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Cattle rustling — the ‘easy crime’ — decimating Western Slope ranchers
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Cattle rustling — the ‘easy crime’ — decimating Western Slope ranchers

By Rachel Wright | The Gazette, via the Denver Gazette The grass crunches underfoot and dust billows in dense clouds as a truck and trailer speed out of public lands in Montrose County. The trailer is full of calves lowing plaintively. The driver gives the Western salute, one or two fingers raised as a four-by-four rumbles past. The truck turns on to the highway, nose pointed east. And without anyone the wiser, more calves have disappeared. Cattle rustling is a tale at least as old as Colorado itself, when poverty and drought turned desperate people into thieves. And now, thanks to the high price of cattle and uneven enforcement of branding laws across the surrounding states, ranchers say rustling is back in a big way on the Western Slope. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETT...
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife capture, relocate Rampart Bighorn Sheep for new herd
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife capture, relocate Rampart Bighorn Sheep for new herd

By Christa Swanson | CBS Colorado In January, Colorado Parks and Wildlife began an operation to capture 20 Rampart Bighorn Sheep to start a new herd. Every morning staff and volunteers have been spreading apple pulp and alfalfa to prep the sheep for capture at an old quarry above Colorado Springs. Officials said the sheep will be relocated to the mountains southwest of Pueblo to start a new herd. The bales of hay and apple pulp are intended to lure the 150-member Rampart herd, where a net will be set up to catch 20 of the Bighorn Sheep. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Weld County senator hopes to pass bill to lower Coloradans’ transportation costs
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Weld County senator hopes to pass bill to lower Coloradans’ transportation costs

By Elyse Apel | The Center Square A Colorado state senator has proposed legislation to minimize transportation fees in an effort to lower prices for residents. “Colorado’s transportation costs are out of control,” said newly-elected Sen. Scott Bright, R-Platteville. “I’m introducing a bill to repeal fees for real relief. Let’s make transportation affordable again!” The bill is part of a larger 2025 legislative plan from Colorado Republicans to lower costs for Colorado families by repealing various fees. In total, they predict their proposals could save the average Colorado family $4,500. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
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Flags to be lifted to full-staff today in Colorado by order of Gov. Jared Polis
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Flags to be lifted to full-staff today in Colorado by order of Gov. Jared Polis

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat and chair of the National Governors Association, on Friday proclaimed that flags should be raised to full-staff on Monday. President-elect Donald J. Trump will be administered his oath of office as President of the United States at noon Monday, Jan. 20. Meanwhile, flags had previously been ordered to remain at half-staff for 30 days as the nation mourns the death of former President Jimmy Carter. Flags are ordered to remain at full-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday throughout Colorado, Gov. Polis' order reads, and then should be lowered to half-staff for the remainder of the 30 days of mourning, through Jan. 28.
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Garbo: Midnight pardons are a calculated betrayal of justice and accountability
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Garbo: Midnight pardons are a calculated betrayal of justice and accountability

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice In an act of brazen political maneuvering, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the members of the January 6th Committee were granted presidential pardons under the cover of darkness, effectively shielding them from accountability and raising profound questions about the state of justice in our nation.  This clandestine move — deliberately timed and executed to escape the scrutiny of the press and the American people — demonstrates a calculated effort to subvert full consideration and attention. It’s a stark reminder of the lengths those in power will go to protect their own, even at the expense of the public trust. Presidential pardons are, by nature, tools of extraordinary power, meant to temper justice with mercy in rare and deservi...
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‘America’s decline is over,’ Trump boasts as he opens 47th presidency
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‘America’s decline is over,’ Trump boasts as he opens 47th presidency

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice President Donald J. Trump set the tone Monday for the next four years with eight words: "The Golden Age of America begins right now." The 47th President of the United States focused on restoring American greatness during an inaugural address moved indoors for the first time since the beginning of President Ronald Reagan's second term in 1985. "From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world," Mr. Trump said. "During every day of the Trump Administration, I will very simply put America first." He drew differences between the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden, seated to his left, and the restorative policies he will implement to bring a once proud nation back to one which is "prosperous...
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Rep. Scott Bottoms declares to church, ‘I am going to run for governor’
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Rep. Scott Bottoms declares to church, ‘I am going to run for governor’

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Rep. Scott Bottoms, rated as the second-most conservative member of the Colorado General Assembly, has indicated he will seek the Republican Party's nomination for governor. "I am going to run for governor," Bottoms told members of the Church at Briargate before beginning his weekly Sunday morning sermon. Bottoms, in addition to serving El Paso County in District 15 in the Colorado House, is lead pastor at the Church at Briargate in Colorado Springs, and indicated a desire for the church to hear his announcement first. "If I don't get elected, nothing changes, except probably 4-5 bitter sermons for the next few weeks after that," Bottoms said. He is rated by Colorado Liberty Scorecard as one of three legislators among 100 in 2024 to hav...
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ICE planning to ramp up arrests of illegals in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office, sources say
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ICE planning to ramp up arrests of illegals in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office, sources say

By Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Fin Gómez | CBS Colorado The incoming Trump administration is planning to ramp up operations to arrest unauthorized immigrants across major U.S. cities next week after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, targeting "sanctuary" jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials, two sources familiar with the plans tell CBS News. The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement include those with large populations of immigrants, such as the Chicago area, one of the sources said. ICE officials in the Chicago area recently put out a request for agents to participate in the post-inauguration arrest operations, unbeknownst to top agency leaders in Washington, a U.S. off...
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Biden pardons Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, J6 committee members
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Biden pardons Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, J6 committee members

By Anders Hagstrom  | Fox News President Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and others who some speculated may have faced investigations under the incoming Trump administration on Monday. Biden's pardons come just hours before he is set to depart the White House and President-elect Trump takes the oath of office once again. The pardon also applies to a litany of people involved in the January 6 select committee investigation. In addition to the named individuals, the pardon applies to, "Members of Congress and staff who served on the Select Committee, and the U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the Select Committee." READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX NEWS
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