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Boulder teen charged as adult in pipe bomb case
A police bomb squad member works to detonate a possible pipe bomb found at Centaurus High School on Monday, May 13, 2013, in Lafayette. (Jeremy Papasso, The Daily ...
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Death penalty debate focuses on Colorado governors view of flawed system
George Brauchler IPTC: DENVER, CO. - MAY 21: George Brauchler, district attorney for the 18th Judicual District, comments about Colorado governor John Hickenlooper's decision to grant death penalty inmate Nathan Dunlap a temporary reprieve on the steps of the Colorado Capitol Building, May 22, 2013. (Photo By Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post)--> (Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post) As an ...
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DA Teen bomb suspect a future threat
LAFAYETTE, Colo. - Prosecutors say a teen accused of bringing a bomb to his high school in Lafayette earlier this month poses a "future threat.""We're very concerned about the intent of this young man and his ability to cause harm," Deputy District Attorney Jenny McClintock told a judge Friday morning.The 16-year-old, Andrew de Bartolome, was charged as an adult Friday ...
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Motorcyclist run over killed on I-225
AURORA, Colo. - A motorcyclist was run over on Interstate 225 Friday morning and killed.Aurora Police said the motorcyclist and a van were driving southbound on the highway when they slowed for traffic.The motorcycle either clipped the van or almost clipped the van and lost control, according to Lt. Jeff Turner.Turner said the motorcycle fell over in the right lane and a semi-truck ran over the ...
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Forest Service cleaning up illegal dumps
DURANGO, Colo. - Rangers at Colorado’s Forest Service say they spend precious time and resources cleaning up illegal dumps on public lands.Columbine district ranger Matt Janowiak says his district spends about $2,000 a year in landfill fees alone. The cost of labor and transportation isn't included.According to ...
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Man opens fire drives away intruders
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A Colorado Springs man opened fire on three armed intruders who allegedly broke into his home early Friday morning, driving them away.Colorado Springs police officers were called to an apartment at 700 Tia Juana St. around 3 a.m. after receiving reports of a home invasion.The victim said two men and one woman knocked on his front door. The resident said he did not know ...
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Police Man killed crossing street
DENVER - A man got off a bus Friday morning, tried to walk across a street and was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver, Denver Police said.The crash happened on Havana Street near Exposition Avenue. Police said the man got off a bus and instead of walking down to the intersection of Exposition to use the crosswalk, he walked across the street mid-block.The man was hit. He died at a nearby ...
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Pastor protests prison baptism delay
DENVER - A Pentecostal pastor is protesting after officials at the Denver County Jail temporarily stopped the baptism of inmates by total immersion in a bathtub-sized tank.Maurice Gordon says the jail previously allowed him to perform the Christian ceremony, but canceled it after a baptism in March.According to ...
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Armored car dumps $3000 in coins on Hwy
WELD COUNTY, Colo. - A Brink's armored car dumped $3,000 in coins onto Highway 66 in Weld County after the back doors came open, according to the Weld County Sheriff’s ...
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KHOW host Peter Boyles off the air Fri.
DENVER - TalkRadio 630 KHOW host Peter Boyles did not host his morning show on Friday.The Denver Post reported that it was because of a confrontation with Boyles' producer on ...
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The Colorado River The High Plains Aquifer And The Entire Western Half Of The U.S. Are Rapidly Drying Up
Economic Collapse May 24, 2013 What is life going to look like as our precious water resources become increasingly strained and the western half of the United States becomes bone dry? Scientists tell us that the 20th century was the wettest century in the western half of the country in 1000 years, and now things appear to be reverting to their normal historical patterns. But we have built ...
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CU-Boulder seeks drone test site in Colorado
University of Colorado research support member James Mach works on his laptop next to an unmanned aircraft system at CU s Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles in February. (Jeremy Papasso, Camera file ...
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Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park opening today
Rocky Mountain National Park road crew members encountered drifts of 18-to-22 feet in clearing Trail Ridge Road this spring. (Courtesy Rocky Mountain National ...
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Officials review I-70 construction over accidents
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado Department of Transportation officials are reviewing the Interstate 70 construction zone on the east end of Glenwood Canyon following the second fatal car accident in the five-mile stretch during the past six ...
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Expert Denver metro luxury homes sales red hot
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage .A total of 93 homes in the region sold for more than $1 million in April, up from 44 in April 2012. On a monthly basis, luxury sales were up 31 percent from the 71 transactions in March.The figures are based on Multiple Listing Service data of all homes sold for more than $1 million last month in the metropolitan area.The report said that the median sale ...
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Pueblo shuts off gas pumps for nonprofits
http://tinyurl.com/op25dn4 ), 17 local nonprofits will no longer be allowed to fill up with tax-free fuel, which allowed them to avoid an 18-cent federal gas tax and 23-cent state tax on each ...
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Motorcycle rider killed in collision with truck on I-225
A motorcycle collided with a truck in a construction zone on southbound Interstate-225 Friday morning and the motorcyclist was killed, officials say.The motorcycle rider was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Lt. Robert Jackson, Aurora police spokesman. The rider's name, gender and age was not immediately available.The cause of the accident, which happened at about 6:45 a.m., is ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 2 Gameday
Posted April 24 2013 02:17 The snow gave way to sun by midday in Denver on Tuesday. The Golden State Warriors then brought rain into the forecast. A downright downpour. Playing without All-Star power forward David Lee, the Warriors went small and turned their shooters loose in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. The result was a deluge of 3s from Stephen ...
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Pastor complains after Denver jail bans baptisms
DENVER (AP) -- A Pentecostal pastor is complaining after officials at the Denver County Jail banned baptism of inmates by total immersion in a bathtub-sized ...
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Traffic blocked after armored car spills coins
Authorities say they were called to investigate a complaint of a truck blocking a highway on Thursday and discovered the rear doors of the armored vehicle had come open. They say a large amount of coins had fallen out of the ...
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Pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle in Denver
A pedestrian who was crossing a street in Denver overnight was killed after being struck by a vehicle.The Denver Police Department said the collision happened when the pedestrian crossed mid-block near South Havana Street and East Exposition Avenue, according ...
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Retailer HM planning store in Colorado Springs
Clothing retailer H&M, which opened its first Colorado store on Denver's 16th Street Mall in 2011, is now planning to open its first location in Colorado Springs, The Gazette reports. The company hasn't made any announcement, but the architectural firm working on improvements to the Chapel Hills Mall told the newspaper H&M will be in the mall. H&M is expected to open later this year in ...
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Audit of Colorado parole system expanded
DENVER (AP) -- An audit of Colorado's parole system is being expanded to review whether budget issues are keeping parole officers from placing some high-risk parolees under intensive ...
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Nuggets-Warriors Game 4 Gameday
Posted April 29 2013 01:23 OAKLAND, Calif. - The Denver Nuggets won at least three straight games eight times during a record-setting regular season. They will need to put together one more winning streak to extend their postseason. After making a second-half surge, the Nuggets witnessed a one-for-the-ages performance by Stephen Curry on Sunday night at Oracle Arena, leaving themselves no ...
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For metro Denver business energy savings all about the bulbs
Scot Kelley, account manager at Colorado Lighting, with client Gary Hegener, construction manager at Pester Marketing, in the 1st Stop convenience store at East Iliff Avenue and Highway 225 in Aurora where Colorado Lighting revamped the lighting inside and outside of the store for more efficiency. Sometimes, making big cuts in energy use really is as easy as changing a light bulb. Especially if ...
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