PUEBLO, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- Colorado State University Pueblo campus issued the following news release: Assistant Dean of Student Engagement and Leadership Dr. Lucie Menjivar has been selected to participate in the prestigious Higher Education Resource Services Leadership Institute (HLI). The 2023-2024 cohort is composed of 64 leaders in higher education from across the nation. Members of the cohort consist of professors, administrators, and cabinet-level members who join together for an immers more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- The Colorado Department of Transportation issued the following news release: In a step that demonstrates its determination to pursue passenger rail service from Denver to Craig, the Colorado Department of Transportation has issued a call for manufacturers to show what train vehicles they have available for a mountain rail line. The department has issued a "request for information" to train equipment manufacturers and vendors on what fleet options are available for r more PR

PUEBLO, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- The city of Pueblo issued the following news on Dec. 1, 2023: The City of Pueblo announced the call for residents to submit their ideas for Your Idea Your Neighborhood on Friday, Dec. 1. This project creates ownership and genuine participation in city government by neighborhoods and residents through the allocation of city resources in the total of $1 million funding. "We are excited to announce the opening of the applications for our residents to begin submitting p more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: Today, Colorado released the first Climate Preparedness Roadmap (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11dftBT8l0E6T_sl84_OIBjdmkWBBX56n?usp=drive_link), which focuses on ways to better understand, prepare for, and adapt to the impacts of climate change, and outlines actions the administration can take to protect Colorado's future. The state also concurrently continues its nation-leadin more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: Today, Governor Polis, the current vice chair of the National Governors Association (NGA), Governor Mike Dunleavy, Governor Gavin Newsom, Governor Josh Green, Governor Kathy Hochul, and Governor Mike DeWine sent a letter to Secretary Kendall urging for the creation of the space national guard. The governors are urging the federal government to create the Space National Guard following t more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: Today, the Polis administration released the first on-its-kind Climate Preparedness Roadmap that identifies ways Colorado can better understand, prepare for, and adapt to the impacts of climate change, and outlines actions the administration will take to protect Colorado's future. The report looks at risks facing Colorado specifically and how the impacts of climate change will affect the more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release: Speaker Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon, and House Majority Leader Monica Duran, D-Wheat Ridge, today released the following statements on the resignation of Representative Ruby Dickson, D-Centennial: Statement from Speaker McCluskie: "Representative Dickson is a brilliant champion for working families and has passed landmark legislation to make Colorado more affordable, support our workforce, create jobs an more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 23A-0448R City of Colorado Springs El Paso County IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND THE COUNTY OF EL PASO FOR AUTHORITY TO ABOLISH AND REMOVE THE EXISTING HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSING AND ASSOCIATED CROSSING WARNING DEVICES AT ROYER STREET AND TRACKS MANAGED BY THE BNSF RAILWAY ON RIGHT-OF-WAY OWNED more PR

GOLDEN, Colorado, Dec. 2 (TNSres) -- Colorado School of Mines issued the following news: * * * Research team will design, build and demonstrate an integrated system of 3 technologies for removal, concentration and destruction of PFAS in contaminated water streams * * * Although poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can be reliably removed from contaminated water resources, the best available treatment approaches use separation processes that create an issue all their own. What do you d more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- Denver Mayor Mike Johnston issued the following news: In a significant push to address unsheltered homelessness, Mayor Mike Johnston and the City and County of Denver announced that more than 200 individuals will be offered housing when the next encampments are closed. The encampments are near 20th and Curtis streets, and 48th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. More unsheltered Denverites will be brought indoors later in the month as housing units become available and ad more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 1 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP expanded its Health Care & FDA Practice in the firm's Denver office with the addition of three attorneys: Erin M. Eiselein and Anna-Liisa Mullis join as shareholders, and Ishra K. Solieman joins as of counsel from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP. Eiselein has served as a trusted advisor to hospital systems, ambulatory surgery centers, and health care provide more PR

LA JUNTA, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- Otero College issued the following news: Otero College is set to graduate its 9th class of Medical Laboratory Technicians on Monday, December 11, 2023, at 3 p.m. in the Student Center, Room 120. Medical Laboratory Technicians perform medical laboratory procedures and tests. They apply strategies to analyze and record patient results through various methods of testing. The data they provide gives physicians valuable diagnostic and treatment information. Students le more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 2 -- The University of Colorado issued the following news release: Established in the 1960s, the University Technical Assistance Program (UTAP), previously known as the Colorado Center for Community Development (CCCD), at CU Denver is one of only a few remaining university-run design centers in the United States that connects rural communities to provide technical skills and funding assistance to bring community project dreams to life. In partnership with the Colorado Dep more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Colorado issued the following news release: Founded in 1981, the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) is committed to the research and development of computational methods that enhance design creativity as well as production and that aim at contributing to the construction of humane physical environments. The organization is an international network of academics and professionals facilitating communication and crit more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: University Distinguished Professor and environmental scientist Amy Pruden will deliver the keynote address at Virginia Tech's University Commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 15. Pruden is the W. Thomas Rice Professor in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where her research program focuses on using DNA-based tools to track pathogens and antibiotic resistance in the environment. Pri more PR