Colorado News is a feature column in the O&A Marketing News reporting on some of the latest information from the petroleum marketing, retailing, and energy industries in the state.
Written by Colorado native Joyce Trent, Colorado News offers a unique perspective on activites in the Rocky Mountain state.
Here are some recent highlights:
- April 2024:
Homeless Encampment Harms Immigrant's C-Store Business; JD Market Targeted by Thief; Aurora City Council Looks to Stem Shoplifting; Minimum Wage Hikes; Federal Judge Rules Circle K Could Fire Employee for Trying to Stop a Theft; Love's Opens in Cortez; Wave Car Care Center Closes; Specialty Japanese C-store - February 2024:
Denver Stations Must Use Reformulated Gasoline; Plastic Bag Ban in Effect; Buc-ees Enters Colorado; QuikTrip Expands into Pikes Peak Region; Unico Sues 7-Eleven; Gasoline Prices Drop 51.5 Cents in Denver; Pagosa Springs Citizens for Fair Fuel Pricing; Greenwood Village Price War; First Automated Car Wash Installed in Akron; Skimmers On the Rise; Kwik Stop Snacks; Colorado Mesa University Opens Rowdy's C-Store - December 2023:
Plastic Bag Ban Coming; Good 2 Go Enters Colorado Springs; Carwashes Proliferate; Love's Opens RV Stops in Walsenburg; Choice Market Launches Portable Autonomous Micro-Convenience Store; Take 5 Opens in Longmont - October 2023:
Xcel Energy Looks to Charge Utility Customers to Build EV Chargers; Fuel Prices Spike with High Tourist Demand; C-Store Clerk Arrested for Fentenyl Sale; Circle K Sued by Employee Fired After Touching the Arm of a Thief - September 2023:
Bill to Decriminalize Theft Defeated in House; Purse Snatching at the Pump; Duran Oil Sells JR's Fuel Stop Stores to Alta Convenience; Love's Opens New Truck Stop in Parachute; Gasoline Prices on the Rise; Kum & Go Opens EV Chargers at Wellington Station; Take5 Opens Quick Lube in Longmont - August 2023:
La Morenita Cited for Practicing Medicine; State Increases Gasoline and Diesel Fees; Bobcat Bandits Hitting Carwashes for Quarters; Gas & Grass; Big Splash Expands to Pueblo; Cenex Station to Open in Mead; Denver Stores Try to Serve Low-Income Neighborhoods - June 2023:
Suncor Refinery Back in Service; Colorado C-store and Carwash Expansion Continues; Lone Tree Rejects Living Express Car Wash; Elizabeth Adds Dog Wash; Bicyclist Shoots Man at Sinclair Car Wash; Denver C-Store Crime; Fighting Loitering with Opera - April 2023:
Convenience Stores Can Now Offer Wine; Money from Plastic Bag Fees is Piling Up; Louisville Bans New Gasoline Stations; Bill to Eliminate Delivery Fee Dies; 7th Wave Wash Killed by Inflation; QuikTrip Continues Colorado Expansion; Officer Dies After Attempted Carjacking at Love's - February 2023:
Extreme Weather Closes Suncor Refinery; Plastic Bag Fees; Governor Polis Ends Gasoline Tax Delay; Paid Leave Fees Begin; Smoker Friendly Acquires Collett Enterprises Stores; C-Store Offers European Delicacies; Valero Station Owner Murdered - December 2022:
Colorado C-stores Win Approval to Stock Wine; C-Stores Focusing on Food; Halloween Car Washes; Vic's Express Opens; Quick Quack Charity Event; Acorn Bomb Scare; Dylan von Kleist - October 2022:
Initiative to Allow Wine Sales in C-stores to be on Ballot; Governor Polis Seeks to Stop EPA RFG Blend for Denver Area; Kum & Go Colorado Springs Approved; Longmont Wants to Ban Automotive Businesses on Main Street; Man Sprayed With Gasoline for Speaking Spanish; Thieves Steal 500 Gallons from Blair's Truck Stop; Lube and Latte Continues Its Expansion - September 2022:
State Charging 27 Cent Fee on All Deliveries; Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect; Big Money Contributed to Campaign; Jerky Thief Dog; Gasoline Prices; Kum & Go Wants New C-Store in Colorado Springs; Dutch Car Wash Donated $ 400,000 in Free Washes to Front Line Workers - August 2022:
Supreme Court Rules on Wine Ballot Initiatives; QuikTrip Expanding; Driven Brands Acquires Black Diamond and The Glo Car Washes; Antonito Station; Fuel Prices Spike; Kum & Go Withdraws from Castle Rock Site; Powerstop C-Store Offers Gourmet Burgers; Historic Gasoline Prices - June 2022:
Flavored Tobacco Ban Dies in Committee; Signatures Being Gathered to Allow Wine in C-stores; Melody Market Opens in Five Points; Thieves Hit Gasoline Stations; Super Star Car Wash Expanding Into Colorado; Carjacker Takes Kids, Too; Go Car Wash Gets Investors; Choice Market to Open Fifth Location - April 2022:
Buc-ee's Coming to Colorado; Bill to Ban Flavored Tobacco in Legislature; Governor Polis Delays Gasoline Tax Hike; Initiative Launched to Allow Wine in C-stores; "Smash and Grab," Crimes Hit Retailers; Choice Market To Open on Medical Campus; Griffin Fast Lube Donates to Fire Victims; New 7-Eleven Approved for Dickens Farm Homestead Site; Gasoline prices - February 2022:
Alta Buys Petro-Mart C-stores; Offen Acquires Petroleum Management and Pathfinder Transportation Assets; Monfort Buys Eight Texas C-stores; Carjacker Leads Police on Wild Chase: Car Wash Business Exploding in Colorado; Denver Mayor Vetos Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products; Gasoline Prices - December 2021:
Fuel Prices Slowly Falling; Thieves Want Cigarettes, Not Cash; Man Tries to Ignite Fuel Pumps; CBD Enters C-Stores; Wrong Fuel Delivered to Valero Station; Izzy Aguayo Wins "Most Valuable Carwasher" Honor; Nicotine Tax Raises Half of Anticipated Revenue; Maverik to Open New Site in Colorado Springs - November 2021:
Its A Bodega; Kum & Go Adding EV Chargers; 100,000 Gallons Stolen from Kum & Go; Thieves Ram ATMs; QuikTrip's Generation 3S; Ralph Castle's Place; Conoco and Broncos; Meineke Marmot - October 2021:
Colorado Fuel Prices Rising; Political Press Conference at Sinclair Station; Autowash Express Opens 16th Colorado Site; Love's Opens 17th Colorado Site; Tobacco Shoplifter; Gang Shoot-Out; Express Carwashes Building in Colorado Springs - September 2021:
Legislative Actions Impact C-stores; Trucker Shortage; Alta Convenience Acquires Get 'N' Go Stores; C-Store Clerks Aid Woman Hostage - June 2021:
Russell's Convenience and Xpress; Pester Sold to Fortress Investment; Choice Opens New Location; Cobblestone Auto Spa Plans Colorado Expansion; Bubble Time Express; 7-Eleven Thief Robs Customer - April 2021:
QuikTrip Begins Denver-Area Expansion; Baseline Carwash; Gasoline Prices Hit Seven-Month High; Cheyenne Mountain C-Store; Smoker Friendly Growth; Alfalfa's Market Closes After 40 Years in Boulder - February 2021:
Tobacco Tax Hike and Tobacco Bans; 7-Eleven Evicted from Denver Sheraton; Bread & Butter Opens in Colorado Springs; Kum & Go Site Sold; Dutch Car Wash; Living Water Car Wash; Ideal Market; Repeat Robberies, Carjackers, and Worse - December 2020:
Schrader Oil Sold to EG Group; Kum & Go Participates in E-15 Campaign; International Carwash Group Expands in Texas; 7-Eleven Clerk Spots Return Thief; Voters Approve Tobacco Tax Hikes; New C-store Coming to Five Points; Speedy Sparkle Halloween Carwash; COVID Challenges - November 2020:
Jiffy Lube Franchisees Acquire Denver Big O Tire Stores; Proposition EE; ExxonMobil Station Sees No Protest; Choice Markets Plans to Expand Across U.S. - October 2020:
Choice Market Opens Third Location in Denver; Selling Masks; Water Works Car Washes Help Teachers; Colorado Gas Prices; Colorado Springs Backs Away From New Taxes; K & G Petroleum Converting to 7-Eleven - September 2020:
Carlie's Convenience Closed by COVID; QuikTrip to Expand in Denver; Splash Splash Carwash Employee Saves Drivers; Tobacco Tax Hike on November Ballot; Auto Spa Sold; Woody Creek Station Offers Full-Serve; Colorado Gas Prices - June 2020:
C-stores and Other Essential Businesses in Colorado; Water Works Donates Washes to Essential Workers; Colorado Regs; Choice Market Goes Hi-Tech - April 2020:
Bill to Ban Flavored Nicotine Projects Moving Through Legislature; Fuel Mix-Up Brings Auto Repair Bills; ICWG Acquires 15 Car Washes in Texas and Oklahoma; Denver Stores Must Charge for Bags; AFP Fights Proposed Gasoline Tax at the Pump; Street Price of Gasoline Drops Below $2.00 per Gallon - February 2020:
New Round of Tobacco Regulations Introduced; Denver Retailers Must Charge for Bags; Kum & Go to Open 13 New Stores in 2020; 7-Eleven Opens New Stores in Berthoud and Loveland; Driver Drops Diesel into Gasoline UST; CBD at C-Stores with Greenbox Robotics Vending Machines; 7-Eleven Store Owner Fatally Stabbed by his Manager; Living Water Car Wash Opens Second Denver Site - December 2019:
Platte Street Mercantile Brings High-Tech Cowboy Theme to C-Store; New Tobacco Taxes; Orbiting Fuel Stations; Historic Log Swing Stolen; Murderer Captured on Car Wash Surveillance Camera; Road Rage Leads to Murder at a Car Wash - October 2019:
Russell's Offers Scan-and-Go Payment; Cities Increasing Tobacco Taxes, Regulations; International Car Wash Group Acquires 4 Colorado Washes; Kum & Go to Build in Hayden - September 2019:
Colorado C-store Market is "Red Hot"; Bedrock, Wiggins House Hidden Gem Gas Stations; New Law Lets Local Governments Add Tobacco Taxes; Shell Clerk Fired for Shooting a Thief in Self-Defense - August 2019:
Beer Sales increase 20% in Colorado Since January; Kum & Go to Build In "Troubled" Colorado Springs Neighborhood; Maverik Gets Approval To Open a New Station in Colorado Springs; Speedway Stations Get Upgrades; Palisade Sinclair has New Owner; MILES Express Expands Into Colorado; Pynergy's Fast Break Adds Naughty Chile Taqueria; Driver Crosses Lines and Drops Diesel into Gasoline UST - June 2019:
New Tax Proposals Die; Aspen Looks to Ban Flavored Tobaccos; Colorado Gasoline Prices; Greeley C-Store Customer Breaks Glass with his Head; QuikTrip Coming to Denver - April 2019:
Gasoline Prices and Buying Behavior; Maverik Seeks Approval To Open a New Station in Colorado Springs; H2WOW Carwash Opens Second Green Valley Ranch Location; Dog Washes Added to Car Washes; Choice Market Expanding to 2 New Locations - February 2019:
Convenience Stores Can Sell Beer for First Time Since Prohibition; Colorado Gasoline Prices; Computer Errors Bring 2.5 Cent Gasoline and $625 Carwashes; - December 2018:
FDA Cracking Down on e-Cigarette Underage Sales; Colorado River Tribes Open Running Man Fuels 2; Phoenix Tears Seeks to Market CBD in 7-Elevens; Mister Car Wash Acquires Keep M Clean; Colorado Gasoline Prices - October 2018:
Age Restricted Sales Studied; High Desert Oasis Auto and Truck Spa Opens in Grand Junction; Sasquatch Seen at The Squatch Gas Station; Avon May Raise Tobacco Purchase Age - September 2018:
Tobacco 21 Campaign Gaining Momentum; Art Stawski Departs Loaf 'N Jug; Dutch Car Wash Building in Aurora; Thief Wears Ankle Monitor During Robbery; Regis 66 Offers Full-Service; Carlie's C-Store Opens in Colorado Springs - August 2018:
Challenges of Doing Business in Aspen; Colorado Gasoline Prices; Artwork at Kum & Go; Convenience Clerk Salaries; 70th Anniversary for Mike's Carwash; Woman Heats Urine and Explodes Microwave; Golden Gate Opening Palisade C-store; Car Thief Hits Conoco - June 2018:
Beer Sales to be Legal in Colorado Convenience Stores; Colorado Gasoline Prices - April 2018:
Loaf 'N Jug Sold to EG Group; Pilot Travel Center Opens in Lamar; Wild Blue Car Wash in Colorado Springs; Gas, Goods, and Booze in Elbert - February 2018:
Kwik Stop Sold to Alta Convenience; Alta Joins Convenience Stores Against Trafficking; Murphy Express Expanding in Colorado; Deer Visit Horsetooth C-Store; Pueblo C-Store Rescues Tortured Dog; Breeze Thru Acquires Richie's Car Wash; ICE Raid of 7-Elevens Finds No Illegal Workers - December 2017:
Cuban Gas Pump Skimmer Gang Arrested; Kroger May Sell Loaf 'N Jug; C-Store Clerks Fight Thefts; Indian Buffet at Longmont Station; 12-Year-Old Drives to the C-store for a Snack; Lucky Me Sells Winner Powerball Ticket; Metro Express Creates Halloween Carwash for Charity - October 2017:
