Colorado group calls for Amazon boycott
DENVER — The liberal group ProgressNow wants Coloradans to boycott Amazon.com over the retailer's decision to cut ties with online affiliates in the state.The boycott call came Tuesday, a day af...
Music Classes Could Be Reduced In Boulder
BOULDER, Colo. -- Some of the woods and strings could get the axe in Boulder as the school district struggles with a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall.District leaders are considering six options, ...
Hundreds Of Marijuana Plants Seized In Raid
THORNTON, Colo. -- Police seized as many as 200 marijuana plants during a raid at a property they believe was being used as a grow operation.The same Adams County property was raided a few years ago f...
Two-Car Accident Kills One
AURORA, Colo. -- A two-car accident that killed a woman Tuesday morning at 40th Avenue and Airport Boulevard was caused by a driver who ran the red light, said Lt Mark Walters, Aurora police.Walters s...
Road de-icer sparks debate
Posted : Mar 9, 2010 6:32 PM Fire compromised a Colorado Springs Utilities power pole, sending power lines down to I-25, forcing the interstate to close for hours. There was no wind, no lightning, ...
Closing statements completed in Williams trial
Posted : Mar 9, 2010 5:28 PM Attorneys have finished their closing statements in the trial of Willie Clark, the man charged with first-degree murder in the death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darren...
Reservoir Water Level Hits 10-Year High
An excess of water in the Pueblo Reservoir could mean a stable growing season for farmers in southern Colorado. Currently, the reservoir has more than 261,200 acre-feet of water behind the dam; that'...
New Ways for Schools to Report Race and Ethnicity
The federal government has changed the way schools must report the race and ethnicity of students and staff. In the past, students could be identified in only one category. Now, law requires school d...
Heroin Bust In El Paso County
Cops with the Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence Unit say they made a heroin bust in El Paso County. On Tuesday morning, undercover detectives say they set up surveillance on a car that belongs t...
Smith drives in three to spark Rockies
ROCKIES 12, DODGERS 0 at Phoenix Tuesday, March 9 Rockies at the plate: Seth Smith led the way for Colorado with an RBI single and two doubles, one of them for two RBIs, in a 3-for-4 afternoon. Cli...
Jimenez on time, on mark in first start
PHOENIX -- Despite what happened last time, the Rockies allowed right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez to make the drive from Tucson, Ariz., for his start against the Dodgers at Camelback Ranch on Tuesday aftern...
G. Smith making good second impression
Rockies left-hander Greg Smith had his second head-turning appearance of the spring on Tuesday. He struck out three in three innings of a 12-0 victory over the Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz. Smith not on...
Canadian firm ups uranium estimate for Colo. site
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- A Canadian company has increased its estimate of the amount of uranium it could recover from a proposed northeast Colorado project by 1.5 million pounds.
Auraria Campus on alert after attacks and robberies
A series of assaults and robberies, including a double-stabbing Monday morning, at Denver's downtown Auraria Campus has police investigating and student leaders organizing a meeting on the attacks for...
Man convicted for possession of marijuana "sacrament"
GEORGETOWN — Trevor Douglas, a man claiming marijuana is the main sacrament of his religion, has been convicted of possession in a Clear Creek County Court. The judge said that while Douglas ap...
MAMMOTH DEFENSEMAN EXCELS ON AND OFF FIELD
Unlike most professional athletes, the majority of lacrosse players in the NLL have second jobs. Mammoth defenseman Tom Ethington is no different. The 29-year-old, who serves as a commercial real est...
Woman Killed At Springs Business Was Shot
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A woman found dead inside a business Monday was fatally shot in the head, police said Tuesday.Yong Glenn, 56, was killed inside the business she owned, said Sgt. Steve Nobli...
Accused Drug Kingpin Pleads Not Guilty
DENVER -- A man charged with helping smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine from Mexico to the United States has pleaded not guilty in Denver federal court. Oscar Arriola Marquez is accused of u...
Southwest Colorado DA Faces DUI Charge
CORTEZ, Colo. -- A southwest Colorado prosecutor has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence. James Warren Wilson, district attorney for Montezuma and Dolores counties, was pulled over...
