colorado
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Tri-Lakes Cares gets OK to proceed with land purchase to build new center
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MONUMENT • Monument’s Planning Commission and Town Council both have unanimously approved a reconfiguration of property that Lewis-Palmer School District 38 wants to sell, which gives the go-ahead for a local social services organization to proceed with a bid to acquire 2.8 acres of vacant land to build a new headquarters. “We are currently in…
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The clock is ticking: Negotiations stall on Colorado River water-sharing pact
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With a critical Nov. 11 deadline fast approaching, negotiators from the seven Colorado River basin states remain at odds over how to manage a river that serves 40 million people — and which, experts long agree, is overallocated. Negotiations are moving so slowly that some basin leaders are questioning whether that agreement will happen before…
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BLM leases nearly 8,000 acres in quarterly oil and gas sale
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The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) recent quarterly oil and gas lease sale totaled around $7 million in receipts and covered nearly 8,000 acres of land. BLM leased 14 Colorado parcels — making up 7,895 acres — to energy companies, granting them the exclusive right to explore and produce oil and gas for 10 years.…
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As Colorado explores transgender policies, some parents argue they infringe on their rights
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Amid the staccato of legislation that Democrats at the Colorado Capitol adopted to expand what sponsors described as transgender “rights,” a growing number of parents are pushing back, arguing that the state government has overreached, impeding their ability to raise their children the way they see fit. In the last few years, parents — and…
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Lions and snakes and wolves, oh my | Vince Bzdek
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Shortly after I moved my wife here from the wilds of Washington, D.C., she was jogging down our street one evening when a snake fell from the sky. Thankfully, it just missed her head. She looked up and saw a hawk above, and learned later that dropping their prey is a common method hawks employ…
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Here’s where Denver Mayor Mike Johnston stands on the local ballot issues
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced Friday he will not support the fur and slaughterhouse bans, though is backing a sales tax hike aimed at generating $100 million for “affordable” housing. The mayor on Friday outlined his positions on several local and statewide measures that will appear on the city’s ballot this November. Initiated Ordinances…
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Colorado’s Alexander Mountain Fire leaves behind charred mountainsides, anxiety over properties
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Debbie Paris and her husband on Tuesday showed up at a center in Loveland where residents affected by the Alexander Fire can get clearance to return to their homes. The couple owns a cabin up in Storm Mountain, and they did not know whether it burned down in the wildfire. Authorities have told residents…
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Uranium mining: A Colorado company pumps out ore, with implications for economy and national security
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Travis Chiotti puts a brass tag bearing his name on a hook on the “in” board before heading 1,400 feet down-shaft. It’s a pair — the other tag goes in his pocket. Just in case. Helmet, headlamp, heavy steel-toed rubber boots, emergency respirator. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Check. Mining is hard work. Simply moving around is…
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Uranium mining in the Grand Canyon: A dispute over water and geology
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To critics, the mine poses too much of a risk. To the company, that claim is unsubstantiated. Amber Reimondo, energy director for the Grand Canyon Trust, said the risk of uranium and other minerals migrating out of the mine after mining is completed is too great and too uncertain to allow further mining operations. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var…
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Uranium mining in the Grand Canyon: 1,470 feet below surface
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Unlike strip mines, the Pinyon Plain mine’s surface impact is only 14 acres. The geological formation containing the uranium ore body, called a “breccia pipe,” is about 250 feet in diameter and extends vertically down some 3,000 feet. To mine the ore, a vertical shaft was drilled and blasted down into the rock to the…
