- Some recommendations for Summer reading, all with a flavorof Colorado and the West. We’ve asked two local booksellers to give ussome suggestions. Cathy Langer is lead buyer for the Tattered CoverBook Stores in Denver, and Andrea Avantaggio is a co-owner of Maria’sBookshop in Durango. They speak with Ryan Warner.
- In rural Colorado, the best paying job, and one of the most secure, may be working at the nearby prison. But in the towns of Brush andWalsenburg, those jobs are evaporating as privateprisons facilities close. These for-profit prisons are fairly new, built to house inmates that state prisons didn’t have room for.
- Today, a story about advances in treating the most deadly form of cancer: lung cancer. Those diagnosed will more than likely die within a year. Andy Bonnett, of Denver, was in his early 30’s when he was told he had the disease. “I was actually quite shocked, and confused, and incredibly sad to hear those
- The heaviest rainfall ever observed in Colorado happened 75 years ago this week. Back in 1935, a giant storm soaked eastern Colorado in up to two feet of rain in a single day. As the swollen Republican River pushed eastward, people reported hearing a wall of water approaching even before they saw it. The flood
- Later today a group of Denver attorneys who advocate for the poor plan to announce whether they’re going to sue the state of Colorado. At issue: food stamps — a benefit one out of every eight people in the state receive. Federal law requires states to process food stamp applications within a fixed time period.
- Later today a group of Denver attorneys who advocate for the poor plan to announce whether they’re going to sue the state of Colorado. At issue: food stamps — a benefit one out of every eight people in the state receive. Federal law requires states to process food stamp applications within a fixed time period.