Effective immediately, the Arapahoe County Sheriff has issued a ban on all open fires and open burning within Unincorporated Arapahoe County, to include the Cherry Creek State Park, and the City of Centennial. The Open Burning Ban will remain in effect until such time as this order is formally rescinded or temporarily suspended by the Sheriff. Arapahoe County Sheriff, Grayson Robinson, has determined that the existing conditions in Arapahoe County present an extreme danger for the possibility of wildfire and large wildland fires. The authority to implement the OPEN BURNING BAN within Unincorporated Arapahoe County is provided through Arapahoe County Ordinance 2000-02 and Colorado Revised Statute 30-10-512. The authority to implement the OPEN BURNING BAN within the City of Centennial is provided through Colorado Revised Statutes 30-15-401(1)(n.5) and (8) as well as by the direction of Interim Centennial City Manager David Zelenok; on behalf of the Mayor and Centennial City Council.

On Tuesday, on the heels of President Obama's call on Congress to extend the payroll tax cut, Mark Udall renewed his push to include the extension of wind energy production tax credits (PTC) in the overall legislation. 

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office posted the list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., May 10, 2012, at the State Office in Lakewood.