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‘More than a symbol’: Western Slope’s Gordon Gallagher ceremonially sworn in to federal judgeship
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In little over two years since taking office, President Joe Biden has made multiple historic appointments to Colorado’s federal trial court, selecting the first openly gay judge and the first Asian American judge, for example. But Biden opted for a different kind of diversity when he installed the most recent member of the U.S. District…
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Western Slope’s Gordon Gallagher confirmed as federal judge
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Gordon P. Gallagher is Colorado’s newest federal trial judge after the U.S. Senate voted 53-43 to confirm him to the state’s seven-member U.S. District Court on Wednesday. Gallagher is the first appointee to the district court since 1989 to live on the Western Slope. The court has not announced whether Gallagher will remain in Grand…
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Colorado’s Mount Evans name change hits mysterious snag in final hour
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The renaming of Colorado’s Mount Evans was abruptly halted Thursday just as the controversial issue appeared to be on a steady uphill climb. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names scheduled the final vote Thursday to change the name of Colorado’s 12th highest peak, Mount Evans, to Mount Blue Sky. But a “request from a tribal…
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Justices abandon ‘Indian child’ case, but with more potentially on horizon
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Less than two weeks before the justices were scheduled to hear oral arguments, the Colorado Supreme Court dismissed as moot a case that questioned what, specifically, government agencies have to do when there is information suggesting a child in a custody matter is American Indian. Under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), tribal…
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Tribal leaders urge changes in sports betting, water rights in first Colorado legislature address
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For the first time in state history, leaders of Colorado’s Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Southern Ute Indian Tribe gathered at the state Capitol on Wednesday to present their needs to the legislature. The occasion marks the inaugural address from Colorado’s two federally recognized tribes to the state House and Senate, as mandated by Senate…
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Gordon Gallagher appears at judicial confirmation hearing with support from Western Slope
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Gordon P. Gallagher arrived before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Tuesday armed with a roster of endorsements from the Western Slope, each repeating the message that they know Gallagher, they trust Gallagher and they would like him to represent their region on Colorado’s federal trial court. It is important that those in…
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Colorado’s age-old water doctrine pushed to the brink by drought
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Editor’s Note: This story is a collaborative report by Fresh Water News working with nine other Colorado news outlets. In Evans, four miles south of Greeley, houses are shooting up. Once a quiet farm town, Evans is scrambling to come up with enough water to slake the thirst of hundreds of new homeowners, drawn here…
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Bears Ears public lands debate in Utah spills over into Colorado
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BLANDING, UTAH – A coalition of outdoor recreation businesses in Colorado plunged headlong this week into the war of words between Republican lawmakers and clothing-and-gear maker Patagonia over the President Trump shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. The move highlights a growing push by Colorado’s outdoor recreation industry to use the more conservative…
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State assisting Colorado’s Ute tribes to provide social services
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Reggie Bicha has been talking to tribal leaders about how the state of Colorado can be an ally to the Ute nation to provide needed social services to tribal members in the state. Bicha, executive director of the Colorado Department of Human Services, and other state agency leaders met with representatives from the Ute Mountain…
