Drug dealers in Western Colorado had some serious disruption in their “business model” last week, when Western Slope law enforcement agencies from both Delta and Mesa counties intercepted and seized large amounts of illegal drugs being transported through their counties.
Delta, Mesa Co. deputies disrupt drug distribution activities in Western Colorado Read More »
“Everyone feels anxiety and fear about all this,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director Jeff Davis told commissioners as they approved a large payment to two Colorado ranchers in Grand County that lost livestock as a direct result of the wolf reintroduction program.
Local and state officials, both Republican and Democrat, on the Western Slope are rallying against proposed budget cuts that would close the Delta Correctional Facility and Rifle Correctional Facility, both minimum security prisons.
JBC weighing the closure of correctional facilities in Western Colorado Read More »
As seen in the newest map released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), “newcomers” from the north are making their way across the entire Western Slope.
Colorado’s wolves make their way across the western part of the state Read More »
Jump started in the past year by Gov. Jared Polis’ clean energy mandate and the imminent closing of the Craig Station Power Station, local governments have been studying new technologies — such as small modular nuclear generation and technologies that allow spent nuclear fuel to be recycled and repurposed.
Western Slope officials supporting the nuclear option for energy Read More »
During a Monday meeting of Garfield County’s commissioners, the board of Tom Jankovsky, Mike Sampson and Perry Will exercised an option to exempt Garfield County from the law, created by Senate Bill 24-131, which prohibits lawful concealed carry by permit holders from government buildings.
In an informational work session, Chris Clark of Laramie Energy gave Mesa County Commissioners Cody Davis and JJ Fletcher an update concerning how ever-increasing regulatory policy in Colorado is not only impacting smaller oil and gas companies, but also cutting into the county budget.
Laramie Energy gives Mesa County a bleak outlook on future under present regulation Read More »
There have been no reported wolf depredation of cattle or sheep in Delta County, so far, but Robbie LeValley, on behalf of the Delta Livestock Association, gave a Feb. 13 presentation to more than 130 ranchers in Hotchkiss, Colo., emphasizing how critical precise record keeping will be — should and must likely when the quiet ranching community is impacted by wolf depredation.
Local ranchers get wolf training from Delta County Livestock Association Read More »
Despite allegations and innuendos from animal rights activists, wolf 2307-OR died as a result of a fight with another wolf, not a gunshot wound last September.
Wolf 2307-OR died as a result of another wolf, not a gunshot wound as some theorized Read More »
It only took six weeks in 2025 for the first confirmed wolf livestock depredation to be reported, this one from Jackson County.
Jackson County rancher is first to have a confirmed livestock kill by wolves in 2025 Read More »
