🌱MSU Medical Offerings + Stiffer EPA Rules Sought +Trucks Need Chains

Hello again, friends! It's Saturday in Denver and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on all the most important things happening in our community. In today's issue, we have these stories and more...

• Metro State University will expand medical course offerings to address the shortage of health care workers in Colorado
• Colorado legislators want the EPA to strengthen proposed methane rules
• City of Denver's bikeway program has Sloan's Lake residents fuming

Saturday's weather: Partly sunny and milder. High: 55 Low: 31.

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Here are the top stories in Denver today:

1. Several Colorado legislators are demanding that the EPA strengthen proposed methane rules. A group of 76 lawmakers, including several members of Colorado's federal delegation, such as Rep. Diana Degette and Sen. Michael Bennett, are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to endorse more stringent regulations for methane emissions and pollution resulting from oil and natural gas activities. (CO Newsline)
2. Threats made on several DPS schools on Friday. According to the Denver Public Schools, messages that threatened schools with violence were received by several schools in Denver. The police investigated the reports at East High School, South High School, Northfield High School, and DC-21, but concluded that the threats were not credible. (FOX 31)
3. Access was cutoff to the town of Georgetown as semi-trucks without chains clogged I-70. Colorado State Patrol closed access to Georgetown on Wednesday due to weather-related traffic jams caused by multiple commercial vehicles that had slide off the road. (Out There)
4. Metro State University is planning to expand its course offerings in order to address the shortage of health care workers. To address the anticipated shortage of health care workers in Colorado, MSU is expanding its medical program offerings. The Colorado Hospital Association is projecting that the state will experience a deficit of at least 64,000 health care professionals by 2026. (KDVR)
5. Denver's expanded bikeway program has Sloan's Lake residents feeling deprived of parking spaces. Residents in the Sloan’s Lake neighborhood were caught off guard this week when after returning home only to discover new signs that prohibited parking in front of their homes on 23rd Avenue. (7News)

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Today in Denver:

• Heart Disease — Prevention and Recognizing the Signs: New Hope Baptist Church. (10 a.m.)
• Art Crawl: Into the archives. (10:30 a.m.)
• 90s Party: Featuring Ninety Percent 90s. (8 p.m.)
• Things to do this weekend: Foodie tour, Barks, Bourbon and Brews benefit and more. (FOX31)

From my notebook:

• Check out the Redline and MCA exhibition. "Breakthroughs: A Celebration of RedLine at 15." The show runs Feb. 24 - March 28. This is a collaboration with RedLine Contemporary Art Center and the MCA celebrating Redline's 15th anniversary. (Redline)
• Water World has thousands of job openings for its summer season. (9News)
• Changing the conversation about those that are experiencing homelessness. (Westword)
• Meet the candidates. Denverite is hosting a mayoral debate. The event will be at the Carla Madison Recreation Center on March 7. (Denverite)

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