Planned Palisade Station Needs a Sign; Colorado Gasoline Prices; Avalon Young wins a 7-Eleven Franchise; Sugar Tax on Soft Drinks Proposed; The Gas Station Welcomes Travelers; Waterworks 30th Anniversary; Wildwood Casino Opens Gas N Roll; C-Store Robbery Spree Ends; X-Press Car Wash Employees Find WWII Dog Tags; Grease Monkey Expands into Colombia - September 2017:
Choice C-store Offers Delivery; WOW Carwash Express Opens in Denver; Gas and Grass Opens in Glenwood Springs; Smash and Grab and a C-store Candy Robbery Spree; Colorado Gasoline Prices - August 2017:
Aspen Raises Tobacco Sales Age to 21; Walmart Closing Several Neighborhood Markets; Kum & Go Restrooms Ranked Best; Waterways Car Wash Data Breach; Pester Marketing Expanding; Maverik Opens 2 Stores in Colorado Springs; Colorado Gasoline Prices; C-Store Thief Caught Because of Broncos Gear; Acorn Petroleum Accountant Charged with Credit Card Theft; Rex Oil Sold to Rhinehart Oil Co.; C-store Robberies and Upgrades - June 2017:
Longmont Circle K Banned from Tobbaco Sales; Waterworks Car Wash Data Breach; Aspen City Council Restricts Chain Stores; Crime Forces Colorado Springs 7-Eleven to Close - April 2017:
Stinker Stores Acquires Bradley Petroleum and Sav-O-Mat; Aspen to Restrict Chain Retailers; Bored C-Store Clerk Reports False Robbery; Thief Cleared of Kidnapping Charge; Smoker Friendly Acquires Cigars on Sixth; Living Water Car Wash to Open in Littleton; Kum & Go Partners with Food Bank - February 2017:
Kwik Stop Celebrates 40th Anniversary; Walmart Pickup with Fuel Opens in Thornton; Rocky Mountain Convenience Stores Helps Needy on Christmas; ATM Skimmers; Hungry Officer Foils Thief; Kum & Go Opens Marketplace in Colorado Springs; Man Mortally Stabbed at C-Store; Carjackings in Colorado Springs - December 2016:
Voters Defeat Tobacco Tax, Approve Minimum Wage Hike; Loaf 'N Jug to Help Veterans; Gleam Car Wash Opens; Love's Opens Eads Travel Center; Car Wash Shooter Sentenced to Prison; New Mileage Tax Tested - October 2016:
Western Convenience Stores Emerges from Bankruptcy; Smoker Friendly Succeeds with Accessories; Maverik to Enter Colorado Market with Colorado Springs C-Store; Pickering's Auto Service; Low Gasoline Prices in Colorado; Driver Out of Control at Dacono Station - September 2016:
Sugary Drink Tax Makes Boulder City Ballot; Minimum Wage Increase Measure; Bomb Squad Responds to Hi Performance Car Wash; Denver City Council Settles Carwash Wrongful Arrest Suit; CW Hemp; Colorado Springs Homeless Problems Escalate - August 2016:
Bottled Water in Demand in Colorado Springs; Water in Thornton UST; 720,000 Coloradans Driving on the 4th of July; Thief Returns to the Scene of the Crime; Customer Steals Wash Me Klean Car Wash Owner's Car; Skimmer Use on the Rise - June 2016:
Colorado Legislative Updates; Sugary Drink Tax Proposed; Alta Clerk Saves Baby's Life; Natural Gas Fueling Stations Opens in Colorado Springs; Lube and Latte in Lakewood; 27 Cent Theft - April 2016:
Everyday Cited; Diesel Put into Station Gasoline Tank; Homeless May Close Colorado Springs 7-Eleven; Running Man Fuel Opens in Parker; Elmer's Helps During Blizzard; Papa Tom's Express Car Wash in Colorado Springs - February 2016:
Western Convenience Stores Files Chapter 11; Aspen Homeless Man Wins Lottery; Powerball Brings Customers to M and M Convenience Store; Griffin Fast Lube Incorporates Visual Storytelling; Slow Robber in Colorado Springs; Customer Barricades Herself in Western Convenience Store; Former Owner Burglarizes Redlands Canyon View Car Wash; Christmas Music Deters Squatters; Mister Car Wash Acquires Aurora Auto Spa; Rocky Mountain C Stores Expanding; C-Store Manager Implicated in Store Theft and Fire; Main Street Conoco Dispute in Aspen; Go Mobile Lube Launched; Failed Robberies in Denver; The Great Gas War of 2015; Thief Recognizes Clerk and Aborts Robbery Plan; Empire Petroleum Acquires 13 CST Corner Stores; New Lakewood Quick Lube - December 2015:
Pester Marketing Sold to World Fuel Services; Gas & Grass Opens in Colorado Springs; Environmentally Responsible Car Wash; Longmont Main Street Car Wash Sold; Dolores Food Market is Gourmet; Smoker Friendly Donates to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; Thief Wears Box on His Head; Man Steals Car from C-Store with Baby in Car Seat; Department of Public Health Looks at Cigarette Ads - October 2015:
Gasoine Tax Hike Fans; Colorado Fuel Prices; Colorado Springs Panhandlers Drive Away Business; Maverik to Expand in Colorado; Circle K Driveway Problems; Car Wash Express to Expand in Denver; Horizon Drive Car Wash Goes Solar; Kwik Car Wash Dog Wash; Man Steals Ice; Man Posing as Officer Robs Teens; Go-Fer-Foods C-Store Serves Community as Only Grocery - September 2015:
Gasoine Prices Spike; Colorado Gasoline Prices; Colorado Springs Panhandlers Drive Away Business; Maverik to Expand; Circle K Driveway Issues; Car Wash Express to Expand in Denver; Horizon Drive car wash goes solar; Kwik Car Wash dog wash; Man Steals Ice from C-Store; Go-Fer-Foods Serves as Only Grocery in Community 7-Eleven Selling Three Stations; Aurora Carwashes Fight City Sales Tax; Teens Look for Cigarette Promos in C-Stores; Gevo to Sell Isobutanol; New Colorado Food Tax Confusing to Retailers - August 2015:
Simulated Gambling Outlawed; Haley to Head Colorado Oil and Gas Assn.; Glaser joins Mark VII; Remote Monitoring; Station Owner Sues Denver Police; Gasoline Demand Flat; Kum & Go Promotes E-85; Brennan Oil Offers Ethanol-Free Fuel; Metro Express Building Largest Car Wash in U.S.; CNG Station Under Construction in Rifle; Man Charged with Menacing at Aspen Station - June 2015:
C-Store Owner Fined $1 Million for Spice Sales; Gasoline Prices Rising; Veterans Convenience Store; Thieves Caught By Texting; Bare-Chested Robber; Power Stop C-store; Love's to Add Buena Vista C-Store; Thief Causes $13,000 in Damage to Car Wash - April 2015:
Credit Card Bill Killed; Simulated Gambling May Become a Crime; Cosmic Market Owner Accepts Bitcoin; C-Store Makes $50,000 For Selling Powerball Ticket; Wash Worx Heats Carwash Floors; Man Pinned at 7-Eleven; U-Haul Hits Circle-K; Clerk Shot on Break; Creative Thieves; Bubbles Car Wash Expands; Western Convenience Stores Holds Logo Contest - February 2015:
