Walcher: The importance of Jim Evans in the battle for PILT
I did a double-take when I saw the headline: “Meeker County to call on Congress to pay up for federal lands.”
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Colorado’s (not yet signed) new law bans cellphone use while driving. When can it lead to a traffic stop?
All drivers will be prohibited from talking on or otherwise using their cellphones while driving under a bill passed by the Colorado legislature this year that Gov. Jared Polis says he will sign into law.
Trump declines to testify as defense rests, jurors dismissed until after Memorial Day
Former President Donald Trump declined to testify Tuesday as the defense rested in his hush money trial, setting the table for closing arguments and deliberations after Memorial Day.
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Sen. Menendez’s cluttered home loaded with $150K in gold bars, $480K in cash — some stashed in a boot
New photos shown at Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal bribery trial reveal over $600,000 in cash and gold bars stashed around his cluttered New Jersey home — including a stack of bills stuffed inside a Timberland boot.
Southern Utes accuse Durango of secret efforts to annex tribal lands, following CORA requests
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe has often faced attacks on its jurisdiction since that time in an effort by non-tribal members to undermine the Tribe’s sovereignty and economically benefit non-Natives. Few of those have been as brazen as that of Brunot. However, this year the Tribe experienced another attack with the actions of the City of Durango (City) in attempting to annex Reservation land, which Tribal Council swiftly addressed.
Jefferson County is considering a new trailhead west of Arvada, to the chagrin of nearby residents
After four decades of buying enormous tracts of land west of Arvada, Jefferson County is considering new hiking trails in an unblemished area less than thirty miles from downtown Denver. Property owners in the private community located right next to the proposed trailhead aren’t keen on the idea, however.
One Eastern Plains school district closes following severe Monday night storms with large hail, tornado warnings
Yuma School District will be closed Tuesday after severe weather impacted the area Monday night, Denver Gazette media partner 9News reported on Tuesday.
The next grey wolf? Gov. Polis signs bill to reintroduce wolverines in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis traveled across the Western Slope on Monday to sign several bills, ranging from issues like highway safety, wildfire mitigation and species conservation.
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Transition to reformulated gas in nine Front Range counties will result in price increase there. How high will it go?
Keep an eye on gas prices in the next few weeks, Colorado, and you can watch a major policy battle play out between an extremely irritated Gov. Jared Polis and officials enforcing the federal Clean Air Act.
Sloan: The DEI facade is showing cracks
Last week, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s board of trustees did what only a short time ago would have been considered an unthinkable act of social regression: they voted, unanimously, to not only cut the $2.3 million funding of the institution’s DEI program, but to reroute that money into public safety – yes, meaning campus police.
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