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Incumbents outspend newcomers in Durango board of education election

Six candidates spent more than $17,000 on advertising-related services

DATE: Dec 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as 1-cent coin gets canceled

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia is set to strike its last circulating penny on Wednesday as the president has canceled the 1-cent coin. President Donald Trump has ordered its de...

DATE: Nov 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado water project funding is drying up

Under Senate Bill 40, a nine-member panel would examine new options to replace severance tax money

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Project SunShare offers working homeowners solar power in Southwest Colorado

Frozen federal funds or not, the ‘solar-coaster’ keeps on rolling

DATE: Feb 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Governor’s proposed Colorado budget cuts personnel funding to prepare for tighter spending

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday released his 2025-2026 state budget proposal, which prepared for tighter spending given decreasing inflation this year. Colorado’s budget growth is tied t...

DATE: Nov 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Upper Pine fire, eight other departments receive $1.3M to address recruiting woes

Rising cost of living, limited economic opportunities in rural Colorado contributing to struggles

DATE: Oct 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado could use $700 million of TABOR surplus on a new child tax credit

Starting Spring 2025, Colorado’s lower-income families could receive an average of $2,500 per year under a state-level child tax credit. The proposal, which is moving forward at the statehou...

DATE: Apr 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado could owe $2 billion in taxpayer refunds. That will squeeze next year’s state budget

The state’s quarterly economic forecast in March takes on special importance, because the estimates determine how much the legislature has to spend in its annual budget

DATE: Mar 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News