Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with colorado www.salem-news.com 2013 A new bill gives a special agent, uniform division officer, physical security technician, physical security specialist, or special officer of the United States secret service limited peace officer authority while working in Colorado. The tension surrounding the notion of regulating firearms is leading to new, unexpected federal involvement in local authority. Desperation is showing on all fronts in this fight. Large numbers of gun owners refuse to accept the idea of any type of gun regulation, and anti-gun proponents are willing to showcase national tragedy in an attempt to change firearm laws. http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/colorado-sheriffs-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/colorado-sheriffs-tk.php Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:07:00 PDT I thought I was hallucinating when I read the latest Oregonian story March 17, 2013, boldly advertising marijuana as medicine under the risqué title: 'Rocky Mountain High'. Of course they were writing about marijuana in Colorado, but as the saying goes, "Say anything but spell the name right". http://salem-news.com/articles/march202013/oregonian-pot-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march202013/oregonian-pot-pl.php Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:19:00 PDT Denver, the "Mile High City", received highly beneficial TV and news advertising over the holidays about their 'Club 64' named after their legislative Bill, making marijuana totally legal. (So to speak). The DEA is sulking around Club 64. A $40 membership gives members access to the room but not to marijuana itself??? All members. http://salem-news.com/articles/january032013/us-israel-pot-pl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january032013/us-israel-pot-pl.php Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:18:00 PST On September 20th, KDVR, a local news station broadcasting in Colorado, interviewed a woman who wished to be identified by the name “Marie”. Marie claimed that she was only a few cells away from James Holmes in the Psych ward wing of the jail. http://salem-news.com/articles/october012012/aurora-cp-2.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october012012/aurora-cp-2.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:40:00 PDT Friends and family members of a missing Elbert County teenager handed out missing-child fliers in Boulder on Tuesday after a police investigation indicated the girl, last seen in downtown Denver, may have been taken to Boulder by an unknown man, searchers say. Avery Dawn Workman, 16, last communicated with someone she knew at 2:45 p.m. Sunday... http://salem-news.com/articles/september182012/workman-avery-missing.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september182012/workman-avery-missing.php Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:42:00 PDT A Virginia college, a Colorado high school, a Texas military base, an Arizona strip mall, a Colorado movie theatre—all have become part of a recurring event in America: mass murder. Following the latest massacre, Tom Mauser, father of a 15-year-old victim at the Columbine High School slaughter in 1999, described the inescapable scene... http://salem-news.com/articles/july302012/double-standards-pb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july302012/double-standards-pb.php Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:13:00 PDT What appears to have been a large knife recovered from the shooting scene down on the back right corner of the theater, has been removed either from the Denver Post pictures, or it has been physically removed. This is important because James Holmes was found sitting in his car with a gas mask and knife on him. http://salem-news.com/articles/july272012/colorado-photos-cp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july272012/colorado-photos-cp.php Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:37:00 PDT James Holmes is the suspect in custody for the killings at the Batman premiere in Colorado last week. He was a student at the the University of Colorado’s neuroscience doctoral program until a few weeks ago. http://salem-news.com/articles/july252012/holmes-premeditatedbk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july252012/holmes-premeditatedbk.php Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:32:00 PDT The Aurora Police Department issued the following news release concerning the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting Aurora Police are investigating a shooting at the Century 16 Movie Theater, located at 14300 E Alameda Ave, involving approximately 50 victims with at least 12 confirmed dead. http://salem-news.com/articles/july202012/colorado-shooting-spree.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july202012/colorado-shooting-spree.php Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:52:00 PDT A lack of drenching rainfall could continue through much of the summer over Colorado and neighboring areas, adding to wildfire woes. http://salem-news.com/articles/june282012/fire-colo-as.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june282012/fire-colo-as.php Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:23:00 PDT A large and growing wildfire burning out of control near Colorado Springs, Colo., has destroyed numerous homes and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people on Tuesday. http://salem-news.com/articles/june272012/fire-update.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june272012/fire-update.php Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:44:00 PDT Colorado Springs is the scene of a massive fire that has threatened residents and led to large evacuations. The AP reports that the fire has already affected mre than 2,100 residents. Heavy smoke is billowing from this wildfire that has already claimed several homes located near Colorado Springs. http://salem-news.com/articles/june262012/fire-colorado-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june262012/fire-colorado-tk.php Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:40:00 PDT On Thursday May 10, 2012 the Legal Defense Team representing imprisoned climate activist, Tim DeChristopher will present oral arguments before the 10th District Federal Court of Appeals. DeChristopher is currently serving two years in federal prison for disrupting the December 2008 illegitimate sale of federal land in Southern Utah. http://salem-news.com/articles/may092012/tim-dechristopher.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may092012/tim-dechristopher.php Wed, 09 May 2012 21:48:00 PDT Attorney Robert J. Corry, Jr. filed an emergency temporary restraining order in Boulder District Court today, asking the court to prohibit the University of Colorado from closing its campus to the public on 4/20. The CU administration has said they will be shutting down the entire campus to non-students for the entire day on Friday in order to stop a legal protest that is protected by the First Amendment. http://salem-news.com/articles/april192012/colorado-420.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april192012/colorado-420.php Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:46:00 PDT Today, Colorado-based and national representatives of LEAP sent a stern letter to U.S. Attorney John Walsh, pushing back against his recent threats to medical marijuana centers that operate legally under state and local law. The letter, signed by a 26-year veteran Denver cop and a former Lafayette judge, says Walsh's actions are "a disservice to the state of Colorado..." http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/denver-mmj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/denver-mmj.php Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:05:00 PST Today Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced that the proposed ballot measure concerning "Use and Regulation of Marijuana" will require a line-by-line review of signatures. Petitions for proposed initiative #30 were submitted to the Secretary of State’s office on January 4. The office immediately began verifying a random sample of the signatures as set forth in state statute. http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/colorado-verification.