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Conductor who brought back Colorado ski train wants to use rail to save state’s highways for skiing

Conductor who brought back Colorado ski train wants to use rail to save state’s highways for skiing

Former Winter Park Ski Trail conductor Brad Swartzwelter. The longtime Amtrak train conductor credited with crafting a business plan that helped revive the mothballed Winter Park Express ski train in…

March 20, 2025Comments Off on Conductor who brought back Colorado ski train wants to use rail to save state’s highways for skiingRead More

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Colorado shakes off its nuclear past to explore an energy future with small modular reactors

Colorado shakes off its nuclear past to explore an energy future with small modular reactors

An Atlas nuclear waste railcar (U.S. Department of Energy photo). Colorado has a long, dark…

July 5, 2025No CommentRead More

Wildfire experts across West ‘very concerned’ as feds cut funds, staffing ahead of dry, hot summer

Wildfire experts across West ‘very concerned’ as feds cut funds, staffing ahead of dry, hot summer

The massive Marshall Fire near Boulder destroyed more than 1,000 homes in 2021 (emergency services…

June 11, 2025Comments Off on Wildfire experts across West ‘very concerned’ as feds cut funds, staffing ahead of dry, hot summerRead More

Colorado senator urges Supreme Court to hold Trump administration in contempt on deportations

Colorado senator urges Supreme Court to hold Trump administration in contempt on deportations

EAGLE, Colo. — Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to…

April 19, 2025Comments Off on Colorado senator urges Supreme Court to hold Trump administration in contempt on deportationsRead More

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Western Rail Coalition looks to revive passenger rail service on long-dormant line connecting Colorado mountain towns

Western Rail Coalition looks to revive passenger rail service on long-dormant line connecting Colorado mountain towns

Passengers or petroleum products? That’s one of the key questions being bandied about in a renewed effort to revive part of the long-dormant Tennessee Pass rail line linking…

January 22, 2025Comments Off on Western Rail Coalition looks to revive passenger rail service on long-dormant line connecting Colorado mountain townsRead More

Colorado ski town looks to dig deep, diversify energy sources as climate change threat looms

Colorado ski town looks to dig deep, diversify energy sources as climate change threat looms

Holy Cross Energy CEO Bryan Hannegan, left, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, center, and Vail Mayor Travis Coggin at a geothermal event in Vail last summer (David O. Williams…

January 10, 2025Comments Off on Colorado ski town looks to dig deep, diversify energy sources as climate change threat loomsRead More

State of Colorado strikes deal with Union Pacific to increase passenger rail service through Moffat Tunnel

State of Colorado strikes deal with Union Pacific to increase passenger rail service through Moffat Tunnel

The Moffat Tunnel in Winter Park (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline photo). The state of Colorado last week announced a new 25-year lease deal with Union Pacific Railroad for the…

December 27, 2024Comments Off on State of Colorado strikes deal with Union Pacific to increase passenger rail service through Moffat TunnelRead More

Opinion

Trump’s promised mass deportations, global tariffs could trigger crippling recession

Trump’s promised mass deportations, global tariffs could trigger crippling recession

As I watched Donald Trump arrive at an astounding victory election night, I was struck by his strong turnout in both…

November 12, 2024Comments Off on Trump’s promised mass deportations, global tariffs could trigger crippling recessionRead More

Rocky Mountain Post joins Colorado Newsline, more than 30 other news outlets in seeking voter input

Rocky Mountain Post joins Colorado Newsline, more than 30 other news outlets in seeking voter input

For nearly two years now I’ve worked with the Colorado…

What would J.C. do? ‘We can all be builders, of homes and of humanity’

What would J.C. do? ‘We can all be builders, of homes and of humanity’

VAIL, Colo. — J.C. is the anti-Trump. No, not…

Learning from tragedy in Colorado backcountry

Learning from tragedy in Colorado backcountry

On Tuesday, Dec. 27, my wife and I and…

Colorado reservoir proposal fans flames of climate change, trans-mountain diversion debate

Colorado reservoir proposal fans flames of climate change, trans-mountain diversion debate

Where were you in ’52? That’s the year the…

Opinion: Revived rail line through Colorado ski country could bolster rivers, battle climate change

Opinion: Revived rail line through Colorado ski country could bolster rivers, battle climate change

In doing some research for my appearance on Forrest…

Analysis: Local jurisdictions have some limited leverage as rail companies do battle

Analysis: Local jurisdictions have some limited leverage as rail companies do battle

Where the hell is Sage, Colorado? And why would…