western colorado
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Western Colorado wildfires update: Access to Blue Mesa Reservoir resumes
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Officials on Monday announced that access to the west side of Blue Mesa Reservoir has resumed as crews continue to gain containment of the nearby South Rim fire at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. “With low fire behavior and favorable weather conditions in place, firefighters were able to dig fireline directly next…
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Protection or overreach? In western Colorado, national monument proposal ignites controversy
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Sean Pond was around a small town of his native western Colorado when he spotted a man in a blue ball cap. Above the bill were the words at the center of an ongoing controversy: “PROTECT THE DOLORES.” Pond approached the man. “He said someone at REI just gave it to him and he liked…
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In Colorado rally, Haley says GOP can reverse setback only by breaking from Trump; Johnston unveils 2024 priorities | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 28, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday at a campaign rally in Colorado that Republicans can only reverse the setbacks the party has suffered in the state by breaking Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP. Three days after losing her home state…
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Colorado vehicle registrations decline, with a common theme to blame
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Low inventories of new vehicles triggered a 10% decline in new vehicle registrations in Colorado in the first quarter and are expected to play an even bigger role in the second quarter, a dealer trade group said. The 57,618 new vehicles registered in the first quarter were down more than 6,000 vehicles from the more…
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New initiative in western Colorado seeks answers to changing ways of sandhill cranes
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Well known are the sandhill cranes that grace the southern San Luis Valley every spring. Lesser known is the smaller population that migrates across the Western Slope, around Delta and Montrose. And more mysterious to experts on that side of Colorado: reasons for fewer sightings of the majestic birds over the past couple of decades,…
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CHOICE CUTS | How competing redistricting requirements will reshape Colorado’s congressional map
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Note: This story has been updated to accommodate developments that happened the week of June 7. Colorado’s congressional redistricting commission has grappled with months-delayed census data, legislators trying to unconstitutionally tweak their procedures, a state Supreme Court case to defend their independence and the takedown of their first chairman over his controversial Facebook posts –…
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US withdraws western Colorado land from oil, gas lease sale
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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…
