A property owner outside Aspen may be ordered to cut down a few trees because they were planted without the proper county permits and could eventually block the view of nearby mountains from a road. The Pitkin County Commissioners are expected to decide Wednesday whether the blue spruce on the Watson Divide Ranch have to be chopped. Commissioners cited the ranch in early 2008 for "extensive ... Full Story »
As Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff revs up his campaign, the Democrat isn't sure if the changes in the current health care bill will be enough. Full Story »
A northern Colorado food bank is testing a gluten-free food program. House of Neighborly Service in Loveland is unveiling the program on Tuesday. Full Story »
A union representing thousands of Colorado grocery workers is counting members' votes on the last, best, final contract offers from three chains. Full Story »
Authorities say one person is dead and another has been injured in a house fire in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Firefighters found the body of a man inside. A second man escaped and was taken to a hospital, but no details on his injuries were available. Their names haven't been released. Firefighters were called to the house at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. It was engulfed in flames when they arrived. Full Story »
One man is dead and another is in the hospital after an early morning house fire in Aurora. Full Story »
A judge says Dale Wayne Eaton, Wyoming's only death-row inmate, is scheduled to be put to death on Feb. 12. Natrona County District Judge David Park set the date during a death warrant hearing on Monday. Diane Courselle, director of the University of Wyoming's Defender Aid Program, says they'll go to federal court to ask for a stay of execution. Full Story »
Police say an empty bus was hit by a train in Colorado Springs after the bus got stuck on railroad tracks, but no injuries were reported. Police say the bus was crossing the tracks shortly after midnight on Tuesday when it became high-centered and couldn't move. Only three people had been on the bus and all were safely outside when the train hit. Authorities say the tracks are atop a steep rise ... Full Story »
A northern Colorado food bank is testing a gluten-free food program. House of Neighborly Service in Loveland is unveiling the program on Tuesday. It's designed as a model for other food banks across the country. Gluten is a protein particle in wheat, barley, rye and their derivatives. It can trigger reactions in people with celiac disease. Full Story »
The FBI is looking for a man suspected of robbing a bank in the Denver suburb of Westminster. Agents say the man demanded money from the Bank of the West at about 12:20 p.m. on Monday, then fled. They didn't say whether he had a weapon or how much money was taken. Full Story »
The National Center for Atmospheric Research has chosen a construction management and general contracting firm for a facility west of Cheyenne that will contain one of the world's fastest supercomputers. When completed, the $66 million facility will be used for modeling the climate and other tasks. Officials with Boulder, Colo.-based NCAR announced in a release Monday that Centennial, Colo ... Full Story »
A union representing thousands of Colorado grocery workers is counting members' votes on the last, best, final contract offers from three chains. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 represents about 17,000 workers at Safeway, Albertsons and Kroger Co.'s King Soopers and City Market chains. Union members have been mailing in their votes on contract offers from Safeway, King Soopers and ... Full Story »
No one matched all five of the numbers drawn Monday to win the Cash 5 jackpot worth $20,000, the Colorado Lottery said. The randomly selected numbers were 2, 5, 8, 21 and 30. Lottery officials said 33 tickets matched four of the numbers to win the $200 second prize, while 1,059 tickets matched three numbers to win $10 each. Another 8,775 tickets matched two numbers to win $1 apiece. Full Story »
Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will acquire an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo. Administration officials as well as Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin and Illinois Gov ... Full Story »
Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, the White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will acquire an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo. Administration officials as well as Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin and Illinois Gov. Pat ... Full Story »
Eaton police have arrested two women accused of serving alcohol to three girls, ages 7 to 11, at a barbecue at the women's home. The women also are accused of tying the wrists of two of the girls, who the suspects said got sick and started "acting crazy." Full Story »
A Colorado man who developed "popcorn lung" from regularly eating microwave popcorn and its artificial butter flavoring has settled his claims against a flavor developer. Full Story »
A Colorado man who developed "popcorn lung" from regularly eating microwave popcorn and its artificial butter flavoring has settled his claims against a flavor developer. Documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Denver say Wayne Watson has settled claims against FONA International Inc., formerly Flavors of North America Inc. Both sides agreed to bear their own attorneys' fees and costs ... Full Story »
The FBI is investigating a rash of bank robberies that happened Monday afternoon. There were three within an hour and a half. Two of the bank robberies were in Denver and the third was along Sheridan Boulevard in Westminster. Full Story »
The National Center for Atmospheric Research says a Colorado-based company will work on a climate-modeling supercomputer center being built in Wyoming. NCAR said Monday that Centennial-based Saunders Construction Inc. was selected to provide pre-construction services and potentially construction services for the building in Cheyenne. Full Story »
Eaton police have arrested two women accused of serving alcohol to three girls, ages 7 to 11, at a barbecue at the women's home. The women also are accused of tying the wrists of two of the girls, who the suspects said got sick and started "acting crazy." Twenty-six-year-old Jessica Jordan-McVey and her 22-year-old sister, Rachel Amelia Jordan, were arrested Saturday on suspicion of charges ... Full Story »
Term-limited Larimer County Commissioner Kathay Rennels is stepping down to become the director of economic development at Colorado State University. She starts her new position Jan. 11. A Larimer County Republican Party vacancy committee is expected to choose her replacement. Full Story »
Serving up 1,000 meals per day once meant Colorado Academy produced more than a ton of landfill waste every week, until Alison Scalzo got involved. Full Story »
Small retail businesses often pin their year's financial hopes on the Christmas shopping season. After a slow year in 2008, shopkeepers are looking for an up-tick this year, but not all are reporting that the season's sales are merry. Full Story »
The National Center for Atmospheric Research says a Colorado-based company will work on a climate-modeling supercomputer center being built in Wyoming. NCAR said Monday that Centennial-based Saunders Construction Inc. was selected to provide pre-construction services and potentially construction services for the building in Cheyenne. Construction could begin as soon as the spring. Costs are ... Full Story »
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