Unique Convenience Store Inventory; Driver Starts Gasoline Fire; Edwards Station Upgrades Carwash; Clean Cars Car Wash in Golden; Go Mobile Lube in Colorado Springs; Strange Convenience Store Robbers; The Great Gas War of 2015; Thief Recognizes Clerk and Aborts Robbery Plan; Empire Petroleum Acquires 13 CST Sites Kum & Go Opens New Station in Thornton; Synergy With Lakewood Quick Lube and Carwash; Fort Collins Adopts Plastic Bag Fee - December 2014:
Gasoline Price Update; TravelCenters of America Acquires Johnson's Corner - October 2014:
Colorado Vapor Cigarette Test Successful; Gasoline Price Update; Western Convenience Promotes E-85; Colorado Gets CNG Infrastructure Grant; Woman Kidnapped at Convenience Store; Loco Opens Convenience Store; Begin, CST Update Carwashes; Man Steals Drink, Waits To Be Arrested - September 2014:
Skimmers at Gasoline Stations; Smoker Friendly Acquires Havana Manor; Judge Allows Plastic Bag Fee; Walmart Builds Neighborhood Market in Colorado Springs; Only One Gasoline Station Left in Aspen; Mark VII Named Best Carwash Supplier; Gasoline Price Update; Patriot Express Carwash; New Pilot Flying J Truckstop in Grand Junction - August 2014:
Westminster Station First With Self-Service; Swallow Oil Converts C-Store to Self-Service; C-Stores Sued for Selling Spice; Evergreen Station Pulls USTs; Kum & Opens Store in Colorado Springs; Machete Stabbing; Fort Collins To Require Plastic Bag Fee - June 2014:
Man Holds Customer Hostage in 7-Eleven; Boulder Requires Plastic Bag Fee; Water Recycling at Wild Blue Car Wash; Marijuana Retailers Find Alternatives to Banks; Bill Raising Tobacco Age to 21 Defeated; Smoker Friendly Add Marijuana Accessories; CST To Sell 22 Valero Stations; Colorado Fuel Prices; Clerk Assaulted; Loveland Station Keeps Service Focus - April 2014:
Capitol Hill C-Store Fans; Pester Receives Distinguished Marketer Award; Gasoline Prices; Thief Calls Police from Convenience Store Phone; Suit Filed Against Store Selling Spice; Bill Introduced to Raise Nicotine Age to 21 - February 2014:
Grease Monkey Expanding Into Midwest; Debate Over Bag Fees Continues in Denver; Profits From Gasoline Average 10 Cents Per Gallon in Rockies; 900 Square Foot C-Store at UNC; Lawmakers Want Crackdown on Spice; C-Store Converts From Snack Sales to Marijuana Sales - December 2013:
Parent Sues Kwik Stop For Son's Overdose; Water Leak Causes Contaminated Gasoline; Loveland C-Store Owners Arrested in Undercover Lottery Sting; Rexoco Creates Online Gasoline Auction - October 2013:
Kum & Go Cancels New Store in Colorado Springs; Regulations Set for Legalized Marijuana Sales; Former Toll Booth to House C-Store; Industry Employment Is Up; Coloradans Driving Less; Colorado Springs Has Gasoline Price Jump; CNG Station Opened in Parachute; Corner Stores Raises Money for Black Forest Fire Victims; Floods Hit After Waldo Canyon Fire; Thieves and Unusual Weapons; Smudge Car Wash - September 2013:
Walmart Neighborhood Markets; Cool Planet To Convert Trees Into Fuel; Jack's Markets Joins Pester Marketing Rewards Program; Westside Carwash Aids Veterans; Loaf 'N Jug Mudrun - August 2013:
Convenience Store Front Line Stories from the Black Forest Fire; Kum & Go New Store in Colorado Springs; Littleton Jiffy Lube Loses Staff in Car Crash; New Driver Crashes into Everyday C-store; Female C-store Robbers - June 2013:
7-Eleven to Open Five New Stores in Commerce City; Pester to Expand in New Mexico; Gasoline Prices Stablize; Bad Check Artist On the Prowl; C-store Owner Arrested for Selling Spice; Finish Line Car Wash Embraces Jeeps; Quick Quack Named Best Car Wash; City Council Approves Flying Horse C-Store - April 2013:
Cenex Station Pulls Bumper Stickers; Eagle Travel Stops Expands to Nebraska; Flying Horse Group Protests 7-Eleven; Colorado Springs Gasoline Prices; Bill to Allow C-stores to Sell Craft Beer Withdrawn; Conoco Thief Has Unique Tattoo; Steamboat Springs Screamer; Breckenridge Nacho Assault; Intoxicated Pepsi Driver; Waldo Canyon Fire; Kum & Go New Store in Rifle; Waterway Carwash Bans Jeep Grand Cherokees - February 2013:
PCF Saleco Bankruptcy; Used Oil Dumped at Carwash; Man Shot at Conoco Station; Trucker Takes Down Phone Poles Cutting Through Diamond Shamrock Parking Lot; Colorado Has Lowest Fuel Prices; 1,770 C-Stores in Colorado; Legislation Would Allow Sale of Craft Beers in C-Stores; Lube Shop Promo Halted By Local Bureaucrats; Victim Dropped Off At C-Store; Limon Jobs Grow Because of Gasoline Stations and Convenience Stores; Breeze Thru Carwash Opens in Longmont; Loaf 'N Jug Robbed Multiple Times; Pester Marketing To Rename C-Stores Alta - December 2012:
Convenience Stores Booming in Colorado Springs; Free Gasoline Giveaways; Presidential Contest Linked to Fountain Drink Campaign; Alternative Fuels Draining Highway Tax Fund; Concrete Carwash - October 2012:
Colorado Gasoline Prices Lowest in the U.S.; Feather Petroleum Keeps C-Store Product Mix Evolving; Pester Marketing Leaders Receive Patriot Award; PDI and PriceAdvantage; Speedy Sparkle Car Wash Adds a Valet; Splish Splash Car Wash Expands; Thief Caught After Flirting With C-Store Clerk - September 2012:
Colorado Gasoline Prices On the Rise; Louisville 7-Eleven Closed; Man Carjacks Kid's Bike at 7-Eleven Store; Loaf 'N Jug Helps Firefighters; Boulder Conoco Inner Tubes; Loaf 'N Jug Chile and Frijoles Festival; Waterway Gas and Wash Supports Teachers - August 2012:
C-Stores and Gas Stations on the Front Line of the Waldo Canyon Fire; 7-Eleven Opens Five Stores in Aurora; CNG Station Opens in Firestone; Thieves Stab Clerk To Loot C-Store; Car Thief Nabbed Stopping For Snacks; Woman Who Bite C-Store Customers on the Neck Sentenced; Big Top Auto Mart Building Preserved; Kum & Go Begins Colorado Springs Expansion; Aurora Clerk Shot By Thief; Police Nab Wanted Couple at Splish Splash Car Wash - June 2012:
Legislation Would Prohibit Subsidized Commercialization on Interstate Highways; Bill Makes It Easier to Add EV and CNG Fueling; S & S Fuels Acquires City Stop; Smoker Friendly Building New Boulder Headquarters; Boy Kidnapped from 7-Eleven Found; Colorado Land Board Awards ConocoPhillips Contract; Texaco Dealer Denny Lauer Retiring; The C-Store and 7-Eleven Compete In Ft. Collins - April 2012:
Denver Police Arrest C-Store Owner and Clerk for Selling Spice; Unleaded Fuel Prices Soaring; Girl Evades Kidnapper at Colorado Springs Circle K; Woman Abandons Kids At Gas Station; 7-Eleven Station Can Keep Dino Statue; Colorado Springs Neighborhood Protests Planned Kum & Go; Man Drops Wad of Cash at Diamond Shamrock Station; State Law May Block Food Sales Taxes; Jazz Car Wash Adds Tunnel Car Wash; Lube and Latte Opens in Lakewood - February 2012:
Kum & Go Expanding Across Pikes Peak region; Walgreens Plans EV Charging Stations; Colorado Gasoline Prices; Minimum Wage Hike; Feather Petroleum 35th Anniversary; Oak Creek Station Named Historic Place; 7-Eleven Clerk Shot At; Police Catch Thieves Who Shot Clerk; Drivers Crash Into C-Stores - December 2011:
Kum & Go Expanding in Colorado Springs; Colorado's Largest Car Wash Opens in Grand Junction; Colorado Board of Health Asks For End of Dissolvable Tobacco Products; Benefit Car Washes Help Community and Kwik Car Wash; Waterway Car Wash Salutes Veterans; Aurora Xpress Lube Helps Robbery Victim; Bears Car Wash Launches App; Woman Bites C-Store Customers on the Neck; Man Destroys Glass Pipes; Naked C-Store Robber - October 2011:
Hearings Held To Discuss New Dissolvable Tobacco; Lottery Police Catch Dishonest Clerks; Two CNG Stations Open in Western Colorado; Thieves Fail to Steal ATM From a Valero Station; Speedy Sparkle Car Wash Diversifies Marketing - September 2011:
7-Eleven Opens in Downtown Colorado Springs; Colorado Gasoline Street Prices Continue to Fall; Pickup Truck Used to Rob Shell Station; Cars Crash Into Thornton and Aurora C-Stores; Bird Activist Concerned at Conoco Station; Arapahoe Jury Frees Man Who Ran Over Gas Station Patron; Mountain View Carwash in Steamboat Springs - August 2011:
Colorado Government Officials Confirm No Fuel Fraud In State; Gasoline Prices Higher Than One Year Ago; Safeway Promotion Designed to Increase Fuel Sales; King Soopers Expanding; Lynn Peterson to Head Kodiak Oil; 7-Eleven Expanding in Colorado; Kidnap Victim Dropped Off At Diamond Shamrock; Police Officer Arrested For Assaulting a Gasoline Station Attendant; Man Dies While Pumping Gasoline; Baby Delivered At Breckenridge C-Store; Clerk Saves Customer From International Fraud; UST Inspections Continue; Dog Wash Opens In Littleton - June 2011:
Bill To Allow C-Stores To Sell Beer Defeated; Four Colorado Cities Named Least Profitable Places To Sell Fuel; Three Marketers Fined for Distributing Contaminated Fuel; Pester Marketing Denies Labor Law Violations; Universal Lubricants Signs Contract With Equipment Savers; Woman Arrested For Unsafe Driving At A Carwash - April 2011:
Liston Introduces Bill To Allow C-Stores To Sell Beer; Littleton Looks To Stop Sale of Synthetic Cannabinoids; Battle Over Soda Tax Continues; Price of Gasoline Spikes; Ethanol Pump Installed in Burlington; Puppy Thrown In 7-Eleven Parking Lot; Boy Escapes From Robbers; Xtreme Clear Car Wash Helps Grieving Family; Kwik Car Wash Helps Early Birds; Loaf 'N Jug Remodels Fountain Store; Western Convenience Moves to LEDs - February 2011:
Governor Hickenlooper Says He Will Veto Bill Allowing C-stores To Sell Beer; Colorado Fuel Prices Fall; Judge Overturns Drug Bust Based on Texts on Lost Cell Phone; Yezew Anday Murdered at C-store; C-store Thief Throws Rocks at Attendant; Anti-Gay Attack at 7-Eleven Store; Western Refining Loyalty Program Successful - December 2010:
7-Eleven Expanding in Downtown Colorado Springs; Bear's Car Wash Earns Incentive; Space Station Gas Station Reopens in Steamboat Springs; Western Convenience Stores Takes Over Steamboat Sinclair; Station Thieves Steal Family Memories; Child Dies From Carwash Accident; Church Donates Free Gasoline; Kwik Car Wash Donates To Parker High School; Jumbo Car Wash Elephant Sign - October 2010:
Wave Of Robberies Hits Colorado Springs; C-store Thief Caught at New Year's Eve Party; Toddlers Killed in Carwash Accidents; More Drivers On the Road; Edwards Colorado Gas Station Named Best Car Wash; Man Assaults C-store Clerk and Girlfriend; Sunday Beer Sales Combatants Meet - September 2010:
Convenience Store Beer Initiative Stalls; Marine Takes Over 7-Eleven; Station to Open in Northern Colorado Springs; Mountain Mercantile Opens in Woodland Park; Skimmers Found in Colorado; CNG Station Closes Leaving Drivers Without Fuel - August 2010:
Breeze Thru Car Wash in Fort Collins; Rocky Mountain Car Wash Association New Officers; "Smash and Grabs" On the Rise; Robber Returns to Bradley's Service Station For More Thefts; Preservationists Try To Save Johnson's Corner Station; Grand Junction Shell Convenience Store Moves and Expands; Two Men Attempt a Stick Up — With a Stick - June 2010:
Loaf 'N Jug Acquires Four Sinclair Stations; Skyline Develops New Pricing Software; Kum & Go Acquires Boulder Sinclair; Castle Rock Gasoline Leak; Sundrop Fuels Producing Syngas; First E85 Blender Pump Opens; Nick's Quick Oil and Lube Offers Re-refined Oil; Gasoline Prices on the Rise; Littleton Auto Repair Adds Gasoline, Quick Lube; Greeley Residents Protest Carwash; Shell Opens Station in Fort Morgan; Cannabutter Cookies Lead to Arrest - April 2010:
Legislature Kills Measure to Allow Beer and Wine Sales; Candy and Soda Tax Enacted; Price of Gasoline on the Rise; Maverik Building Convenience Store in Fruita; Man Run Over By His Own Car at a Car Wash; Dog Stolen From Convenience Store; Carwash-Dogwash Opened in Colorado Springs; Group Seeks CNG Stations on Western Slope - February 2010:
