Category: Colorado

Find out Why Our Family Fell in Love With Vail, Colorado and Start Planning Your Own Family Vacation

Vail, Colorado is a world class ski resort in the Rocky Mountains. Pretty much everyone knows that this that skiing in Vail is amazing. But did you know that Vail is just as wonderful in the summer. There is just as much to do in Vail during the summer that there is in the winter….


Man Arrested Over Alleged Threat to Colorado’s Top Election Official

Colorado state police arrested a man accused of threatening the state’s top election official, court records showed on Friday, the first such detention since authorities began strengthening laws on election-related threats last year. Kirk Wertz, 52, was arrested on Wednesday night and placed in Denver’s jail, the records show. He faces a felony charge of…


Funeral Home Owner Who Sold Body Parts Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A former Colorado funeral home owner pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal charge of defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting their family members’ corpses and selling the body parts without permission, a practice exposed in a 2018 Reuters investigative report. Megan Hess, who operated a funeral home called Sunset Mesa and a human…


Abortion Rights Supporter Squeaks Through Colorado Congressional Primary to Face Pro-Life Boebert

Champagne corks flew skyward on the night of June 28 in Aspen, Colorado, as friends and supporters surrounded former city councilman Adam Frisch and cheered. The Colorado Secretary of State website showed him ahead by only about 1,000 votes. But mathematically talented friends crunched numbers, and confidently predicted him the irrefutable winner of the Democrat…


Two Trump Targets Fall, Two Survive June 28 Primary Challenges

Two Republican congressional incumbents who incurred former President Donald Trump’s wrath were defeated, while two survived inter-party challenges in June 28 runoffs and primaries. Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), who is being investigated for federal campaign violations, fell in a Republican runoff while a Trump-endorsed incumbent defeated Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill) in their GOP primary. They…


Army Vet Wins Colorado GOP Bout Between Political Newcomers

A former U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate running for his first political office has won the June 28 Republican primary in Colorado’s Congressional District 7 (CD 7). Erik Aadland, an Iraq/Afghanistan combat veteran awarded the Bronze Star for valor, edged economist Tim Reichert and 2016 Jefferson County Trump campaign chair and 2020 Republican…


Trump-Backed Boebert Wins Colorado Republican US House Primary

Trump-backed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) easily blasted past her challenger, a veteran state lawmaker, to win the Republican primary on June 28. By 9:57 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Boebert had corralled more than 63 percent of the vote with 60 percent of precincts reporting. The popular incumbent now hopes to defeat the winner of the…


LIVE UPDATES: Voters in 7 States Cast Ballots in Midterm Primaries, Runoffs

5:21 p.m. ET Utah Voters Split Over Which Republican to Pick for Senate SPANISH FORK, Utah—Utah County primary voters went to the polls on June 28 to choose between incumbents or to chart a new direction with candidates for change in the U.S. House and Senate. At the Spanish Fork Senior Centern in the heavily…


LIVE UPDATES: Boebert Beats Coram in Colorado Republican US House Primary

Rep. Boebert Wins Colorado Republican US House Primary 10:09 p.m. ET Trump-backed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) easily blasted past her challenger, a veteran state lawmaker, to win the Republican primary on June 28. By 9:57 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Boebert had corralled more than 63 percent of the vote with 60 percent of precincts reporting. The popular…


LIVE UPDATES: Trump-Backed Boebert Wins in Colorado; Hochul to Face Zeldin for New York Governor

Rep. Boebert Wins Colorado Republican US House Primary 10:09 p.m. ET Trump-backed Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) easily blasted past her challenger, a veteran state lawmaker, to win the Republican primary on June 28. By 9:57 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Boebert had corralled more than 63 percent of the vote with 60 percent of precincts reporting. The popular…