The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel: An exceptional response
Eyewitness accounts suggest it’s a miracle that Monday’s 10-acre Rosevale fire didn’t do more damage.
Of the 364 homes evacuated, only one appeared to have been destroyed by the fast-moving blaze as of Tuesday, though others were singed and numerous outbuildings and cars burned. Mercifully, no one was killed or injured in what was surely a chaotic scene.
National Western Junior Livestock Auction sets record
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 hour ago
The 120th National Western Stock Show, which closes Sunday, saw a standing-room only crowd in the CoBank auction arena at the new Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Livestock Center. Bidders set a record Friday for the top eight livestock – steers, lambs, goats...
The biggest accelerant of our political tribalism | SONDERMANN
Eric Sondermann
eric-sondermann@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
In years past, my go-to word in describing our political condition was “polarization.” I used it endlessly and still do on occasion. But as time has moved on, and the divide has only grown in depth and toxicity, polarization no...
Capitol M: Return to Gold Dome High, 2026 edition, and a salute to old IU
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Welcome back, campers! The 2026 legislative session is upon the good citizens of Colorado, and for a few, the first Monday of the session, Jan. 19, was pretty special. There are at least four folks in the Capitol who are...
Sundance kicks off in Utah with premieres, emotional tributes to Robert Redford | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
UTAH Redford hailed at Sundance kick-off PARK CITY — Robert Redford liked to say that everybody has a story. He’s not the only person who said it, but he is one of the few who did something to celebrate it,...
Governor’s lobbyists should be banned from the house floor, legislator argues | A LOOK BACK
Rachael Wright
rachael.wright@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Forty-Five Years Ago This Week: State Rep. Bob Stephenson, R-Colorado Springs, created an uproar in the chambers of the House of Representatives after he proposed a rule change that would ban the governor’s lobbyists from the House floor during the...
Republican candidates debate how to win the governor’s seat in Colorado — a position the GOP last secured in 2002
Thelma Grimes
thelma.grimes@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 19 hours ago
Colorado has not elected a Republican governor since 2002. On Thursday night, four candidates offered competing visions for how the party can reverse its 20-plus years of failing to secure the seat. The discussion hosted by the Women of Weld...
Colorado’s charitable gaming board to study Denver Gazette’s findings
David Migoya
david.migoya@gazette.com
Updated 20 hours ago
Colorado’s freshman board overseeing the state’s $110 million charitable gaming industry on Friday created a committee to tackle issues raised in a Denver Gazette investigation that exposed, among other issues, poor supervision and illegal operators. The Colorado Charitable Gaming Board,...
10th Circuit to address resentencing of probation violators in rare all-judges hearing
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 24 hours ago
The Denver-based federal appeals court agreed on Thursday to hold a rare all-judges hearing to determine the proper procedure for resentencing a criminal defendant who has violated the terms of his probation. In the federal appellate courts, the vast majority...
Vape shops challenge Denver’s flavored tobacco ban in court
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 21 hours ago
The smoke has yet to settle in the battle over the city’s flavored tobacco ban as local vape shop owners have sued the City and County of Denver, asking the court to declare the ordinance unconstitutional and stop its enforcement....
US officially leaves the World Health Organization
Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner
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Updated 1 day ago
The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization on Thursday, slightly over a year after President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the WHO via an executive order on the first day of his...
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The United States Commerce Department proposes higher import tariffs on Canadian newsprint that would hurt U.S. jobs and businesses – in direct contradiction to President Donald Trump’s stated objectives for putting America first over other countries. Even though Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was nominated at least in part to back Trump policies, the new tariffs […]
Oil and gas money flows into local elections seeking a bang for the buck
Money from the oil and gas industry and its supporters has been flowing into municipal elections in the suburban oil patch north of Denver -but while the bucks have been big by local standards, so far the bang has been small. The most recent foray into community elections came in Erie on April 3, when $55,000 […]