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Mitsch Bush calls out ‘far-right extremist’ Boebert, who’s all in on gun rights

Mitsch Bush calls out ‘far-right extremist’ Boebert, who’s all in on gun rights

Back in 2018, former Eagle and Routt County state Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush had come as close as anyone to toppling five-term Congressman Scott Tipton, losing to him…

July 6, 2020Comments Off on Mitsch Bush calls out ‘far-right extremist’ Boebert, who’s all in on gun rightsRead More

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Colorado congressional race offers two very different ways to deal with deadly COVID-19 pandemic

Colorado congressional race offers two very different ways to deal with deadly COVID-19 pandemic

The congressional campaign for Lauren Boebert, a Rifle restaurant owner who last spring violated COVID-19…

October 5, 2020Comments Off on Colorado congressional race offers two very different ways to deal with deadly COVID-19 pandemicRead More

Demand for 5G on rise in pandemic as Crown Castle, cellular carriers look to rural areas

Demand for 5G on rise in pandemic as Crown Castle, cellular carriers look to rural areas

Seven months into an ongoing global pandemic that has forced workers to telecommute, schools to…

October 4, 2020Comments Off on Demand for 5G on rise in pandemic as Crown Castle, cellular carriers look to rural areasRead More

Hickenlooper, Neguse seek out science in mitigating wildfires, climate change

Hickenlooper, Neguse seek out science in mitigating wildfires, climate change

While touring deadly wildfires in California on Monday, President Donald Trump told state officials pressing him…

September 17, 2020Comments Off on Hickenlooper, Neguse seek out science in mitigating wildfires, climate changeRead More

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Facebook kicked off voter registration drive over Fourth of July weekend

Facebook kicked off voter registration drive over Fourth of July weekend

North American Facebook users on Friday were greeted with the company’s Fourth of July voter-registration drive that’s part of a push to sign up more than 4 million…

July 6, 2020Comments Off on Facebook kicked off voter registration drive over Fourth of July weekendRead More

Colorado Attorney General Weiser weighs in on LGBTQ ruling by Gorsuch, SCOTUS

Colorado Attorney General Weiser weighs in on LGBTQ ruling by Gorsuch, SCOTUS

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser Monday night told a Vail Valley Votes Zoom meeting that the Supreme Court decision earlier in the day on LGBTQ rights was “deeply meaningful” and…

June 17, 2020Comments Off on Colorado Attorney General Weiser weighs in on LGBTQ ruling by Gorsuch, SCOTUSRead More

Party primary race for massive 3rd Congressional District features four distinct choices

Party primary race for massive 3rd Congressional District features four distinct choices

Scott Tipton has never faced a political opponent quite like James Iacino, and if Diane Mitsch Bush has anything to say about it – and she does ……

June 16, 2020Comments Off on Party primary race for massive 3rd Congressional District features four distinct choicesRead More

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Local regs loom large in dam battle as Colorado cities seek more Western Slope water

Local regs loom large in dam battle as Colorado cities seek more Western Slope water

With Wednesday’s move by the Trump administration to weaken one of the nation’s bedrock conservation laws – the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)…

July 18, 2020Comments Off on Local regs loom large in dam battle as Colorado cities seek more Western Slope waterRead More

Colorado lawmakers must protect health coverage for local businesses

Colorado lawmakers must protect health coverage for local businesses

Colorado businesses and their workers are struggling from the…

Small businesses need big tech

Small businesses need big tech

As a small business owner and marketing professional in…

Ski racing, Olympics in China could be headed to NBA-style meltdown over Hong Kong, Xinjiang

Ski racing, Olympics in China could be headed to NBA-style meltdown over Hong Kong, Xinjiang

A recent headline on an Associated Press story previewing the…

Proud to be part of a business that leads in sustainability practices

Proud to be part of a business that leads in sustainability practices

As we celebrate the 49th Earth Day, I’m reminded of…

Freelancers forgotten in battle against vulture-capitalist owners like Alden Global

Freelancers forgotten in battle against vulture-capitalist owners like Alden Global

It’s been a brutal decade for freelance journalists. From…

All of us must take action to stop national epidemic of school shootings

All of us must take action to stop national epidemic of school shootings

Next week will mark the one-month anniversary of the…

Detroit Future City: Lessons for the West from a city that learned the hard way

Detroit Future City: Lessons for the West from a city that learned the hard way

A great experiment is under way in the American…

Planned obsolescence all over the living room floor

Planned obsolescence all over the living room floor

I was mischievously tempted to reveal the strategy of…

A climate conversation for the Colorado River basin

A climate conversation for the Colorado River basin

As a professional conservationist, I work with a number…

Climate change and the current drought in the Southwest

Climate change and the current drought in the Southwest

I often get asked whether the current drought in…

From terrorism to homophobia to tandem toilets, so many reasons to take a pass on the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics

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