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WEBMillion-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got really crazy. The sordid story of two ranchers who conspired to falsify drought numbers by tampering with rain gauges on the plains of Colorado and Kansas, resulting in millions in false insurance claims. The Colorado Sun is part of The Trust Project.
Colorado wildfires tracker: Major fires currently burning - The ...
WEBJul 27, 2023 · The Spruce Creek Fire, located 11 miles northeast of Dolores in Montezuma County, was sparked by lightning May 14. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun) 100% of the perimeter contained as of June 1. Started: May 14, 2024. Size: 5,699 acres. Location: 11 miles northeast of Dolores in Montezuma County.
Inside Buc-ee’s, the big, beloved convenience store opening its …
WEBMar 17, 2024 · Buc-ee’s has the traditional signs of a fandom: Facebook groups, reddit subs, a dedicated community willing to debate the limits of their loyalty.Like with many avid followings, people’s behavior surrounding this cheerful beaver with an overbite is perplexing from the outside looking in.
The true story behind the conspiracy-ridden murals at Denver ...
WEBJul 7, 2023 · The murals at the airport, now temporarily in storage, depict the terrors of war and pollution. Among the chaos is a group of sleeping children. From their minds extends a grey mist that turns into a rainbow, leading to a portrayal of an ideal world, entitled “In Harmony with Peace and Nature.”. Despite the effort Tanguma, Darlina, and ...
All the new minimum wages in Colorado that kick in Jan. 1
WEBAug 7, 2024 · Colorado’s is tentatively increasing 39 cents to $14.81, from $14.42. The state’s official new wage will be announced around Labor Day, according to state labor department officials. A Flourish table. Edgewater is on track to raise its minimum to wage to $16.52, from $15.02 this year.
Special legislative session on Colorado property taxes seems …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · The Senate chamber in the State Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Another special legislative session on Colorado’s property taxes appeared imminent Monday after a long list of top civic and business groups from across the political spectrum said they supported …
What happened to Centura Health? Why the name is disappearing.
WEBAug 19, 2023 · The Centura brand name lifted off only a year after Denver International Airport did. And it will disappear in the coming months. A news release earlier this month announced that the Centura name, logo and brand “will be retired over the next year.”. The reason for its demise is due to the divorce of the two separate health systems whose ...
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6 important things to know about Denver’s migrant crisis
WEBMar 13, 2024 · Almost 40,000 migrants have come to Denver in the past 15 months, a number that’s become hard to comprehend. “To put that in context, that’s Coors Field on a Saturday night in July when the Dodgers are in town,” said Jon Ewing, spokesman for Denver Human Services, during this week’s Colorado Sun virtual event on the migrant crisis.“You look to your left, you look to your right, up ...
Colorado continues to shift blue: The 2020 election, explained in ...
WEBNov 10, 2020 · Colorado’s political map is looking more and more blue. The 2020 election continued the decades-long shift toward Democrats in Colorado, led by voters in suburban counties and punctuated by huge turnout in the party’s strongholds of Denver and Boulder. The Unaffiliated is our twice-weekly newsletter on Colorado politics and policy.