LITTLETON, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- Arapahoe County issued the following news: Arapahoe County commissioners on Nov. 14 voted 3-2 in favor of revised oil and gas amendments that are more stringent than state requirements and call for water, noise and air quality monitoring and soil contamination testing. The new regulations also expand the distance oil and gas operations can be to homes, reservoirs, recreation and other areas as well as update references to the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- The University of Denver issued the following news: With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, study abroad programs around the world took a hit during the 2020-21 academic year. But as countries began to reopen their borders to international travelers in 2021 and 2022, the University of Denver saw its number of students studying abroad begin to rebound. New data from the Institute of International Education Open Doors study shows that short-term study abroad progra more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- CoBank, a cooperative bank that serves agribusinesses, rural infrastructure providers and Farm Credit associations, issued the following news release: The profit outlook for U.S. grain elevators storing corn and soybeans has improved significantly for the 2023-24 marketing year with buy basis falling and carries returning to futures markets. The world market is currently awash in grains, and global supplies of corn and soybeans are abundant. The improved ma more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 15 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: The Polis administration and the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) launched the first round of applications for the Geothermal Energy Grant Program (GEGP) Tuesday, which will provide funding to support the use of zero-emission, geothermal energy for electricity generation and space heating and cooling. CEO will award a total of $5 million during the first funding round, with at least one additional funding  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 15 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Governor Jared Polis reinforced the urgent need for Congress to pass the White House's supplemental budget request to Congress to provide resources to interior states to assist with the influx of migrants to states like Colorado, fund border security and to help crack down on fentanyl moving across the border. Governor Polis has signed state laws to address the fentanyl crisis and Colorado urges Congr more PR

FORT COLLINS, Colorado, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Colorado State University issued the following news release: Researchers at Colorado State University and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland have developed an effective and flexible antimicrobial material that could be used to coat medical devices placed inside the body. The work combines previous research from both universities into metal-organic frameworks - three-dimensional crystalline materials made of metals and linkers that are porous a more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus issued the following news: While the closest ocean -- the Pacific -- may be nearly 900 miles from campus, CU Boulder is advancing marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) techniques to cut harmful greenhouse gasses by providing new methods for monitoring verification and reporting. Juliet Gopinath, the Alfred T. and Betty E. Look Endowed Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, is spearheadin more PR

KENEDY, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The Kenedy Volunteer Fire Department will buy new radios to aid firefighters in responding to the growing number of emergency calls in the community, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with about $6,750 in matching funds from the department, will allow Kenedy VFD to replace aging communication equipment with p more PR

FALLS CITY, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The Falls City Independent School District soon will purchase and install technology that will allow direct communication with the Karnes County Sheriff's Office, thanks to an $8,180 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $2,000 in matching funds from the district, will enable the Falls City ISD to install Mutualink technolo more PR

HALLETTSVILLE, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The Hallettsville Lions Club will install a new shade canopy over the playground equipment at Hallettsville City Park thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of Hallettsville. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $53,500 in matching funds raised by the Lions Club, will be used to help keep playground equipment cooler and protec more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Denver Sturm College of Law issued the following news: The Sturm College of Law welcomes two new Lasch Clinical Teaching Fellows this fall, who join current Fellows Trent Cromartie and Colleen Cullen. Denver Law's Student Law Office has been hosting clinical teaching fellows since 2007, and our Clinical Teaching LLM program was established in 2015. After the death of our friend and colleague Professor Chris Lasch in 2021, the program was  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- The University of Denver Sturm College of Law issued the following news: In October 2023, Civil Rights Clinic student attorneys won an appeal to the Fifth Circuit for their client, a Black man who was unconstitutionally detained and subjected to a vehicle search by several white police officers from the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana. Their client (represented by different counsel in the trial court) brought a Sec. 1983 claim asserting that the off more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- The University of Denver Sturm College of Law issued the following news: The work of the Criminal Defense Clinic (CDC) continues to highlight the extreme need for indigent defense in Colorado municipal courts. Student attorneys in the CDC are working on a wide range of cases including disturbing the peace, assault, battery, threat, harassment, menacing and domestic violence. With the 91-day speedy trial statute in municipal courts, student attorneys handle their cas more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- The University of Denver Sturm College of Law issued the following news: Eight students enrolled in the University of Denver's Immigration Law and Policy Clinic (ILPC) this year, continuing the ILPC tradition of representing people from communities of color who face harsh immigration consequences, including detention while their cases are pending due to prior contact with the criminal legal system. The ILPC is representing six clients detained at the private prison  more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- The University of Denver Sturm College of Law issued the following news: At Denver Law, we remain proud of our robust and expansive externship program. We experienced yet another year of growth - hosting a total of 659 externships this past academic year, our highest enrollment to date. We continue offering a diverse range of experiences, with 50% public sector placements and 50% private sector placements. And, this year, for the first time, paid externships reached more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- The University of Denver Sturm College of Law issued the following news: In 2023, the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) at the Sturm College of Law enrolled twenty-one students who represented 103 clients before the IRS and Colorado Department of Revenue. Our students successfully reduced their clients' tax liabilities by $606,364 while obtaining an additional $507,134 in refunds. Notable successes included the release of a client's 2018 through 2022 tax refunds, w more PR