Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5, on the DPCA stage, 30 second-fifth graders brought “Aladdin Kids” to life.
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While we have made great strides as a society in learning to live with a new virus in our lives and are doing our best to move on to a more normalized chapter of our history regardless of political or cultural ideation, another milestone is about to be reached.
Many of you are aware that my beloved brother Billy Cordova passed away in the second week of July.
Together, we join in care and compassion for the broken-hearted in Uvalde, Texas, as we take in the unthinkable reality of the school shooting in their community. We cannot dismiss our own fear and anger while also being overcome with gratitude for our community and in particular, the protection of our own children.
The 6-year battle between in-town residents of Buena Vista and our local post office continues.
Eight years ago, when I was elected to serve as the state Senator for District 5, I never imagined the blessings and lessons that this job would bring me.
There continue to be false statements made by our Sangre de Cristo Electric Association that have confused its members: SDCEA repeatedly says that solar generating (net metering) members get to unfairly exchange cheap energy made during the day for expensive energy bought at night from Tri-S…
It’s hard to fathom that it has been 20 months since our lives were dramatically transformed by the COVID-19 global pandemic.
While many in our society, especially in Colorado, have chosen to move on from this traumatic experience, going back to normal despite the risk of contracting or transmitting the virus, the pandemic is unfortunately not over.
Over the last few weeks the Capitol has been quiet. During the pause from debating and passing bills, I spent time listening to constituents and the other folks from around Colorado who have reached out to me to share their thoughts, stories, and concerns.
Last Saturday morning Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment moved Chaffee County from Orange to Yellow on the statewide COVID-19 Dial. This was not due to a fundamental improvement in our public health metrics but rather was reflective of the agency “changing the markers on the field.”
Like many local residents, when Friends of Browns Canyon first learned that the Colorado Midland and Pacific Railway had leased Union Pacific’s local rail line, we were excited at the prospect of trains returning to the valley. After all, CMP promised to “assess the interest” of local communities “for commuter passenger rail services.”
Last week at the Capitol, I joined my colleagues to pass legislation that will bring relief to the families and small businesses in Colorado that have been hit hardest by the pandemic.
As a card carrying member of the Sierra Club, GreenPeace and NRDC to name a few, I am appalled by what the 350 Central Colorado argument is promoting with their open letter to Nestlé Waters North America.
“The Times They Are a Changin’.” So wrote Bob Dylan in the 1960s, and they seem to change even more during this tumultuous year of 2020.
A change that has been overlooked by the administrators of the Buena Vista school district is the movement to include what was formerly called Vocational Technical Training in the high school curriculum. Now called Career Technical Education (CTE), the movement has grown nationally.
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During the past 20 plus years I have written many articles on water rights and water allocation in Colorado.
National Health Center Week 2020 is celebrated this year on August 9 – August 15. Across the country, the exceptional work of Community Health Centers will be recognized, work sustained while fighting on the front lines of COVID-19 to keep our communities healthy and safe. This celebration w…
A year ago, voters passed Chaffee County measure 1A, a 0.25 percent sales tax measure funding forest health and wildfire mitigation, supporting working lands and addressing the growing environmental impact of outdoor recreation.
I stare in wonder at the local post office parking lot as I leash my little papillon dog to pick up my mail.
On Dec. 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission put our democracy and our economy at risk. That’s when the FCC voted to deregulate the internet and repeal the 2015 Net Neutrality rules.
The pace is picking up under the Golden Dome. Between all the new proposed legislation and bills that have returned from last session in one form or another, the calendars are loading up quickly.
Envision Chaffee County plans Jan. 12 meeting in BV
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To the Buena Vista school district community:
National Commander Charles E. Schmidt of the American Legion is “encouraged by Secretary David Shuklin’s candor and commitment in fixing the Veterans Administration. We believe he is sincere and motivated to affect positive change throughout the VA healthcare system.”
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Into our hallways will walk some bursting with curiosity, some weary and despairing, others determined, some skeptical, some surrounded and lifted by the care of others, others doing the lifting of others far too young.
This property could make a beautiful neighborhood. A place people love to live and raise their families. It could become a place to start or finish your career as a renter or homeowner.
Most of our ancestors were poor, some were criminals, some were slaves or indentured servants, most didn’t speak English. But they all came to start a new life in this great land.
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Into our hallways will walk some bursting with curiosity, some weary and despairing, others determined, some skeptical, some surrounded and lifted by the care of others, others doing the lifting of others far too young.
This property could make a beautiful neighborhood. A place people love to live and raise their families. It could become a place to start or finish your career as a renter or homeowner.
Most of our ancestors were poor, some were criminals, some were slaves or indentured servants, most didn’t speak English. But they all came to start a new life in this great land.
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A major factor in the increased cost of DUI: the average impaired driver in Colorado now qualifies as a Persistent Drunk Driver (PDD) based on blood alcohol content (BAC).
It was not known by many people that it was a public hearing so only one side was present.
As an American, I feel that I have more freedom available to me and my family than the vast majority of world residents, thanks to the forethought of our founding fathers who designed a document that was unheard of in the world.
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By opening the bridge, we provide the public easy access to the nice BLM land across the river from South Main.
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It is not surprising that those whose properties adjoin the proposed development as well as others in the valley and beyond oppose this plan.
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It began with social media posts The Times followed on public rallies to defend access to public land.
Our country has an incredible and unmatched protected public lands legacy that allows hunters, anglers, hikers, backpackers, outfitters, equestrians and untold numbers of others the opportunity to experience parts of our country as they were in the days of Lewis and Clark and, more recently,…
Trout Unlimited has been dealing with multiple publications across the West in the past week or two that have printed a version of the Coggin statements.
Will Coggin is credited as the director of research for the Environmental Policy Alliance, a project of the nonprofit Center for Organizational Research and Education, just one of many organizations created by veteran political consultant Richard Berman, who is well known in D.C. for creatin…
In Colorado and across the West, lawmakers are considering the costs and benefits of moving public land management from the federal government to the state. While the debate stirs passions, a new analysis provides some sobering figures on the economic gains that states stand to make.
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Now you’re thinking to yourself, I know the law and what to do. But do you really know Colorado state law?
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