 Denver – 40 mins ago  

    Wintry weather was expected to persist over the Northeast and New England on Friday, while the Central U.S. could start to warm. Full Story »

  • Man Charged With Taping Sexual Assaults

    KMGH 7 Denver – Thu Dec 10, 8:46 pm ET  

    A man who has been accused of videotaping women while he raped and groped them has been charged with 19 counts of sexual assault, but police don't think their case is complete. Full Story »

  • Sheriff's Office Believe Drama Camp A Scam

    KMGH 7 Denver – Thu Dec 10, 7:31 pm ET  

    The Boulder County Sheriff's Office believes that the drama camp that kids and their parents had been paying registration fees to may be fraudulent. Full Story »

  • Cory Voorhis Fight Discussed In Senate Committee Hearing

    KMGH 7 Denver – Thu Dec 10, 7:31 pm ET  

    The ranking Republican on a committee deciding the fate of the White House nominee to be U.S. attorney in Colorado is following the case of former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Cory Voorhis. Full Story »

  • Sunglass Bandit Nabbed

    KMGH 7 Denver – Thu Dec 10, 6:01 pm ET  

    A bandit, who allegedly pocketed sunglasses at the same ophthalmology shop multiple times over the past couple months, was arrested Thursday afternoon when he apparently came back for a third time. Full Story »

9 News Denver

The Fort Collins Coloradoan

  • Arrest made in stabbing

    The Fort Collins Coloradoan – 39 mins ago  

    Police on Thursday night arrested a 20-year-old man and say he is facing first-degree murder charges in the death of a woman at a Fort Collins townhome on Tuesday morning. Full Story »

  • Spending bill to send $49 million to MAX

    The Fort Collins Coloradoan – 39 mins ago  

    A massive appropriations bill approved Thursday by the U.S. House includes $49 million for the proposed bus rapid transit system in Fort Collins' Mason Corridor. Full Story »

  • County backs Holcim housing development

    The Fort Collins Coloradoan – 39 mins ago  

    The first major housing development on property formerly owned by the Holcim cement plant near LaPorte has cleared a significant hurdle. Full Story »

  • Lighting up the night

    The Fort Collins Coloradoan – 40 mins ago  

    Woodward Governor Co. is again lighting up the night with its annual holiday display through Dec. 31. The company this year has updated its sound system so people riding through the grounds can tune to 91.7 FM on their radio to listen to holiday music. Full Story »

  • Mine rules still on drawing board

    The Fort Collins Coloradoan – 40 mins ago  

    Early next year, proposed rules Powertech USA must play by to open and operate its proposed uranium mine northeast of Fort Collins will be formally ironed out. Full Story »

FOX 31 Denver

Vail Daily

  • Business picking up for some in Vail

    Vail Daily – Fri Dec 11, 3:51 am ET  

    VAIL, Colorado - Snow Daze is kind of the unofficial kick-off to ski season in Vail, Colorado, and local businesses and hotels are welcoming it, although not necessarily reaping the benefits just yet. Hotels and lodges in town are all across the board in terms of weekend occupancy rates. The Tivoli Lodge is completely full for the weekend, while Hotel Gasthof Gramshammer has about four rooms ... Full Story »

  • Tiger Woods dummy wins Vail derby

    Vail Daily – Fri Dec 11, 3:51 am ET  

    VAIL, Colorado - Tiger Woods crashed again Thursday night. The winner of the Dummy Demolition Derby at Golden Peak was a Cadillac Escalade with a fake Tiger Woods at the wheel. A group of Arrabelle employees took home first place bragging rights - and $5,000 - for their golfer-inspired sled, complete with girlfriends in the windows. "We choose the Tiger Woods idea because it was a current ... Full Story »

  • Vail's original promoter back in town for a little recognition

    Vail Daily – Thu Dec 10, 10:22 pm ET  

    VAIL - Vail's old guard turned out Thursday for a chance to swap stories with Bob Parker, the resort's first marketing director, and a man many people credit with bringing the resort to prominence. Parker, now 86, is in town at the invitation of the Vail Leadership Institute, which is holding a big event for Parker and other Vail pioneers Friday. But before the big shindig, the Colorado Ski ... Full Story »

  • It's cold in Colorado - but enough to kill bark beetles?

    Vail Daily – Thu Dec 10, 10:22 pm ET  

    FRISCO - If only pine beetles could feel windchill like the rest of us. Recent cold, windy weather may have been bitter for humans in Summit County, but the pine beetle larvae snuggled up in the bark of area lodgepole forests are doing just fine, according to U.S. Forest Service entomologist Bob Cain. "It would need to get even colder to have significant mortality," Cain said. The mountain pine ... Full Story »

  • Senate Dems may change health care compromise

    Vail Daily – Thu Dec 10, 10:21 pm ET  

    WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats are considering changing a proposed expansion of Medicare to address complaints from doctors and hospitals and defray costs for consumers, officials said Thursday, two days after party leaders hailed it as part of a breakthrough for health care. Under the plan, uninsured individuals ages 55 to 64 could purchase coverage under Medicare. The expansion is part of a ... Full Story »

The Aspen Times

  • 'The Met' comes to Aspen

    The Aspen Times – 4 mins ago  

    ASPEN - Like a lot of local opera buffs, Alan Fletcher, the president of the Aspen Music Festival and School, has not seen "The Met: Live in HD," the series of broadcasts from New York's Metropolitan Opera. Like many classical music fans in Aspen, Fletcher has been holding his breath, waiting to see the acclaimed program that has been warmly received in theaters around the world. And like the ... Full Story »

  • New taxi service to launch in Basalt

    The Aspen Times – 48 mins ago  

    BASALT - Basalt will get its own taxi service starting Dec. 17. Temple Glassier and Mike Drummond recently received a license from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to launch Basalt Cab Service. They are working closely with the Roaring Fork Originals, a consortium of Basalt-area restaurants, to provide people with a safe alternative to driving after a night on the town. Service will be ... Full Story »

  • RFTA revenues sag more than expected

    The Aspen Times – 48 mins ago  

    CARBONDALE - The Roaring Fork Valley bus system's financial picture for 2009 will be a little more bleak than expected because of falling revenues and rising expenditures. The Roaring Fork Transportation Authority's sales tax revenues will drop about 18 to 19 percent compared to 2008, according to CEO Dan Blankenship. The staff had previously forecast a drop of 17 to 18 percent. Fare revenues ... Full Story »

  • Realtors appeal FHA loan limits in Garfield County

    The Aspen Times – 48 mins ago  

    GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Area real estate brokers are looking to the local governing boards to support them in an attempt to convince the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to raise the FHA conforming loan limits within Garfield County. The current limit for Garfield County on FHA loans is $425,000. But according to Sarah Thorsteinson, director of Glenwood Springs Association of Realtors ... Full Story »

  • Conservancy seeks approval, funds for Basalt River Center

    The Aspen Times – Fri Dec 11, 4:09 am ET  

    BASALT - The Roaring Fork Conservancy has embarked on an ambitious $6 million fundraising campaign to build and operate a long-anticipated River Center in Basalt. The nonprofit organization was founded in the 1996 with the goals of educating people about the Roaring Fork watershed and inspiring them to protect it. After implementing numerous programs during the past decade to accomplish its ... Full Story »

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