Tag: Denver-gazette
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Gray wolves traveling: Colorado wildlife officials release latest GPS tracking data
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save No wolf mortalities and no reported livestock depredation in the last 30 days have been reported by officials with Colorado Parks and Wildlife as the agency continues to track gray wolves in Colorado. The updated map published Wednesday on CPW’s website continues informing the public,…
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Snow totals: How much snow fell across metro Denver and northern Colorado
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Snow continued to accumulate across the Denver metro area and Colorado Thursday. So far totals range from 1-40 inches of snow depending where you live in the state. Here is a list of notable totals according to the National Weather Service. These totals grew Thursday, and these were totals as of about 2 p.m. Thursday. Aspen Springs…
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Snowstorm causes outages in metro Denver, Xcel reports 26,000 customers affected
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Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest energy company, reported nearly 1,000 power outages in metro Denver, affecting tens of thousands of customers on Thursday. Xcel noted 928 reported power outages in the metropolis, 24 of them occurring near the Lakewood area, where West Metro Fire Rescue was responding to downed power lines. Xcel Energy earlier said 26,052 customers…
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Latina film company Afuera Productions is chasing powder, crowdfunding for 2nd film | Whiteout
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So much focus leans toward the white-dominated outdoor industry’s story that most pass by the people of color’s story existing in the same space. Whether overlooked, a misnomer exists about people of color in the outdoors space or literal representation is lacking due to factors like access or economic stature, the outdoor industry and its…
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Rock climbers rescued from Eldorado Canyon State Park in Boulder
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Two rock climbers were rescued in Eldorado Canyon State Park south of Boulder on Saturday evening after becoming stuck. Boulder County rescue crews were called just before 8 p.m. by two climbers who were stuck on the top pitch of the T-2 climb located on Tower Two of the Redgarden Wall. The 22-year-old and 20-year-old…
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BOLDERBoulder’s “BOLDonomics: $18.8 million impact brought to city
The City of Boulder estimated the 2023 BOLDERBoulder race brought in around $18.8 million in direct and indirect impact to the area, according to a recent report conducted by Visit Boulder — the official destination marketing organization for the race. And with the 2024 BOLDERBoulder just under three months away, race organizers are busy preparing for…
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Daylight saving time 2024: When does Colorado spring forward?
Daylight saving time (DST) begins in Colorado at 2 a.m. Sunday, meaning our clocks move forward one hour and sunset will be after 7 p.m. for the first time in 2024. The official sunrise on Sunday will be at 7:18 a.m., in Denver and sunset will occur at 7:02 p.m. Unfortunately, everyone loses an hour…
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Construction on a new recreation trail in Boulder County starts early March
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A new trail in the Gunbarrel Hill area northeast of Boulder is set to break ground as early as Monday. The City of Boulder’s Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) Department will start construction of the Vesper Trail, a new 1.5-mile trail section to be built on Gunbarrel Hill near the intersection of 75th Street…
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Q&A with state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis on banning new oil and gas drilling by 2030
The Denver Gazette interviewed state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Boulder, regarding her sponsorship of Senate Bill 24-159, which proposes to ban all new oil and gas drilling by 2030. The bill would not shut down existing wells but would prevent drilling activities to increase production in existing wells. It also extends liability for cleanup of…
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Report: 1 in 5 Colorado bumblebees are endangered
A first-of-its-kind, comprehensive report released Wednesday from researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder determined that Colorado’s native pollinating insects are in peril as a result of human activities. The report summarized research on native pollinators — like high country bumble bees in Colorado — and found that in the last 35 years, populations of…