Author: Steven K. Paulson
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Denver museum consults with Native Americans
DENVER — Colorado state museum officials began consulting with Native American tribes on Tuesday after the museum closed an exhibit on the Sand Creek Indian massacre over complaints from descendants of the slaughter’s survivors that they weren’t consulted about the display. State historic preservation officer Ed Nichols said it’s is a good first step repairing…
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Colorado court: Some marijuana cases can be overturned
DENVER — Some people convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana can ask for those convictions to be thrown out under the law that legalized recreational marijuana in Colorado, the state’s second-highest court ruled Thursday. The Colorado Court of Appeals said people whose cases were under appeal when Amendment 64 on recreational marijuana took effect…
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Widow loses lawsuit over husband’s Colorado ski death
DENVER — The widow of a skier killed in a 2012 avalanche inside the Winter Park ski area lost another round in a court challenge to Colorado’s ski risk limitation law after the Colorado Court of Appeals agreed Thursday with owners of the ski resort who contended they are not liable under a state law…
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Police: Colorado student fire apparent suicide attempt
WESTMINSTER — A 16-year-old boy was critically injured Monday after setting himself on fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Denver high school in an apparent suicide attempt, authorities said. Westminster Police Department spokeswoman Cheri Spottke said the boy didn’t make any threats before starting the fire at about 7:15 a.m. at Standley Lake High…
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Listeria cantaloupe farmers seek probation
DENVER — Two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded guilty to charges related to a deadly listeria outbreak in 2011 are asking a federal judge for probation, saying jail time for them is excessive because justice has been served with the federal government’s imposition of new food guidelines. Attorney William Marler, who represents 24 people who…
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6 tons of seized ivory crushed in Denver
COMMERCE CITY — U.S. officials have destroyed more than 6 tons of confiscated ivory tusks, carvings and jewelry to send a message against elephant poaching that has reached record levels. The pyramid-shaped pile of ivory 10 feet high was dumped into a massive steel rock crusher Thursday at a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility…
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6 tons of seized ivory being crushed in Denver
COMMERCE CITY — U.S. officials have destroyed more than 6 tons of confiscated ivory tusks, carvings and jewelry to send a message against elephant poaching that has reached record levels. The pyramid-shaped pile of ivory 10 feet high was dumped into a massive steel rock crusher Thursday at a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility…
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Some in tourist industry push for state campaign to counter flood images
DENVER – A little more than a year after Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper insisted his wildfire-ravaged state was still “open for business,” he may have to throw another lifeline to the state’s billion-dollar tourism industry as the world takes in the startling images of dramatic flood rescues and washed-out roads. The flooding has struck at…
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Denver museum closes Indian massacre display
DENVER — Colorado’s new state history museum has closed an exhibit on the Sand Creek Indian massacre, one of the state’s darkest chapters, after descendants of the slaughter’s survivors demanded changes in how it is portrayed and complained that they weren’t consulted about the display. A U.S. Army force led by Col. John M. Chivington…
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Angry mob pelts Pueblo man thought to be sex attacker
Residents angry that Pueblo police had not warned them about sex assaults took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks and leaving him with a bloody face. Pueblo police later released the man because of lack of evidence. Alex Pacheco, one of the pursuers,…