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The winner of Adams County’s House and Senate races will likely determine which Party controls Colorado’s legislature.
State GOP Chair Steve House, who hails from the...
Colorado’s GOP may have cancelled the presidential straw poll, but that didn’t stop some Jefferson County Republicans in Lakewood from trying to weigh in...
Environmental group Conservation Colorado unveiled a new website Thursday that maps all existing and planned fracking activity in Adams County.
The website, called "Coming Soon Adams County,"...
The Adams County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to enact a six-week moratorium on new fracking development in high density urban areas.
Commissioner Eva Henry...
The Adams County Board of Commissioners has postponed a public fracking information session scheduled for Tuesday in order to meet privately with the county attorney.
The county...
Many Adams County residents support a 10-month moratorium on fracking. Oil and gas industry representatives say a temporary ban would hurt the local economy.
Anti-fracking...
This story first appeared on the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition website.
The public can inspect voted ballots in Colorado. So says a state Court of...