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Colorado kids to Encana: Don’t frack our schools

By | 06.04.12 | 9:47 am

ERIE — With black whiskers painted across her cheeks, 6-year-old Olivia Cusimano roared into the plastic megaphone as if hers were the voice of the blue knotted-up balloon tiger she clutched beneath her left arm.

Fracking operation in Erie begins near two elementary schools, wakes up neighborhood

By | 06.01.12 | 4:45 pm

ERIE — Flaggers in orange vests stopped traffic on the parkway as a convoy of semi-trailer trucks rumbled toward Red Hawk Elementary this week hauling sound barriers to muffle a gas extraction project in this once quiet neighborhood that has left many parents, teachers and residents vexed.

From the liberty file: Hot tea and warm guns

By | 01.04.10 | 9:48 am

Who brings a gun to a tea party? Lots of attendees at a Tea Party on Saturday in Alamagordo, N.M., for example.

CU Student Wins Grant for Indigenous Diabetes Study

By | 03.21.08 | 8:00 am

A University of Colorado Ph.D. student received a $4.2 million grant to study how best to prevent and treat diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Science Sunday: Help Me Make It Through the Night

By | 11.11.07 | 7:00 am

The same genes that let smokers sleep without nicotine cravings may lead to methods to help them quit.

State Has Lowest Obesity Rate, But It’s Rising

By | 08.27.07 | 1:19 pm

Colorado has the lowest adult obesity rate in the nation, according to a report released Monday by the non-profit Trust for America’s Health. But the state’s obesity rate is higher last year, up to 17.6 percent from 16.9…

Planned Parenthood’s New Neighbors Brace for Controversy

By | 08.21.07 | 1:59 pm

Marie Allan sat on the front porch of her apartment and tried to envision anti-abortion protesters walking the sidewalk by the now-empty building across 38th Street.

She didn’t like what she imagined.

“We don’t need protesters here…

Former Surgeon General Impugns Lack of Sex Ed

By | 08.20.07 | 1:09 pm

At a Community Health Centers of Arkansas summit on health care last week, former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders said that insufficient sex education in schools makes children vulnerable to sexual assault and sexually transmitted diseases. She also blasted abstinence-only programs,…

Colorado Universities to Open School of Public Health

By | 08.18.07 | 11:45 am

The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center announced the approval this week of a much needed new public health academic degree program. UCDHSC will partner with the University of Northern Colorado and Colorado State University to open…

New VA Clinic, Not a Moment Too Soon

By | 05.01.07 | 11:51 am

Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) announced today the establishment of a new community-based Veterans Administration health care clinic in Burlington that is expected to serve 10,000 Colorado veterans.

“This is a great victory for the veterans of eastern Colorado,” said…