C-Stores Seek Ballot Measure to Allow Beer and Wine Sales; Colorado Governor Proposes Taxes on Candy and Soft Drinks; Kum & Go Opens In Idaho Springs; Rudy's Country Store Planned for Colorado Springs; Evergreen Car Wash; Gasoline Prices Drop; Fire House Car Washes Collect Toys for Charity; Businessman Helps C-Store Employee and Wins Lottery; Driver Crashes into Highlands Ranch Diamond Shamrock; Police Arrest Suspect in 1977 Kidnap and Murder of a 7-Eleven Clerk - December 2009:
Southern Colorado Gasoline Prices Skyrocket; 7-Eleven Owners Protest Credit Card Fees; Griffin Fast Lube Acquires 23 Jiffy Lubes; Five E-85 Stations Open In Pueblo; Lube and Latte Opens in Denver; Historic Building Houses Carwash in Silverton; Shoplifting Suspect Sues Police; 7-Eleven Thief Returns Money; Mini Mart Shooting Shuts Aurora Schools; C-Store Robber Caught After Police Follow Tracks in the Snow - October 2009:
Colorado Eliminates Retailer Compensation for Collecting Sales Tax; Phillips 66 Clerks Win Lotto Jackpot; The Wave Carwash in Westminster; Residence Inn Gives Gas Cards; Woman Who Launched FBI Search Will Not Be Charged; Smoker Robs 7-Eleven of Cigarettes - September 2009:
Driver In Station Accident Aided By Victim's Parents; Car Wash Adds Pet Wash in Steamboat Springs; Recession In Colorado; Grand Junction To Alow New Maverik; Hub Diner and Car Wash Allows Cruisers; Murdered 7-Eleven Clerk's Body Returned to Ethopia; Car Wash Developer Charged with Fraud; Thief Caught When He Returns to Rob Again; New Age Beverage of Denver; Bubbles Express Car Wash Donations - August 2009:
General Wesley Clark On Ethanol; ShortStop Expands Prepaid Card Program; Ice Bagging Machines; Steamboat Springs C-Store; Safeway Wants To Add Station in Estes Park; Butanol; Smokeless Tobacco Tested in Denver; Finish Line Car Wash; Police Arrest 7-Eleven Murder Suspect - June 2009:
Gasoline Station Accident Kills Student; Suncor Energy Signs Deal to Supply Shell Stations in Colorado; Smoker Friendly Hits 100 Location Milestone; 7-Eleven Clerk Murdered; Black Forest Store Becomes Ponderosa Market & Deli; Women Rob Loveland and Colorado Springs C-stores; ConocoPhillips Pledges $4 Million To Colorado School of Mines - April 2009:
Bill To Allow Beer in C-Stores Killed in Committee; Kum & Go Opens Store In Brighton; Street Price of Gasoline Rises; State Revenue From Lottery Falls; Driver Causes Spill of Gasoline in Snowmass; Man Steals Trash Truck From Convenience Store; Arvada Thong Robbers Sentenced; Man Threatens Clerk With Star Trek Weapon; Biodiesel Plant Planned In Fort Morgan - February 2009:
Street Price Falls 29 cents in Denver; Ethanol Production Slows; 7-Eleven Moves Ahead With Franchise Plans; Boulder Sinclair Converts To Convenience Store; Smoker Friendly Expands Distribution; Tracinda Purchases Shares of Delta Petroleum - December 2008:
Fast Break Employees Accused of Dumping Diesel Fuel; Two New Grand Junction Carwashes; Aspen Residents "Hurting" America; Falling Fuel Prices Help Musicians; Colorado State Nabs Biofuels Grant; Colorado-Wyoming Marketers Call For The End of Fuel Market Manipulation; Gasoline Prices Declining; Sunday Liquor Sales Devastate Convenience Store Profits; Senate Candidate Calls For Pricing Investigation; Crook Loses Money In Robbery Attempt; 7-Eleven Drives Coffee Sales With Cup "Vote"; Rain and Leaking Seal Leads to Engine Failures In Bayfield; Montrose Station Sells E85 for 85 Cents Per Gallon; Construction Begins On Fort Morgan Biodiesel Refinery - October 2008:
Tank n' Tummy Partners With Wallace Oil To Offer Gasoline; Kum & Go Sells 21 Locations, Builds New Sites In Loveland and Brighton - September 2008:
Colorado Begins Sunday Liquor Sales; High-End Carwash Opens in Arvada; Man Steals Credit To Buy Gasoline; Two Longmont 1st Stop Stations Selling E85; MyGallons.Com Attracts Attention; Denver Bus and Rail Ridership Is Up But Service Is Down; Colorado Resorts Offer Free Gasoline; Lottery Player Sues Texaco - August 2008:
High Fuel Prices Bring Spike In Bike Sales; Prices Too High For Idaho Springs Station Dispensers; Water in Fuel Supply; Gasoline Station Construction At A Halt; Silverthorne Convenience Store Delivers Meals; Gang Members Problem At Denver Station; Man Sentenced For Hate Crime Assault; Crimes in Boulder and Castle Rock; Arvada Thong Robbers; Power Blackout in Gunbarrel; Tornado Hits Greeley, Windsor; Dietician Pleased at 7-Eleven Offerings; Man Tries To Pay for Gasoline With Bag of Pennies - June 2008:
Liquor Stores May Sell Alcohol on Sundays, Devastating Convenience Stores; Fuel Prices Set Colorado Record; Police Sergeant Makes Biodiesel; Colorado Springs Tops Biodiesel Use List; Colorado Station Numbers Falling; Colorado Springs C-Store Opens Without Fuel; Pie Thief Caught For Felony Theft; Fuel Thief Leads Police on High-Speed Chase - April 2008:
Bill To Allow C-Stores To Sell Beer And Wine Is Killed; Gasoline Prices Increase; BroEnergy Files Chapter 11; ConocoPhillips To Build Clean Fuel Research Center; Granby May Annex C-Store Site; Two Full-Service Gasoline Stations Left in Colorado Springs; Glo Express Opens in Arvada; Carwash Business Spotty; Station Attendant Helps Kidnapped Woman and Children; Man Stabbed at Loaf "N" Jug gasoline station - February 2008:
Colorado Has Lowest Retail Gasoline Price in U.S.; Motor Modern Markets; Upscale Stop 'n Save in Divide; Biodiesel Offered in Telluride; Boulder 7-Eleven Land Sold to Developer; Gas Stop Requires $7.00 Purchase; Chump Change Bandit; Convenience Store Thieves Indicted; 7-Elevens Offer New Year's Hot Beverages; Longmont Station Art - December 2007:
Firsthand Convenience Stores Converted to 7-Eleven Brand; Colorado Gasoline Prices On The Rise; Demand for E85 Increasing; Two Western Convenience Stores Add E85 Pumps; Alan Drake Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Kwik Stop; Safeway to Brand Gasoline to Valero in Frisco; Halloween Thief Thwarted at Diamond Shamrock; Fallout From 7-Eleven Racial Tensions - October 2007:
