The Colorado Sun

Forest Service closes Colorado caves to limit spread of bat disease that has killed millions of animals

This spring, wildlife biologists found 32 bats on the Front Range with white-nose syndrome, up from one on the Eastern Plains in 2023. This month federal wildlife officials reported the first bat in Utah infected with the syndrome that has killed millions of bats across North America in recent years.

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From Greeley to Pueblo, Front Range cities still need new water storage

When a city must find its water 50 miles away and 1,400 feet underground, in an aquifer whose origins first had to be pegged to the late Cretaceous and the early Paleogene periods, and further delineated between Colorado turf on the surface or Wyoming land just a skosh to the north, while drilling two-way wells at $1 million each on the way to an eventual price tag approaching $400 million, and then filter out dissolved uranium, it would seem a stretch to call this plan the easy way out.  

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Adam Frisch and Jeff Hurd are vying to replace Lauren Boebert in 3rd District. Here’s where they stand on the big issues.

Democrat Adam Frisch, a former Aspen city councilman, and Republican Jeff Hurd, a Grand Junction Republican, are running against each other to represent Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in Washington, D.C.

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Dan Haley, head of Colorado Oil & Gas Association, plans to leave post when a successor is found

Dan Haley, who as the head of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association has been the industry’s most high-profile advocate in legislative, regulatory and ballot initiative battles, is leaving the association.

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