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Family of Colorado man killed by police during mental health crisis gets $19 million settlement

The parents of a 22-year-old Colorado man killed by a sheriff’s deputy while suffering a mental health crisis will get $19 million from state and local agencies and changes to how officers are trained under a settlement

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Breakthrough Colorado River deal reached, bringing big water cuts for three years

LOS ANGELES — The seven states that depend on the Colorado River announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on cutting water use from the river over the next three years to prevent reservoirs from falling to critically low levels.

Los Angeles Times

Western US states reach deal on Colorado River conservation

Arizona, California and Nevada agree to cut water usage from the Colorado River by 13 percent over three years.

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Colorado’s cannabis industry has fallen on hard times. What does the future hold?

The heyday of marijuana sales in Colorado — back in 2020 when recreational and medical sales topped out at a combined $226 million — is a distant memory, as the state’s dispensaries struggle through an economic downturn, with sales plummeting and small businesses foundering.

The Denver Post

A Colorado panel of medical and pharmacy experts will decide whose medicine to make affordable this summer

Starting this summer, Colorado's Prescription Drug Affordability Board will choose up to 18 high-cost drugs for review.

Fortune

Once 'paradise,' parched Colorado valley grapples with arsenic in water

As the West endures a megadrought, rising levels of arsenic — a known carcinogen — in the water supply of Colorado's San Luis Valley offer clues to what the future may hold.

WEKU

When it comes to Colorado in the summer, 'geology is life'

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. We once drove through Walsenburg with a geologist named Brian Penn, passing gas stations and discount stores and fast food chains when suddenly Penn veered his Ford Ranger to the side of the road and stopped.

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Canadian wildfire smoke is prompting air quality warnings in the western U.S.

Thick plumes of smoke from blazes in the Canadian province of Alberta crossed into nearby states including Montana, Colorado, Idaho and Utah.

WEKU

A plan to pay farmers to use less of the Colorado River comes up dry

One way to save massive amounts of water from the drying Colorado River — state and federal officials had hoped — was to effectively buy water this year from farmers and ranchers with a $125 million conservation program.

The Denver Post

Smoke from Canada wildfires prompts air quality alerts in Colorado, Montana

Officials in Colorado and Montana have issued air quality alerts due to smoke from dozens of wildfires in Canada that has drifted south into the United States

The Independent UK

More states are requiring patients to give consent for medical students performing pelvic exams

A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients

The Independent UK

Lawsuit filed challenging proposed Colorado property tax ballot measure set for Nov. 2023 election

Advance Colorado and Englewood City Council member Steven Ward filed a lawsuit on May 15, 2023, in Denver County District Court, challenging the property tax measure recently placed on Colorado’s Nov. 2023 ballot. The lawsuit alleges that the measure violates the state’s single-subject rule, which requires ballot measures to concern…

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Independent Yemi Mobolade defeats Republican Wayne W. Williams in Colorado Springs mayoral race

Yemi Mobolade defeated Wayne W. Williams 57.5% to 42.5% in the general runoff for Colorado Springs mayor. The runoff was on May 16, 2023, while the general was held on April 4, and the filing deadline to run passed on Jan. 23.

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Colorado’s Big Push on Electric Vehicles Gets Boost From Federal Funds, But It’s Got a Long Way to Go

Though the state is set to spend plenty in effort to meet the goals of its emissions reduction plan, more permanent solutions seem far off.

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My worst moment: When Nancy Travis came face to face with Batman

In the Hallmark rodeo series “Ride,” Nancy Travis plays matriarch to a Colorado ranching family. Did she have much knowledge about rodeos before landing the role? “It was a world I was fascinated by, but I had no experience with it. I was sort of Instagramming ranches and ranch life…

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Texas has begun busing migrants to Denver, Gov. Greg Abbott announces

Colorado’s capital becomes the fifth Democratic-run destination for immigrants transported from the Texas-Mexico border region.

The Denver Post

Why Colorado microbreweries are launching macro-style lagers to compete with big guys like Coors

For decades, craft brewers carved out their niche by separating themselves from the likes of Coors and Anheuser-Busch with bigger, bolder and more experimental recipes that pushed the boundaries of beer. But over the years, competition has continually increased while sales have largely flattened, leading several Colorado beverage makers to…

Daily Mirror

Curious bear lets itself inside house by standing up and using PAW to swing open door

A homeowner in Colorado, US, had the shock of their lives when a bear was seen standing on its hind legs and used its paws to swing the door open before quickly fleeing the scene

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Independent candidate poised to become first elected Black mayor of Colorado Springs

An independent mayoral candidate is poised to defeat his Republican opponent to become the first elected Black mayor in the conservative city of Colorado Springs, Colorado’s second largest city

Daily Mirror

'Drunk driver' switches places with his dog and tells police 'he wasn't driving'

The man, from Springfield, Colorado, was allegedly driving 52mph in a 30mph zone when he got pulled over and made his dog switch places with him

The Independent UK

Lauren Boebert denies claim husband flew into rage after being served divorce papers

The Colorado Republican has been married to her husband Jayson since 2007

Capital & Main

Oil Company Cancels Colorado Open Space Drilling Proposal

The plan by Extraction would have led to horizontal drilling under hundreds of acres of scenic Boulder County lands purchased with taxpayer dollars.

Ballotpedia

Challenge to Colorado signature verification process moves forward

On May 5, a Colorado 2nd Judicial District Court judge rejected Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s (D) motion to dismiss a challenge to the state’s signature verification system for mail-in ballots. Vet Voice Foundation (VVF), which describes its mission as “combating climate change, protecting voting rights, dispelling toxic disinformation, and…

The Independent UK

Colorado man once charged in missing wife's presumed death denies involvement

A man once charged with murder in the presumed death of his missing wife is denying having anything to do with her disappearance

WEKU

A Texas woman was killed by her boyfriend after getting an abortion, police say

Harold Thompson is facing murder charges in connection with the death of Gabriella Gonzalez. Dallas police say he fatally shot his girlfriend the day after she'd traveled to Colorado for an abortion.

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