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“We don't have anything to go on as far as that goes”

Authorities are investigating whether at least 16 wildland fires in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico were deliberately set. via KMGH-TV Denver

“Passing this bill today means great progress for economic development in Colorado”

Today the Senate gave final approval to HB08-1001, which would extend the Bioscience Research Grant Program to make $26.5 million available to universities and start-up companies to energize one of Colorado's ... via The Cherry Creek News

“I think we're doing the job of the federal government and we don't have the resources of the federal government”

State lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a $3.9 million plan to double the size of the Colorado State Patrol immigration unit. via Cbs4denver.com

“But ozone loss from a limited nuclear exchange would be more than an order of magnitude larger than ozone loss from the release of gases like CFCs.”

A new computer modeling study led by CU-Boulder scientists Brian Toon, left, and Michael Mills, right, indicates a limited nuclear weapons exchange in the Middle East would create a near-global ozone hole, ... via PhysOrg Weblog

Some local businesses are rewarding drivers of hybrids by reserving prime parking spaces for them.

Denver hospitals are seeing more emergency room patients since University of Colorado Hospital and The Children's Hospital moved to Aurora last year. Both hospitals, which are now at the Anschutz Medical Campus near I-225 and Colfax, handled thousands of ER patients a year when they were in Denver. They've also seen more patients at the new location.

Gov. Bill Ritter tried to convince business leaders Monday not to put a measure on the November ballot asking voters to make Colorado a "right-to-work" state, saying it could create a hostile business environment. The measure would prohibit mandatory union membership or mandatory union dues for Colorado workers.

Breakfast cereal and espresso beans are worth a second look after the national recall today of three products sold in Colorado. via Denver Post

State lawmakers want to put tens of thousands of 4- and 5-year-olds in preschool and kindergarten next year under the school finance act.

The proposal (House Bill 1388) would increase per-pupil funding to $5,250 to keep up with inflation and population increases.

Lawmakers also want to allow 22,000 more 4- and 5-year-olds to enroll in preschool and kindergarten over six years.

Legislators also want to provide more money for residential programs, such as treatment facilities or other facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services for students with special needs, including severe learning or emotional disorders. Read more

“They need water in the future. Heck, they need water yesterday.”

FORT COLLINS, COLO. -- When it starts at 10,000 feet and slices through the mountains in the canyon that bears its name, the Cache la Poudre River is a shock of water in this dry land. via Los Angeles Times

“As a result of this combination, they will have access to a greater depth of services throughout the state.”

Sherman & Howard, Denver's oldest and fourth-largest law firm, has acquired a "Who's Who" of mountain real estate clients by combining its firm with Vail-based Wear, Travers & Perkins LLC. via Rocky Mountain News

The University of Colorado has a new speed limit for bikes anywhere on campus, except in dedicated bike lanes: 5 miles per hour. via KKTV

“It is very important work because air pollution causes tens of thousands of premature deaths every year in the United States and costs the U.S. tens of billions of dollars”

Loaded with nearly 30 state-of-the-art instruments, a plane that usually does hurricane research dipped five times as if it were almost landing, while five scientists on board collected data on air across the ... via Cbs4denver.com

YES: Program crucial to school accountability Dwight D. Jones is commissioner of education for the state of Colorado. via Pueblo Chieftain

The Colorado Department of Transportation has exhausted a fund set up to cover overruns in its budget for snow and ice removal this season.

It expects costs to reach a record $71 million by the time the season ends.

CDOT originally budgeted $43 million for snow and ice control this winter, but it had already spent $53 million through mid-March.

The department plowed 6 million miles of roads through mid-March and expects to plow 7.4 million before the season ends. Read more

As evidence Alamosa's water crisis may nearly be over, outside incident management team members packed up and went home on Thursday. via SLV Dweller

The National Weather Service has issued a "Red Flag Warning" for wildfires in all of southeastern Colorado this afternoon. via KJCT

The Qwest Foundation today announced a $25,000 grant to Denver ' s premier performing arts organization - The Denver Center for the Performing Arts . via Earth Times

State lawmakers want to abolish the Board of Education and Commission on Higher Education - and merge the departments of Education and Higher Education. via Teacher Magazine

“You are not thinking about the fire and the smell and the explosions and everything that is going on - you just don't pay any heed of that.”

Timber Dick in 2003. Timber Dick's wife is counting her blessings and praying for one more stroke of good fortune while her husband clings to life in a burn ward. via Denver Post Economy/Real Estate