Author: By Dan Elliott, Associated Press
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Local fracking bans could go before Colorado high court soon
DENVER — Colorado’s battle over who should regulate fracking could be on the fast track to the state Supreme Court. The Colorado Court of Appeals on Monday asked to bow out of lawsuits over Longmont’s ban on fracking and a 5-year-moratorium in Fort Collins. The move would allow the Supreme Court to take the cases…
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7 key issues as Colorado theater shooting trial begins
CENTENNIAL — Jury selection in the trial of the man accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in an attack on a Colorado movie theater is set to begin, with the first of 9,000 prospective jurors reporting to court on Tuesday. Their task will be to decide whether James Holmes was legally insane…
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Regulator: Colorado short on oil, gas well inspectors
GREELEY — Colorado has nearly 2,000 active oil and gas wells for every inspector and would need to add one inspector a year to keep up with recent trends, the state’s top energy industry regulator said Thursday. Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Director Matt Lepore provided the statistics in response to questions from Gov. John…
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James Holmes’ lawyers want closed jury selection
CENTENNIAL — Lawyers for the man suspected of killing 12 people in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater told a judge Thursday they want the public and the media barred from the entire jury selection process. Prosecutors agreed that individual questioning of potential jurors should be closed but said the last step should…