Police seeking motive in Monday's homicide
Posted : Mar 9, 2010 4:46 PM Colorado Springs homicide detectives are searching for a motive in the death of Yong Glenn, whose body was found inside Yong's Tailor Shop/Cleaners Monday afternoon. G...
Man pleads not guilty in Colorado to smuggling drugs
A man charged with helping smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine from Mexico to the United States has pleaded not guilty in Denver federal court. Oscar Arriola Marquez appeared in court Tuesda...
Archbishop defends decision on Boulder lesbians' children
The archbishop of Denver is defending a Catholic school's decision not to allow two children to continue as students because their parents are a lesbian couple. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said Tues...
Climbers Get Stuck Atop Kissing Camels
Two climbers from out-of-state had to be rescued from the top of the Kissing Camels rock formation in the Garden of the Gods Park Tuesday afternoon. Rescuers say the climbers didn't have the proper e...
Nightclub License Could Be Yanked
The Colorado Springs Liquor and Beer Licensing Board is set to take up the matter of the liquor license for the 13 Pure/Syn nightclub on Wednesday. The club, located at 217 East Pikes Peak Avenue, is...
Producer Admits To Attempted Letterman Shakedown
NEW YORK (AP) -- The man who tried to shake down David Letterman is no longer claiming it was anything other than an extortion attempt. As he entered a guilty plea in New York today, Joe Halderman sa...
Weir drops out of figure skating championships
U.S. champion from 2004-06, says he plans to spend the next few months training, and will be "re-energized" by the break from competition.Weir is the second U.S. man to drop out of world championships...
Man pleads not guilty in Colo. to smuggling drugs
Colorado ranch to store hundreds of pounds of cocaine headed to major U.S. cities.He is being held without bail. He faces 10 years to life in prison if convicted.Arriola Marquez was indicted in 2003 a...
Man pleads not guilty in Colo to smuggling drugs
Arriola Marquez was indicted in 2003 and arrested in Mexico in 2006. He was extradited to Colorado last week.He's being held without bail.His brother, Miguel, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and is...
Broncos sign free agent defensive lineman Green
Bill Belichick 's Patriots staff.Last season, Green had 47 tackles in 13 games, including 12 starts.He has tallied 325 tackles and 28 sacks in 121 games since the Patriots drafted him in the fourth ro...
Northgate Minerals posts loss on charges
Northgate Minerals Corp., a Canadian copper and gold mining company, said Tuesday it reversed a profit and posted a fourth-quarter net loss largely because of an $83.5 million impairment charge.For th...
After slow start, tornado season under way
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Forecasters say a wetter-than-usual winter and a jet stream ripping over the part of the country known as "Tornado Alley" could lead to an active spring - perhaps starting with t...
Man pleads not guilty in Colo to smuggling drugs
DENVER (AP) -- A man charged with helping smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine from Mexico to the United States has pleaded not guilty in Denver federal court.
Loveland man gets 4 years for selling fake airline tickets
A Loveland man who sold non-existent airline tickets to nearly 90 victims has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and ordered to pay $495,397 in restitution to his victims. According to ...
Heavy-set man sought by police in Fort Collins attack
An extremely overweight man is being sought in the Monday morning assault of a 48-year-old woman as she walked in Spring Canyon Park in Fort Collins. Fort Collins Police said the man who stood 5 feet...
State AG bans debt collectors that didn't play by Colo. rules
Three out-of-state lawyers, accused of using unfair tactics to collect debts in Colorado, have been banned from collecting debts for periods ranging from life to three years, the Colorado Attorney Gen...
Dow up 11 points; in Colorado, Delta Petroleum, Kodiak Oil up 5%
The Dow posted a modest gain Tuesday. In Colorado, Delta Petroleum and Kodiak Oil & Gas led actively traded gainers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading day at 10,564.38, up 11....
Colorado's Francis looking for better outing
TUCSON, Ariz.—Rockies left-hander Jeff Francis is hoping his second spring start goes better than his first. Francis missed last season following shoulder surgery and was hit hard in his first s...
Chrysler dealers get help from Colorado bill
Two Colorado auto dealers fighting with Chrysler after losing their franchises would get some help from a bill advancing at the Capitol. The Senate unanimously passed the bipartisan bill Tuesday. It ...
