The head of Colorado's Department of Revenue is asking the Drug Enforcement Administration to loosen federal controls over marijuana so that the drug can be used for medicinal purposes in the state. The Denver Post reports that Colorado is the third state with a medical-marijuana program to ask the DEA to reschedule marijuana. Revenue Department executive director Barbara Brohl's letter that was written on December 22, briefly details state regulations for medical-marijuana sellers and argues that current federal law, under which all marijuana possession and distribution is illegal, make it difficult for her to administer Colorado's laws.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Fort Morgan, Sterling Sears and Kmarts Spared
When Sears announced yesterday that it would close more than 100 Sears and KMart stores, stores in both Sterling and Fort Morgan were spared. Officials with the Sears in Sterling say their store is not on the chopping block. The Sears and Kmart stores in the Fort Morgan are also not on the bad list, and will stay open. The same cannot be said for Sears and KMarts in Longmont, Glenwood Springs and Broomfield. They will apparently be closing in the wake of what Sears said were poor holiday sales.
Irizarry-Urrutia Gets Continuance
Edwin "Izzy" Irizarry-Urrutia of Log Lane Village got another continuance in Morgan County District Court. Judge Douglas Vannoy granted the delay on Wednesday in Irizarry Urrutia's rape case. The continuance came after prosecutors in the case changed. Irizarry-Urrutia faces one count of sexual assault for an alleged incident in mid-September in Fort Morgan. He'll be back in court on February 22.
Denver 13th "Drunkest City"
(Denver, CO) -- It looks like people in Denver can booze-it-up with the best of 'em. The "Daily Beast" ranks Denver as the 13th "Drunkest City" in the country. A little more than five-percent of the population is considered to be "heavy drinkers," while nearly 17-percent say they're "binge drinkers." According to the website, the people of Denver have an average of more than 15 drinks per month. Boston is number-one on the list.
Santa trackers break records for calls, emails
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — NORAD says its Santa-tracking operation broke its own records for phone calls, emails and Facebook and Twitter followers on Christmas Eve.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday that volunteers answered nearly 102,000 phone calls and more than 7,720 emails asking about Santa's location.
NORAD Tracks Santa had nearly 1 million followers on Facebook and more than 101,000 on Twitter.
Its website had 18.9 million unique visitors in December, also a record.
A free smart phone app available for the first time this year was downloaded a combined 1.4 million times from the Apple Store and Android Market.
More the 1,200 volunteers participated at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., which is NORAD's headquarters.
The Santa-tracking operation has run every year since getting a wrong number call in 1955.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday that volunteers answered nearly 102,000 phone calls and more than 7,720 emails asking about Santa's location.
NORAD Tracks Santa had nearly 1 million followers on Facebook and more than 101,000 on Twitter.
Its website had 18.9 million unique visitors in December, also a record.
A free smart phone app available for the first time this year was downloaded a combined 1.4 million times from the Apple Store and Android Market.
More the 1,200 volunteers participated at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., which is NORAD's headquarters.
The Santa-tracking operation has run every year since getting a wrong number call in 1955.
Santa trackers break records for calls, emails
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — NORAD says its Santa-tracking operation broke its own records for phone calls, emails and Facebook and Twitter followers on Christmas Eve.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday that volunteers answered nearly 102,000 phone calls and more than 7,720 emails asking about Santa's location.
NORAD Tracks Santa had nearly 1 million followers on Facebook and more than 101,000 on Twitter.
Its website had 18.9 million unique visitors in December, also a record.
A free smart phone app available for the first time this year was downloaded a combined 1.4 million times from the Apple Store and Android Market.
More the 1,200 volunteers participated at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., which is NORAD's headquarters.
The Santa-tracking operation has run every year since getting a wrong number call in 1955.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday that volunteers answered nearly 102,000 phone calls and more than 7,720 emails asking about Santa's location.
NORAD Tracks Santa had nearly 1 million followers on Facebook and more than 101,000 on Twitter.
Its website had 18.9 million unique visitors in December, also a record.
A free smart phone app available for the first time this year was downloaded a combined 1.4 million times from the Apple Store and Android Market.
More the 1,200 volunteers participated at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., which is NORAD's headquarters.
The Santa-tracking operation has run every year since getting a wrong number call in 1955.
Speed, inexperience cited in Colorado prison van crash
LIMON, Colo. (AP) — Speeding and an inexperienced 22-year-old driver were cited as factors in a prison van rollover accident on an icy Interstate 70 during a snowstorm that killed the driver and a prison inmate and injured eight others.
The Colorado State Patrol in a report released Thursday says the Correctional Corp. of America van driven by Grace Cortez rolled over at least twice before coming to rest on its wheels Dec. 19. Investigators noted driver inexperience as a contributing factor and listed the official cause as exceeded safe speed.
CCA says safety is its top priority and will review the report.
Cortez and another staff member were ferrying nine inmates from the Kit Carson Correctional Facility in Burlington to the Limon Correctional Facility.
Fifty-seven-year-old inmate Andres Valdez also died in the crash.
The Colorado State Patrol in a report released Thursday says the Correctional Corp. of America van driven by Grace Cortez rolled over at least twice before coming to rest on its wheels Dec. 19. Investigators noted driver inexperience as a contributing factor and listed the official cause as exceeded safe speed.
CCA says safety is its top priority and will review the report.
Cortez and another staff member were ferrying nine inmates from the Kit Carson Correctional Facility in Burlington to the Limon Correctional Facility.
Fifty-seven-year-old inmate Andres Valdez also died in the crash.
High Winds on Other Side of Front Range
We told you it was going to be windy yesterday, and while we didn't see really high winds, they on the other side of the Front Range. There was a 102 mile an hour wind gust reported around 2:30 yesterday morning near Pinecliffe and an 80 mile an hour gust around 9:30 s.m. near Rocky Flats, both are south-southwest of Boulder.
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