Latest Colorado Headlines

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Colorado Parents Say Avalanche Not a Routine Ski Risk

Oct 16 2012 // The parents of a 13-year-old Colorado boy killed in an avalanche last winter say it’s not a ski risk protected from lawsuits. The parents sued Vail Resorts last summer claiming the company’s negligence created...

Colorado Giving $1.3 Million For Wildfire Recovery

Oct 14 2012 // Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is providing $1.3 million for recovery in the Lower North Fork Fire burn area.Hickenlooper says the funding announced Friday can be used to pay for such things as removing burned trees in...

Colorado Officials Take Sides in Fracking Dispute

Oct 8 2012 // Some 60 mayors and city council members from 17 communities have asked Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to have the state drop a lawsuit over fracking that challenges oil and gas drilling rules adopted by the city of...

EEOC Sues Colorado Company for Axing Employee with Bipolar Disorder

Oct 8 2012 // Dillon Cos., which does business in Colorado as King Soopers Inc., a large retail food company, refused to accommodate and unlawfully fired a receptionist at its company headquarters because of her bipolar condition,...

Studies: More Than 2 M California Homes Exposed To Wildfires; Hundreds of Thousands in West at ‘Very High Risk’

Oct 8 2012 // More than 2 million homes in California face “extreme wildfire hazards,” over 400,000 of which are in Los Angeles County, according to a study from an insurance industry group.A separate study shows at least...

Colorado Hotel Owner Settles Discrimination Suit

Oct 4 2012 // A Hampton Inn & Suites franchise in Colorado has agreed to pay $85,000 in back pay and compensatory damages to non-Hispanic employees who alleged they were fired because the owners believed non-Hispanics are lazy. The...

County Sheriff in Colorado Settles Deaf Man’s Lawsuit

Oct 2 2012 // The Adams County sheriff has agreed to provide sign language interpreters to deaf inmates in Colorado when they arrive at the county jail as part of a settlement of a deaf man’s lawsuit. The Colorado Cross-Disability...

Lawsuit Filed In Death of Colorado Man Over 911 Call

Sep 26 2012 // The family of a Colorado man who was killed after being sent back to the scene of a road rage incident has filed a lawsuit.Police say a Denver 911 operator received a call in April from passengers in a vehicle reporting...

Colorado Officials Take Sides in Fracking Dispute

Sep 25 2012 // Some 60 mayors and city council members from 17 communities have asked Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to have the state drop a lawsuit over fracking that challenges oil and gas drilling rules adopted by the city of...

EEOC Sues Colorado Company for Axing Employee with Bipolar Disorder

Sep 24 2012 // Dillon Cos., which does business in Colorado as King Soopers Inc., a large retail food company, refused to accommodate and unlawfully fired a receptionist at its company headquarters because of her bipolar condition,...

Report: Wildfires Pose Risk to Three Quarter-Million Western U.S. Homes

Sep 24 2012 // More than three-quarters of a million homes in the Western U.S. have a high risk of wildfire damage, according to a report released by Santa Ana, Calif.-based CoreLogic.CoreLogic’s Wildfire Hazard Risk Report...

Chartis Private Client Group Expands, Enhances Wildfire Protection Unit

Sep 21 2012 // Chartis has enhanced its Private Client Group’s Wildfire Protection Unit with geographic expansion and improved monitoring technologies. The unit now is available to clients in additional areas of Colorado.The...

Cantaloupes Distributed In Colo. Could Be Tainted

Sep 18 2012 // A California company is voluntarily recalling cantaloupes in several states, including Colorado, because of possible salmonella contamination.Fresno-based DFI Marketing Inc. issued the recall as a precaution after...

Risk Of Lawsuits Preventing Abandoned Mine Cleanup In Colorado

Sep 11 2012 // Colorado mining authorities have dug through a mountainside and reopened the dark granite shaft of an abandoned mine that turned deadly, trying to find options for dealing with one of the West’s worst environmental...

Report: Wildfires Pose Risk to Three-Quarter-Million Western U.S. Homes

Sep 10 2012 // More than three-quarters of a million homes in the Western U.S. have a high risk of wildfire damage, according to a report released by Santa Ana, Calif.-based CoreLogic.CoreLogic’s Wildfire Hazard Risk Report...

Insurance Laws Hurting Colorado Wildfire Victims

Aug 31 2012 // Victims of wildfires that destroyed more than 600 homes this year say Colorado’s insurance laws need to be changed. State officials told victims attending a hearing in Fort Collins on Wednesday that they have heard...

Fat Tire Maker Says River Water Tainted By Colo. Wildfire

Aug 31 2012 // The maker of Fat Tire beer says it’s using a reserve water supply because the water in northern Colorado’s Poudre (POO’-der) River is tainted by a wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes in June. New...

Weak Earthquake Shakes Colorado Mountains

Aug 23 2012 // A weak earthquake has hit the Colorado mountains. The National Earthquake Information Center says the quake Tuesday afternoon registered a preliminary magnitude of 3.3. It was centered north of Basalt and south of...

Up Next: California’s Wildfire Season

Aug 6 2012 // With Colorado’s and New Mexico’s record wildfire seasons freshly in mind, some experts are starting to take note that California’s wildfire season is nearing, and with that there are two main points to be...

Report: Insured Losses in Colorado Wildfires Nearly $450 Million

Aug 6 2012 // The two most destructive wildfires in Colorado’s history will cost insurers roughly $450 million, according to a regional insurance association.The massive figure for insured losses comes from the total 600 homes...