Colorado may ban promotions by elected officials
Posted : Mar 9, 2010 2:43 PM Elected officials spend thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money promoting themselves on official brochures and ads, and a Colorado Springs Republican wants them to kno...
Famous dog training to be at FUR-R-R Ball
Mark your calendars: the 13th annual "FUR~R~R Ball" takes place on Saturday, May 1st, 2010 at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort.This year one of the world's most recognized and respected dog trainers, Vict...
Colo. lawmakers to consider ban on officials' mugs
Colorado state senator wants to bar elected state officials and their employees from spending public money on any print or visual media announcements, broadcasts, Web sites, or public communications t...
Green in Orange and Blue
Jarvis Green now joins the club, a defensive lineman who will be entering his ninth season in the league in 2010. "Jarvis has a great deal of experience playing in a 3-4 system and will bring veteran...
Lindsey Vonn on verge of 3rd overall World Cup title
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Her body aching but her outlook strong, Lindsey Vonn enters the final downhill of the season with a chance to win the overall World Cup title for the third stra...
Avalanche just won't go away
The Colorado Avalanche and their player-of-the-week Chris Stewart (pictured battling Tim Gleason of the Carolina Hurricanes in January) pulled the wool over the eyes of a lot of their preseason critic...
Amazon Reacts to Tax Law by Dumping Colorado Affiliates
March 09, 2010 /EIN News/ -- A law enacted by legislators mandating online retailers notify their shoppers in Colorado that they must pay a 2.9 percent sales tax on purchases has provoked Amazon.com t...
Big 12 looking to get 7 in NCAA tournament
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Postseason conference tournaments offer one final chance to build the resume or make a miraculous run to the NCAA tournament.
McInnis leads Hickenlooper for Colorado governor by 6 points
Republican Scott McInnis leads Democrat John Hickenlooper by six percentage points in the latest Rasmussen Reports survey on the Colorado governor’s race. The poll shows McInnis, a former congr...
Denver shooter didn't intend to kill child
Angela Crookham holds son Noah, 2, who was killed Sunday. (Angela Crookham s Facebook page) Denver. Angela Crookham admitted to police about having somewhat of an affair with Ryan, including sex one...
New Test Tracks Spread Of Cancer Faster
Right now, there are more than 2.5 million Americans living with breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. When a woman has breast cancer, doctors want to be sure the disease has not sp...
Park maintenance a grass-roots effort
A growing number of people in Colorado Springs are volunteering to clean up their neighborhood parks in response to the city's removal of trash cans from them. Of the 125 neighborhood parks where the...
Pueblo postal workers prosecuted for mail theft
Posted : Mar 9, 2010 11:27 AM Three postal workers in Pueblo who were caught stealing money from mail are being punished. According to the USPS Office of Inspector General the employees have been p...
Religious pot defense headed to trial
Posted : Mar 9, 2010 11:32 AM A Colorado man who says his religion explains his marijuana use is fighting a possession charge in court. Trevor Douglas says he admitted having marijuana in the car ...
Doherty High School Athletic Director Receives Award
Chris Noll, Doherty High School’s Athletic Director will Receive Athletics Director of the Year Award from The Colorado Athletics Directors Association Executive Committee. Mr. Noll was selected fo...
Springs Utilities Offers Quick Access to Outage Info
Colorado Springs Utilities customers can now call a toll-free telephone number - 1-888-CSU-OTIS to receive updated information on power outages in their area, or to report an outage. The effectivenes...
Clever Legal Maneuver Allows Smoking in Springs Bar
A Colorado Springs bar owner uses a legal maneuver to avoid the statewide smoking ban. Murray Street Darts now includes CJ's Tobacco Shop, and a judge has ruled that makes the tavern exempt from the b...
Crews hike to precarious boulder after Colo. slide
(AP Photo/Colorado Department of Transportation)In this Monday, March 8, 2010 photo released by the Colorado Department of Transportation, a portion of a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70, which has be...
