I-70 animal overpass stalled by state funding crunch
A proposed bridge to breach the “Berlin Wall for wildlife” on Interstate 70 near Vail Pass is apparently another piece of economic road kill,...
Western Slope Roundup: Life going to the dogs
In Montezuma County this year, independent candidates for county commissioner are taking on Republican incumbent Gerald Koppenhafer. Alfred Hughes of Mancos and Paul Young...
San Juan region as carbon sink?
The Four Corners region has long been tapped for carbon fuels that, when burned, contribute to global warming. But new research in the region...
Republican activist Shires gets probation, fine in fraud case
Scott Shires, the Republican activist who in 2004 reportedly recruited current U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer to serve on the board of the privately held National Alternative Fuel Foundation (NAFF), was sentenced today to a year of probation and ordered to pay a $3,450 fine on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file corporate tax returns.">Scott Shires, the Republican activist who in 2004 reportedly recruited current U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer to serve on the board of the privately held National Alternative Fuel Foundation (NAFF), was sentenced today to a year of probation and ordered to pay a $3,450 fine on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file corporate tax returns.
No spring break for animals gone wild in the high country
State wildlife officials say it’s been a particularly busy spring for encounters between humans and wildlife in the high country, especially in and around the...
Summertime is slash-and-burn time in Colorado’s high country
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The hills are alive with the sounds of … chain saws and choppers.
Crews have fanned out across the high country in recent weeks,...
Solar coming to oil-rich Rifle
Although the Western Slope city of Rifle is in the heart of an oil-and-gas drilling boom and will be the hub for future oil...
Environmental threats mar proposed Poudre River diversion project
The common shiner, a species of minnow, once called the Poudre River home. It has moved away.
Averaging between 2 and 4 inches long, the...
Death by oil shale: Did Bush lose Colorado for McCain?
The Campaign for America's Future has a provocative post up today on how President Bush's aggressive push to develop the highly unproven energy potential...
Oil and gas industry short on facts, long on embellishments
One thing you have to give credit to the oil and gas industry and its lobbying arm, the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA):...