The Colorado Sun

Republican campaigns say Colorado GOP turmoil means they are going it alone heading into November

Republicans running in tight races across the state this year don’t expect to get the kind of help from the Colorado GOP that the party has offered in the past, a big deficit as conservatives try to claw their way back to political relevance. 

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Democratic state rep drops reelection bid, may make it harder for party to keep Colorado House supermajority

A Democratic state representative who was running for reelection in a toss-up district dropped out of the race Friday, which may make it that much harder for her party to maintain its supermajority in the Colorado House of Representative in the November election. 

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Paralyzed mountain lion found in Colorado is first case of “staggering disease” in North America

In May 2023, a homeowner in Douglas County was astonished to find a partially paralyzed mountain lion taking cover between her basement window well and a spruce tree, dragging itself forward with its front paws. The year-old female couldn’t stand up, a phenomenon clear in the video the owner took while safely inside the house.

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Invasive, fast-reproducing zebra mussels found in Colorado River near Grand Junction

Voracious zebra mussels appear to be spreading into the Colorado River near Grand Junction and infesting the Government Highline canal watering Mesa County farms, less than two years after the invasive species first appeared in a Western Slope lake, wildlife officials said Tuesday. 

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