Southern Colorado’s San Luis (loo-EESS) Valley is short on water… (Southern CO Water Cooperative :26) Leaders there are trying to make sure that what little water they have, stays in the valley. They recently fought a proposal to pump water from there to Douglas County, and won that fight. Now, 6 counties are working together […]
SCOTUS Bond
Since a recent Colorado Supreme Court decision, every first-degree murder suspect now has the opportunity to bond out of jail. That, after voters eliminated the state’s death penalty. The justices responded that OK, with no more capital punishment, nothing is a capital crime, so bond must be allowed. Most prosecutors are believed to agree with […]
Unemployment Theft
Colorado’s unemployment office says it needs a new system, because over the last 6 months, identity thieves filed up to a third of all new applications for jobless benefits… (Jobless Who Can’t Get Checks :49) That’s said to be slowing down checks for real people, who really need that money. Some of the actual unemployed […]
Student Loan Payback
Hundreds of thousands of Coloradoans who have student loans will soon have to start paying them back in 3 months, with no loan forgiveness from the federal government… (Supremes On Student Loans wrap :47) A Supreme Court decision that came down on the issue last week now has the Biden administration and borrowers changing plans. […]
Eagle Habitat
In Grand County, the town of Kremmling says it’s not having a fireworks show this year, but it’s not due to the usual reasons like fire risk, or weather… (230703 No Fireworks Show for Kremmling vxr :19) It turns out Kremmling can’t do fireworks, because […]
Firework Accidents
The 4th of July is known as a bad day for American firefighters, everywhere… (July 4 Fireworks wrap :43) Researchers at CU-Boulder have found that July 4th is the one day with the most human-caused wildfires starting, every year. Last year, some people in Aurora […]
Airline Travel
There are a LOT of Americans going somewhere else leading up to tomorrow’s holiday… (Big Air Travel Week vxr :46) For the entire week of June 28th through Wednesday July 5th, unprecedented air travel around the US […]
Holiday Weather
While the weekend’s weather was good across much of Colorado, things could take a turn in some places, for the 4th of July holiday tomorrow, itself… (July 4 Wx vxr :21) Meteorologists say today should be hotter […]
SCOTUS – CO Case
This is the last day of the Supreme Court’s 2023 term. One of the final cases due to be ruled upon is one from here in Colorado… (CO Case Before US SupCo :16) It’s an anti-discrimination […]
Race Admission
There are a lot of big ripples from Thursday’s Supreme Court decision that ended more than 4 decades of affirmative action in the college admissions process. The 6-3 ruling means schools can no longer consider race at all in granting admission… (MSU No More Affirmative Action wrap […]