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Colorado Republicans' vice chair vacancy election revives battle for soul of state GOP | TRAIL MIX
Colorado Politics
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Colorado's Republicans plan to fill the state party's vacant vice chair position later this month in an election pitting two starkly different visions of the state GOP and the party's path back from the sidelines in a state that's turned an...
Colorado dentist faces trial for wife's cyanide poisoning death
KHBS - Arkansas
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July 11, 2025
Angela Craig was complaining of severe headaches and dizziness. She had been to the hospital three times in 10 days, yet doctors in Colorado couldn’t explain what was causing her illness.“I feel drugged,” she texted her husband, James Craig,...
Colorado water deaths have plummeted this year. Here’s how park rangers are making a difference.
The Colorado Sun
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July 11, 2025
It was a beautiful, warm and sunny day on Rampart Reservoir last weekend — until it wasn’t. A sharp wind picked up, bringing waves that rolled across the reservoir and knocked four paddleboarders into the crisp 50-degree water. Two teens swam to...
Colorado River solution has always been obvious
The Daily Sentinel - Colorado
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Western newspapers, blogs, and podcasts are humming this month with stories that the seven states on the Colorado River are close to an agreement on managing the river in future years. The existing agreements, designed to “supplement” the ancient...
Iconic Colorado Mountain Bar Bucksnort Saloon Is Back
Westword - Colorado
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July 11, 2025
After a couple of rounds and a live tune or ten in a good bar, you have no idea how long you’ve been there. The moment you walk into a great bar? You’re left wondering how long it’s been there – suspended in space and time, ancient and ageless,...
Stulp, Colorado’s first water czar, remembered for dedication to public service
The Fence Post - Nebraska
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July 11, 2025
John R. Stulp, Jr., 76, the state’s first and only water czar and a former commissioner of agriculture, died Monday night at the Prowers County Medical Center in Lamar, Colo. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2, at...
Class Action Activism, Mosquitoes & Politicians that Bite & Tropical Dust
1290 WJNO - Florida
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Class Action Activism, Mosquitoes & Politicians that Bite & Tropical Dust – July 11th, 2025 Takeaway #1: That didn’t take long It was only a matter of exactly when, not if, a federal district court judge would rule once again against President...
Lone Tree city manager elected president of the Colorado Municipal League’s executive board
The Centennial Citizen - Colorado
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July 11, 2025
Seth Hoffman, the City of Lone Tree’s city manager, has been elected to serve as president of the Colorado Municipal League’s executive board. “Being elected president gives me the chance to highlight the exciting things happening in Lone Tree,”...
Letters to the editor: Colorado budget needs to consider more; observations on nature
Greeley Tribune - Colorado
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July 11, 2025
Colorado budget should look at more than just direct costs I attended the legislative “wrap-up” event featured in the article “Colorado’s public education could be in for tough days ahead with more state budget challenges”...
Embezzlement case a legal yarn
The Aspen Daily News - Colorado
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Andrea Tinsley, 38, of Aspen, faces a class 3 felony theft charge in connection to allegations that she embezzled more than $130,000 from her former employer. Courtesy of Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office An Aspen woman faces a felony theft charge, a...
EDITORIAL: Pagosa’s Government Economy, Long May It Wave, Part One
Pagosa Daily Post - Colorado
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July 11, 2025
Photo: The Ruby Sisson Memorial Library, in 2021. Your Ruby Sisson Library has always been a place to explore, share, discover, and dream. But the time has come for an upgraded and expanded library… — from the Ruby Sisson Library ‘Building...
New Texas AI Law Spares Employers Sweeping Rules
Forbes
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Texas has made its stance clear: it intends to lead, not wait. TRAIGA may be narrow in scope, but it ... More lays a foundation for future AI governance while protecting space for innovation.getty Texas has officially joined the AI lawmaking race....
Splish, splash: The magic of mermaiding in Colorado
The Gazette - Colorado
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Getting ready for a party, Whitney Swinford paints her eyes with vibrant blues and hues of pink. Before heading out, she gives her post-made-up face a good spritz. “It’s all about how you apply and the setting spray,” she said. “It sprays on and...
Artists' collective near Colorado Springs works to keep art of indigo dye alive
The Gazette - Colorado
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A vat of indigo dye contains the magic of chemistry and the history of ancient civilizations. It’s also the reason your denim jeans are blue. At a recent Blue Hands event, textile artist Melanie Audet slips a square of white fabric into a large...
EDITORIAL: The left sees 'The Colorado Way' as the Democratic Party's future
The Gazette - Colorado
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A Politico article touting “The Colorado Way” as a Democratic blueprint for winning elections — by promising to save people money — is a master class in political spin divorced from reality. The Politico article, published this week and generating...
Why Colorado residents should be vigilant in reporting child abuse in the summer
KOAA News 5 - Colorado
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July 11, 2025
DENVER (KOAA) — Summer break usually means an escape for many kids from the grind of daily schoolwork, but for others, it could mean the feeling of being trapped if they are in an abusive environment. Like clockwork, each summer break, CO4KIDS...
Opinion: Emma Pinter and Wendy Buxton-Andrade: The ‘big beautiful bill’ is ugly for Coloradans’ health
Daily Camera - Colorado
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July 11, 2025
By Emma Pinter and Wendy Buxton-Andrade In Colorado, we pride ourselves on working across the aisle when the well-being of our communities is on the line. As current and former county commissioners — one Republican and one Democrat — we don’t...
$4 million in federal funds released for Upper Colorado River Basin watershed restoration
The Colorado Sun
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July 11, 2025
Millions of dollars in federal funding have been released to continue restoring lands and streams in the fire-scarred Upper Colorado River Basin watershed in and around Grand Lake and Rocky Mountain National Park. The roughly $4million was frozen...
Council approves bid to reopen Colorado Springs City Auditorium as an event space
Colorado Public Radio
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Colorado Springs City Council voted unanimously this week to lease the City Auditorium to AVA Presents, a live entertainment company. The once lively building that has hosted everything from political rallies to artists like Jimi Hendrix and Van...
Does Colorado law bar police from encrypting communications?
The Colorado Sun
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July 11, 2025
Despite recent efforts by Colorado lawmakers to limit the use of encrypted communications by police agencies, the state has not banned the practice. State legislation introduced in 2018 and 2019 sought to limit encrypted communications by law...