1. TOP DENVER COP CONCERNED ABOUT ALCOHOL ABUSE, ARRESTS AMONG OFFICERS
Seven Denver police officers have been arrested or involved in incidents where others were arrested so far this year with one common denominator: alcohol.
2. BOULDER COUNTY COULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR $1 BILLION IF OIL & GAS BANNED
Boulder County’s moratorium on drilling in Wattenberg field is back under review, but , if the drilling is outright banned under a proposed local control law supported by Gov. John Hickenlooper, the county could be liable for up to $1 billion in lost revenue for royalty owners.
3. AMY VAN DYKEN-ROUEN COMING BACK TO COLORADO FOR REHAB
Amy Van Dyken-Rouen will , according to her husband. While it is not known yet if the ATV accident will leave the Olympian paralyzed, Craig Hospital is one of a handful of spinal rehabilitation centers with programs that help patients walk again by teaching the spinal cord to take over functions previously controlled by the brain.
4. MORE SKIERS THAN EVER
Colorado ski resorts saw record visitation in 2013-14, thanks to an early start, a late finish, a drought in California and, of course, steady snowfall all season. The state’s 25 ski areas .
5. TEEN GIRL STABS KIDNAPPER, ESCAPES ORDEAL ON I-225
A teenager who accepted a ride home from a stranger was kidnapped at knifepoint, police said, and . “The victim kept her wits about her,” Edgewater Police Chief John Hough said. “Obviously, she developed a plan, executed the plan and survived.”
6. DALLAS PUTS ON A STRONG SHOW FOR RNC
Denver is just one of four cities left in contention for the Republican National Convention, and today one of the other three, Dallas, put on quite a show for the GOP, according to our reporter Jon Murray who is accompanying the delegation. Yes, .
7. ESTEEMED CYCLIST DIES AFTER VELODROME CRASH
A man killed in a bicycle accident during a race at the Colorado Springs Velodrome Tuesday night was recognized nationally for both his ability and commitment to the sport. Williams was critically injured after he was ejected from his bicycle at the track.
8. SHELTER TAKING AIM AT REDUCING FERAL CAT POPULATION
Partnering with several organizations around the Denver metro area, the, which takes in a stray cat, spays or neuters it and releases it back into its habitat. The shelter estimates that the population of stray cats in the metro area could range from 20,000 to as high as 400,000.
9. COLORADO PREPARING TO SPEND $9M ON MEDICAL POT RESEARCH
More than a decade after voters here first said marijuana could be medicine, Colorado is preparing to .
10. SUMMER READS, MAKE ME FEEL FINE
Summer and reading go together like baseball and beer, watermelon and picnics, cutoffs and cropped tops. Yet somewhere along the line, summer reading became synonymous with lightweight literature. As if the higher the mercury climbs, the fewer brain cells are needed to comprehend words on a page. We talked with local writers to .
11. PHOTOS: WORLD CUP (FINALLY) KICKS OFF IN BRAZIL
Puns are great.
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