CSBJ Daily

Springs-based Colorado Structures Inc., which builds big-box Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Safeway stores, has agreed to pay a $300,000 to settle accusations of Clean Water Act violations.
Accusations center around violations of federal storm water drainage design requirements that led to pollution.
Beginning in 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency and state inspectors identified a “pattern of failures […]

Between 2000 and 2006, Colorado had a 73 percent increase in the number of children living in poverty, the highest rate of increase in the nation, according to the Colorado Children’s Campaign.
Nearly 180,000 children in Colorado were living in poverty in 2006, about 76,000 more children than were living in poverty in 2000. At […]

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Monday it will review a $79.5 million punitive damages judgment against Marlboro-maker Philip Morris for the third time.
The justices have twice struck down the award to the family of a longtime smoker of Marlboros, made by Altria Group Inc.’s Philip Morris USA.
Oregon courts have repeatedly upheld the […]

The El Pomar Foundation has teamed up with other community organizations to sponsor a special morning Father’s Day Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus performance – for military members and their families only. Afternoon Father’s Day performances will be open to the public.
“Military families in the Pikes Peak region make great […]