C-Stores Caught in Alcohol Sting; Gasoline Prices Fall, Then Spike; Gasoline Price Signs; Whole Foods Tests Grab-And-Go Offerings; Bailey Convenience Store To Close; San Juan Biodiesel Building New Biodiesel Refinery; Peter Marketing Opens E85 Station in Longmont; Teen Robs Same Carwash Three Times in One Month. - September 2007:
Racial Tensions Lead to Gunfire at 7-Eleven; Counterfeit Bills Caught At C-Store; Thief Steals Entire Register From Gasoline Stations; Gasoline Station Thieves; Proposed OSHA Regulation Would Limit Ammunition Sales; Politican Works the Pumps at Cenex Station; Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Lead to Fall in Gasoline Taxes; Sinclair Station in El Jebel To Be Razed; Former Carwash Owner Returns to Save Colorado Springs Wash. - August 2007:
Fallout Begins from New Below-Cost Law; Average Gasoline Prices Fall; 97 Percent of Dispensers Accurate; 7-Eleven Converted to Kwik-E Mart; Dog Stolen Along With SUV At a Shell Station. -
June 2007:
Colorado Gasoline Prices Rise Above the National Average; Bill to Allow Below-Cost Gasoline Sales Signed into Law; Ethanol Supply Concerns; Biodiesel from Algae; Woman Arrested As Knife-Wielding Station Thief; Caddis Flies Boost Car Wash Use -
April 2007:
Bill Allowing Retailers To Sell Gasoline Below Cost Moving Through Legislature; Power Failure Shut Down West Side of Suncor Energy U.S.A. Refinery; DEA Revokes Over-The-Counter Drug Licenses; Golden Considers Car Wash Tax; E85 Coalition To Open More Stations; Snowmass Not Subsidizing Its Only Gasoline Station; Three Indicted in Convenience Store Theft Ring -
February 2007:
Storms Bring a Run on Gasoline; Snowmass Debates Closure of Its Only Gasoline Station; Two Arrested In Murder of 7-Eleven Clerk; Forest Oil Purchased; Man Files Suit Against Kerr-McGee; Court Date Set for Rifle Station Suspected Arson -
December 2006:
Grocery Chains Found Guilty of Unfair Fuel Pricing; Chief Petroleum Opens Four Biodiesel Pumps; Colorado Springs Gasoline Price Falls Below National Average; Feather Petroleum Installs Biometric Payment System; Immigrant Law Hurting Carwashes; Three Men Shot At Carwash -
October 2006:
Diesel Prices Rise As Shortages Continue; Summitt County Uses Soybean Biodiesel; Red Cliff To Add Convenience Store; Vail Amoco Site to Be Used For Ski Life; Thief Returns To Scene Of the Crime; Longmont Air Machine Thefts; Multi-Tasking At Edwards Station; Video Screens Added to Conway Oil Pumps -
September 2006:
BP Prudhoe Shutdown Should Not Cause Colorado Shortages; Diesel Fuel Shortages and Rationing; Cortez Station to Return; Hub Car Wash and Diner Diversifies -
August 2006:
Governor Owens Vetoes Price Control Legislation; Coloradans Traveling More Despite Fuel Prices; Boulder Gasoline Lines; "Green" Gasoline Station Planned; The Personal Side of the Texaco Brand Leaving Colorado; Car Wash Owner Competes With Himself -
June 2006:
Colorado Legislature Passes Anti-Gouging Bill; Law Passed Banning Smoking in Public Places; High Fuel Prices Aren't Stopping Travelers; But They Are Helping Bike Sales; Front Range Energy Launches New Ethanol Plant; Colorado Promotes E85; 7-Eleven Stores Partner with Inca Products; Mini Mart Settles Sexual Harassment Suit; Best Car Wash Also Offers Dog Wash; Wallet Found; ATM Stolen By Thieves Who Drove Through the Wall; Gasoline Spill at Parachute Station -
April 2006:
Western Gas & Convenience Stores Fined; Surge in Colorado Fuel Prices; Higher Fuel Prices Affecting Drivers: Loaf 'N' Jug Stores Changing Image; Third Colorado Biodiesel Refinery Opens; Teen Accused of Stabbing Diamond Shamrock Clerk -
February 2006:
Cigarette Sales Fall 22 Percent After Tax Increase; Colorado Attorney General Finds No Evidence of Price-Fixing; Gasoline Prices Lead Sheriffs to Cut Back Patrols; Fuel Prices On the Rise; Eagle Convenience Store Moves from Taco Bell to Hawaiian Coffee; Coors Utilizes Beer Waste to Make Ethanol; BioEnergy Expanding; K & G Sings Supply Deal with McLane; TV Station Stings Carwashes -
December 2005:
Drop in Fuel Prices Helps Local Gasoline Retailers; Feasibility Study Begins for Dove Creek Biodiesel Plant: Blue Sun Biodiesel Expands; Gasoline Theft Leads Station Owners to Move to Pre-pay; BP Sells Colorado Stations to K & G Petroleum; Hub Car Wash and Diner Celebrates Its Third Anniversary -
October 2005:
Is There Price Gouging Going On?; Higher Prices Mean Lower Premium Fuel Sales; Cow Manure Fuels Methane Plant; Local Businesses Hit By Rising Fuel Costs; Looking Into the Gasoline Price Crystal Ball; Thieves Drilling Vehicle Gasoline Tanks to Steal Fuel -
September 2005:
Mass Marketers Increase Their Colorado Gasoline Market Share; Three Carwashes To Open in Durango; NBA Star Dennis Rodman Gets In Trouble at Glenwood Springs Station; A $600 Oil Change; A New 24-Hour Kum & Go in Silverthorne; Parole Violator Shot at Diamond Shamrock Station; High Speed Police Chase Ends at Shell Station; The Saga of the Punkin Center Gasoline Station Shootout -
August 2005:
7-Eleven to Sell Off Company-Owned Stores; BP to Leave Colorado Market; Valero Brand to Replace Diamond Shamrock Stations; High Gasoline Prices Mean Shorter Trips; Kwik Car Wash Opens in Littleton; Streamline-Moderne Gas Station to be Saved; Garfield County has 11 Hybrid Vehicles; Colorado Springs Students Make Biodiesel; Shootout at Lochbuie Station -
June 2005:
Gasoline Prices in Colorado; Colorado Legislator Cloer Proposes Gasoline Tax Cut; Hyundai Dealer Gives Away Gasoline; Western Gas Resources Manager Sued Over Natural Gas Prices; New Copper Mountain Conoco; Breckenridge Kum # Go; Lotto Equipment Causes Headaches; C-store Crime -
April 2005:
Roy Turner Testifies on Gasoline Prices; Drive-Offs Rise with Gasoline Prices; Interest in Ethanol Gaining; Station Owner Fined Almost $100,000; Grease Monkey Donates 2,000 Pounds of Food; Robbers Seek Cigarettes as Well as Cash; Wildernest C-Store Opens; Restaurant Critic Reviews 7-Eleven Fare; American Oil to Buy Tower Columbia -
February 2005:
