Fort Morgan's tax collections were up last year. City officials said in the first ten months of 2011, Fort Morgan collected more than four and a half million dollars in sales taxes from January of '11 through October of '11. That's about half a million dollars more than the first ten months of any of the past five years. So not only was the city's economy up, but too was that of businesses in the city, having improved sales last year of nearly 17 percent.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Joe Paterno Dies
Legendary former Penn State Football coach Joe Paterno died yesterday. He amassed a massive 409 wins over his nearly five decades leading the Nittany Lions, but fell from grace less than three months ago in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach.
Girl Safe, Parents Grilled
(Pueblo, CO) -- A nine-year-old Pueblo girl who disappeared after school last Thursday is safe and sound, but her parents say police put them through an ordeal. Steven Ryno and Stephanie Cordova said police searched their home six times and interrogated them three times before looking for the missing girl. Ryno said he called police moments after Calysta was due home, but an AMBER Alert didn't go out for 12-hours. Calysta was found Friday morning.
BBB Warning About Emial Scam
(Colorado Springs, CO) -- The Better Business Bureau is warning businesses about a scam e-mail that appears to be from the BBB.
Katie Carroll with the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado says the scam tells companies there is a complaint filed and asks the company to click on a link to resolve the matter. That infects the computer. The Colorado Springs office has received dozens of calls asking if the e-mail is legit. If you are a business and wonder if there is a complaint against you call the BBB and they will look it up.
Katie Carroll with the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado says the scam tells companies there is a complaint filed and asks the company to click on a link to resolve the matter. That infects the computer. The Colorado Springs office has received dozens of calls asking if the e-mail is legit. If you are a business and wonder if there is a complaint against you call the BBB and they will look it up.
Hybrid vehicles making inroads in city of Boulder
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Residents in Boulder appear to have some kind of drive to buy hybrid vehicles.
The Daily Camera reports statistics from the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder's Office show 4.8 percent of all vehicles registered in the city of Boulder are hybrids.
National statistics are harder to find, but there have been about 2.15 million hybrid electric vehicles sold in the United States since 1999, which would represent less than 1 percent of all registered vehicles in the country.
County records show there were 59,718 vehicles registered in Boulder through December, and 2,884 of them were hybrid electric vehicles. There were 33 all-electric vehicles registered in Boulder.
By June, the city plans to have 40 electric vehicle charging stations around town.
The Daily Camera reports statistics from the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder's Office show 4.8 percent of all vehicles registered in the city of Boulder are hybrids.
National statistics are harder to find, but there have been about 2.15 million hybrid electric vehicles sold in the United States since 1999, which would represent less than 1 percent of all registered vehicles in the country.
County records show there were 59,718 vehicles registered in Boulder through December, and 2,884 of them were hybrid electric vehicles. There were 33 all-electric vehicles registered in Boulder.
By June, the city plans to have 40 electric vehicle charging stations around town.
Dems choose Longmont caseworker for House seat
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Democrats have chosen a Longmont social caseworker to be the newest member of the Colorado House of Representatives.
A Boulder County Democratic Party vacancy committee chose 32-year-old Jonathan Singer on Saturday to complete the term of Deb Gardner. She resigned her seat Jan. 9 to become a Boulder County commissioner.
The state secretary of state has to certify his selection before he is formally sworn in.
Singer says his priorities include boosting state support of education, expanding access to affordable health care and helping Coloradans get jobs.
A Boulder County Democratic Party vacancy committee chose 32-year-old Jonathan Singer on Saturday to complete the term of Deb Gardner. She resigned her seat Jan. 9 to become a Boulder County commissioner.
The state secretary of state has to certify his selection before he is formally sworn in.
Singer says his priorities include boosting state support of education, expanding access to affordable health care and helping Coloradans get jobs.
Rogue Aspen taxi driver gets more jail time
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — A man accused of once again driving a cab around Aspen against a judge's orders has been sentenced to 15 days in county jail for his second contempt-of-court conviction in a year.
Seventy-six-year-old Phil Sullivan is due to start serving his jail term Wednesday.
He was accused of offering cab service without a license. Sullivan had argued he simply gave people free rides home and accepted tips that he used to help him pay for gas and maintenance of his vehicle.
In 2010, a judge ordered him to stop taking money for rides. He spent about a week in jail in March after a judge ruled he had violated that order. Last fall, a judge ruled he had violated the order again in June.
Seventy-six-year-old Phil Sullivan is due to start serving his jail term Wednesday.
He was accused of offering cab service without a license. Sullivan had argued he simply gave people free rides home and accepted tips that he used to help him pay for gas and maintenance of his vehicle.
In 2010, a judge ordered him to stop taking money for rides. He spent about a week in jail in March after a judge ruled he had violated that order. Last fall, a judge ruled he had violated the order again in June.
Man gets concurrent sentences in daughter's death
STERLING, Colo. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Logan County man convicted of first-degree murder and child abuse causing the death of his 3-year-old daughter will serve his sentences on the charges at the same time.
A jury convicted Mark Weeks in November. His daughter, Alexis, died in 2010 after she was taken to a hospital with a skull fracture. Prosecutors say her body had several bruises, indicating a pattern of abuse.
Alexis's stepmother, Ginger Weeks, had pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in death.
Mark Weeks' murder conviction resulted in a mandatory life sentence without parole and a judge also sentenced him Thursday to 48 years in prison, with five years of mandatory parole, on the child abuse charge, but the sentences will be served concurrently.
A jury convicted Mark Weeks in November. His daughter, Alexis, died in 2010 after she was taken to a hospital with a skull fracture. Prosecutors say her body had several bruises, indicating a pattern of abuse.
Alexis's stepmother, Ginger Weeks, had pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in death.
Mark Weeks' murder conviction resulted in a mandatory life sentence without parole and a judge also sentenced him Thursday to 48 years in prison, with five years of mandatory parole, on the child abuse charge, but the sentences will be served concurrently.
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