Category — Denver, Colorado

Highlights from the Legislature on Monday: — The House approved and sent to the Senate a bill that would require a local government with territory within 2 miles of a military installation to submit to the installation commanding officer any zoning changes that would affect the mission (House Bill 1205). — The House approved and sent to the governor a measure (Senate Bill 15) changes from 18 to …

A company in Colorado is offering a house that is built green from the ground up and it’s selling for a fraction of the cost of other environmental technologies.

Xcel Energy would have to reduce emissions from its coal-fired power plants, giving priority to replacing them with cleaner gas-powered plants, under bipartisan legislation introduced Monday. The bill, which will get its first hearing Tuesday, is aimed preventing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from imposing emission rules of its own to bring the Front Range into compliance with federal …

A 23-year-old woman was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to falsely accusing a Parker police officer of beating and raping her. Emily Petersen was also ordered Monday to complete 100 hours of public service and pay more than $6,000 for the costs of the investigation. The Douglas County Sheriff’s office says Petersen had accused an officer of sexually assaulting her last …

On Monday the Stapleton neighborhood moved a step closer to easing its overcrowded schools as Denver Public Schools unveiled plans for a new elementary school.

Denver residents could see their electricity rates increase by an average of about $5.18 a month under a proposed hike by Xcel Energy. The proposed increase announced Monday by the utility would also raise electric bills for Xcel’s small-business customers by an average of about $9.21 a month. Xcel says the total rate increase of about $52.7 million, or about 8 percent, is necessary to cover the …

Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges on Monday, nearly three months after his wife told Colorado police in a 911 call he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.

Denver residents could see their electricity rates increase by an average of about $5.18 a month under a proposed hike by Xcel Energy. The proposed increase announced Monday by the utility would also raise electric bills for Xcel’s small-business customers by an average of about $9.21 a month.

A new Gallup poll says the slimmest people in the state and in the country are in northern Colorado.

A Denver man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to operating a Ponzi scheme involving millions of dollars. Prosecutors say 55-year-old Mark J. Jackson told clients he was a successful day trader and promised investors returns of 12 to 36 percent. Prosecutors say Jackson used the money he was given for himself and to pay other investors. He plead guilty to racketeering Monday.

Bonfils Blood Center packed and shipped some much needed help for Haiti on Monday.

Starting this week the city of Boulder will start ramping up its push to woo Google. It’s on a long list of cities hoping to test Google’s ultra-high speed Internet service.

A report out Monday shows the number of shootings involving Denver police officers dropped for the third straight year, according to the independent group assigned to monitor the department.

A bank robber is in custody Monday afternoon just after striking at a Lakewood bank.

Police say a man fell about 15 feet from an apartment complex while trying to flee an apartment where officers later found a marijuana growing operation. Police say the man was taken to a Denver hospital to be treated but he was not seriously hurt. Police say officers had responded to the apartment complex near downtown Denver after an employer asked them to check on a woman who had not gone to …

The CELL, or Center for Empowered Living and Learning located in downtown Denver, takes a close look at terrorism. CBS4 spoke with CELL Executive Director Melanie Pearlman who says she wasn’t surprised to hear that Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was recruited over the Internet.

Sheen pleads not guilty in domestic violence case.

Colorado rafters say they will continue to fight for the right to navigate the state’s whitewater rivers after a Texas development company threatened to shut them down.

Actor Charlie Sheen is returning to court in Aspen on domestic violence charges stemming from a Christmas Day dispute with his wife.

State lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to cut emissions from coal-fired power plants. The bill is set to be introduced Monday. It would require Xcel Energy to devise a plan to reduce emissions at about half of its coal-fired plants. That could include retrofitting them with pollution controls, closing them or converting them to natural gas plants. Gov. Bill Ritter announced the plan …

The city of Aurora’s new water-purification and -recycling system is on track to be complete ahead of schedule and under budget. With the Prairie Waters project more than 90 percent complete, Aurora Water spokesman Greg Baker says the final tab should be around $659 million, or about $95 million below earlier estimates. The facility is scheduled to be fully running by early summer of next year.

Charges may be filed early this week against an 18-year-old who is suspected of street racing on Saturday morning.

A funeral for former Air Force Academy superintendent and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. A.P. Clark is scheduled Wednesday at the academy’s Cadet Chapel. Clark’s efforts helping 76 prisoners of war escape during World War II inspired the movie “The Great Escape.” Clark died March 8 at age 96. He had been living in Colorado Springs.

The American Red Cross says a fire at an apartment complex in Aurora has displaced 40 people. Firefighters say the started around 6 a.m. Monday in a laundry room. No injuries were reported. The Mile High Chapter of the American Red Cross says seven units were destroyed and 24 units were affected. Electricity, gas and water were turned off at the complex.

Three Denver-area pastors are taking issue with how Johnson & Wales University in Denver responded to a report of a racist flier placed under a black student’s door last month. The pastors say the flier targeted blacks and gays. The university says it doesn’t condone or tolerate the behavior.

The Denver Broncos reported for their first day of the off-season workouts and Darrent Williams was not far from their minds.

A federal judge has denied a discovery motion filed by defense attorneys for a college student accused of sabotaging an oil-and-gas lease auction in Utah by running up prices and failing to pay for his bids. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson ruled Monday that prosecutors don’t have to turn over any documents they may have that show the intent of other bidders who failed to pay for leases they bid …

This year’s hunt for the 50 “Most Wanted” criminals in the Denver metro area is down to 46.

Routt County staffers are working to find who hacked the county’s Web site. The county’s director of information systems, Terry Barber, says hackers breached the Web site Friday evening. They posted messages with expletives, a logo shaped like a two-headed eagle and one message that read, “Admin Please Change Your Password, And Patch Your Bugs Don’t Be Stupid.” Barber says there is no indication …

Forecasters predict calmer winds this week after gusts up to 70 mph temporarily closed lifts at Steamboat Ski Area lifts this weekend. Heavy winds Sunday closed the mountain until about 11:45 a.m., when crews opened two lower-mountain lifts. Others opened later in the day. Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. kept lifts and a gondola running about an extra hour to compensate for the closures earlier …