Tag: Glenwood Springs
In Garfield County, critics say ‘local control’ will just shift more...
Residents of the second-most drilled county in Colorado warn backers of eleven “local control” ballot questions to be careful what they wish for, because oil and gas money will funnel into local races, they say, stacking county commissions and city councils in the industry’s favor.
DeGette: less wheels in wilderness, more around ski areas
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, will be in Glenwood Springs Tuesday morning for a special meeting of the Garfield County commissioners in which she’ll...
Figure in McInnis plagiarism case says ‘Scott’s responsible’
Rolly Fischer, the man Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis says is responsible for plagiarizing water papers written by Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory J....
Curry courts unaffiliated voters in high-profile write-in campaign
Kathleen Curry, a three-term state representative from Gunnison, hopes to spark an independent revolution on Colorado’s Western Slope with her write-in candidacy for House District 61 in November.
Drilling regs fading as campaign issue in gov’s race, as industry...
The Denver Post over the weekend formally put a fork in the acrimony over tough natural gas drilling regulations, declaring it a non-issue on...
Biomass power production takes step back in N.M., forward in Colorado
One of the potential silver linings in the dark cloud of the ongoing mountain pine bark beetle epidemic – which has ravaged more then...
GarCo board plays drilling-rules roulette; Houpt weighs run for Curry seat
Colorado oil and gas industry officials continue to fall back on new state drilling regulations to fend off more county or federal scrutiny, even...
Water expert: Snowpack dangerously close to drought levels
Badly needed snowfall is expected in Colorado’s high country this week, but one expert says the state will need much more than the amount...
GAO rips BLM for sidestepping NEPA on oil and gas leases
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 rather famously – or infamously, depending on your point of view – allowed for a Safe Drinking Water...
Obama school speech flap continues in Roaring Fork Valley
The Obama education speech faux-controversy controversy is now at least one Obama speech controversy in the past, for most of the country anyway. Not...