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BEST OF COPO 2018 | Grand Junction shines as D.C. eyes new home for BLM
Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published May 25. Last month, after French President Emmanuel Macron addressed a joint meeting of Congress, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado quickly caught up to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on the House…
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BARBARA O’BRIEN | Five goals for Colorado’s next governor
COMMENTARY: This is part of our series of contributed essays, “Imagine a Great Colorado.” See below for more. It was the honor of a lifetime to serve as Colorado’s 47th lieutenant governor. Talking with people everywhere from small towns to cities gives you a deep respect for the character of the state. Driving from Grand…
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Grand Junction newspaper is cutting back on print editions
GRAND JUNCTION – The Daily Sentinel newspaper in Grand Junction says it will convert its Monday and Tuesday print editions to electronic delivery starting Aug. 13. Publisher Jay Seaton announced Sunday that the change largely stems from costs of newsprint – the paper used for printing – that he says have risen by 33 percent…
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Federal officials approve drilling on 26,000 acres near Grand Junction
GRAND JUNCTION – Federal officials have approved plans for a company to drill for oil on the Whitewater Basin in western Colorado. The Daily Sentinel reports the Bureau of Land Management approved Fram Operating LLC’s Whitewater development plan, which calls for drilling more than 100 wells on 26,000 acres near Grand Junction. The bureau’s action…
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Business booster Thea Chase launches unaffiliated bid for open House District 54 seat
Palisade Town Trustee Thea Chase announced Monday she’s running as an unaffiliated candidate for the House District 54 seat represented by Mesa County Republican Yeulin Willett, who isn’t seeking reelection. She’ll have the backing of Unite Colorado, formerly known as the Centrist Project, an organization that’s working to elect independent lawmakers. Chase, the director of the…
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Conservation Colorado fundraising off Sen. Cory Gardner’s report card
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is doing some good for Conservation Colorado, but perhaps not in the way he would like. The state’s largest environment organization sent out a fundraising e-mail Wednesday with the Republican from Yuma as its centerpiece. Here’s what the pitch from deputy director Jessica Goad said, in part: Wow. We knew Senator…
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It’s Penry vs. Brophy — not at the Capitol but on the court …
… and it’s actually their kids we’re talking about, not the dads; the dads remain birds of a political feather. Thanks are in order (yet again) to Secretary of State’s Office messenger in chief Lynn Bartels for keeping us apprised of some truly fun tangents off of Colorado politics. Like the fact that the sons…
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Q&A with Christian Reece: She cranks up the volume for the ‘Voice of the Western Slope’
The West Slope’s diverse economy and people are scattered across a vast region that dwarfs Colorado’s population center along the Front Range. So, it’s hard to imagine any one person or entity speaking for West Slope interests. Yet, if anything comes close to a unifying voice, it’s CLUB 20, the venerable advocacy arm of that…
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Rep. Dan Thurlow challenging Sen. Ray Scott in GOP primary, flirted with unaffiliated bid
State Rep. Dan Thurlow, a Grand Junction Republican, plans to announce Saturday he’s challenging state Sen. Ray Scott in the GOP primary, although he first considered running for the seat as an unaffiliated candidate, Colorado Politics has learned. Thurlow, who has represented House District 55 for two terms, asked supporters in an email Friday to…
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Candidate profile: Matthew Wood hopes he can deliver the governor’s office to unaffiliated voters
Matthew WoodParty: UnaffiliatedAge: 31, just one year above the minimum age for governor. If he were to win, he’d be the youngest governor in state history,Residence: Grand JunctionOccupation: Currently, he’s a courier, but he’s also is a martial arts instructor (read more about that belw).Family: singlePolitical experience: failed run for mayor of Sterling in 2009,…