Colorado leaders cold on hot, waxy crude oil
A Utah rail project is drawing strong opposition in Colorado. The Uinta Basin Railway would connect oil production in Eastern Utah with rail running through Colorado. That has politicians calling for a halt to the project, citing concerns about the Colorado River.
Warming temps are turning snowpack into major flooding problems
Flooding has already closed roads, damaged structures.
Avalanche dog program kicks off ahead of Steamboat expansion
Steamboat Resort is adding more than 600 acres of new terrain next season, including slopes more prone to avalanches. In anticipation of the change, Steamboat is adding an avalanche dog program that began this year with a black lab named Daisy and a Belgian Malinois/Shepard mix named Mudd.
Tina Peters sentenced to home detention and a fine in her obstruction case, but it’s stayed pending an appeal
This case is separate, but not entirely unrelated to, Peters’ legal troubles for allegedly helping someone breach the security of her office’s election equipment and lying about their identity to state officials.
Conspiracy theories, propaganda, and radicalization: A former Oath Keeper in Colorado speaks out in new book
Jason Van Tatenhove’s new book, “The Perils Of Extremism: How I Left the Oath Keepers and Why We Should Be Concerned About a Future Civil War” details how the organization evolved through the years.
Food banks scramble to fill hole after SNAP cut
Expanded benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, ended in February. That meant a dramatic cut in benefits for many of the more than a half million Coloradans who depend on the program. At one food bank on the Western Slope, volunteers are already seeing an uptick in need.
Senators hit the road to assess Colorado River crisis
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is touring areas along the Colorado River to get a first-hand look at the challenges basin states are facing. At a stop in Western Colorado, Colorado’s two senators discussed federal aid to river projects and the need for states to agree on future cuts to water use.
‘It feels like there’s a lot of death’: Near-record snowpack poses historic challenges to Northwest Colorado wildlife
As much of the state celebrates near-record snowpack levels, wildlife managers in Moffat and Rio Blanco counties worry harsh winter conditions threaten some of the state’s richest elk and deer herds.
Offensive geographic names dropped after student-led effort.
Cedaredge High School students are celebrating the culmination of a multi-year effort to change the names of two geographic features in Delta County. The creek and mesa were originally named after a racial slur. The new names, Clay Creek and Clay Mesa, were approved this month following a back-and-forth between Cedaredge students and the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board.
Pat Schroeder remembered by those she inspired
Colorado continues to remember Pat Schroeder, the first woman elected to Congress in Colorado. She served 12 terms in the U.S. House. Schroeder died Monday at the age of 82. Her legacy lives on in those she inspired, like Wanda James. The CU Regent and local business owner remembers Schroeder as being a steady hand through her own political career.
