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Colorado GOP state treasurer candidate Brita Horn swings at critics, says tax distribution blunder won’t derail campaign

Aug 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Routt County Treasurer Brita Horn, a Republican candidate for state treasurer, fired back Wednesday at county commissioners questioning the way she’s handled a mistake that left local taxing entities short nearly $6 million for months. Horn also denied the incident might damage her statewide campaign, telling Colorado Politics the imbroglio demonstrates she has the skills…
Routt treasurer — seeking state post — faces questions over snafu by her office

Aug 2, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Schools, libraries and other public services in Routt County were shorted millions of dollars in tax revenue for months due to an error by the county treasurer’s office, and questions about the snafu are now dogging county Treasurer Brita Horn – who is campaigning for state treasurer. Steamboat Today reported on Tuesday that Horn acknowledged…
Eagle County Commissioner Jill Ryan jumps in Democratic primary for House District 26 seat

Jul 29, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Eagle County Commissioner Jill Ryan, a Democrat serving her second term, announced Friday she’s running for the House District 26 seat held by state Rep. Diane Mitsch Busch, who is running for Congress. Ryan joins Eagle County Deputy District Attorney Dylan Roberts, also a Democrat, in the race. The Democrats might have a candidate for…
Eagle County Democrat Dylan Roberts launches campaign for House District 26 seat

Jul 20, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic Party luminary Jason Kander gave Eagle County prosecutor Dylan Roberts some advice a few months back, and this week he took it. Kander, a former Missouri secretary of state and 2016 U.S. Senate nominee, delivered the keynote address at the Colorado Democratic Party’s annual dinner in March, the same night Roberts presented a pair…
A view of Colorado’s opioid-abuse crisis from the frontline in Pueblo

Jul 5, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

ColoradoPolitics.com and other news media have reported extensively on efforts by the 2017 legislature to tackle the rampant abuse of opioids across Colorado; notably, a pilot program authored by two Democratic state lawmakers from Pueblo was OK’d by their peers and signed into law by the governor. Senate Bill 74, sponsored by Sen. Leroy Garcia…
Routt County Republican, volunteer fire chief Brita Horn launches bid for state treasurer

Jun 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

When Routt County Treasurer Brita Horn and some of her neighbors realized they lived in a large, sparsely populated patch of the state that wasn’t covered by fire protection services, they put together their own volunteer fire department. Some 244 square miles between Steamboat Springs and Vail, it turned out, fell between areas covered by…
US withdraws western Colorado land from oil, gas lease sale

Apr 18, 2017

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Associated Press

The federal government has withdrawn about 43 square miles (110 square kilometers) of public land from a June auction for oil and gas leases in western Colorado after challenges were filed. The Bureau of Land Management said Monday the land is in Grand County near Rocky Mountain National Park. The Grand County commissioners, a dude…

routt county

Colorado GOP state treasurer candidate Brita Horn swings at critics, says tax distribution blunder won’t derail campaign

Routt treasurer — seeking state post — faces questions over snafu by her office

Eagle County Commissioner Jill Ryan jumps in Democratic primary for House District 26 seat

Eagle County Democrat Dylan Roberts launches campaign for House District 26 seat

A view of Colorado’s opioid-abuse crisis from the frontline in Pueblo

Routt County Republican, volunteer fire chief Brita Horn launches bid for state treasurer

US withdraws western Colorado land from oil, gas lease sale