All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2019 // A 4.5 magnitude earthquake occurred near the Utah-Colorado border and was felt in the tourist town of Moab, Utah, officials confirmed.The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reported that the earthquake hit Monday...
Mar 5 2019 // The avalanche danger in Colorado’s northern and central mountains is high after up to 4 feet of snow fell in some spots in the last few days. On Sunday, an avalanche dumped snow across a section of Interstate 70...
Mar 4 2019 // Legislation being drafted in Colorado would prioritize health and safety over fostering oil and gas development, Governor Jared Polis and top state lawmakers said.The bill, yet to be introduced, would represent a major...
Feb 27 2019 // A Colorado appeals court has ruled that victims of the 2015 shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs can sue the nonprofit organization over what they argue was lax security. The Gazette reports that the...
Feb 14 2019 // Colorado regulators say more than $6 billion in marijuana products have been sold since 2014 in the state.The figures released this week represent sales through the end of 2018. According to the Colorado Department of...
Feb 5 2019 // A company has filed a lawsuit against Idaho State Police and Ada County after authorities seized nearly 7,000 pounds of cannabis from a truck headed to Colorado, the Idaho Statesman reported.Authorities who stopped the...
Feb 1 2019 // AM Best has placed under review with positive implications the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb-” of Colorado Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance...
Jan 24 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has named Hugo Reyes a senior underwriter in General Aviation for North America. Reyes is responsible for the underwriting of complex General Aviation risks and broker development...
Jan 9 2019 // A Colorado man has been sentenced to 76 years in prison for securities fraud over soliciting investments for insurance marketing organizations.The Denver Post reported 59-year-old Kelly James Schnorenberg was sentenced...
Jan 8 2019 // The brother of slain Colorado child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey has settled the lawsuit he filed against CBS Corp. over a documentary theorizing that he killed her, both sides said.Burke Ramsey’s attorney, Lin Wood,...
Jan 7 2019 // Most eyeballs were on California during the midterm elections in November, with polar opposite candidates facing off in the race for governor as well as the office of insurance commissioner.As in most years, Democrats...
Jan 7 2019 // Crashes are up by as much as six percent in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, compared with neighboring states that haven’t legalized marijuana for recreational use, according to research from the Insurance...
Dec 28 2018 // CIA-Leavitt Insurance Agency in Colorado Springs, Colo. Has named Gabe Rodriguez an owner/partner of the firm. Rodriguez has worked for the agency as an insurance consultant since 2014 and specializes in commercial...
Dec 28 2018 // Crashes are up by as much as six percent in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, compared with neighboring states that have not yet legalized marijuana for recreational use, according to research from the Insurance...
Dec 12 2018 // Two mild earthquakes struck western Colorado, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The quakes hit early Tuesday but likely weren’t strong enough to cause any damage. The quakes were both just north of Glenwood...
Dec 3 2018 // Forecasters have issued warnings of potential avalanches across the Rocky Mountains as early winter snows and ongoing storms bring on the risk of fatal accidents. Dangerous conditions were highlighted by officials over the...
Nov 30 2018 // No money was paid and no information was lost during a ransomware cyberattack that exploited a cloud-based vulnerability in the Colorado Department of Transportation’s computer network last spring, officials...
Nov 29 2018 // The number of Coloradans whose homes are at risk from wildfires soared 45 percent in five years, reflecting the state’s booming population and changing uses of agricultural land, state officials said.The Colorado...
Nov 28 2018 // Governors have a wide range of priorities they want to tackle in the coming year, from tax reform to education. Yet it’s a topic that receives less attention on the campaign trail and in their speeches that could...
Nov 19 2018 // Pinnacol Assurance’s Board of Directors has approved a plan to decrease workers’ compensation rates in 2019 by an average of 10 percent.The decrease will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2019, and will be the fourth...