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Colorado Springs Bucks State Trend on Data Centers With Project Taurus Approval
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The Denver Gazette, Approved, State

Colorado Springs Bucks State Trend on Data Centers With Project Taurus Approval

By Alexander Edwards | The Denver Gazette Data centers have been thrust into the limelight in the past 12-18 months as more companies seek to build them while concerns grow about their use of natural resources. That’s led some Colorado communities to reject data centers, while others welcome them in hopes of economic gains. As Colorado Springs forges ahead with Project Taurus, a planned AI data center being built in an old computer chip manufacturing facility at 1615 W. Garden of the Gods Road, other locations in Colorado have imposed temporary moratoriums on data centers. Larimer County imposed a moratorium on data centers that expires on Aug. 25. On May 18, the Denver City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on new dat...
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Longmont Approves Data Center Restrictions to Safeguard Power and Water
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DENVER7, Approved, Local

Longmont Approves Data Center Restrictions to Safeguard Power and Water

By: Maggie Bryan | Denver7 Longmont City Council voted 6–1 Tuesday night to ban hyperscale data centers, capping facilities at 5% of regional grid capacity or 100 megawatts, whichever is lower. LONGMONT, Colo. — Longmont is drawing a line against hyperscale data centers, passing an ordinance Tuesday night that sets limits on facility energy consumption to protect the city's power grid, water supply, and neighborhoods from impacts seen elsewhere across the country. In a 6-1 vote, Longmont City Council passed a city ordinance capping data center energy usage at either 5% of the region's grid capacity or 100 megawatts, whichever is lower. City staff said 100 megawatts is enough to power between 10,000 to 30,000 homes on a hot summer day. Longmont joins a growing ...
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Local Farmers Battle Dry Conditions and Higher Costs Ahead of Market Openings
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DENVER7, Approved, State

Local Farmers Battle Dry Conditions and Higher Costs Ahead of Market Openings

By Ethan Carlson | Denver7 Unseasonably warm weather and expensive water are forcing local farmers to adapt. LONGMONT, Colo. — Farmers markets are set to open across Colorado in the coming weeks, but local growers are facing a tough season marked by drought, rising fuel and fertilizer costs, and warm weather. The City Park Farmers Market starts Saturday, May 2, and the Lafayette Farmers Market opens Sunday, May 3. Shoppers may see a different selection of goods than usual for this time of year. Peter Wanberg, co-owner of the City Park and Lafayette Farmers Markets, noted that the weather has affected what crops are going to be available. “Normally, there’s a lot of greens and there’s not a huge amount of those really big harvest mid-seaso...
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Progressive Activists Target Northern Colorado Elections in Local Power Push
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Complete Colorado, Approved, Local

Progressive Activists Target Northern Colorado Elections in Local Power Push

By: Sherrie Peif | Complete Colorado FORT COLLINS ­— One of the state’s most extreme left-wing political organizations is back on the campaign trail, endorsing candidates for public office in various local races during this off-year election, including a significant focus on northern Colorado The Colorado chapter of the Working Families Party (WFP), which touts itself as a “multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses and people over powerful,” has endorsed multiple candidates in non-partisan school board and city council races across Greeley, Fort Collins and Longmont. In the past, WFP has endorsed such controversial officials as former Denver School Board Member Tay Anderson, who was accused of sexual misconduct with students; Rochelle Galindo, the former House District...
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Eviction of Longmont’s prairie dogs a go and likely by death over relocation
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Eviction of Longmont’s prairie dogs a go and likely by death over relocation

By Catie Cheshire | Westword Over one hundred prairie dogs that live next to the Harvest Junction Village neighborhood in Longmont will likely be killed in March after the Homeowners Association board voted to move forward with an extermination plan. The HOA board is giving activists and community members who don’t want the animals to be killed until March 1 to move the colony, but activists say that timeline is impossible. “This rushed decision disregards both resident input and the humane, cost-effective solutions that are available if the board delays extermination,” Longmont prairie dog advocate Jaime Fraina says in a statement. READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTWORD
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Harvest Junction Village HOA wants to exterminate prairie dogs in Longmont, but activists are involved
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Harvest Junction Village HOA wants to exterminate prairie dogs in Longmont, but activists are involved

By Catie Cheshire | Westword Jaime Fraina walks almost every day along Left Hand Creek in Longmont, where he enjoys a little fresh air and nature. Fraina particularly likes seeing the prairie dogs, which he often sees calling to each other, poking their heads out of the ground or relaxing in the sun. But those prairie dogs will soon be eliminated if the Harvest Junction Village Homeowners Association, which manages part of the open space where Fraina walks, follows through with a plan to kill them. To prevent the death of those prairie dogs, Fraina says he's proposed alternative solutions to keep the creatures from wandering into yards, but the HOA hasn't been receptive. READ THE FULL STORY AT WESTWORD
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Spike in sick raccoons noted: ‘It’s exhausting because we’ve euthanized so many’
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Approved, CBS Colorado, Local

Spike in sick raccoons noted: ‘It’s exhausting because we’ve euthanized so many’

By Sarah Horbacewicz | CBS Colorado Agencies across the country and in Colorado are warning of a viral disease outbreak in raccoons. Distemper a deadly illness that can spread to pets. Longmont Animal Control is reporting that they are experiencing a spike in number of calls about sick raccoons in the Colorado city. Animal Control officer Ashley Walters says that that distemper won't get humans sick, but can spread to cats, dogs and even ferrets if they're not vaccinated. Now, Walters wants to spread awareness as officers respond to a higher number of calls than in recent years. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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