Author: Valerie Richardson
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Jewell vows to meet court deadline, avoid Colowyo mine shutdown
BUENA VISTA – Interior Secretary Sally Jewell insisted over the weekend that she and other federal authorities are “doing everything we can” to stop a shutdown of the Colowyo coal mine, which could include a request for more time to finish a court-ordered review. Jewell squeezed in a meeting on the mine’s future late Friday…
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Ethics panel accepts ex-lawmaker’s guilt admission in tale of two Kings
The Independent Ethics Commission’s vote Tuesday on disgraced former state Sen. Steve King might have seemed like overkill to some, but not to Kevin King. It was King who filed the ethics complaint against the ex-Republican lawmaker almost exactly a year ago, before Steve King pleaded guilty to embezzlement and official misconduct for submitting falsified…
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Jewell rejects pleas to request delay of judge’s Colowyo mine order
Those fighting to keep open the Colowyo mine in Craig by delaying a judge’s order will have to do so without the help of the Obama administration. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell allowed this week’s deadline to pass without filing a motion to stay the order of U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson, who gave…
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Morris tells conservatives Colorado sits at ‘epicenter’ of 2016 election
The record six Republican presidential hopefuls who took the stage at this year’s Western Conservative Summit in Denver are only the tip of the iceberg. Political strategist Dick Morris predicted that Colorado will play an even more crucial role in next year’s presidential contest than it did in 2012, when state voters were besieged with…
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Breweries stiff-arm enviro group after Colowyo town beer boycott
Ska Brewing president Dave Thibodeau was stunned to learn his company was being boycotted by Colorado coal miners over its support of WildEarth Guardians – because he wasn’t aware that Ska had ever been involved with the environmentalist group. After some digging, however, he found that Ska isn’t exactly a platinum sponsor: Rather, the Durango…
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Northwest Coloradans rally to save Colowyo coal mine from shutdown
Lori Gillam isn’t a coal miner – she owns a liquor store in rural Moffat County – but she’s doing her part to help save the Colowyo mine after a federal judge’s ruling in a lawsuit filed by the environmentalist group WildEarth Guardians. Gillam said Tuesday she has removed beers from a half dozen Colorado…
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Prairie dog supporters consider plan to recall Castle Rock council members
Prairie dog supporters outraged over Castle Rock’s decision to proceed with an outdoor mall have solicited a plan to sweep out the town council by recalling three members this year and targeting the other four for defeat in 2016. A five-page document obtained by The Colorado Statesman lays out a detailed campaign strategy, including canvassing,…
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EPA’s Clean Water Rule meets with outrage from Republicans, praise from Democrats
The Environmental Protection Agency’s newly finalized rule on clean water unleashed a flood of criticism Wednesday from Colorado Republicans, who accused the Obama administration of engineering a federal power grab. The agency’s hotly contested “Waters of the United States” rule expands the list of waterways covered by the federal Clean Water Act, which EPA officials…
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Lone Tree sees clash over Hooters, council urged to nix liquor license
Lone Tree city council member Kim Monson isn’t what you’d call a Hooters regular – in fact, she’s never visited the place – but she also doesn’t think it should be barred from the city because its waitresses wear skimpy outfits. Her stance has put her at odds with a vocal swath of residents fighting…
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Court ruling offers help for condo builders burned by construction defects lawsuits
This year’s construction defects bill may have died in the state Legislature, but housing developers ended up gaining a bit of what they wanted last week in the form of a court decision. The day after the 2015 General Assembly adjourned, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled against a condominium association that had filed a…