by Mr. Leadville | Jul 25, 2020 | Leadville News
Would John Hickenlooper be as effective in the U.S. Senate as he was at ending homelessness? That’s the question KOA’s Mandy Connell asked her audience Wednesday amid Denver’s significant increase of encampments around the city. According to a startling 9 News report,...
by Mr. Leadville | Jul 24, 2020 | Leadville News
Despite the extensive mitigation measures that the Colorado Classic race organizers had put in place for the August 27-30 event, organizers announced today that they are canceling the 2020 edition due to COVID-19 safety concerns. In a release, Lucy Diaz, CEO of RPM...
by Mr. Leadville | Jul 24, 2020 | Leadville News
In what’s believed to be a first for Colorado, an entire town has been placed under a conservation easement to preserve an area highly prized for its scientific, educational and environmental values. The historic mining town of Gothic, near Crested Butte, has been...
by Mr. Leadville | Jul 24, 2020 | Leadville News
Colorado teachers may refuse to report for work unless their criteria for reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic this fall are met, the head of the state’s largest teachers union said Tuesday. Colorado Education Association president Amie Baca-Oehlert told...
by Mr. Leadville | Jul 24, 2020 | Leadville News
DenverColorado has just five district court judges who are Black, another 15 who are Latino, and a similar lack of minority prosecutors and public defenders — numbers so low that a state supreme court justice said it could undermine “public confidence that justice is...
by Mr. Leadville | Jul 23, 2020 | Leadville News
The amount of graffiti and other vandalism on the Colorado Capitol building and its grounds — which began to appear during late May protests of police violence — has increased almost daily since then. So have frustrations about the lack of visible cleanup efforts. A...