Tuesday’s Headlines
State law allows, and regulates, electric scooters. Denver libraries will check out bike pumps and repair kits. Westword readers react to campaign to curb marijuana marijuana use and driving. More headlines ...
7:59 AM GMT-0700 on May 28, 2019
- State law allows, and regulates, electric scooters. (KOAA)
- Denver libraries will check out bike pumps and repair kits. (Denver7)
- Colorado officials have not punished Suncor for exceeding hydrogen-cyanide emissions at its refinery north of Denver last summer. The company wants the state to increase the amount of the invisible toxic gas it can emit. (Denver Post).
- Westword readers react to CDOT’s campaign to educate marijuana users about the hazards of impaired driving. (Westword)
- Denver falls in a national ranking of parks. The city’s mayoral candidates share their approaches to add more parklands. (Denver Post)
- CDOT crews blew up a boulder the size of a building after it fell from a cliff onto Highway 145 at Rico, 28 miles south of Telluride. A second boulder stopped next to the highway after tumbling across both lanes and creating an eight-foot trench. (CBS4, Fox 31)
- W. Bart Berger is a”preemptive preservationist,” who works to keep historic places well maintained before they need costly renovations. (Westword)
- Denver Air Quality Index: 6 a.m.: 37 Good. Yesterday’s max: 61 Moderate.
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