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Effort to reduce food waste in schools clears Colorado committee
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Effort to reduce food waste in schools clears Colorado committee

By Gabrielle Franklin | KDVR-TV Fox 31 News Students in Colorado get free breakfast and lunch thanks to voters, but the program has had some complaints, especially about what to do with food that students do not eat. A measure at the capitol encourages schools to end food waste by creating a program to repurpose that food. On Student Day at the Colorado Capitol, sponsors presented a bill to make sure the food students get for lunch isn’t being wasted. READ THE FULL STORY AT KDVR-TV FOX 31 NEWS
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife acquires 120 acres for new wildlife management area
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife acquires 120 acres for new wildlife management area

By Christa Swanson | CBS Colorado In an effort to conserve wildlife and increase opportunities for hunters and anglers, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is creating a new wildlife area along Michigan Creek. The acquisition of 120 acres in Park County, including a quarter-mile stretch along Michigan Creek, was finalized Friday. The property is located about six miles southeast of Jefferson and will become the Michigan Creek State Wildlife Area. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Proposed Colorado law would cut base wages for Denver’s tipped employees
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Proposed Colorado law would cut base wages for Denver’s tipped employees

By Hannah Metzger | Westword In the last ten years, the minimum wage for tipped workers in Denver has more than tripled and the resulting increase in labor cost has played a major factor in the closure of many local restaurants. Now, state lawmakers are considering a bill that would roll back those increases. If made law, House Bill 1208 would change regulations around tipped wages in municipalities with a higher minimum wage than the rest of the state, including Denver. This would effectively make the hourly minimum wage for tipped workers the same statewide, at least temporarily. READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTWORD
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Colorado State Patrol vehicles hit four times during weekend by motorists in wintry conditions
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Colorado State Patrol vehicles hit four times during weekend by motorists in wintry conditions

By O’Dell Isaac | The Gazette Following a series of weekend crashes involving Colorado State Patrol troopers, the state law enforcement agency is cautioning motorists to drive more carefully, particularly in slick, icy road conditions. Only one person was injured, but multiple CSP vehicles sustained extensive damage, and officials say the motorists involved were driving too fast for the wintry conditions. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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Here’s a look at the presidents behind Colorado’s national parks and monuments
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Here’s a look at the presidents behind Colorado’s national parks and monuments

By Seth Boster | Colorado Politics, via The Gazette Several presidents have their names attached to some of Colorado’s greatest natural treasures. After all, it takes a president’s pen to create national parks and monuments. This Presidents Day, we’re reflecting on the history of these designations. However distant these scenic wonders on the opposite side of the country, they are forever linked to momentous days in the Oval Office. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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Wolf 2307-OR died as a result of another wolf, not a gunshot wound as some theorized
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Wolf 2307-OR died as a result of another wolf, not a gunshot wound as some theorized

By Lindy Browning | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Despite allegations and innuendos from animal rights activists, wolf 2307-OR died as a result of a fight with another wolf, not a gunshot wound last September. Wolf 2307-OR was found dead after his collar signaled that he had died, on Sept. 9, 2024, CPW reported in a press release Sept. 12, 20224, concerning the event three days earlier. CPW, at the time, said that 2307-OR was killed by another wolf, but then backtracked when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) noted there was a gunshot injury. Months later, the pathology report concluded that the gunshot was not a factor in the wolf’s demise. In a Jan. 8 meeting of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission, commissioners heard repeated accusations from pro-...
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Rep. Ty Winter on leadership, rural values and politics: ‘Without your word, you’re nothing’
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Rep. Ty Winter on leadership, rural values and politics: ‘Without your word, you’re nothing’

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Leadership isn’t just about making deals and passing laws for state Rep. Ty Winter. As assistant minority leader, he helps shape the Republican Caucus, while ensuring the people of his Southeast Colorado District 47 have a voice in the Colorado House.  “We grew up in a house where we had to get up and take care of something every day, and I think that's important,” the rancher, businessman and third-generation funeral director said. “When you have another living being depending on you to make sure you water, feed and give it shelter – that teaches work ethic and values.” At the funeral home, Winter is "my mother’s first associate, and my wife and I work alongside her,” he said. “I help on the ranch when needed, but at thi...
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Bird flu case with “flu-like symptoms” reported in Colorado, 1 person hospitalized
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Bird flu case with “flu-like symptoms” reported in Colorado, 1 person hospitalized

By Alexander Tin | CBS Colorado The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a third U.S. bird flu hospitalization, Wyoming's health department said Friday after a woman was admitted to a healthcare facility in neighboring Colorado.  The patient was experiencing "flu-like symptoms" and had "health conditions that can make people more vulnerable to illness," Wyoming's health department said. She was likely exposed to the H5N1 virus through direct contact to an infected poultry flock at her home. "Our staff has followed up with other people who had contact with the flock and the patient, and will continue working with state and national experts to monitor the situation carefully for Wyoming," Dr. Alexia Harrist, Wyoming's state health officer, said in ...
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Jackson County rancher is first to have a confirmed livestock kill by wolves in 2025
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Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Jackson County rancher is first to have a confirmed livestock kill by wolves in 2025

By Lindy Browning | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain voice It only took six weeks in 2025 for the first confirmed wolf livestock depredation to be reported, this one from Jackson County.  A rancher has reported that a cow, which was due to calve within the month, was killed by an uncollared wolf in Jackson County, approximately 10 miles south of the Wyoming border. The name of the rancher is not being disclosed for privacy reasons. First reported by Shannon Lukens of Steamboat Radio, the rancher said that CPW has been out and confirmed that his cow was indeed killed by a wolf. According to the rancher, who to his misfortune had been a victim of wolf depredation in 2024 and who had his dog killed by a wolf 30 feet from his backdoor, went out to feed his cows on Feb. 4, and al...
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Colorado lawmakers eye term limits, transparency rules for PERA board
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State, The Colorado Sun

Colorado lawmakers eye term limits, transparency rules for PERA board

By Brian Eason | The Colorado Sun The Colorado state pension board would be subject to term limits and new transparency requirements under a measure introduced in the state legislature earlier this month. The proposal, Senate Bill 147, comes in response to growing concerns from state pension members about how their retirement funds are being managed. Years of benefit cuts and contribution hikes have helped improve the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association’s shaky finances since a landmark reform package was adopted in 2018. But the changes have also left workers and public agencies paying more than ever for a pension that provides less and less to its retirees. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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