Author: By O’Dell Isaac
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Hickenlooper touts $28 billion relief program in visit to Springs brewery
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Senator John Hickenlooper visited Colorado Springs on Wednesday to discuss a new COVID-19 relief program for restaurants and breweries. The former Colorado governor met with several local business owners at the Atrevida Beer Company to review the benefits of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a $28 billion endowment created to provide aid to businesses in the…
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Western Colorado University’s president retained after controversy
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The president of Western Colorado University in Gunnison will remain in his position despite a majority of the faculty calling for his firing, according to a statement from the school’s board of trustees. On Jan. 7, the day after the attack on the U.S. Capitol building, Salsbury wrote a message to all staff, titled “Voice…
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Pine beetles contribute to record-breaking wildfires
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This summer has seen the three largest wildfires in Colorado history, scorching more than 700 square miles of Colorado forests in just the past few months. But the giant Cameron Peak fire, the state’s largest ever, and the East Troublesome blaze, which has become Colorado’s second-largest, owe their rapid spread to a tiny insect about…