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/colorado-verification.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:58:00 PST Occupy Denver reports that at 7:30 p.m. toniht, Denver Riot Police begin to move in and request the remaining protesters clear Civic Center Park. The protesters say they reminded officers that they have until 11:00 p.m. to be there and hold their ground. Protesters chanted a reminder that they are non-violent and request that the DPD remain non-violent as well. They continued to hold their ground as garbage trucks rolled off with the remnants of the camp. http://salem-news.com/articles/october292011/occupy-denver.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october292011/occupy-denver.php Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:49:00 PDT GOP Representative Dough Lamborn from Colorado decided to stir the racial fire in the recent debate over the debt crisis. In his remarks about President Obama, Rep. Lamborn said that being associated with President Obama is “like touching a tar baby.” http://salem-news.com/articles/august022011/tar-baby-bw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august022011/tar-baby-bw.php Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:10:00 PDT Dr. Toribio Robert Mestas had been randomly targeted for prosecution by the South Metro Drug Task Force because he gave recommendations for medical marijuana. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/marijuana-doctor.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/marijuana-doctor.php Fri, 13 May 2011 13:50:00 PDT Greg Mortenson, the controversial author of “Three Cups of Tea” was once scheduled to appear at the 2011 Mountainfilm but now is missing from the roster of announced speakers. Filmmaker Tom Shadyac and activist Tim Dechristopher are two of the better known confirmed speakers among at least a dozen high profile experts discussing the twin topics of “Awareness into Action” and “Image into Action.” http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/telluride-fest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132011/telluride-fest.php Fri, 13 May 2011 00:18:00 PDT The Ludlow Massacre is only one of many instances of people who put their lives on the line to exercise their rights as human beings against the power of money. http://salem-news.com/articles/february192011/ludlow-massacre-sm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february192011/ludlow-massacre-sm.php Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:13:00 PST Concordia led 38-35 at halftime, but the Cavaliers were outscored by nine in the second half to fall to Metro State 82-76 in a men’s non-conference game Saturday night at Aureria Event Center. http://salem-news.com/articles/november212010/metro-state-cavs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november212010/metro-state-cavs.php Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:24:00 PST Today, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter (D) signed legislation that will regulate the state’s medical marijuana dispensaries through a system of local and state licenses, but still allow individual localities to ban dispensaries. Currently there are an estimated 1,100 medical marijuana dispensaries throughout Colorado — the most in any state other than California, which does not have statewide dispensary regulations. http://salem-news.com/articles/june072010/colorado-marijuana.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june072010/colorado-marijuana.php Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:17:00 PDT An amendment by Representative Sal Pace relating to medical marijuana and post-traumatic stress disorder was defeated today. http://salem-news.com/articles/march222010/ptsd-pot.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march222010/ptsd-pot.php Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:55:00 PDT On Monday, March 22, the Colorado House Judiciary Committee will consider HB 1284, a bill to regulate the distribution of medical marijuana in the state. http://salem-news.com/articles/march192010/colorado-mmj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march192010/colorado-mmj.php Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:13:00 PDT Oregon State Police troopers are continuing the investigating a single vehicle double fatal rollover crash Thursday morning on Interstate 84 about five miles west of Baker City. Lieutenant Gregg Hastings with OSP, says passengers were seriously injured in the crash as well in the crash that happened Thursday at approximately 5:20 a.m. http://salem-news.com/articles/november132009/fatal_osp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november132009/fatal_osp.php Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:51:00 PST Not too long ago, casting off a balloon and making the case for a boy gone lost might have carried a ‘Wizard of Oz’ spin. But this is now. Post 9/11 - when anything that goes wild in the air is fair game for F-16s. First, a confession … when I initially heard about “Balloon Boy” I told a friend over lunch, “The kid was probably murdered by his parents. You’ll see.” When the balloon landed, I was happy to hear that Balloon Boy was up in the attic and not filleted in a shallow grave or folded into the trunk of a submerged subcompact. http://salem-news.com/articles/october202009/baloon_boy_ph.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october202009/baloon_boy_ph.php Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:37:00 PDT A Colorado woman named Karen Depierre says she is desperately trying to locate a friend whose last known location was Salem, Oregon. Depierre says her friend, Jeff Dower, is 45-years old. She says she has not heard from him since June 2, 2009, and she has not been able to make contact with him since that time. http://salem-news.com/articles/october092009/missing_man_10-9-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october092009/missing_man_10-9-09.php Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:37:00 PDT The State of Colorado issued the Amber Alert Monday after a 17-year old girl was forcibly taken from her home in Bayfield, in La Plata County. Police say the suspect is considered to be armed and dangerous. They are believed to be headed to Mexico. http://salem-news.com/articles/august032009/amber_alert_8-3-09.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august032009/amber_alert_8-3-09.php Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:26:00 PDT The State of Colorado issued an Amber Alert on Wednesday morning after a 15-year old girl was apparently abducted Tuesday night in Pagosa Springs. The suspect reportedly has a criminal history and police believe they may be headed to Mexico. Kanyon Nicely is a white female, 15 years old with black hair and brown eyes, 5' 7" and 115 pounds. The suspect is Travis Farmer, a 20 year old white male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 156 pounds with blue eyes, and black hair. http://salem-news.com/articles/november192008/amber_colo_11-19-08.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november192008/amber_colo_11-19-08.php Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:10:00 PST