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Keyword: Politics

  • Money wars: McLachlan’s supporters beat recall insurgents

    Chase Olivarius-Mcallister

    Citizens for Mike McLachlan – an issue group that emerged to oppose...

    05/21/2013
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    Hickenlooper signs spending bill for schools

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law the first update in...

    05/21/2013
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    Effort to recall McLachlan falls short

    Joe Hanel

    Rep. Mike McLachlan will live to fight another day.

    Opponents of...

    05/21/2013
  • Agency jumble blocks Mancos hydro plans

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Rep. Scott Tipton had one of his greatest successes in his...

    05/20/2013
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    2014 elections: Who’s in, who’s on the fence

    Joe HanelStefanie Dazio

    WASHINGTON – The 2014 elections could be a turn in the tide for...

    05/18/2013
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    Sheriffs bond to shoot down state gun laws

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – La Plata County Sheriff Duke Schirard and 53 other...

    05/17/2013
  • Tri-State calls for renewable mandate veto

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – The company that supplies coal-powered electricity to...

    05/15/2013
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    Hickenlooper to visit Durango and Cortez

    Joe Hanel

    Gov. John Hickenlooper plans to be in town next week for bill-signing...

    05/14/2013
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    Coram punches above weight

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – For state Rep. Don Coram, 2013 was a paradoxical year in...

    05/13/2013
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    Guv signs bill into law

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a $1 billion...

    05/13/2013
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    Roberts finds more GOP allies

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Ellen Roberts is no longer a Party of One.

    Ever...

    05/10/2013
  • In 2013, Democrats had their way

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Will Rogers once said, “I’m not a member of...

    05/09/2013
  • Rollicking session ends with whimper

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – And that’s a wrap.

    Colorado legislators...

    05/08/2013
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    S.W. Colo. legislators still on fire

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Lost in the clamor of all the controversial happenings at...

    05/07/2013
  • 11th-hour bill tries to ban pot sales

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – In a last-minute and ill-fated move, state senators tried to...

    05/06/2013
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    Colo. lawmakers push to finish

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Legislators hastened to tie up loose ends Monday on the...

    05/06/2013
  • Waning-session weariness won’t eclipse need for action

    The Colorado Legislature is about to wrap up its business for the year,...

    05/06/2013
  • In Denver, work remains to be done

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – The clock is ticking on the final days of one of the most active...

    05/05/2013
  • Colorado House advances tax break for poor

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Colorado Democrats are on the verge of approving large new tax...

    05/03/2013
  • No money for aerial fire fleet in Colo.

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Supporters of a state-owned aerial firefighting fleet missed...

    05/03/2013
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    Congress talks forest health in Colo.

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Colorado’s Republican members of Congress prodded the Forest...

    05/02/2013
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    Supremes’ Sotomayor encourages youth council

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dedicated Colorado’s...

    05/02/2013
  • The clock is ticking on plan for air tankers

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – A state senator continues to look for $17 million for his...

    05/01/2013
  • House votes for high tax on marijuana

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Now that marijuana possession is legal in Colorado, the...

    04/30/2013
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    House ups renewable power mandate

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – House Republicans accused Democrats of waging war on rural...

    04/30/2013
  • School-funding overhaul nearing end

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – The Legislature set the stage Monday for a $1 billion tax...

    04/29/2013
  • Colo. Senate supports firefighter union rights

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – The Legislature has approved unionization rights for...

    04/27/2013
  • Are terrorists targeting forests?

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – As if 4 million acres of dead, standing timber and an...

    04/26/2013
  • House votes to increase Medicaid eligibility

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Legislators voted Friday to expand health care for the...

    04/26/2013
  • House panel sets pot tax at 30%

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Coloradans ingest an estimated 70 tons of marijuana a...

    04/25/2013
  • Democrats lament progress on gas, oil bills

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – House Democrats have accepted partial defeat in their...

    04/25/2013
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    Senator: Ads could finance air force

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Senators who want the state to buy its own aerial...

    04/24/2013
  • Colorado preps to tax Internet

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Colorado Democrats jumped at the chance to get the state...

    04/24/2013
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    Parker: Election reform will help voters

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – La Plata County’s clerk and recorder returned to...

    04/24/2013
  • Two more gun-control bills clear House in Denver

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Colorado’s long legislative gunfight...

    04/22/2013
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    County clerk on receiving end of elections-reform attack mailing

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – La Plata County Clerk Tiffany Lee Parker opened her...

    04/22/2013
  • No funds for firefighting force

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – State senators who hoped to buy a firefighting air force...

    04/19/2013
  • Lawmakers on elections: Mail in the ballots

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – State representatives passed an overhaul of...

    04/19/2013
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    Where does GOP go from here?

    Ann Butler

    On paper, La Plata County voters are registered as about one-third...

    04/19/2013
  • Tax credit for working poor passes Senate

    Joe Hanel

    DENVER – Senate Democrats passed a tax credit worth up to $100...

    04/17/2013

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Mesa Verde Visitor & Research

The dedication of the Mesa Verde National Park Visitor and Research Center.

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Mesa Verde visitor center

Mesa verde visitor center opening after more than a decade of fundraising, lobbying, etc. Offical grand opening is May 23 - we give folks a behind-the-scenes look before the festivities.Our appointment is 1 p.m.

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Technology in schools

Needham Elementary School 5th grade students work to complete their research projects on computers.

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Ignacio gas leak

A noxious gas leak forced the evacuation of Ignacio Junior High School Monday and sending over 20 students to area medical facilities for evaluation.

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Sweeping views of the La Plata Mountains and Mesa Verde...

Guv seals deals with pen

Sweeping views of the La Plata Mountains and Mesa Verde...

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IGNACIO – Thirty Ignacio Junior High students...

Gas leak sickens students

IGNACIO – Thirty Ignacio Junior High students...

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Animas High School, a public charter school, is graduating...

Passing the test

Animas High School, a public charter school, is graduating...

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Emergency crews preparing for medical evacuation training...

Paraglider crashes on Smelter Mountain

Emergency crews preparing for medical evacuation training...

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The ritual of graduation is the same everywhere:...

Tribal beats usher FLC graduates

The ritual of graduation is the same everywhere:...

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  1. Guv seals deals with pen
  2. Illness affects Redwine booster
  3. Leah Violet Tsosie
  4. Crossing a mountain range
  5. National forest coughs up discarded household goods
  6. ‘Against the odds’
  7. Passenger dies in single-vehicle late-night crash
  8. Switchbacks get restored
  9. Tony J. Gallegos
  10. Broncos Nation, reintroduce yourself to Tom Nalen
  1. Effort to recall McLachlan falls short (23)
  2. Travelers to get more elbow room at airport (2)
  3. Council sets date for public hearing on plastic-bag fee (2)
  4. Switchbacks get restored (1)
  5. Airport commute difficult for those using wheelchairs (1)
  6. ‘We’re gobsmacked by the enormity’ (1)
  7. Mercury campus construction (1)
  8. Money wars: McLachlan’s supporters beat recall insurgents (1)
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