Crews check precarious boulder after Colo. slide
Colorado canyon Tuesday to examine another boulder threatening to fall on Interstate 70 after a rock slide forced the highway to close indefinitely.The
Religious pot defense headed to trial
Clear Creek County . Douglas says that he shouldn't be punished for having the pot, though, because he says marijuana is the main sacrament of his religion.Douglas is a member of the
Colorado Realtors launch certification program
Colorado Association of Realtors launched its Quality Service Certification program for its members on Tuesday. Through the program — provided through
Crews hike to precarious boulder above I-70
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Workers hiked up the side of a Colorado canyon Tuesday to examine another boulder threatening to fall on Interstate 70 after a rock slide forced the highway to close indefinit...
Denver shooter didn't intend to kill child
Angela Crookham holds son Noah, 2, who was killed Sunday. (Angela Crookham s Facebook page) Angela Crookham admitted to police about having somewhat of an affair with Ryan, including sex one time, b...
Dismissed juror would have voted guilty
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } Dismissed juror Ray Barrientos was prepared to find Willie Clark guilty of murdering Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams and believes his former fellow juror...
Boulder wants to trim music for 5th-graders
BOULDER — The Boulder Valley School District is looking to change or drop portions of its fifth-grade music program to free up teaching time for other subjects, address scheduling conflicts and ...
Photo for grave of Shep the Turnpike Dog
Andy Uryevick of Longmont shows the photograph of Shep the Turnpike Dog he will use to restore the oval photograph on one of Shep's tombstones at the Depot Hill Museum. February 13, 2010 Staff photo...
Hustler magazine asks for crime scene photos of slain Niwot High grad Meredith Emerson
Meredith Emerson ( Camera file photo | ) ATLANTA — Authorities said Monday they will not give Hustler Magazine crime scene and autopsy photos of a former Longmont woman who was slain while hikin...
Justice Dept. sends interns to Four Corners to spread word about radiation exposure payments
The U.S. Justice Department announced today that it has launched an "intensive outreach effort" in the Four Corners area to Native Americans and their families whose work in the uranium industry durin...
Boffo Bears can drive Colorado to Madness
Northern Colorado's Connor Osborne, right, battles for a loose ball with Montana's Jack McGillis last month. (The Daily Tribune | Eric Bellamy) March Madness? In Colorado, Division I men's basketball...
Colorado not cashing in on census
Colorado ranks as the third-lowest state in the nation in how much money it gets from federal programs based on census demographics.Tough eligibility standards for Medicaid combined with relatively lo...
Willie Clark Trial To Go To Jury Tuesday Afternoon
DENVER -- Jurors hearing the case against a man accused of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams could soon hear closing statements, a day after the defendant declined to testify.Prosecut...
Colorado Small Town Debates Offering $5,000 To Get You To Build
WINDSOR, Colo. -- The town of Windsor wants to stimulate growth so it may offer a $5,000 rebate to new home buyers.The Windsor Strategic Economic Development Team wants the town to give $5,000 to new ...
Wanna Buy A Casino
CENTRAL CITY, Colo. -- Wanna buy a casino? One that comes with a hotel too?The owner of Fortune Valley Hotel & Casino in Central City has been trying to find a buyer for the property since last Au...
Craft beer sales up
According to the Brewer's Association, despite U.S. beer sales being down in 2009, craft beers are bucking the trend. In fact, craft breweries reported a sales dollars increase of 10.3% last year. Jo...
more slides a threat
Posted : Mar 9, 2010 10:10 AM Workers plan to scale the side of a Colorado canyon to examine another boulder threatening to fall on Interstate 70 after a rock slide that forced the highway to close...
Earthquake Hits Off Alaskan Coast
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 5.1 quake has struck the Andreanof Islands region of the Aleutian chain, but there are no reports of damage and the quake did not generate a t...
Was Your Last Flight On Time Good News For Airlines, Travelers
DALLAS (AP) -- U.S. airlines have their best January in four years, when it comes to arriving on time. The Transportation Department said Tuesday that the airlines averaged a 78.7 percent on-time arr...
Madoff Victims Targeted Again
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation warned Tuesday that someone had set up a bogus Web site in an attempt to trick victims of Bernard Madoff into turning over confidential financial informa...
