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Q&A with Rep. Richard Holtorf | As long as they aren’t shooting at him, he’s fine
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Richard Alonso Holtorf never sought political office. It sought him. The Akron-based representative for House District 64 was content to work on his Buffalo Springs ranch, until Rep. Kimmi Lewis, R-Kim, passed away in December 2019 from breast cancer. Even though he had no elected experience and wasn’t particularly active in the Republican Party, several people…
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10th Circuit upholds seizure of Park County horses
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The federal appeals court based in Denver upheld the seizure of dozens of malnourished horses in Park County, finding that government officials had probable cause to suspect a violation of Colorado’s animal cruelty law. After a lower court judge dismissed his lawsuit last year, Mark Walker turned to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
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COVER STORY | Colorado women take the reins on the ranch
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On a late autumn day in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, rancher Julie Sullivan strolled through her meadow past hundreds of piles of raked hay. Her foreman Hana Fancher and apprentice Morgan Atkinson followed, engrossed in talk about the robust lower chests, on their cattle, a sign of health. Meanwhile, about 80 of the shaggy, black…
