
Coal Mine Operator Considers Synthetic Gas Plant Near Paonia
The plan to build the plant near Paonia could help add jobs after Bowie’s coal mine was idled in early 2016.

Judge Asks Feds To Reconsider Passport For Intersex Coloradan
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said he didn’t think the government had acted rationally in denying a passport to Dana Zzyym.

Durango Protesters To Join Standing Rock For Thanksgiving
Students, professors and others from Durango’s Fort Lewis College will spend Thanksgiving in the Dakotas to show solidary with tribes protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Supporters Of Denver’s Public Pot Use Law Object To New Liquor Rules
Opponents of the rule announced by the Liquor Enforcement Division say it would overturn a law approved by voters.

VA Whistleblower Resigns Citing Retaliation
Brian Smothers told The Associated Press Wednesday the VA had opened two separate inquiries into his actions.

A Recount Is Possible On Colorado’s Slavery Exception Amendment T
A week after the election, the confusingly written amendment is on the cusp of failing and lawmakers may be to blame.

‘Big Soda’ Now Facing Taxes In Boulder, San Francisco And The Chicago-Area
After years of stamping out soda tax proposals with well-financed campaigns, Big Soda is suddenly finding itself up against bigger adversaries.

VA: Colorado Vets’ Personal Info May Have Been Compromised
The VA says an employee emailed unencrypted documents to the employee’s personal email account.

Boulder Teens Walk Out Of Class To Protest Donald Trump
They held up banners with messages like “honk for love” along the street outside while others held a Mexican flag.

Colorado Surgery Tech Gets 6.5 Years For Stealing Drug
The theft of the powerful painkiller by Rocky Allen, a former Navy medic who is HIV positive.

Go Ahead Colorado, Post Those Ballot Selfies. You Won’t Be Prosecuted
U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello ruled late Friday that Colorado can’t enforce an 1891 law.

Two Fort Carson Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan
Defense officials said the soldiers had gotten off a helicopter and were moving on foot with Afghan forces when they came under fire.

Prison for man who offered to buy guns for anyone on YouTube
Prosecutors say the man did not care whether his customers were felons or sex offenders.

Many Calls For Protection Against Oil And Gas Drilling On Western Slope Plan
The Bureau of Land Management has received thousands of comments on its draft resource management plan for it Uncompahgre Field Office.

CenturyLink Puts About $24 Billion Down To Buy Colorado-Based Level 3
CenturyLink is paying about $24 billion to buy Level 3, to expand its telecommunication services for businesses.

Former Rocky Mountain Park Ranger And Noted Rescuer Dies
60-year-old Jim Detterline’s body was found Tuesday outside Allenspark, where he lived.