Colorado Officials COnsidering New College Tuition Idea

Colorado educators are considering a new plan basing college tuition on student earnings. Colorado Commission on Higher Education vice chairman Patricia Pacey raised the idea. The Denver Post reports the proposal's based on an Oregon plan that would let people attend Oregon's public universities without paying tuition or fees, as long as they agree to pay a percentage of their future income to the school after they graduate.

Ty Lawson Domestic Violence Hearing Delayed to Next Month

An initial hearing in the domestic violence case against Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson has been delayed until net month at the request of prosecutors who say they need more time to investigate. Lawson and his pregnant girlfriend Ashley Pettiford were both arrested after a fight at their home Saturday. Pettiford says she heard Lawson on the phone with another woman and that Lawson pushed her as she packed her things. She's accused of breaking Lawson's phone.
An Aarapahoe County Sheriff's spokesperson says the conflict "was a mutual situation."

New Poil Says Hickenlooper Not a Shoe-In for Re-Election

A new poll shows just 45% of Colorado voters want Democratic Gov. John Hickenloooper re-elected, and half of voters don't agree disapprove of his position on new gun laws and the death penalty. The Quinnipiac University poll released says Hickenlooper's approval rating is 48%, just and ahead of potential GOP candidate Tom Tancredo. Hickenlooper leads the former congressman 46 to 45%. Hickenlooper signed new gun laws this year, including more background checks and limits on the size of ammo magazines. He also granted an indefinite stay of execution to Nathan Dunlap, who killed four people at a Chuck E. Cheese in 1993. The poll of 1,184 registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

The Logan County Clerk and Recorder's office has been mailing letters to residents to make sure they're voter registration info is up to date

The Logan County Clerk and Recorder's office has been mailing letters to residents to make sure they're voter registration info is up to date. If you receive a letter and have questions, Logan County officials say just call the clerks office. Most of the letters are just asking you to make note of any changes to your information and return the form in the self-addressed stamped envelope. You can also go on line at govotecolorado.com and make your updates. Nov. 5 is election Day! There will be NO voting at the polling centers on election day, and the Logan County Clerk and Recorder's Office says it's important they have your current information on file, because they'll be mailing out ballots to all active registered voters. The ballots will be mailed out between Oct. 15 and Oct. 18.
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It's gonna be a homegrwon feeling at Colorado's State Fair opening

It's gonna be a homegrwon feeling at Colorado's State Fair opening. The Fair in Pueblo opens today with a new "Colorado Proud" store, where visitors can shop for locally grown goods. Not everything at the fair is new. There will be an encore return of an annual Pueblo Chamber of Commerce barbecue with Gov. John Hickenlooper along with other members of Congress and aspiring lawmakers. The fair runs through Sept. 2.
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It's back to home, for area home-schoolers

It's back to home, for area home-schoolers. The Morgan County Homeschool Network (MCHN) is gearing up for the first day of "home classes" at their annual BACK-TO-SCHOOL POTLUCK, next week. Veterans and first time homeschool families are encouraged to bring a covered dish and join the fellowship, Monday (August 26), from 6 to 8:30, at the Nazarene Church Gymnasium, on West 7th, in Fort Morgan. Learn about lots of fun activities, field trips, and parent support for home education throughout the year, at The Back-To-School Potluck which will also include crafts and recreation for the kids, as well as a supervised nursery, while parents pow-wow for the new school year.
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Wiggins residents will soon have all the water they need

Wiggins residents will soon have all the water they need. Construction has begun on the last section of pipeline, linking it to miles of pipeline already in place, which will have a new water supply flowing to residents in the town wihtin the next three or four weeks. Wiggins needs a new water supply, because its old wells are slowly drying up, and the quality of water has become dangerous. The Northeast Colorado Department of Health warned people against letting infants drink the water at all, because even boiling it doesn't kill the germs. This section of pipe was delayed when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initially did not approve the design, because it was uncertain if Wiggins could replace the water it takes out of the ground, which is crucial state officials believe, since the ground water feeds the South Platte River.
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Mother Nature spared the already flood-damaged Colorado city of Manitou Springs from the latest round of torrential rain

Mother Nature spared the already flood-damaged Colorado city of Manitou Springs from the latest round of torrential rain. Most of last night's (thu) rain fell upstream from the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest, sending water runoff into Fountain Creek. The storms still caused plenty of problems though, as some mororitsts wound up getting stuck on washed out roads. And hail had crews busy in area S.W. of Denver.
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