by Mr. Leadville | Nov 27, 2020 | Leadville News
Studying avalanche trends is tricky. Detailed statistics tend to focus only on avalanches involving fatalities. No one knows how many skiers and snowmobilers head into the snowy backcountry every season, so it’s impossible to know the rates of accidents. Avalanche...
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 27, 2020 | Leadville News
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday selected Maria Encarnacion Berkenkotter as his first Colorado Supreme Court appointee. “Throughout her career, she has shown a keen ability to render sound and wise decisions on a broad range of issues,” Polis said in a written statement....
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 27, 2020 | Leadville News
Colorado’s 634,000 public pension members face automatic contribution hikes and benefit cuts in 2022 thanks to a financial failsafe that’s expected to kick in for the second time in three years. It would also require more taxpayer money from public agencies already...
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 27, 2020 | Leadville News
Class 5A Quarterfinals No. 1 Cherry Creek (6-0) vs. No. 8 Regis Jesuit (5-1), 4 p.m. Friday No. 4 Pomona (6-0) vs. No. 5 Eaglecrest (4-1), 5 p.m. Friday at Valor Stadium No. 2 Valor Christian (5-0) vs. No. 7 Cherokee Trail (4-2), 6 p.m. Thursday at Valor Stadium No. 3...
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 26, 2020 | Leadville News
A plan by Xcel Energy-Colorado to offer car rebates to increase the number of electric vehicles in the state is getting praise from those who want gas-guzzling cars off the roads and criticism from those concerned about the impact on the utility’s ratepayers. The...
by Mr. Leadville | Nov 26, 2020 | Leadville News
There’s no way to water this down: Colorado is really, really dry right now. Thursday’s drought monitor report estimates that 27.22% of the state is in “exceptional” drought, a category indicating drought conditions that historically have occurred every 50 years. This...
