Summit County Citizens Voice

Denver Post News

• Crews dig through the night after deadly Oklahoma twister May 21, 2013
  A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.
• Colorado research universities struggle to stop poaching of faculty May 21, 2013
  CU Boulder provost Russ Moore said 48 faculty and staff members were approached this year by other schools regarding jobs, making the campus, in the words of one departing staffer, a "target-rich environment."
• Launch of baumkuchen bakery Glaze a lesson in international business May 21, 2013
  Heather Alcott knew in January 2011 that she wanted to bring the multilayered baumkuchen cake to Denver. But making that dream a reality would become a lesson in both international business relations and persistence.
• Patrick Corbin dominates Rockies, who lose to Diamondbacks May 21, 2013
  Long before he began impersonating Randy Johnson, Patrick Corbin was a YouTube sensation.
• Tension between bikes, cars, longboards high in Jefferson County May 21, 2013
  The battle for cruising space on Jefferson County's scenic canyon roads will continue this summer as bicyclists and motorists struggle to find the center line in sharing the roadways.
• Pueblo cops rescue man from angry mob May 21, 2013
  Pueblo residents angry that police had not warned them about sex assaults of children took matters into their own hands, chasing down a man they thought was the attacker, pelting him with rocks