Colorado officials sharply critical of Trump decision to pull out of Paris Accord
Colorado Democrats on Thursday skewered President Donald Trump for pulling out of the 2015 Paris Accord on global climate change, citing the state’s booming renewable energy sector and endangered outdoor…
Healthy Vision Month underscores importance of vision care plans
May is Healthy Vision Month, but most people past the age of 40 – especially those of us who make our livings staring at computer screens — already know the…
Colorado conservation group slams Gardner vote on BLM methane rule
Colorado’s conservation community cheered and energy-extraction groups condemned on Wednesday as the U.S. Senate voted 51-49 not to use the Congressional Review Act to rescind a U.S. Bureau of Land…
As Trump targets monuments, Colorado Public Lands Day ramps up
Colorado’s conservation community on Monday announced a slew of celebrations on Saturday, May 20, to commemorate Colorado Public Lands Day — a holiday spearheaded by Vail native and Democratic state…
Tipton votes in favor of controversial American Health Care Act; Polis blasts bill
Congressman Scott Tipton, a Republican who represents much of Eagle County in the sprawling 3rd Congressional District, voted in favor of the controversial American Health Care Act (AHCA) on Thursday.…
Polis blasts lack of state regs that might have prevented fatal Firestone explosion
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat who’s considering a run for governor in 2018, called a fatal April 17 home explosion in Firestone caused by an abandoned gas line…
Trump orders Antiquities Act review that could endanger Colorado public lands
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that requires a review of national parks and monuments that have been protected by presidents using executive action under the Antiquities…
Grand bargain on transportation funding crashes and burns in GOP Senate
A grand legislative bargain to ask voters for a sales tax increase to pay for Colorado’s badly crumbling roads and bridges was sent headlong into the ditch on Tuesday by…
Spicer denies Hitler used chemical weapons, drawing ire of Polis
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat who represents the Vail Valley in Congress, sharply criticized White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s denial that Adolf Hitler used chemical weapons during…
Sources contradict sheriff, DA, allege big jump in ICE presence
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been much more active in Eagle County courtrooms since February, sources say, disputing what the local sheriff and district attorney told RealVail.com last week.…