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A call to ban the sale of high-potency THC products in Boulder, amid rising teen mental health concerns
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Boulder Reporting Lab, Local

A call to ban the sale of high-potency THC products in Boulder, amid rising teen mental health concerns

By Tim Drugan | Boulder Reporting Lab Avani Dilger, a licensed counselor specializing in addiction, has worked with young people in Boulder County for decades. She runs a private practice and Natural Highs, a nonprofit she founded to help teens choose alternatives to drugs and alcohol. Recently, she noticed a change in how local young people are affected by THC products as the potency of those products has risen.    Dilger has observed more Boulder teens developing dependencies on THC products, complete with withdrawal symptoms that manifest as mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. “We have never seen anything like this with people who use marijuana,” Dilger said. “I have worked for over 20 years with people who have used marijuana and who have g...
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Fort Collins to start 2-year, $42M infrastructure project in Old Town to address 150-year-old issues
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CBS Colorado, Local

Fort Collins to start 2-year, $42M infrastructure project in Old Town to address 150-year-old issues

By Dillon Thomas | CBS Colorado The City of Fort Collins is moving forward with one of its largest infrastructure projects ever as the city prepares to address more than a century of flooding concerns. The project will install a new drainage system through Old Town, largely along Oak Street, west of College Avenue. The project, which is expected to take two years to complete, was first reported by the Coloradoan. Larimer County and Fort Collins have a history of flooding, with some floods in recent decades resulting in fatalities. However, project manager Heather McDowell said the issues with flooding around Old Town have been an issue since the heart of the city was developed in the 1800s. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Loveland wants to create street outreach program with opioid settlement funds
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DENVER7, Local

Loveland wants to create street outreach program with opioid settlement funds

By Veronica Acosta | Denver 7 News To date, Colorado is on track to receive more than $750 million in opioid settlement funds from different pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors. The City of Loveland will receive $1.8 million after it opted into the settlement funds in 2021. The city hopes to create a street outreach program with part of the $340,000 it's already received. "It's really not enough money to be able to do something like build housing for people to go to recover, but it is enough money to start a street outreach program," said Alison Hade, the Community Partnership Office manager for the City of Loveland. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER 7 NEWS
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Weld County issues disaster declaration for damages related to Northern Colorado flooding
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CBS Colorado, Local

Weld County issues disaster declaration for damages related to Northern Colorado flooding

By Jesse Sarles | CBS Colorado Two weeks after a severe storm moved across northeastern Colorado and brought hail and flooding, Weld County Commissioners have approved a disaster declaration. The intent is to request that state funds be used to help pay for recovery efforts. According to county officials, 279 homes and businesses and 77 government buildings and public infrastructure have been reported as damaged. The total damage is estimated at over $3 million. The storm brought a month's worth of precipitation to the eastern Greeley and the surrounding areas in a period of about two hours. Two inches of hail were measures in Greeley. Parts of Johnstown and Milliken were also affected. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Campaign complaint dismissed against El Paso County commissioner running for state office
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Colorado Springs Gazette, Local

Campaign complaint dismissed against El Paso County commissioner running for state office

By Savannah Eller | Colorado Springs Gazette Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold's office has officially dismissed a complaint against current El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf for comments made about his state Senate run in a May 9 Board of County Commissioners meeting.  The state Elections Division motion to dismiss was granted on June 7. Integrity matters, the resident watchdog group behind the complaint, said in the filing that VanderWerf violated fair campaign practices when he mentioned what he planned to do if elected to Colorado Senate District 12 this November during a meeting on a housing development approval application.  The development, which would bring 20 single-family homes to dead-end Hay Creek Road, faced opposition from the public during the...
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In Yuma, May hailstorm causes post office service transfer to Wray, other locations
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Local, Yuma Pioneer

In Yuma, May hailstorm causes post office service transfer to Wray, other locations

By The Yuma Pioneer The status of the Yuma Post Office remains a fluid situation to say the least — with its closure now lasting at least 90 days, likely longer. The post office operated on a limited basis following the May 20 hail storm, due to significant water damage. It finally was announced earlier this week that the Yuma Post Office was moving all its operations to the Wray Post Office beginning Wednesday. Mail still is being delivered in Yuma, but the mail carriers have to go to Wray to sort their routes, then come back for delivery. Therefore, expect mail to be delivered later than usual during this time. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE YUMA PIONEER
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Unaffiliated voters up, party registrations down in reliably red Phillips County
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Holyoke Enterprise, Local

Unaffiliated voters up, party registrations down in reliably red Phillips County

By JR KRUEGER | Holyoke Enterprise Presidential election years can inspire a higher participation in the electoral process as the voting public weighs public policy considerations and determines if they favor or oppose party platforms and candidates.  On January 1 of this year, there were 2,777 active voters registered in Phillips County. Among them, unaffiliated voters exceeded one thousand for the first time at 1,008. In examining trends since the 2016 presidential election year, that’s up 64%.  An unaffiliated voter is sometimes referred to as an Independent, although Colorado does not use that term. Independents are not a political party and should not be confused with political parties that use Independent or Independence in their name.  READ THE FULL STORY AT TH...
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‘This storm is the worst I’ve seen’: Hail pummels Eastern Colorado farm
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DENVER7, Local

‘This storm is the worst I’ve seen’: Hail pummels Eastern Colorado farm

By Colette Bordelon | Denver 7 With a view of the horizon that seems endless on the Eastern Plains, Mile High Farms has a sprawling piece of land that hosts a pumpkin patch and corn maze in the fall. However on Sunday, the land was covered in hail. In some spots, Bill Coyle estimates it was around four feet deep. “It'll take days for it to actually melt totally off because it's so deep," Coyle, who operates Mile High Farms, said. “This storm is the worst I've seen since I've been here.” READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER 7
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In Boulder, petitions would ask voters whether to close muni-airport and use land to build homes
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BizWest, Local

In Boulder, petitions would ask voters whether to close muni-airport and use land to build homes

By Lucas High | BizWest Boulder is a great place to live — just ask U.S. News & World Report. But Boulder can be a difficult place to live. And for many, this beautiful city where the median sales price for a home has exceeded $1 million for nearly this entire decade, is an impossible place to live.  What if Boulder leaders decided to roll the dice on an uncertain gambit to secure for Boulder’s Regular Joes and Janes the chance to buy a quality home at a fraction of that price? What if that roll of the dice meant closing the Boulder Municipal Airport? Fighting the federal government? Losing millions of dollars in funding, shrinking sales-tax deposits into city coffers and shedding local jobs? READ THE FULL STORY AT BIZWEST
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Elk stomping in Estes: Wildlife officials call for human caution after three incidents at gateway to RMNP
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Local, The Colorado Sun

Elk stomping in Estes: Wildlife officials call for human caution after three incidents at gateway to RMNP

By Michael Booth | The Colorado Sun An elk stomped a human and caused injuries early Friday for the third time in two weeks in Estes Park, prompting warnings of unprecedented elk behavior during calving season at the Rocky Mountain National Park gateway.  In the latest incident, an adult woman was walking a dog using a leash, near South St. Vrain and Stanley avenues, when an elk 20 yards away was startled. The woman tried to run behind a tree, but was knocked down by the elk and stomped and kicked repeatedly. The woman is receiving medical treatment.  The elk cow’s calf was later spotted in the area, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said.  Elk, from newborn calves to massive bulls, are ubiquitous in and around Rocky Mountain National Park, and often wander through gre...
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