Author: Liz Forster, The Gazette
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Report: Rocky Mountain among Colorado national parks suffering from pollution, climate change
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eople and nature at nearly every national park in the U.S. are being harmed by air pollution, predominately from fossil fuels and vehicles, an analysis by the National Parks Conservation Association found. “What emerges from the stories (in the study) is that people are suffering, businesses are suffering, recreationists are suffering and parks are suffering,”…
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Colorado wildfire outlook 2019: Polis urges state to stay vigilant
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Gov. Jared Polis warned Coloradans to not become complacent this summer despite predictions of an average to below-average wildfire season. “I don’t want this average risk to lull people into a false sense of security,” Polis said Tuesday at the AeroColorado hangar at Centennial Airport southeast of Denver. Meteorologists are forecasting below-average potential for large…
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Boos and cheers greet Polis at town hall
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COLORADO SPRINGS ? Tensions at a town hall with Gov. Jared Polis erupted Saturday to the point that security guards had to intervene, and a middle-aged woman reportedly was injured. The question-and-answer session at Sierra High School in Colorado Springs started cordially. Polis recapped notable advances in his agenda for free all-day kindergarten, reduced health…
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Colorado national popular vote proponents see momentum building toward 2020 election
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Organizers with a Colorado group backing the movement for a national popular vote for president are hopeful that a change in how states’ Electoral College votes are awarded will be passed by enough states to determine the winner in next year’s presidential election. If the proposal passes in Oregon and Nevada in coming weeks, as…
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Colorado’s national parks work to reopen, assess damage from government shutdown
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National parks in Colorado and across the country are scrambling to fully reopen after the temporary end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. President Donald Trump on Friday announced an end to the 35-day partial government shutdown, agreeing to fund federal agencies through Feb. 15 while negotiations over border security resume. The deal…
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Report: Public lands key in midterm election races in Colorado
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Public lands played a key role in the 2018 midterm elections in Colorado and across the West, a new report from the Center for Western Priorities showed. “What we found that there are a group of nonpartisan voters that value living in the West and live here because they value the access to public lands…
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Colorado Springs Womxn’s March draws smaller crowd with message of unity (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding delivers a speech during the 2019 Womxn’s March in downtown Colorado Springs. (Video by Katie Klann) Divisiveness is what catalyzed the first Women’s March in 2017, and unity is what will keep it alive, said Melinda Hall. “We need to be united and understand the reasons why people of different identities…
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Colorado’s crucial spring runoff expected to be below average due to 2018 drought
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Colorado’s spring runoff is expected to take a hit as the impacts of last year’s drought linger. A forecast published this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls for much-below-average – 50 percent to 70 percent – to below-average – 70 percent to 90 percent – spring runoff across most basins in Colorado.…
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COVER STORY | Colorado women take the reins on the ranch
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On a late autumn day in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, rancher Julie Sullivan strolled through her meadow past hundreds of piles of raked hay. Her foreman Hana Fancher and apprentice Morgan Atkinson followed, engrossed in talk about the robust lower chests, on their cattle, a sign of health. Meanwhile, about 80 of the shaggy, black…
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Colorado awards $2.7M for medical marijuana research
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The state of Colorado has awarded $2.7 million for research into how medical marijuana could replace opioids to ease chronic spinal pain – and how it might treat irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The research will be conducted at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, the state Department of Public Health and Environment…
