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Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will again get less Colorado River water in 2026 | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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Lower Basin to get less Colorado River water DENVER — Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will again live with less water from the Colorado River as drought lingers in the West, federal officials announced Aug. 15. The Colorado River is a critical lifeline to seven U.S. states, 30 Native American tribes, and two Mexican states. The…
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Feds OK expansion of mine that supplies coal to Montana’s largest power plant | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
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MONTANA Feds OK coal mine expansion The federal government has authorized a nearly 1,900-acre expansion of the mine that supplies Montana’s largest power plant with coal. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced on Aug. 6 that it has approved an expansion of the Rosebud coal mine near Colstrip that is expected to…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
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Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver. Little else is known about the details of the operation, which tallied one of the biggest seizures of the drug so far this year. Authorities told…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
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Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver. Little else is known about the details of the operation, which tallied one of the biggest seizures of the drug so far this year. Authorities told…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
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Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver. Little else is known about the details of the operation, which tallied one of the biggest seizures of the drug so far this year. Authorities told…
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Denver mayoral candidate Kelly Brough: ‘This isn’t a stepping stone for me’
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Kelly Brough is no stranger to firsts. She’s been the “first” at least three times in her life, and there’s potential for a fourth. She’s one of 17 people, and five women, vying to be Denver’s 46th mayor. Each time she became the “first” – first on-call snowplow driver at Stapleton Airport, first female head of…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying medical payments
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MONTANA Sick mine workers allege insurer delaying payments BILLINGS – Attorneys for Montana mine workers sickened and killed by toxic asbestos exposure filed a lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance on March 21 for allegedly stalling legal settlements and medical payments after transferring the workers’ claims to investors who can profit off the delays. The lawsuit…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Rare insects need snowfields; Utah park to require timed tickets
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MONTANA Rare Rocky Mountain insects will need snowfields to survive HELENA – Federal wildlife officials say two species of rare insects in the Rocky Mountains will need several thousand acres of glaciers and snowfields if they are to survive a warming world that’s threatening them with extinction. The western glacier stonefly and the meltwater lednian…
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Former state Senate GOP staffer files campaign finance complaint against North Fund
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The North Fund, a liberal dark money group that has contributed millions of dollars to ballot measure campaigns, is facing a campaign finance complaint filed by the former policy director for the Colorado Senate GOP. The complaint from Charles Heatherly alleges the North Fund should have registered as an issue committee, tied to its spending on 2019…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Glacier grizzlies could face hunters; Pecos River shortages mulled
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MONTANA State seeks to end protections for Glacier-area grizzlies BILLINGS – Montana is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for grizzly bears in the northern portion of the state, including areas in and around Glacier National Park, officials said on Dec. 6. The request, if granted, would open the…

