Tag: America
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Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal honors state community leaders, volunteers
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis Thursday kept tradition alive by recognizing six outstanding Colorado citizens whose leadership skills have improved their communities. The Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal has been awarded to leaders across the state since 2015. It honors six leaders each year who have uniquely served…
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Metro Moves: OEDIT welcomes new executive director
The Office of Economic Development and International Trade this January welcomed a new executive director in Eve Lieberman, Gov. Jared Polis’ chief policy advisor and legislative counsel. Lieberman took over the role from Patrick Meyers on Jan. 1. Lieberman has served in legislative and policy departments, in addition to federal affairs work for Polis in…
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‘Super Bowl’ of livestock shows: National Western Stock Show prepares for Jan. 7 opening day
The National Western Stock Show is more than what meets the eye. It’s an economic driver for Denver, placing about $120 million over the 16-day event across several local industries. It’s also a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides almost half a million dollars each year in scholarships to college and graduate-level students agricultural science, business…
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Colfax may see radical redesign with bus rapid transit line
Colfax Avenue is the longest commercial road in America. At just over 50 miles in total length, Denver’s original main street stretches from the base of the Rocky Mountains in Golden to the Great Plains of Strasburg. It is an arterial road in every sense of the word. Denver, Aurora, the Regional Transportation District (RTD)…
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CSU’s Temple Grandin to lead 2023 Stock Show Parade
Famed author and professor of animal science Dr. Temple Grandin leads the National Western Stock Show Kick-Off Parade as grand marshall Jan. 5. The parade of livestock and wagons starts at Union Station and heads down 17th Street to the Brown Palace Hotel at Glenarm Place. Grandin is known for her influential work in agricultural…
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35 people become U.S. citizens during naturalization ceremony in Greeley: Independence Day celebration
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty five people were welcomed as U.S. citizens on Friday in Greeley just ahead of Independence Day. The newest citizens reside in northern Colorado and come from 12 different countries including Burma, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Somalia, Thailand, the United Kingdom…
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End of an era for Arvada’s Golden Europe restaurant
To anyone who enjoyed the European food and warm family atmosphere at Arvada’s Golden Europe restaurant, its closing on May 28 hit hard. Losing a place where the comfort food was as home cooked as you could get with family recipes from the Palla family hurt and disappointed many. There would be no other place serving…
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Study: Colorado received $63 billion in COVID relief, stimulus
Colorado landed more than $60 billion in federal COVID-19 pandemic assistance and other funding during the past two years, according to a recent study by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. The $63.6 billion in government cash, or more than $11,000 for each person in Colorado, came in stimulus checks sent to most Americans; a variety…
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Colorado women’s basketball falls to No. 2 Stanford for first loss of the season
BOULDER – The Colorado women’s basketball team’s stampede of a season was stopped for the first time Friday at the CU Events Center. Stanford, the defending national champion and second-ranked team in the country this season, dropped the Buffaloes, which entered Friday as the nation’s last unbeaten Division I squad, 60-52. “Stanford is one of…