DENVER -- It's no surprise, but December will go into the weather almanac as being warmer and drier than normal.

December wasn't warm enough to break into the top ten, but the average monthly temperature was 4 degrees above normal.  December 1933 is the warmest on record.

Press Release

The Colorado Department of Education announced Tuesday the statewide pupil count for the 2010-2011 school year increased by 10,948 over the previous year, bringing the total to 843,316 public school students.

The change represents an increase of 1.3 percent, a growth rate slightly less than the 2009-2010 jump of 1.7 percent. In 2008-2009, enrollment surged 2 percent, the largest increase in recent history.

LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Marijuana shops in Colorado are closer to having the nation's most detailed rules as a state regulation panel wrapped up work Monday on hundreds of pages of rules regulating how shops operate.

Video surveillance, labeling requirements and seed-to-sale tracking for medical marijuana highlight the rules planned for the estimated 800 pot shops that applied for state permits for commercial marijuana sales.

The rules also include the nation's first guidelines for the safe production of marijuana, hashish and edible marijuana products.

After public hearings in January, the rules could take effect by March.

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Read the proposed regulations: http://tinyurl.com/29qrwzp