Colorado

Colorado's community health centers are joining a national effort pushing back against Big Pharma's recent moves making it harder to provide discounted medicines to people living in severe poverty.

Top articles from the Kiowa County Press in Eads, Colorado, for the week ending June 11, 2022.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis has appointed Samuel S. Vigil to the 16th Judicial District Court.  The vacancy is created by the retirement of the Honorable Michael A. Schiferl, and is effective July 2, 2022.  

Vigil is a part-time Bent County Court Judge, a position he has held since 2013, and a part-time District Court Magistrate, a position he has held since 2020, both in the 16th Judicial District. 

The Colorado Department of Transportation, in cooperation with Martin Marietta, will be resurfacing US Highway 50 between Mile Post 316.5 and MP 331. 

The project will start at the intersection of US 50 and Bonforte Boulevard in Pueblo and continue east on US 50 to Avondale Boulevard. 

Other improvements that will be done to the roadway include micro-surfacing, bridge work, guardrail replacement, ADA ramps, and possible slope paving. 

Rising interest rates helped temper Colorado's red-hot housing market in May, but affordability challenges remain.

Colorado crop production highlights for May 2022 from the USDA.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened the newly renovated Clear Fork Campground to visitors at Crawford State Park in time for Pioneer Days weekend in Crawford.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill Thursday that increases penalties for businesses that withhold earned wages from workers without warrant.

Colorado is the fifth best state for consumer protections from medical debt collections, according to a new ranking.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold appointed two advisors Thursday to assist Mesa County for the 2022 primary election.