California gives Planned Parenthood $140 million boost to keep clinics open

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. After months of financial strain, Planned Parenthood will get a $140 million lifeline to offset losses it sustained after Congress in July cut funding for the health...

Heritage Distilling overhauls business model

US spirits producer Heritage Distilling Company is to close its tasting rooms and shift to contract production. In a statement yesterday (23 October), the company said its decision stems from a review addressing “shifting market dynamics” and...

New teachers at ETHS

Dr. Dillin Randolph By: Nia Henderson and Vivian Hackney When Dr. Dillin Randolph was in high school, he worked as a custodian. In college, searching for more custodial jobs near him, he stumbled upon a different job application and soon found...

Invasive zebra mussels now found in upper Colorado River. What does it mean for Lake Mead?

No larger than a thumbnail or pistachio nuts, zebra, quagga and golden mussels hardly appear formidable. But what they lack in size, the freshwater relatives of clams and oysters make up for in their ability to rapidly reproduce and spread. For...

Deshmukh Named New General Manager of Metropolitan Water District

The board of directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has selected Shivaji Deshmukh as the agency’s next general manager. Deshmukh, who currently serves as general manager for Inland Empire Utilities Agency, one of...

She took chickens that were going to die in a factory farm. Was it a rescue or a crime?

On a Monday afternoon in late September, Zoe Rosenberg, a 23-year-old University of California, Berkeley, student, emerged from a courtroom in Santa Rosa, California. Flanked by her lawyers, she moved briskly through the courthouse corridors, past...

Freeport-McMoRan Posts Strong Earnings Despite Indonesia Shutdown

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. NYSE: FCX reported third-quarter earnings on Oct. 23. The results highlighted the company’s resilient performance despite a temporary halt in operations at its Grasberg mine in Indonesia. This reduced the company’s quarterly...

EIA Fuel Update Shows Declining Trend in USA Gasoline Price

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest gasoline fuel update, which was released this week, showed a declining trend for the U.S. regular gasoline price. According to the update, the U.S. regular gasoline price averaged $3.124...

Natural Grocers to Host ‘Spooktacular’ Event Tomorrow, Oct. 25

Get ready for treats, not tricks! Natural Grocers, the nation’s largest family-operated organic and natural grocery retailer, invites customers to its family-friendly “Spooktacular” event tomorrow, Saturday, October 25, from 11am–1pm at...

Why these 5 teams can take advantage of the NHL’s skyrocketing salary cap

The NHL salary cap has entered a new phase of skyrocketing growth after years of relatively flat movement during the pandemic era. We saw a $7.5 million increase to a $95.5 million cap ceiling for 2025-26, with the league projecting a $104 million...

Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built

Removing parking requirements for new buildings could help thousands of Coloradans who struggle to afford housing. There is a shortage of over 106,000 homes across Colorado, according to a recent study by the Colorado State Demography Office....

Colorado’s largest hospital had to pause surgeries for a week following a complaint. Here’s what health inspectors saw.

This July, a state inspector walked through the halls of UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and documented a germaphobe’s grisly nightmare. In the hospital’s sterile processing department — or SPD, the place where surgical instruments go to...

Sean Keeler: Colorado State fans showed up vs. Hawaii. Too bad Rams, Jay Norvell’s offense didn’t.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The dead cat was back. The bounce was gone. “(I) really want to commend our fans and our administration for the amazing turnout,” CSU Rams coach Jay Norvell said after a 31-19 Homecoming loss to Hawaii on Saturday. “Biggest...

Colorado plans to fully digitize paper and analog land records, some dating back to the 1860s, by next year

Whuuummmmmmm goes the sound of the oversized scanner taking an image of old real estate records stored at the Arapahoe County administrative building. A worker patiently waits to flip the next page of a giant book more than 100 years old. After...

Denver Clerk & Recorder dismisses campaign finance complaint against Vibrant Denver Bond committee

DENVER — The Denver Clerk & Recorder's Office on Tuesday dismissed a campaign finance complaint against the Vibrant Denver Bond committee, which has been campaigning to pass a nearly $1 billion bond through a measure on November's election ballot....

Agencies, groups talk incidents, wildlife, stewardship during Community Debrief

Representatives from local agencies and groups came together at the BV Community Center on Oct. 8 to debrief the summer season with the public, discussing incidents, animals and best practices. Chaffee County Search and Rescue North, Colorado...

How a mountaineer discovered a potential 3.6-inch discrepancy that could result in a ‘new’ Colorado 14er

A surveyor says he has discovered a new Colorado 14er after hauling GPS equipment to the top two peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. No, Eric Gilbertson did not suddenly locate a new 14,000-foot peak that nobody had ever seen before. Rather,...

Ken Silverstein: Bridging the red-blue divide on climate

Heather Reams, the president of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES), stepped onto the stage at Breckenridge’s Mountain Towns 2030 summit — a room full of progressives accustomed to negotiating with Republicans on climate policy. She...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife warns of increased wildlife entanglement incidents

Across the state, Colorado Parks and Wildlife district wildlife managers have been responding to incidents of wildlife, particularly antlered ungulates, caught in various hazards. According to a CPW press release, reports have included bull elk...

Denver pizza restaurant transformed into modular gallery by 11 x 17

Architecture studio 11 x 17 had to leave historic details intact when converting a restaurant in a mixed-use building in Denver, Colorado, into a gallery space for the Architectural League of New York. When commissioned to design a seasonal...