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‘I was different and they didn’t want that’: Judge’s approach collides with voters’ expectations of justice | COVER STORY
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In January 2021, La Plata County Court Judge Anne K. Woods presided over an emotionally-fraught sentencing hearing: Preston Edward Pitcher, a church leader, pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor offenses after sexually abusing young adults whom he groomed as children. Despite the option to impose jail time, Woods opted against incarcerating Pitcher for 60 days and…
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Democrat Donna Lynne launches $100K ad buy in gubernatorial primary
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Donna Lynne hits the airwaves Tuesday with a $100,000 TV ad buy touting the two years she’s served as lieutenant governor and Colorado’s first chief operating officer. “She would be a great governor,” says Gov. John Hickenlooper in the ad. The term-limited Democrat appointed Lynne, a former top health care executive, to be his…
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Durango home welcomes the convicted and downtrodden
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DURANGO, Colo. (AP) – Gerry Geraghty’s private house is a revolving door for people hoping to overcome their run-ins with the law. Since 2001, he estimates more than 100 people have taken shelter in his six-bedroom home – some are addicts, some are ex-convicts, others are just down on their luck. Some are also like…
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Secretary of state Wayne Williams talks primary elections in Durango
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Next year, unaffiliated voters in Colorado will be able to help pick the Democratic or Republican nominee in a governor’s race for the first time without adhering to a party. Coloradans voted in favor of Propositions 107 and 108 last November, which opens partisan primary elections to unaffiliated voters; however, they can only vote in…
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Conservation Colorado backs first city-level candidates in Aurora, scores 2 more wins
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Conservation Colorado is this juggernaut green organization that gives state and national candidates the heebie-jeebies in the West’s political wilds. Last year, 54 of the 60 candidates it endorsed went on to win. And whenever legislation affecting the environment, large or small, is debated at the Capitol in Denver, Conservation Colorado is there in big…
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Durango Herald awards a Benjamin to the best-looking president
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The Durango Herald is offered $100 prize for the best presidential impersonation to celebrate Halloween. Janet Kenna won in a presidential suit and tie crowned by tossing her auburn hair into a Donald Trump coif, then sending in a picture to the local paper. Her C-note comes in the form of a card to Durango’s El…
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In divisive lawsuit over oil and gas drilling, one local government stays on the sidelines
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The much-reported Martinez v. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission case has divided Colorado state government. Republican Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is challenging a controversial ruling in the case by the Colorado Court of Appeals and is taking it to the Colorado Supreme Court; Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper is downplaying the appellate court decision and saying the state…
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Colorado hemp bill’s author dismisses claims of conflict
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Legislation intended to keep federal water flowing to Colorado’s hemp crop – a growing industry in the state, if you’ll forgive the expression – has unexpectedly led to an anonymous accusation that the bill’s sponsor has a conflict of interest. So says a report in the Durango Herald. Spoiler alert: The law seems to be on the sponsor’s…
