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Horsetooth marina prepares to close due to low water levels

Jul 302012
 
By John Sheesley
July 30, 2012

Tweet A hot, dry summer has lowered water levels in Horsetooth reservoir to just over 60 percent full. According to the Northern Colorado Business Report: Water levels are dropping so [more...]

 Posted by on July 30, 2012 at 4:59 pm COins, IN The Know Tagged with: , , , , , , ,  3 Responses »

Missy Franklin takes gold in 100m backstroke

Jul 302012
 
By John Sheesley
July 30, 2012

Tweet Missy Franklin, the 17 year old Olympic swimmer from Colorado, took home her second medal Monday after placing first in the women’s 100 meter backstroke. She secured her first medal on Saturday, [more...]

 Posted by on July 30, 2012 at 1:01 pm COins, Colorado INsider Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,  1 Response »

Aurora shooting suspect charged with 24 counts of murder

Jul 302012
 
By John Sheesley
July 30, 2012

Tweet According to the Denver Post, James Holmes was formally charged with 24 counts of first-degree murder in a hearing Monday morning. He has also been charged with 116 counts of attempted murder, one [more...]

 Posted by on July 30, 2012 at 10:47 am COins, IN The Know Tagged with: , , , , , , ,  2 Responses »

Colorado paleontologist to lead Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Jul 272012
 
By Kyle Grabowski
July 27, 2012

Tweet The nation’s largest and most popular museum will now be lead by a Colorado man. The Smithsonian named Kirk Johnson the director of the National Museum of Natural History on [more...]

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64th annual Burro Days celebrates ‘haulin ass’ in Fairplay Colorado

Jul 272012
 
By Kyle Grabowski
July 27, 2012

Tweet Most animal races involve humans riding the animal. In the World Championship Pack Burro Race, the humans drag a burro 29 miles and up 10,000 vertical feet. Fairplay, Colorado will [more...]

 Posted by on July 27, 2012 at 10:28 am COins, Colorado INsider Tagged with: , , , , ,  No Responses »

ESPN’s live coverage of Denver Broncos training camp all because of Peyton Manning

Jul 272012
 
By Kyle Grabowski
July 27, 2012

Tweet It seems like any time you turn on Sportscenter in the past two days, they’re hyping up the fact that they’re live from Englewood at the Broncos training camp. [more...]

 Posted by on July 27, 2012 at 9:36 am COins, Colorado INsider Tagged with: , , , , , ,  No Responses »

A list of things to do on Colorado’s birthday

Jul 262012
 
By Nic Turiciano
July 26, 2012

Tweet Don’t worry, I didn’t know this factoid either. But according to Karl Isberg at the Pagosa Springs SUN, Colorado was brought into the union on August 1, 1876, meaning that [more...]

 Posted by on July 26, 2012 at 4:07 pm COins, Colorado INsider Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , ,  1 Response »

It’s not right that an Aurora shooting survivor is suing Warner Brothers

Jul 262012
 
By Nic Turiciano
July 26, 2012

Tweet I’ve focused on keeping coverage of the Aurora theater shooting to the victims and pertinent information since the tragedy took place late last week. It just doesn’t seem right [more...]

 Posted by on July 26, 2012 at 1:54 pm COins, IN The Know Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,  2 Responses »
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