Parish Oil Charges City Market With Below-Cost Selling; Gasoline Prices Around Colorado; Pueblo Smokers Drive to New Mexico for Cigarettes; Ethanol Fuel Blends Cause Drivers Problems; Finish Line Carwash and Basalt Store Carwash Lower Water Use; Arrest Made In Station Attendant Murder; C & F Food Store Robber Indicted -
December 2004:
Pit Stops of America Chief Sentenced for Fuel Tax Fraud; Second Fire Hits Frisco Station; Cigarette Tax Quadrupled; Hunting Season Boon to Carwashes; Grease Monkey and Highway Patrol Promote Safety; Blue Sun Promotes Biodiesel; Pair Kidnapped From Colorado Springs Gasoline Station -
October 2004:
Frisco Explosion Injures Seven; Johnstown Board Protests Planned Ethanol Plant; Prospectors Visit Minturn Shop & Hop; Discount Service Station Planned for Avon; Lottery Tickets Lead to Thief"s Capture; Landmark Conoco May Be Updated; Man Charged with Gilcrest Station Murder -
August 2004:
Aspen Stations Run Out of Fuel; Educating Consumers About E85 Alternative Fuel; Colorado Plans Fuel Cell Research Center; Colorado Springs Gasoline Prices; Geothermal Energy Project Begins in Frisco; Free Gasoline Voucher Program; Natural Gas Flares in Durango; Boulder Creek Inner Tube Sales as Profit Center; Firefighter Training for Hybrid-Electric Vehicles; Big Wave of Rain Shuts Big Wave Car Wash; Motor Scooter Use on the Rise; Front Range Sells New EPA-Mandated Fuel Blend; 80-Year-Old Gasoline Causes Hazard in Cripple Creek -
June 2004:
Gasoline Crosses the $2.00 Mark; Blue Sun Adds Eight Biodiesel Stations; SUV Sales Stay Strong; Man In Drag Carjacks Vehicle; EPA Orders Use of Reformulated Gasoline in Denver Area -
April 2004:
Farmers Grow Mustard for Biodiesel; Agro Makes Engine Lubricants from Canola Seeds; Penrose Couple Wins M & M Sweepstakes From Texaco Kwik Stop Snack; Gasoline Pricing Across Colorado; Wyoming Smokers Stock Up in Colorado Border Towns -
February 2004:
Biodiesel Sales in Boulder; Gasoline Prices Sway During Holidays; Government Officials Say Market Is At Work with Gasoline Prices; New Carwash Ordinances; Teacher Murdered at Carwash; Thief Leaves Station By Bike -
December 2003:
Shoco Oil Biodiesel Station; Voters Reject Colorado Water Referendum; BP Offers Alternative Energy; Accelerade Runner Travels from 7-Eleven to 7-Eleven; Gasoline Tax Increase Draws Fire; Local Paper Prints Gasoline Prices -
October 2003:
The Granola Ayatollah of Canola; Tank Removal at Pueblo Sinclair; Is Self-Service Dangerous?; Man Charged with Fort Collins Station Robberies; Website Tracks Gasoline Prices -
August 2003:
Johnson's Corner Station Moved; Lamar Station is 175 Million Years Old; Station Argument Turns Into Shooting; Suncor Buys ConocoPhillips Denver Assets; 7-Eleven Tests Remote Westec Security; Drought Hurts Carwash Business -
June 2003:
Gasoline Prices Rise Before Memorial Day; More Grocery Stores Offering Gasoline; Sinclair Monitors Sites With Computers; Neighbors Unite to Keep Aurora Gas Stations, C-Stores and Carwashes; Gasamat Stays Competitive With Smoker Friendly; Drive-Off Leads to Meth Bust -
April 2003:
Drive-Off Thefts Rise as Gasoline Prices Rise; 86-year-old Station Attendant Shot in Robbery; 7-Eleven Employee Cleans Out C-Store; Gas Pipeline Explosion; Senator Nighthorse Seeks Tribal Control of Energy Resources; Colorado Board Wants to Limit Grants to Counties Who Contribute to Fund; Natural Gas Prices Increase -
February 2003:
Street Prices Jump; Driver Shot at Amoco Station; Montrose Consumer Oil Bookkeeper Arrested; Fuelmaker Refuels CNG at Home; Clean Cities Program -
December 2002:
Major Mergers; Lunch at the Carwash; Woman Knocked Through Station Window; Attendant Finds Boys; Street Prices; Car Share Program -
September 2002:
Colorado Refineries May Shut Due to Mergers; ExxonMobil Releases Water to Help Drought; Street Prices; Shell Donates to Forests; BP Rebrands Amoco Stations; Clerk Fights Off Thief -
June 2002:
Acorn Sells E-85; Pilot Refuels at Conoco Station; Street Prices Stay Low; BP Solar Panels; Claim Jumper -
April 2002:
Antique Gas Pumps; Colorado Lubrication Terminated by Jiffy Lube; Moose Helps Sell Gas; Cigarette Thief; Royalties; Gas Prices -
February 2002:
Texaco is Leaving and Shell is Coming; Hypermarkets Opening in Parking Lots Across the State; Colorado Gasoline Prices Defy U.S. Trends; No Price Fixing Here; Sinclair Station Robbed -
December 2001:
U-Pump-It Drops Below $1.00/Gallon; Polite Bandit, Hard-Boiled Bandit and Jawa Bandits; Bargains for Customers; Letter Carrier Stops Station Fire; Conoco Phillips Merger -
October 2001:
Consumers Fear Sept. 11 Shortages; Gangs Shoot Girl at Total Station; Static Natural Gas Fire; Gas Rates Drop -
August 2001:
Centerline Detailing; Street Prices and Mass Transit; Grease Monkey Buys Indy Lube -
June 2001:
City of Denver gets Natural Gas Vehicles; Williams Wants to Reverse Pipeline; Gasoline Prices Break Record; Colorado Targets Tourism; 7-Eleven Robbed by Hatchet-Wielding Thieves -
April 2001:
Western Convenience Store and the Texas Seven; Green Cabs are Gone; Gasoline Prices are Going Up -
October 2000:
Marathon Closes Littleton Office; Natural Gas Rate Hikes and Demand Spikes; El Paso Energy Consolidates -
August 2000:
State Doesn’t Pay Fuel Taxes and Still Complains About Prices; Safeway and Sam’s Club Add Gasoline; High Prices Don’t Hurt Tourism; Drive-Offs Jumping; Durango Drilling -
June 2000:
Tenderfoot Total Gas Station; Agro Vegetable Motor Oil; Oil Commission Controversy; Grand Junction Robbers; Leyden Natural Gas Storage -
September 1999:
Refinery Problems Bring Gasoline Shortages; Gunfight at Diamond Shamrock Station; Colorado Springs Utilities Takes U.S. Army to Court; Soybean Motor Oil -
April 1999:
Cub Foods Adds Pumps; Gas Producers Hit Hard; Customers Could Choose Gas Supplier; Pioneer Museum -
February 1999:
UST Renovations and Inspections; Service Station Incentives; Inland Resources Buys Flying J Assets; Low Crude Prices Bring Layoffs; Cast Iron Gas Mains Being Replaced