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Colorado recycling lags behind nation, leaders seek landfill waste solution
Nearly every family in Denver participates in the city’s recycling program and yet last year about 500 pounds of trash per person — a total of 193,988 tons — arrived in a landfill, up more than 5% since 2019. Despite those numbers, Denver still does the most recycling...
State pushes COVID testing, but it’s hard to find in some parts of Colorado
Colorado officials have asked anyone with a cough to get tested for COVID-19, but that can be harder for people who live outside a metro area or who start feeling sick on a weekend. The number of Coloradans getting tested any given day dropped this summer, though it...
Record number of hate crimes reported to Colorado law enforcement last year
Coloradans last year reported the highest number of hate crimes ever recorded in a single year, surpassing a record high set 28 years ago. The number of reported hate crimes in the state spiked to 283 last year from 231 the year prior — a 22% increase. The number of...
Colorado State Rams still seeking Power Five opportunity after Big 12 snub, AD Joe Parker says – The Denver Post
FORT COLLINS — Colorado State athletic director Joe Parker planned a six-day August vacation to visit family when the college football world turned upside down. The looming departure of Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC opened the door for another round of Big 12...
Colorado Springs police shooting of man with BB gun was justified, DA’s office rules
An April police shooting of a man suspected of toting what appeared to be an AR-15 rifle and threatening to detonate a bomb was ruled justified, the 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office announced Friday.Colorado Springs police officer Christopher Burns fatally shot...
COVID-19 infections in schools triple in past week in Colorado
The number of COVID-19 cases in Colorado schools nearly tripled in the past week, according to a Denver Gazette analysis of statistics the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issues weekly.Active outbreaks jumped from 15 schools in the Aug. 25 data...
COVID outbreaks at Colorado schools more than double in a week, state data shows – The Denver Post
COVID-19 outbreaks in Colorado schools more than doubled in a week, and new clusters continued to appear in the state’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Data on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s website Thursday that was reported...
Colorado redistricting committee’s latest map puts Lauren Boebert in Joe Neguse’s district – The Denver Post
Colorado’s nonpartisan redistricting commission has proposed a congressional map that would create a new swing seat in the northern Denver suburbs and lump conservative firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert into a Boulder-based solidly Democratic seat currently held by...
Colorado state park to celebrate 1,000th trip on motorized wheelchair for disabled hikers | OutThere Colorado
According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, three trips scheduled for Saturday on Staunton State Park's 'track chair' will mean this accessibility-increasing piece of gear has been used on the trail 1,000 times.The Staunton State Park track chair program started in June...