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Dozens Of Former BLM Officials Send A Letter To Bernhardt Urging Him To Reconsider Grand Junction Move
The letter writers believe the Bureau of Land Management needs to have a presence in D.C. Supporters of the move say those concerns are overblown.
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By Stina Sieg
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There Are Many Outdoor Risks In Colorado. West Nile Is One We Don’t Take Seriously Enough
The high-profile death of Ed Marston from West Nile last year has brought increased attention to the danger of the disease in his home of Paonia and elsewhere.
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By Stina Sieg
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Meet Wilder. He’s An 8-Foot-Tall Yeti-Sheepdog Chimera, And He Wants Kids To Love The Outdoors
The Yeti-goat-Hoth snow monster hybrid is part of Great Outdoors Colorado’s “Generation Wild” campaign.
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By Stina Sieg
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Parenthood Can Split An Artist From Their Creativity. In Paonia, Colorado, They Can Be Reunited
Two-and-a-half years after giving birth to a curious, red-headed son named Sebi, artist Brigid McAuliffe has just started to emerge from what she calls “the cocoon.”
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By Stina Sieg
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Western Slope, I See You: Chowing Down On Olathe Corn, Cookie Lockhart’s Birthday And One Gentle Dog
Some beautiful views outside Paonia and Steamboat Springs and a old-timey Craig motel, too.
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By Stina Sieg
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Evacuations Ordered Around Lake Christine Burn Scar
The flooding is centered on areas that burned during last year’s Lake Christine Fire, which charred more than 12,000 acres and destroyed three homes.
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By Stina Sieg
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The Legend Of Cookie Lockhart Grows As The ‘Queen Of Steamboat’ Celebrates Her 2nd 80th Birthday
Growing up, both Cookie’s father and brother were in the auction business. She never considered it for herself until she was in her 20s.
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By Stina Sieg
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Western Slope, I See You: Sunbeam Traffic Jam And The Mesa County Cat Show
What our Western Slope reporter Stina Sieg saw this week.
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By Stina Sieg
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Here’s What We Know About The BLM’s Move To Grand Junction
80 total employees will relocate to Colorado.
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Nucla Survived The Death Of A Would-Be Utopian Society And The Uranium Bust. What’s Its Next Act?
The secret to the town’s perseverance was never mining, but the hearty people who live there, long-time residents say.
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By Stina Sieg
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Gardner Says BLM Will Indeed Move To Grand Junction, After Yearslong Campaign
The agency’s move to Colorado’s Western Slope has been the subject of heavily speculation for months.
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Western Slope, I See You: Mysterious Chapel, Storm King And Stina’s Cat
The territory I cover, Colorado’s Western Slope, is a big slice of the map. It’s also my favorite expanse of the state.
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By Stina Sieg
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Families Honor The 25th Anniversary Of The Deadly Fire On Storm King Mountain
Fourteen wildland firefighters died in the South Canyon Fire on July 6, 1994.
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By Stina Sieg
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Western Slope, I See You
The territory I cover, Colorado’s Western Slope, is a big slice of the map. It’s also my favorite expanse of the state.
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By Stina Sieg
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CPR Western Slope Staff Chat: Push This Button To Be Told You Matter
Some journalists gather round and talk about public art, agriculture and tacos.
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Ian Lummis Wants His Hometown Team To Be Called The Humpback Chubs. The Grand Junction Rockies Weren’t Pleased (But Twitter Was)
The team’s official Twitter account made its disdain for the proposed name well known, tweeting that the word “chubs” was “offensive and a slang sexual term.”
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By Stina Sieg