Your daily resource for late-breaking news, upcoming events, the , , and the stories that will be talked about today, April 8, 2014.
1. WHAT CAUSED SKIN IRRITATION AT LAKEWOOD SCHOOL?
at Jefferson County Open School that sent seven students to hospitals on Monday, and forced the decontamination of about two dozen others. The Lakewood school will remain closed today, following Monday’s evacuation.
2. JEFFCO TEACHERS WALK OUT
Monday night, showing their dissatisfaction with school board decisions affecting their wages and the negotiating process itself.
3. RED-LIGHT CAMERA BAN?
Cameras that bust drivers for speeding or running red lights could be banished in Colorado after a bipartisan group in the state legislature reached consensus on the controversial devices. Sen. Scott Renfroe, R-Greeley, has introduced similar legislation the past two years, but .
4. EXPORTING BEER AND INSPIRATION
“The word is out that the best beer being made in the world is being made by American craft brewers,” said Bob Pease, chief operating officer for the Boulder-based Brewers Association, an industry trade group. “People from all over the world get that.” And .
5. ETHICS REPORT RAISES ISSUES
A draft report written by an investigator charged with reviewing an ethics claim against Gov. John Hickenlooper raised issues regarding the use of state staffers at a pricey policy event he hosted in Aspen last year. However, here’s on whether to proceed with the complaint.
6. SEARCH CONTINUES NEAR ECHO LAKE
A for a missing father and son from Minnesota. Fifty people will search Tuesday for the pair, who have not been heard from since Wednesday.
7. PUTTING THEIR STAMP ON DENVER
In their 32 years in Denver, architects Sarah and Rusty Brown have seen the potential in aging and sometimes abandoned structures. From the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, to two new contemporary wings that flank the historic Denver Union Station, here’s .
8. FRONTIER’S RATING FALLS
The U.S. airline industry’s overall quality improved last year despite fewer on-time arrivals and more mishandled bags, in annual consumer-focused rankings released Monday.
9. HOW TO START A RUNNING PROGRAM
With spring (mostly) here, you may be ready to get off cardio machines and head outside. from Jennifer Van Allen of Runner’s World magazine, who has run 49 marathons and is the co-author of the new book “Runner’s World Big Book of Running for Beginners.”
10. LYLES PLAYS STAR ROLE
Having already scrapped his way into a starting job that wasn’t meant for him, , allowing only one run and five hits in the Rockies’ 8-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox in the opening game of an interleague series at Coors Field. It was, however, .
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