• Dish Network continues to recover from a ransomware attack that interrupted its satellite service, internet sites and call centers. It also said customer information may have been taken.
• Xcel Energy, under intense scrutiny due to high bills, disclosed in a new filing that its Colorado revenue in 2022 was $5.7 billion.
• A Colorado landowner is closing public access to two of our state’s 14ers after lawmakers rejected legislation that would limit his liability.
• Spain’s Secretary of Transportation and the head of the state rail company resigned after they authorized a $270 million deal to build dozens of new trains that are too wide to fit through some tunnels in the country.
• The Aurora Sentinel is losing managing editor Kara Mason, who announced she is leaving.
• A New York City road sign honoring Jackie Robinson Parkway misspelled the late baseball player’s name.
• A Japanese hotel manager has apologized after it was revealed that it only changed the water in its spa bath twice a year. An inspection found that it was “teeming with potentially deadly bacteria.”
• Twitter laid off an additional 200 employees, lowering its headcount to 1,800. It had about 7,500 employees when Elon Musk acquired it October. Meanwhile, outages have increased significantly. It had four widespread outages in February, compared to nine total in 2022.
• Los Angeles County agreed to pay the family of the late Kobe Bryant $29 million to settle allegations that fire and sheriff’s department employees shared gruesome photos of the helicopter crash in which he died. The family said it would donate the money to its foundation.
• A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent who estimates he has deported thousands of undocumented immigrants learned that his U.S. birth certificate is fraudulent and he’s actually a Mexican citizen.
• Greek authorities released audio recordings that show a train conductor had been told by his bosses to ignore red track lights when it was involved in a head-on crash that killed 57.
• Denver’s mayoral election is just weeks away, and the latest poll indicates none of the 17 candidates has more than 5% support. 58% of voters remain undecided.

So, who won the week?

• United Airlines named Oscar The Grouch as its first Chief Trash Officer. Maybe Delta will respond by appointing the Count as its CFO.
• It’s been an especially cold and snowy winter, but summer isn’t too far off. Water World announced it is accepting applications for more than 1,000 positions.
• It’s 303 day for those who celebrate. Make it a good one.