Prostitution Sting Shooting

A man is dead, shot by police during a prostitution sting in Greeley. Police say the man was a customer of an undercover officer posing as a prostitute yesterday. When uniformed officers moved in to arrest him, they say he pulled a gun and officers shot and killed him. His name hasn't been released. The Greeley Tribune reports the grew out of the arrests of three woman on prostitution charges in late April. They were p[art of an investigation into Backpage.com, a website where sexual services are offered for cash. Police warned at the time that there could be more arrests to come. The Weld County D.A. and Greeley PD are investigating the shooting.

Interior Dept Grant for Colorado

U.S. Interior Department Secretary Sally Jewell was in Commerce City today to announce the Obama administration's plan to spend $6.7 million to hire young adults and veterans to work on public lands. Jewell says the grant will help fund 43 projects around the country as part of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Initiative. At the arsenal refuge, the project will include 38 positions through Groundwork Denver to work on habitat for bison and prairie dogs. The goal is to help young adults get new skills and job experience while being of service to their communities.

Court Okays Solitary Confinement

An appeals court has denied a request by a prisoner convicted of killing three people behind bars to be released from solitary confinement, where he has been held the past 30 years. The court ruled today in the case of 62-year-old Thomas Silverstein, who's in the federal Supermax prison in Colorado. Silverstein entered prison in 1978 on a bank robbery conviction. He later was convicted of killing two inmates and a corrections officer at other prisons before he was sent to solitary. The court ruled releasing Silverstein, a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang, from solitary would create a substantial risk to himself, officers and other inmates.

TJ Ward Update

Broncos safety T.J. Ward appeared in court on misdemeanor charges, for allegedly throwing a glass mug at a bartender at a Denver strip club. The Denver Post reports that bond was set at $1,900 for the 27-year-old. His next court appearance is June 23. He's charged with misdemeanor assault and disturbing the peace. Court documents say Ward tossed the mug at the bartender May 10 after he was told he couldn't bring a drink into the club. Ward signed a four-year, $22.5 million deal with Denver earlier this spring.

Appeals Court Rules on Broadband Fees

A federal appeals court's rejected challenges to the FCC's plan to expand broadband Internet service to rural areas. The expansion is funded partly by fees paid by telecommunications companies. Many of those companies contended the FCC didn't have the authority to use the money for Internet service. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver dismissed the challenges as either unpersuasive or not issues the court could address. In 2011, the FCC estimated the expansion would provide high-speed Internet service to about 7 million people.

Bring Your Own Cannibus

The Colorado Symphony Orchestra's bring-your-own-cannabis fundraising concerts kick off tonight. Plans had hit a snag when the Denver city attorney questioned whether concert-goers would consume marijuana in public, which is banned even though sale and possession of the drug are legal under a state law that went into effect at the start of the year. The city attorney withdrew his objections after the symphony took steps to ensure the events are strictly private. Three invitation-only concerts are being held at a private gallery across town from the symphony's usual home, a city-owned concert hall. A brass quintet of symphony players will perform at the first concert.