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Sen. Bennet chalks wins – and misses – for Southwest Colorado

The senator has tackled public lands bills, television markets and FLC tuition waiver

DATE: Apr 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Outgoing La Plata County planning commissioners reflect on ‘an amazing human process’

Geri Malandra and Charly Minkler have left the regulatory body after nine years of service

DATE: Feb 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump picks oil and gas advocate from Colorado to lead Bureau of Land Management

Kathleen Sgamma now leads Denver-based trade group Western Energy Alliance

DATE: Feb 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah’s potential land grab: A new fight for the West begins

Utah politicians seek to ignore the U.S. Constitution by claiming 18.5 million acres of your federal public land – most of it administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Utahans have ofte...

DATE: Jan 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

National Park Service kills controversial plan to ban climbing bolts in wilderness areas

Effort sought to allow local land managers to classify anchors as ‘permanent installations’

DATE: Dec 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Colorado lawmakers work to protect Dolores River Canyon by end of year

Republicans oppose Biden designating area a national monument

DATE: Dec 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Residents band together, seek action if group tries to seize land northeast of Mancos

‘We would like assurance from the Forest Service or the sheriff that they would act,’ coalition member says

DATE: Nov 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Despite tough sell, Forest Lakes T-Mobile tower approved

In rare 2-1 vote, La Plata County commissioners OK 150-foot monopole

DATE: Oct 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County’s gas drilling rules just turned one – are they working?

Only one operator has fully complied with the new rules, but stakeholders say they’re working through the kinks

DATE: Sep 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Advocates blast Western Slope counties’ ‘grossly inadequate’ Dolores Canyon conservation plan

Proposal from Mesa and Montrose counties would reduce proposed monument area by more than 90%

DATE: Jul 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado senators release guidelines for protecting Dolores River Canyon

Statement advocates maintaining water and mining rights, continued grazing, prohibiting fees

DATE: Jul 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolverines could return to the San Juan Mountains: What will reintroduction look like?

State Legislature passed a law directing Colorado Parks and Wildlife to begin the reintroduction process

DATE: Jul 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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