Author: Monte Whaley
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44 Colorado highway improvement projects share $1.5 billion
A massive $1.5 billion state-wide road construction and maintenance program was approved Thursday that calls for the widening of north Interstate 25 from Denver to Fort Collins and the bolstering of bridges, culverts and rock slide prevention. In all, 44 projects will benefit under a new program that also expands public-private partnerships to build and…
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Remembering the worst disaster in state history
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT COLLINS — As time fades, Barb Anderson knows fewer people will recall the worst natural disaster in Colorado history. But she and other volunteers are determined not to let Coloradans forget the Big Thompson flood, which…
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Remembering the worst disaster in state history
FORT COLLINS — As time fades, Barb Anderson knows fewer people will recall the worst natural disaster in Colorado history. But she and other volunteers are determined not to let Coloradans forget the Big Thompson flood, which claimed 144 lives on July 31, 1976. “We had friends and neighbors who we lost on that day,” said Anderson,…
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Fight over Christo’s ‘Over the River’ heads to CDOT
Christo’s Over The River project, which calls for draping huge fabric panels from cables over parts of the Arkansas River, will be carefully scrutinized for its potential impact on traffic on U.S. 50 — just like any other huge project, Colorado Department of Transportation officials said today. The $50 million art installation is being attacked…
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Fight over Christo’s ‘Over the River’ heads to CDOT
Christo’s Over The River project, which calls for draping huge fabric panels from cables over parts of the Arkansas River, will be carefully scrutinized for its potential impact on traffic on U.S. 50 — just like any other huge project, Colorado Department of Transportation officials said today. The $50 million art installation is being attacked…
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Fight over Christo’s ‘Over the River’ heads to CDOT
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Christo’s Over The River project, which calls for draping huge fabric panels from cables over parts of the Arkansas River, will be carefully scrutinized for its potential impact on traffic on U.S. 50 — just…
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Fight over Christo’s ‘Over the River’ heads to CDOT
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Christo’s Over The River project, which calls for draping huge fabric panels from cables over parts of the Arkansas River, will be carefully scrutinized for its potential impact on traffic on U.S. 50 — just…
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Study: More Coloradans died from guns than car wrecks in 2009
Colorado is one of 10 states where more deaths were related to firearms than automobile accidents, according to a state-by-state analysis of government data done by the Washington, D.C.-based Violence Policy Center. The 2009 figures were the most recent for which state-level data were available, the center said. In Colorado, there were 583 gun deaths…
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Highway closure keeps kayakers from white water
Denver-area kayakers who flock to the world-class rapids of Clear Creek Canyon this time of year are being shut out because of a massive project to put in fiber-optic cable for wireless coverage through the canyon. Installation has started, but the problems for kayakers really begin late Sunday when the Colorado Department of Transportation closes…
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Highway closure keeps kayakers from white water
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver-area kayakers who flock to the world-class rapids of Clear Creek Canyon this time of year are being shut out because of a massive project to put in fiber-optic cable for wireless coverage through the…