Tag: Wyoming
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Colorado Department of Transportation urges motorists to avoid driving during ‘treacherous’ winter storm
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Rain before 9 p.m. Wednesday will turn into snow after 11 p.m. and may dump up to 16 inches of the white stuff in the metro Denver area, prompting the Colorado Department of Transportation to urge motorists to avoid travel during the storm. Road conditions are forecast to be “treacherous,” according to a CDOT news…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
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Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver, one of the biggest drug busts this year so far. Little else is known about the details of the operation. What authorities told The Denver Gazette,…
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‘Deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced’: DEA seized record amount of fentanyl in Colorado last year
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A total of 522 people died from drug overdoses in Denver in 2023, the most since tracking began in 1923, according to Denver’s Office of the Medical Examiner. Around 40% of those deaths involved the use of fentanyl, according to the office. In an effort to battle the ongoing fentanyl war that has blazed since…
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Abortion rights advocates attend Women’s March in Denver
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Scores of abortion-rights supporters stood outside of the Colorado state Capitol building on Saturday morning with picket signs and then marched down Denver’s 16th Street Mall almost two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal legal protections for abortion. Other Women’s March events kicked off in multiple cities across the country, including Tampa,…
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Colorado, Wyoming team up for up to $160 million to develop climate-resilient technologies
A partnership between Colorado and Wyoming to develop and commercialize climate-resilient and sustainable technologies is one of 16 finalists in a competition that could bring the states up to $160 million over 10 years from the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines Competition. “We are thrilled to partner with Wyoming on this plan as Colorado…
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After Colorado 14ers, daring ‘Rocky Mountain Grand Slam’ attempt falls short
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Last week, after days of treacherous trudging through unrelenting snow and loose rock in Montana’s Beartooth Mountains, Jason Heyn finally turned around. He started walking down the road to the town of Red Lodge. He told himself he would accept a ride if one was offered. “Sure enough, about 6 miles outside of town, someone…
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3 states, 100-plus peaks, no car: One man’s big walk starting in Colorado
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One recent morning along 14,000-foot Culebra Peak in southern Colorado, a pair of hikers offered some assistance to another they met. They learned this young man named Jason had been backpacking around without a sleeping pad. “It was like, ‘Oh my goodness, you’ve been sleeping on the ground?’” recalled Mark Reis, who was taking unrelated…
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Red Flag Day expected for Spring Creek fire
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Rain, hail and possible tornadoes on the eastern side of the Continental Divide were a stark contrast to the arid and gusty conditions threatening to reignite an already burning Spring Creek fire on the Western Slope near Parachute. Local and national authorities on the Spring Creek fire warned campers to be mindful of critical fire…
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Capturing carbon from air gets a boost in Colorado-Wyoming agreement
Governors Mark Gordon of Wyoming and Jared Polis of Colorado signed an agreement on direct air capture of carbon dioxide during the Western Governors Association meeting today in Boulder, Colorado. The bipartisan inter-state memorandum of understanding will focus on the direct air capture industry’s potential to complement existing and emerging industries and increase jobs and…