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U.S. Senate Candidate’s Roan Position in Locomotion

It's all over the news and blogs: According to campaign manager Dick Wadhams, Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Bob Schaffer backs Gov. Bill Ritter's plan...

Salazar Brothers Team Up to Find Balance in Energy Development

Western Colorado has seen the extractive industry come and go, so U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., and his brother, U.S. Congressman John Salazar, D-Manassas,...

Tourists, Energy Workers Vie for Motel Rooms

The oil-and-gas boom in northwest Colorado has attracted thousands of workers causing a high demand for housing. With no other place to stay, energy...

Oil & Gas Hearings Set for January

If you want to give input on proposed oil and gas drilling regulations regarding air and water quality and public health and wildlife protection,...

Day in the Life: Rep. Curry Juggles Home and House Duties

She commutes hundreds of miles between home in Gunnison and to the State House in Denver. Plus, she doesn't back away from controversial legislation...

Offering Tough Love to Boomtown Newcomers

This is not the first time that energy development has blitzed the Rockies. In the euphoria, we've forgotten certain fundamentals of the energy economy....

It’s Not about Taxes; It’s about Quality of Life

This is not the first time that energy development has blitzed the Rockies. In the euphoria, we've forgotten certain fundamentals of the energy economy....

How to Deal With the Energy Boom: A Lethargy in Three...

This is not the first time that energy development has blitzed the Rockies. In the euphoria, we've forgotten certain fundamentals of the energy economy....

Severance Tax Change Could Make Colorado $10 Billion Dollars Richer

You decide -- $10 billion for Colorado's roads, education, healthcare and growth impacts or $10 billion for the energy industry's profit line? That's the...

Hush, Hush & On the QT: Club 20’s Political Universe-2

This is Part 2 of what was heard and seen in the hallways of a Club 20 fall meeting in Grand Junction last Saturday. Nothing...
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