Author: Marianne Goodland

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado legislators met at the state Capitol on Friday morning to review how the recently-adopted federal budget will affect health issues in the state. The review is among the steps lawmakers are taking in preparation…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Trump administration announced Friday that it would lift a hold on nearly $5 billion in grant funding for education, with Colorado now expected to receive $66 million. The funding was tied to a lawsuit filed earlier this month by 16 states, including Colorado, challenging…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While the COVID-19 pandemic became the defining issue of Gov. Jared Polis’ first term, the reintroduction of wolves on the Western Slope is likely to cement his legacy — however history ultimately judges his time in the executive office — in his final four years, particularly for rural…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Michelle Gray, the chair of the Pueblo County GOP, has filed to run for Colorado House District 60. Gray’s announcement begs a question, however, on the status of the current member of the House who…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that it had completed necropsies on two female wolves that died in the spring. Both were among the 15 wolves relocated to Colorado in January from British Columbia. Female 2514 was found dead in Rocky Mountain National…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The results of a poll that Gov. Jared Polis himself initiated to gauge support for his bridge project are in — and the public doesn’t want it.  All told, the governor’s survey drew in 87,686 responses and 94% of them are against the proposal. In a…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An affidavit filed with the Denver District Attorney’s office identifies multiple questionable letters of support supposedly written for former Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis. Jaquez Lewis was arrested on July 6 on one count for attempting to influence a public servant, a class 4 felony, and…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former state Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis of Longmont has been charged with attempting to influence a public servant, a Class 4 felony. Jaquez Lewis’ next day in court is Aug. 7, according to the Denver District Attorney’s office. Jaquez Lewis resigned in February during an…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The ending to last Friday’s meeting of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission came with news of yet another wolf killing. Commissioner Tai Jacober, a rancher in Pitkin County, spoke up near the end of the meeting. “There was a depredation at Capitol Creek just…