Colo. flight canceled after smoke report
SkyWest Airlines says a plane that returned to the Aspen airport because of smoke inside didn't complete the flight to Denver as officials originally said.SkyWest spokeswoman Marissa Snow said Monday ...
Testimony ends in Clark trial
Woody's original column, "Williams' grave needs our help" Habas read the jurors a statement about the refusal of witnesses Mario Anderson and Kaitana "Markie" Jackson-Keeling to testify. Habas told th...
Northern Colorado aims for first NCAA Tournament basketball bid
Northern Colorado's Will Figures squeezes between Montana State's Marquis Navarre, left, and Will Bynum during a game earlier this season. Figures is a key to the Bears' hopes for a trip to the NCAA T...
Utah Funeral Service Held For Marie Osmond's Son
PROVO, Utah -- Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son was remembered at a funeral service Monday with fond words, laughter and music from his famous singing family. Michael Bryan's uncle, Donny Osmond, also a...
Historic Building In Longmont To Be Torn Down
LONGMONT, Colo. -- The owner of a vacant flour mill in downtown Longmont says he will demolish part of the structure because of a fire more than a year ago. Doug Grant told city officials on Monday th...
Avon Residents Report Seeing Mountain Lion
AVON, Colo. -- Several residents in Avon have reported seeing a mountain lion or its tracks near their homes in the last week. Buz Didier says he saw one briefly sniff around his deck around 7:45 a.m....
Weld County Wants A Say On Federal Grassland Fires
GREELEY, Colo. -- The Weld County commissioners want federal officials to get their permission before igniting any prescribed burns on the Pawnee National Grassland. The grasslands cover 214,000 acres...
Fire-damaged building in Longmont to be torn down
Posted : Mar 9, 2010 9:12 AM The owner of a vacant flour mill in downtown Longmont says he will demolish part of the structurebecause of a fire more than a year ago. Doug Grant told city officials ...
Fire-damaged building in Longmont to be torn down
Doug Grant told city officials on Monday that a five-story building at the mill would be razed, but not a nearby cluster of elevators, which weren't damaged.Grant had considered trying to salvage the ...
Colo county wants a say on federal grassland fires
Weld County commissioners want federal officials to get their permission before igniting any prescribed burns on the Pawnee National Grassland.The grasslands cover 214,000 acres in Weld County. The Na...
Crews still working to clear I-70 in Colorado after rock slide
DENVER — Crews working to reopen a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 70 in western Colorado where a rock slide left behind gaping holes and huge boulders on a bridge were devising a plan Tuesday to ...
Fire-damaged building in Longmont to be torn down
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- The owner of a vacant flour mill in downtown Longmont says he will demolish part of the structure because of a fire more than a year ago.
Colo county wants a say on federal grassland fires
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) -- The Weld County commissioners want federal officials to get their permission before igniting any prescribed burns on the Pawnee National Grassland.
Colorado Springs discussing changes for bars after brawl early Sunday
COLORADO SPRINGS — The latest violence at a downtown nightclub — a brawl early Sunday that took more than 20 officers to control — has police and business owners discussing changes i...
Denver Archbishop Explains Why Lesbian Couple's Child Not Admitted to School
Denver, Colo., Mar 8, 2010 (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver weighed-in today on the recent decision to not re-enroll the child of a lesbian couple in a local Catholic school. The ...
Patrol Officer Helps Slow Down Runaway Prius
EL CAJON, Calif. -- A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, ...
Accident Cleared on I-25
Colorado Springs police say an accident just south of the Cimarron exit in the northbound lane has been cleared. It's not known if there are injuries, but police say two cars were involved.
1 Killed, 2 Wounded in Ohio State Shooting
Ohio State University says an overnight shooting at a campus maintenance building left one of its employees dead and two others wounded. The shooting was first reported at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. Universi...
Edwards Sex Tape Dispute Back in NC Court
Lawyers are returning to court in North Carolina in a dispute over a tape purportedly showing two-time presidential candidate John Edwards in a sexual encounter. Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jon...
Mayor's seat only contest in Carbondale board race
CARBONDALE — Two current Carbondale trustees will square off to fill the town mayor's seat being vacated by Michael Hassig, in what looks to be the only contest in the April 6 municipal election...