Colorado

Guy sent me a mailer advertising Trump's "full support" and he won't shut the hell up on my John Oliver reruns. I wasn't going to vote for him anyway, he's a Republican, but I'm now personally invested in his loss.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16255891

> Colorado Republicans call for pride flags to be burned

I spotted these mountain goats today on the west side of Loveland Pass.

EDIT: Here's another photo: !

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16206332

> Colorado officials reach $8.5 million settlement with woman who was left handcuffed in a police car that was hit by a train > > Local Colorado officials have reached an $8.5 million settlement with a woman who was hospitalized in 2022 after being left handcuffed in a police SUV that was then hit by a train. > > The city of Fort Lupton and town of Platteville, Colorado, agreed on the settlement with the victim, Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, according to a release from the Fort Lupton Police Department. The settlement amount will be split equally between the town and city and paid by their insurers, according to attorney Eric M. Ziporin, whose office represents the city. > > Rios, who was a suspect in a road rage case, survived the September 2022 collision but suffered nine broken ribs, a broken arm and other injuries.

This payphone may be found at the City Market gas station south of Granby. It is pretty close to the Ski Granby Ranch. The phone had dial tone, no broken buttons, and rings when called. I was able to call a friend with it.

The phone number is (970) 887-9907.

Sawmill Road is between Ward and Gold Hill in Boulder County. It's very steep, and connects to Lefthand Canyon Drive. I didn't have a date stamp on this picture, but I took it in 2023.

>UCHealth officials told The Sun and 9News that the health system sued more than 15,000 patients between 2019 and 2023 over debts. Since 2000, almost none of the cases has listed UCHealth as a plaintiff. > >Multiple patients sued over UCHealth debts told The Sun and 9News that the practice of suing under the debt collectors’ name caused them confusion as they struggled to understand who was suing them and what the bill was for. > >The bill, which is supported by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, also contains two other significant provisions related to debt collection. > >One prohibits collection agencies from seeking warrants for the arrest of people being sued over debts, though it does not forbid judges from issuing warrants if a defendant is nonresponsive to court orders. The second creates new regulations for so-called debt management services providers — companies that work with people to consolidate and pay off debts.

> Eclipse chasers hope for clear skies, so here’s hoping for a good forecast for Monday, April 8. But if you are the kind of person who likes to plan way ahead, consider coming to the Mountain West in 21 years and four months. Colorado is known for more than 300 days of sunshine, and the August 2045 total eclipse crosses most of the state.

> And that is leading to a data center boom, with centers getting bigger, hungrier for power and thirstier for water, raising concerns about their impact on the environment and electric rates even as the sector looks to get greener and more efficient.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12312640

Ballots will start being mailed to voters today for Colorado’s March 5 presidential primary, listing options from former Republican President Donald Trump on the GOP ballot to “noncommitted delegate” on the Democratic ballot.

But votes for some of the candidates listed might not count.

The number of pedestrians killed on Colorado streets reached an all-time high last year, painting a grim picture of traffic safety, a year after the state recorded the largest number of road deaths in more than four decades.

While traffic deaths saw a slight dip last year, the picture isn’t getting any brighter for those traveling by foot or bike.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11339586

> Boebert finishes fifth in straw poll of new district > > Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) came in fifth place in a straw poll of voters in the district where the controversial congresswoman recently relocated and is trying to win reelection to the House. > > Boebert, who was first elected to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in 2020, announced last month she would switch districts and instead run for reelection this year in the 4th District, after its House member, Rep. Ken Buck (R), decided to retire from Congress. > > The new district for Boebert would likely give her a significantly better chance at reelection if she wins the Republican nomination. She currently represents a swing district, and Boebert had seemed likely before her switch to face off a second time against Democrat Adam Frisch, whom she defeated in 2022 by fewer than 600 votes. > > The 4th District, meanwhile, is a solidly Republican district that has elected a Democratic House member only once in the past 50 years. > > But the results of the straw poll Thursday, which followed the first debate among GOP candidates running for that district, indicates Boebert may have an uphill battle.

As Colorado slogs through its fourth winter of the COVID-19 pandemic, a curious trend has emerged.

This season — at least so far — the state reached its peak for hospitalizations of people with COVID in the second-to-last week of November. That’s almost exactly when a peak happened last year. And the year before that. And the year before that.

Four years, four different predominant variants of the virus, four different levels of vaccination and immunity in the population. And four times that COVID hospitalizations began rising in late summer or early fall and, more notably, began to decline in Colorado right around Thanksgiving.

“Fascinating and beguiling,” is how Elizabeth Carlton, a professor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health, described the phenomenon.

The cost to repair damage to the Colorado Supreme Court building in downtown Denver could reach $35 million, after a man allegedly broke into the building and set a fire that triggered the sprinkler system for hours causing extensive flooding, officials said Friday.

“It is a disaster recovery site and not a workplace at the current moment,” State Court Administrator Steven Vasconcellos told lawmakers Friday during a meeting of the state House and Senate judiciary committees.

Risk experts continue to assess the damage after a man shot through the window of the building to break inside Jan. 2 and set a fire on the 7th floor. The sprinkler system was triggered and ran for several hours, causing “ankle-deep water” that flowed to the floors below, Vasconcellos said.

I'm moving to north Colorado soon, up near Fort Collins area, and I'm looking to get set up with high speed Internet. Anyone have any familiarity with Xfinity? They're offering speeds that work for me, but I'm hoping to get a feel for how consistent they are with service and how easy it is to get issues resolved.

Edit: Went with Quantum Fiber, they just came and installed today. Very happy so far!

New Year's Day and it was crowded.

UPDATE: Suspect's identity and mugshot released after break-in at judicial center

An intruder in Denver shot out a window of the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center, entered the building and held an unarmed security guard at gunpoint early Tuesday morning. The suspect was arrested after allegedly firing additional shots and starting a fire inside the building that is the home of the Colorado Supreme Court and the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Colorado State Patrol said in a press release this all started with a two-vehicle crash at 13th Street and Lincoln Street where one individual reportedly pointed a handgun at another driver around 1:15 a.m. Tuesday.

A short time later, the suspect, whom Denver police identified as an adult male, shot out a window on the east side of the building and climbed in. Soon after, he came into contact with an unarmed security guard from the Colorado State Patrol Capitol Security Unit.

Boebert said in a Facebook video that she intends to seek office in Colorado's 4th Congressional District, which covers the Eastern Plains, currently represented by Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Buck. Buck said last month that he won't seek reelection in 2024, due to the Republican Party's support of former President Donald Trump and, what he called an embrace of conspiracy theories. He's represented the district since 2015.

Interesting development here in Colorado regarding Trump and the 14th amendment.