CANON CITY, Colorado, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management's Colorado State Office issued the following news release: The Royal Gorge Field Office is accepting public comment on a business plan designed to address maintenance costs associated with a rapidly increasing use of facilities operated and maintained by the Bureau of Land Management. The business plan proposes a new fee structure for the Bank, Sand Gulch, and Turtle Rock campgrounds. It also sets th  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Despite fatality, Goldstar Excavation and Sewer repeatedly endangered workers in trenches * * * When federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation in March 2023 of an excavation worksite in Fort Collins, they determined GoldStar Excavation and Sewer was still ignoring the same federal safety standards that could have prevented a trench   more

AURORA, Colorado, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Coronado Excavation of Sewer and Water Repair failed to follow standards, train employees * * * In late December 2022, an unprotected trench at an Aurora residential worksite collapsed and fatally injured a 23-year-old employee, a tragedy that a Brighton sewer and water contractor could have prevented by using required protections against a leading c  more

BUCKLEY AFB, Colorado, May 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Buckley Air Force Base (460th Space Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Joshua Hollis, Space Base Delta 2 From 8-11 May, U.S. Army North hosted an Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers conference at Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. The EPLO conference brings together representatives from all services to collaborate on ways to improve the EPLO program and enhance Department of Defense emergency response coordination efforts.  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 18 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command issued the following news release: The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked a Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on May 15, 2023. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This flight occurred as several planned large-scale military training exercises are  more

DENVER, Colorado, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 8 issued the following news release: When federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation in March 2023 of an excavation worksite in Fort Collins, they determined GoldStar Excavation and Sewer was still ignoring the same federal safety standards that could have prevented a trench collapse in Greeley in the summer of 2022 that led to the death of a teenaged company employee  more