Rocky Mountain Voice

Tina Peters appeal filed while justice awaits Jena Griswold

The legal journey of Tina Peters, former Clerk and Recorder of Mesa County, Colorado, has become emblematic of the contentious debates surrounding election integrity and judicial fairness. ย Peters now seeks bond pending appeal, citing significant procedural and constitutional concerns in her trial.

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Gaines: You can make a difference by volunteering for a local board or committee

Realigning the main drag through Sterling left a couple parcels of land orphaned.ย  It wasn’t necessarily that they looked worse than they did before — one of them was a former trailer park where the only vestiges of its former life were bare concrete pads with socketless meter boxes poking up here and there.ย  The highway realignment didn’t make them ugly, it made them uglier:ย  it left a bit of land whose shape wouldn’t be too conducive to anything useful.ย  Yet another empty patch of dirt on my daily commute.

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Western Colorado ranchers bracing for impact of the next release of wolves

Sen. Perry Will told his constituents in a social media post โ€œBrace yourselves, Garfield County,โ€ after Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced that they will begin phase two of their wolf reintroduction program, adding insult to injury to western Colorado ranchers who have already seen the devastating impact on livestock on their northern neighbors.

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Second portrait of President-elect Trump will not be purchased for Colorado capitol

A second portrait of Republican President-elect Donald J. Trump will not be purchased and displayed in the Colorado capitol building, Lois Court confirmed Friday in a meeting of the Capitol Building Advisory Committee.

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Colorado House Republicans celebrate election of Keltie, Woog in elimination of Dems’ supermajority

Colorado House Republicans are celebrating the election of Rebecca Keltie and Dan Woog in their close District 16 and 19 races, which would erase Democrats’ supermajority in the House.

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