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Federal judge allows excessive force claims to proceed against Moffat County, Craig officers
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A federal judge last week permitted a man’s excessive force claims to proceed against law enforcement officers from Craig and Moffat County, who allegedly rammed him with a car as he was walking away with his hands in the air. Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak noted that plaintiff Tanner Sholes, as alleged, was…
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DOE announces a share of $18 Million in technical assistance for northwest Colorado
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A share of $18 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Energy has been awarded to northwest Colorado for technical assistance to “to create tailored community-wide action plans that reduce local air pollution, increase energy resilience, lower utility costs and energy burdens, and create good paying jobs.” Colorado is one of 30 applicants…
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DOE announces a share of $18 Million in technical assistance for northwest Colorado
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A share of $18 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Energy has been awarded to northwest Colorado for technical assistance to “to create tailored community-wide action plans that reduce local air pollution, increase energy resilience, lower utility costs and energy burdens, and create good paying jobs.” Colorado is one of 30 applicants…
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Northwest Colorado awarded $8.5M to economically diversify coal communities
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The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday awarded $8.5 million to northwest Colorado to support the region’s efforts to diversify local coal-dependent economies. The grants are part of the federal Coal Communities Commitment from the Economic Development Administration — allocating $300 million from the COVID-19 American Rescue Plan Act to support coal communities as they…
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Polis signs $15M bill to fund transition efforts for coal, power workers
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Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation today directing $15 million to the state Office of Just Transition to try to improve some of the economic and social effects of the premature closure of coal power plants and mines across Colorado. Polis is pushing to meet his 100% carbon-free energy goal by 2040. In a joint press…
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Bennet’s bill seeks to help communities devastated by job losses in coal mining industry
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, introduced a bill on Wednesday that would augment at the federal level Colorado’s Just Transition Plan, which tries to lessen the economic and social effects of the closure of coal power plants and mines across the state. “This bill was carefully written to reflect the needs of Colorado’s rural…
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Major cooperative agrees to aggressive clean power goals, consider retiring Craig coal unit 4 years early
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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, which supplies power to 43 power distribution cooperatives in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Nebraska, agreed Wednesday to accelerate its transition to renewable energy and consider potentially shutting down a coal plant unit in the city of Craig four years earlier than originally planned. The proposed settlement before the Colorado…
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Polis to congressional panel: Climate change is ‘an existential threat’
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BOULDER ? Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told a congressional climate-change committee’s field hearing Thursday that he considers global warming to be “existential threat to our security, our health, our economy, our public lands and eco-systems and our very way of life.” Polis was the lead speaker in a morning of testimony taken at the University…
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Coal debate: A northwestern Colorado town is caught in the middle
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CRAIG – To find KS Kreations in downtown Craig, just follow the smell. Chocolate chips oozing out of a fresh baked cookie the size of your face. A raspberry bubbling inside a crumble. An Ultimate Grilled Cheese sizzling on the griddle. Their aromas waft out of the door into the street, luring in hungry passersby.…
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Glenwood Springs city attorney Karl Hanlon announces run for Congress
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Glenwood Springs city attorney Karl Hanlon has announced he is running for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, reports the Post Independent Citizen Telegram. “Over the last several months, I have spoken with many people about the challenges we face in western and southern Colorado. In those conversations, the thing I’ve heard over and over is that…
