All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 2 2012 // The search for a Colorado woman missing in a wildfire has been suspended after rescuers found human remains in her burned home.Jefferson County authorities say they don’t know yet whether the remains found Saturday...
Mar 31 2012 // A blaze that may have been sparked by a prescribed burn conducted by the Colorado State Forest Service and ignited by high winds on Monday is now at 90 percent containment, the Forest Service said Saturday afternoon.The...
Mar 29 2012 // Firefighters are making progress on a wildfire in Colorado that has now consumed an estimated 4,140 acres, destroyed 27 structures and caused the deaths of at least two people, according to the Colorado State Forest...
Mar 28 2012 // A blaze that may have been sparked by a prescribed burn conducted by the Colorado State Forest Service and ignited by high winds on Monday continues to burn with 0 percent containment, the Forest Service said Wednesday...
Mar 19 2012 // Angeline Chilton says she can’t drive unless she smokes pot.The suburban Denver woman uses medical marijuana to ease multiple sclerosis symptoms and says she’d never get behind the wheel right after smoking....
Mar 19 2012 // A divisive driving-while-high bill is back before the Colorado Legislature as senators revisit a measure to say how much marijuana can legally be in a driver’s system. A marijuana DUI bill was defeated last year amid...
Mar 16 2012 // Westwood College has agreed to pay $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit the state of Colorado filed alleging the school misled prospective students about its costs and how successful alumni are in finding jobs in their fields...
Mar 9 2012 // Aaron Edwards squirmed in delight on his mother’s lap in the Florida Senate gallery Wednesday as the chamber passed a bill to compensate him for negligence during his birth at a public hospital 14 years ago that left...
Feb 29 2012 // Withholding wages from an employee could become criminal in Colorado under a bill being debated at the state Legislature. A House committee will consider a “wage theft” bill Tuesday. The bill would make it...
Feb 28 2012 // A divisive driving-while-high bill is back before the Colorado Legislature as senators revisit a measure to say how much marijuana can legally be in a driver’s system. A marijuana DUI bill was defeated last year amid...
Feb 27 2012 // Business is lagging this year at the Boulder Outdoor Center in Colorado, where adventurers come to book and buy equipment for ski trips into the backcountry.Except, that is, in one area. The outfitter’s avalanche...
Feb 24 2012 // Some Colorado car dealers who are approving high-risk loans for the vehicles they sell are installing GPS tracking units to protect their investments. According to KREX-T, the use of tracking units is an industry-wide...
Feb 20 2012 // Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation fund, made the right decision earlier this month in deferring further consideration of plans to restructure Pinnacol....
Feb 20 2012 // Colorado lawmakers are trying to promote the space industry by limiting liability for companies that carry passengers. State Sen. Mary Hodge, a Democrat from Brighton, says there are risks with spaceflight. She wants to...
Feb 8 2012 // Colorado lawmakers are trying to promote the space industry by limiting liability for companies that carry passengers. State Sen. Mary Hodge, a Democrat from Brighton, says there are risks with spaceflight. She wants to...
Feb 6 2012 // Centennial, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty has named Lucas J. Bills as president and chief executive officer of the commercial lines company, which operates in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.Bills...
Feb 2 2012 // A proposal to privatize the only state-chartered workers’ compensation company is getting a cool reception from a special panel reviewing the plan. A straw poll of the task force on Tuesday showed more than half to...
Jan 25 2012 // Centennial, Colo.–based Colorado Casualty has named Lucas J. Bills as president and chief executive officer of the commercial lines company, which operates in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and...
Jan 24 2012 // Residents in Boulder, Colo. appear to have some kind of drive to buy hybrid vehicles.The Daily Camera reports statistics from the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder’s Office show 4.8 percent of all vehicles registered...
Jan 18 2012 // Boulder, Colo. police are warning car owners that thieves are targeting catalytic converters. Police say the small boxes attached to the underside of most vehicles have precious metals that can fetch hundreds of...