SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California released a plan detailing how Western states reliant on the Colorado River should save more water. It came a day after the six other states in the river basin made a competing proposal. In a letter to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, California described how states could conserve between 1 million and nearly…
California Releases Its Own Plan for Colorado River Cuts
Colorado Appeals Court Rules Against Baker in Case Over Gender-Transition Cake
A baker who won a U.S. Supreme Court case over religious freedom violated a state anti-discrimination law when he refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled on Jan. 26. Lawyers for the baker, Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop, have already announced they plan to appeal against the…
Colorado to Consider Its Own Gun Ban
Colorado appears ready to join other states in clamping down on Second Amendment rights. A draft of the “Mass Shooting Prevention Act,” expected to be introduced in the upcoming legislative session, was made public and Second Amendment Advocates are concerned. “This bill uses the most insane parts of the laws from California and New York,”…
Colorado Police, Paramedics Plead Not Guilty to Homicide in Elijah McClain Death
DENVER—Three Colorado police officers and two paramedics pleaded not guilty on Friday to homicide charges in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a Black man subdued by police, placed in a choke hold and injected with a sedative, though he was neither armed nor suspected of a crime. Attorneys for all five defendants entered pleas…
Colorado Democrat Resigns Amid Felony, Misdemeanor Charges
A Democratic Colorado state representative has resigned from her role as she battles criminal charges for allegedly lying about her residence in an effort to run for reelection in 2022. Boulder County Democrat Tracey Bernett, who represented District 12, announced her resignation in a statement released by her attorneys on Jan. 9. “Ms. Bernett has chosen to relinquish…
Ski Vacations Get Costlier as Colorado Pump Prices Surge
By Chunzi Xu From Bloomberg News Pump prices are surging in Colorado as a prolonged outage of the state’s sole oil refinery weighs on locals and ski vacationers, with costs likely to remain elevated until after the summer peak driving season. The outage at Suncor Energy’s Commerce City refinery, which is responsible for 40% of…
2nd Colorado Library Closes Due to Meth Contamination
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—For the second time in a month, a Colorado library has closed its doors to clean up methamphetamine contamination. Officials in the Denver suburb of Englewood shut down the city library last week within a couple of hours of getting test results Wednesday showing that the contamination in the facility’s restrooms exceeded state thresholds,…
A Tudor Castle Built For His “Queen” With Cutting-Edge-Technologies
Glen Eyrie Castle is a magnificent English Tudor Revival house with a view of Colorado’s Garden of the Gods. Designed by Frederick J. Sterner and Thomas MacLaren, it is actually the second house built on the site. Both were constructed for William Jackson Palmer, the founder of Colorado Springs. When Palmer first saw the valley…
Body of 2nd Snowmobiler Found After Colorado Avalanche
DENVER—Searchers have located the body of a second snowmobiler killed in a Colorado mountain avalanche, authorities said Sunday. Crews using dogs and probing the avalanche field with poles recovered the body of a 52-year-old Colorado man in the area of Corona Pass outside Winter Park on Sunday, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said in a…
Colorado to Halt Busing Illegal Immigrants to Democrat-Run Cities
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’s office said Saturday that the state will halt sending busloads of illegal immigrants to Chicago and New York City, a move that triggered outcry from the two cities’ Democratic mayors. Polis, a Democrat, announced on Tuesday that the state government would step in to make sure illegal immigrants who recently arrived…
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