Author: Kyla Pearce
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Rocky Mountain National Park open with limited visitor services amid government shutdown
Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado remains open during the federal government shutdown, which started Wednesday, though visitor services are limited. With prime leaf-peeping season in full swing, the national park’s popular Glacier Gorge Trailhead crawled with visitors on Oct. 1. A lone park ranger answered visitor questions at the trailhead, many of which…
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Rocky Mountain National Park open with limited visitor services amidst government shutdown
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Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado remains open during the government shutdown, which started Wednesday, with limited visitor services. With prime leaf-peeping season in full swing, the national park’s popular Glacier Gorge Trailhead crawled with visitors Wednesday. A lone park ranger answered visitor questions at the trailhead, many of which were about the government…
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Rocky Mountain National Park open with limited visitor services amidst government shutdown
Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado remains open during the federal government shutdown, which started Wednesday, though visitor services are limited. With prime leaf-peeping season in full swing, the national park’s popular Glacier Gorge Trailhead crawled with visitors on Oct. 1. A lone park ranger answered visitor questions at the trailhead, many of which…
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Aurora councilmember’s effort to recall DA fails
An Aurora councilmember’s effort to recall 18th Judicial District Attorney Amy Padden ended Tuesday after no signatures were filed to the Secretary of State. Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky launched a campaign to recall the local prosecutor in July after Padden offered a plea deal to a teenager who hit and killed a 24-year-old woman while driving…
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Adams County distributes almost $6M in opioid settlement funds
Adams County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday distributing almost $6 million in opioid settlement funds to 19 organizations throughout the county. This is the third round of grant funding from the Colorado Opioid Framework, which was created in 2021 to distribute money from lawsuits the Colorado Department of Law wins against pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors…
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Aurora lawmakers approve fees for parents of kids on dirt bikes
Aurora lawmakers added a new fee and increased another in Monday night’s meeting, addressing kids on dirt bikes and failure to appear for people who need interpreters in court, respectively. The council unanimously passed an ordinance that charges $250 to parents and guardians of minors caught riding dirt bikes in the city. Councilmember Francoise Bergan…
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Robert Redford remembered at Boulder’s The Sink as former janitor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Oscar-winning actor and director Robert Redford, who died Tuesday at 89, was once a janitor at The Sink in Boulder, leaving behind a legacy and a caricature on the wall for all who eat there.…
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Aurora councilmember, attorneys criticize police chief over shooting ‘narrative’
An Aurora City councilmember and the attorneys of a man shot by an officer criticized the police chief for crafting a “narrative” about what happened — a charge that the law enforcement department denied. Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain earlier said Rajon Belt-Stubblefield escalated the situation and “created the danger.” Belt-Stubblefield, 37, was shot three…
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Commissioners urged to reject well pad for fracking near Aurora Reservoir
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 400 people filled and overflowed a venue overlooking the plains of Arapahoe County on Thursday to urge the Energy and Carbon Management Commission to reject a well pad for the Lowry Ranch fracking…
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Commissioners urged to reject well pad for fracking near Aurora Reservoir
More than 400 people filled and overflowed a venue overlooking the plains of Arapahoe County on Thursday to urge the Energy and Carbon Management Commission to reject a well pad for the Lowry Ranch fracking plan. The ECMC voted in August 2024 to green light the fracking plan, which includes 32,000 acres of proposed subsurface…