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Ag, livestock groups ask British Columbia wildlife officials to reconsider
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Ag, livestock groups ask British Columbia wildlife officials to reconsider

By Rachel Gabel  | The Fence Post Twenty-six Colorado agriculture and livestock organizations have sent a letter to British Columbia wildlife officials asking them to reconsider a decision to allow the export of wolves to Colorado. Tim Ritschard, president of the Middle Park Stockgrowers, said other states and Native American Tribes within the United States have declined to allow Colorado to take wolves from their jurisdictions, and British Columbia should as well. Ritchard explained that in refusing Colorado’s request for its wolves, the Wind River Inter-Tribal Council cited growing public opposition to the wolf introduction program in Colorado and the extremely close vote that started the program. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation rescinded their agreement to p...
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Marking 160 years since the Sand Creek Massacre, the deadliest day in Colorado history
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Marking 160 years since the Sand Creek Massacre, the deadliest day in Colorado history

By Spencer Kristensen | Fox 31 News Friday marks 160 years since Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre, where U.S. soldiers attacked a camp of indigenous people, mostly women and children, killing hundreds. On Nov. 19, 1864, what has become known as the “deadliest day in Colorado history,” more than 200 innocent people were killed by U.S. Army soldiers in an attack on the Cheyenne and Arapaho people. Most of those killed were women, children and the elderly, according to the National Park Service, and hundreds more had to flee north in search of safety. READ THE FILL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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Why are Colorado rest stops closed? CDOT blames a lack of funds to reopen
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Why are Colorado rest stops closed? CDOT blames a lack of funds to reopen

By Lindy Browning | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Cass Brock of Pueblo is disappointed, to say the least, concerning access to the multiple rest stops along the Interstate 25 corridor from Denver to the southern part of the state. “I live in Pueblo and we drive I-25 to Denver monthly and also drive south on I-25.  When we drive through other states, their rest areas are and have been reopened for years since Covid restrictions.  Why are Colorado rest areas still closed?  I think it is a disservice to the over the road (OTR) truckers, and our state's residents,” she said in an email to Rocky Mountain Voice staff. According to records posted online, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) claims there are several reasons that these rest stops are still closed. The s...
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Boulder to share its tie to Sand Creek Massacre, the deadliest day in state history
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Boulder to share its tie to Sand Creek Massacre, the deadliest day in state history

By Anna Alejo | CBS Colorado It was the deadliest day in Colorado history: November 29, 1864 - the Sand Creek Massacre. More than 230 people -- mostly women, children and elders from the Arapaho and Cheyenne nations were killed near Eads in the Eastern Plains. The City of Boulder is working with the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes to recognize Boulder's connection to the tragedy. The city-owned open space northeast of Boulder, near 63rd Street and Andrus Road, is where Fort Chambers likely stood.  The structure built of sod in the summer of 1864 was used to train a volunteer militia. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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As state weighs budget cuts, CPW set to award up to $50k for initiatives that promote ‘Born to Be Wild’ license plate
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As state weighs budget cuts, CPW set to award up to $50k for initiatives that promote ‘Born to Be Wild’ license plate

By Wylee Mitchell | KKCO-TV CBS 11 Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced the ‘Born to be Wild License Plate Grant Program.’ The program will grant up to $50,000 in funding to initiatives that promote the license plate. According to the CPW, grant awards will be available annually to Colorado based non-profit organizations, educational institutions, or government agencies. Other entities will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The application deadline is December 15. The awardees will be announced in March. Colorado House Bill 23-1265 created a new special license plate, raising funding for nonlethal ways of mitigating conflict with gray wolves. The special license plate was approved by Governor Polis in May of 2023 and became effective in August of that year. RE...
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Food Bank of the Rockies facing challenge of meeting highest food insecurity level in a decade
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Food Bank of the Rockies facing challenge of meeting highest food insecurity level in a decade

By Jen Schumann | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice "On the Western Slope, one in eight people — our neighbors — are food insecure. For children, it’s even worse: one in seven kids is unsure where their next meal will come from," shares Sue Ellen Rodwick, director of the Western Slope Food Bank of the Rockies. "Statewide, the numbers are slightly better, but still troubling. One in nine Coloradans face food insecurity." The Food Bank of the Rockies (FBOTR) is spearheading the response to this growing crisis. It serves 417,317 people a year. The U.S. Census puts the state's population at 5,877,610. This is the largest food bank area in the contiguous U.S., covering Colorado and Wyoming. It serves a region of more than 150,000 square miles. It has three distribution centers ...
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Proposed state budget could cut $110 million from already pothole-laden highways
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Proposed state budget could cut $110 million from already pothole-laden highways

By Ed Sealover | The Sum & Substance Colorado’s ability to build and fix the highways that are key to transporting goods and people could take a $110 million hit in the next fiscal year under budget-balancing proposals being offered by Gov. Jared Polis. The two-tiered reductions — a permanent cut of $65 million per year and a short-term cut of $49 million in other funds — are part of $638 million in expenditure cuts and revenue boosts Polis has suggested to deal with rising Medicaid costs and falling inflation. And while officials acknowledge that such spending rollbacks must happen somewhere in the budget, both legislators and Colorado Transportation Commission members warn these cuts could be particularly deleterious for transportation safety. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE SUM...
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Colorado bought a Denver railyard for $50 million. 3 years later, it could be sold
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Colorado bought a Denver railyard for $50 million. 3 years later, it could be sold

By Nathaniel Minor | Denverite When the state of Colorado bought Burnham Yard in 2021, it had big plans for the old railyard south of downtown Denver. The state expected the roughly 60-acre site could accommodate the expansion of Interstate 25, new RTD light rail tracks, and even the planned Front Range passenger rail line. "This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities,” a high-ranking state transportation official said then. Fifty million dollars later, state transportation officials say they don’t actually need most of the land and are preparing it for sale. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVERITE
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API’s Lynn Granger named as new president and CEO of Colorado Oil and Gas Association
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API’s Lynn Granger named as new president and CEO of Colorado Oil and Gas Association

By Scott Weiser | Denver Gazette Lynn Granger, the Colorado regional director of the American Petroleum Institute, will become President and CEO of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. Granger will officially start in January and replace departing President and CEO Dan Haley. Granger spent more than two decades working in energy policy and strategic communications leadership, including five years in the U.S. Army. Granger served as the press officer for the United States Army Europe commanding general and was the spokesperson for United States Army Europe. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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As many lawmakers are on break, Colorado teens participate in government leadership
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As many lawmakers are on break, Colorado teens participate in government leadership

By Gabrielle Franklin | Fox 31 News While many government bodies are on break for the holiday week, one group of local teenagers is meeting downtown to go over their legislative proposals. For the 70th year, teenagers from across Colorado are gathering to work through the mock legislation that they drafted themselves via the YMCA of Metro Denver’s Youth in Government program. High-school-aged Coloradans are working through a mock version of every aspect of the legislative process. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
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