grand lake
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Appeals court tells Grand County judge to reexamine spat between town officials
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Colorado’s second-highest court directed a Grand County judge last week to conduct further analysis of the defamation claim by two former Grand Lake officials against the ex-town manager. The immediate issue before the Court of Appeals was relatively narrow: Did defendant John Crone act “willfully and wantonly” when he sent a 2021 email to the…
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Once-pristine Grand Lake asks state to intervene in water clarity stalemate
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Fourteen years after Colorado adopted standards to restore Grand Lake, the state’s largest natural water body once known for its astonishing clarity and high water quality, continues to deteriorate. Frustrated and worried about the future, Grand Lake locals are asking the state to intervene to break through a logjam of federal and environmental red tape…
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Drought, warming, punish Colorado River, push mega-fires onto the basin
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Historic drought and low-runoff conditions have impacted the Colorado River Basin for several decades, robbing the area of moisture and priming the land for wildfires. In October of 2020, the East Troublesome spread through Grand County, devastating the drought-stricken terrain with a speed and ferocity no one in Colorado had seen before. As the fire grew,…
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Q&A: Colorado Division of Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway
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Just days after the most destructive wildfire in Colorado’s history, Colorado Division of Insurance Commissioner Michael Conway called a virtual town hall for the hundreds of victims who lost their homes in Boulder County. The Marshall fire burned more than 6,000 acres between Louisville and Superior on Dec. 30, destroying almost 1,100 homes and businesses…
