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Denver mayoral candidate Kelly Brough: ‘This isn’t a stepping stone for me’
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
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
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
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
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…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Yellowstone’s bison herd faces reduction; Wyoming eyes salary boosts
MONTANA Deal reached to reduce Yellowstone’s bison herd by 600-900 MISSOULA – Officials have agreed to allow as many as 900 bison from Yellowstone National Park to be shot by hunters, sent to slaughter or placed in quarantine this winter in a program that seeks to prevent the animals from spreading a disease to cattle.…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | North Dakota residents ignore law making car-idling illegal
NORTH DAKOTA State residents ignore law making car-idling illegal BISMARCK, North Dakota – When the winds howl and the bone-numbing cold sets in, scores of North Dakotans willingly become lawbreakers by warming up their vehicles without being in them, ignoring a potential $1,500 state fine and 30 days in jail. “It’s ineffective. The people ignore…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | New Kansas governor’s budget repairs may spark GOP opposition
KANSAS New governor’s budget repairs may spark GOP opposition TOPEKA, Kansas – The state’s incoming Democratic governor uses words like “decimated” to describe what’s happened to state government over the past decade and will be looking to add staff, boost spending and rethink contracts that outsourced jobs to private companies. Yet the same electorate that…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Border town once invaded by Pancho Villa rejects talk of troops
NEW MEXICO Border town once invaded by Pancho Villa rejects talk of troops COLUMBUS, New Mexico – A small New Mexico border town once attacked by Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa is rejecting talk of a wall and troops while embracing its legacy to draw tourists. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has cited Villa’s 1916 raid…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Utah lawmaker tries pot ahead of medical marijuana vote
Lawmaker tries pot ahead of medical marijuana vote SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah lawmaker drove to Las Vegas and tried marijuana for the first time ahead of the statewide vote on a proposition to legalize its use for Utah residents with qualifying medical conditions. Sen. Jim Dabakis wanted to try cannabis before the vote,…