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Ten bills passed in session, earning some bipartisan support, aimed to address variety of water issues

Colorado lawmakers gave the thumbs-up to 10 water measures this year that will bring millions of dollars in new funding to help protect streams, bring oversight to construction activities in wetlands and rivers, make commercial rainwater harvesting easier and support efforts to restore the clarity of Grand Lake.

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Federal land managers are planning Colorado’s next wild horse roundup, ignoring pleas to stop using a helicopter

The latest effort to decrease the wild horse population in Colorado will target the layered beige-and-purple plateaus of Little Book Cliffs, rangeland near Palisade that is home to about 200 mustangs. 

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Record Thursday: Dow hits 40,000-point mark, all three indexes look set to extend record highs

U.S. stocks nudged higher Thursday as investors looked to extend a springtime rally that has lifted all three major benchmarks to all-time highs following a muted inflation report and renewed bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.

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Investigation: South Adams County FD’s trips may be ‘violation of public trust’, says ethics expert

Top fire chiefs and administrators with the South Adams County Fire Department, along with some of their board members, have regularly taken their spouses along to winter conferences in Florida and fall conferences in Colorado’s high country, billing taxpayers for their spouses’ meals and other expenses, and extending their stays before and after conferences. 

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