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Student Questioned Over Colorado High School Explosive

Trevor T. Trujillo — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:20:47 +0000

Authorities are questioning a student after an explosive device was found at Centaurus High School in Lafayette, Colorado.

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Colorado Begins Offering Civil Unions

Associated Press — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:47:04 +0000

Denver and Boulder both began issuing civil union licenses just as a new law authorizing them took effect in Colorado at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

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Whooping Cough on Rise in Colorado, Remains Flat in Wyoming

Anthony Pollreisz — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:55:24 +0000

Colorado is experiencing one of its worst whooping cough outbreaks in several decades.

According to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, several hundred confirmed cases of whooping cough – also known as pertussis – have been reported in many of Colorado’s metropolitan centers.

In neighboring Wyoming, however, the severe respiratory disease has been kept

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Inmates Win $600,000 Settlement For Colorado Riot

Associated Press — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:39:43 +0000

DENVER (AP) — Nearly 200 inmates have won a $600,000 settlement for the way they were treated during a riot at a Colorado prison in 2004.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that 13 inmates were hospitalized after the riot at a private prison east of Pueblo

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Police ID Suspected Accomplice in Colo. 4/20 Shooting

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:00:59 +0000

A man Denver police identified from a YouTube video as a suspected accomplice in a Denver marijuana festival shooting, has been interviewed and no arrests have been made.

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Denver Police Release Photo of 4/20 Shooting Suspect [VIDEO]

Trevor T. Trujillo — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:21:09 +0000

Denver Police have identified a possible suspect in Saturday's shooting at a marijuana celebration in Denver's Civic Center Park.

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Shooting at Denver Pot Holiday Gathering Injures 2

Trevor T. Trujillo — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:21:25 +0000

Gunfire erupted at a Denver pot celebration Saturday, injuring two people and scattering a crowd of thousands who had gathered for the first 4/20 counterculture holiday since the state legalized marijuana.

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Sheriff: 5 Snowboarders Killed in Colorado Avalanche

Associated Press — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:07:42 +0000

Authorities have recovered the bodies of five snowboarders who were killed in a backcountry avalanche on Colorado's Loveland Pass.

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Trial for Man Accused of Abducting Cody Girl Moved to Oct.

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:14:42 +0000

A Montana man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl from Cody, Wyo., is scheduled to go on trial in October.

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Legal Pot Draws Tourists To Colorado, Washington For 4/20

Associated Press — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:48:48 +0000

DENVER (AP) — Thousands of people are expected to join an unofficial counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana in Colorado and Washington this coming weekend.

And the events and crowds will likely test the limits of new laws permitting pot use by adults

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Studies Examine Developing Wyoming Wind For Colorado Use

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:41:02 +0000

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Two new studies suggest that Wyoming and Colorado both would benefit by coordinating development of wind energy and power lines to carry that electricity.

One study by the University of Wyoming's Wind Research Center shows that Wyoming's wind is stronger than the wind in Colorado

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50 Car Pile-Up Closes I-25 Saturday [VIDEO]

Brian Scott — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:42:27 +0000

A severe accident occurred along northbound I-25 at Johnson’s Corner in Colorado about 8:30 a.m. Saturday. With a semi-truck to catching fire near the Campion turn off.

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UN: Legal Pot In Colorado, Washington Violates Drug Treaties

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:35:59 +0000

DENVER (AP) — A U.N. drug agency says the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington violates international drug treaties.

The International Narcotics Control Board urged the Barack Obama administration to challenge the legalization measures

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NRA Chief To Meet With Colorado Officials On Guns

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:10:07 +0000

DENVER (AP) — The head of the National Rifle Association is in Denver to meet with Colorado officials about gun control.

David Keene is meeting Thursday with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Senate President John Morse, both Democrats

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Future of Marijuana Uncertain in Colorado, Washington

Trevor T. Trujillo — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:46:01 +0000

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder isn't giving any clues about whether the D.O.J. will try and prevent Washington and Colorado from creating legal marijuana markets.

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Wyo. Highway Patrol K-9 Scores a Hit

Trevor T. Trujillo — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:20:42 +0000

A Wyoming Highway Patrol K-9 assisted in the seizure of just under three pounds of marijuana Sunday.

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Nation's First Marijuana Club Closes After One Day

Trevor T. Trujillo — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:09:53 +0000

A landlord dispute has led to the closure of the United States first known legal pot club in Colorado.

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Wyo. Braced For Impacts Of Colo. Pot Law

Associated Press — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:37:14 +0000

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is bracing for increased marijuana crimes because of Colorado's new constitutional amendment allowing anyone over 21 to use the drug.

The Associated Press reports that police officers predict increased cannabis flow through Wyoming because of the Colorado pot law

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Laramie's Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Now UCHealth Affiliate

Associated Press — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:47:49 +0000

University of Colorado Health has reached a management agreement making Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, Wyo., an affiliate of UCHealth.

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At Least 4 Dead in Apparent Colo. Murder-Suicide

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:01:19 +0000

Four people were found dead Tuesday in Colorado after a woman called police to report a shooting and was apparently shot to death while she was on the phone.

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