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Time to go all big-stick Teddy on the tech industry?

I was 14 when the Buggles 1979 hit “Video killed…

Colorado attorney general candidates weigh in on opioid lawsuit

Democrat Phil Weiser has consistently said he’ll sue pharmaceutical companies…

Local school officials back Amendment 73 to bolster sub-par education funding

Editor’s note: A version of this story first appeared in…

Wage theft on the rise in Eagle County as anti-immigrant politics heat up

Wage theft is a growing problem in Eagle County. Some…

Gun debate shaping Colorado attorney general’s race between Brauchler, Weiser

A story I wrote for Wednesday’s Vail Daily on the…

The burning issue of clearing trees to create defensible spaces around towns to battle wildfires

I asked Democratic Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet on Tuesday about…

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Congress allows Land and Water Conservation Fund to expire, drawing heat from Colorado

The Republican-controlled Congress on Sunday allowed the nearly 55-year-old Land and Water Conservation Fund that’s pumped more than $260 million into Colorado outdoor projects to expire despite bipartisan…

October 1, 2018No CommentRead More

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A-Basin set to open Friday, followed by Loveland on Saturday

Arapahoe Basin will win the race to be the first ski area in Colorado to…

October 16, 2018No CommentRead More

After Wolf Creek, Loveland, A-Basin jockey to launch ski season on daily basis

Vail’s opening day is still a month away (Friday, Nov. 16), but the Vail Valley…

October 16, 2018No CommentRead More

Wolf Creek Ski Area set to open Saturday

Wolf Creek Ski Area in southern Colorado is opening for the weekend on Saturday, making…

October 11, 2018No CommentRead More

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Tipton on taxes, national debt: Same subject, different administration

Jon Mulford admits he’s no longer a resident of Colorado sprawling 3rd Congressional District, having sold his property in the Roaring Fork River Valley and moved to Arizona.…

September 20, 20181 CommentRead More

Bennet a no vote on Kavanaugh as AG candidates Brauchler, Weiser talk process

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, announced on Tuesday that he will vote against the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s the letter…

September 12, 2018No CommentRead More

Tipton camp calls Hickenlooper endorsement of Mitsch Bush ‘bizarre’

Gov. John Hickenlooper this week endorsed the campaign of fellow Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush as the former state representative and Routt County commissioner tries to unseat four-term Republican…

September 6, 20181 CommentRead More

Weiser worried Kavanaugh will skew SCOTUS, erode rule of law under attack by President Trump

Tuesday’s chaotic kickoff to Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination hearing before the U.S. Senate underscores the nation’s bitter partisan divide and the critical importance of the…

September 4, 2018No CommentRead More

Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan OK’d by PUC as conservation groups celebrate

One of Colorado’s leading conservation groups lauded the approval Monday by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission of Xcel Energy’s ambitious Colorado Energy Plan, which will shut down two…

August 27, 2018No CommentRead More

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