Tancredo talks sanctuary cities, legalizing weed and why Maes is 'completely wrong'

Tom Tancredo didn't seriously think he would win when he ran for president two years ago.

He only had one mission in mind and that was to force his GOP opponents to take a stance on illegal immigration.

But his run for governor of Colorado is different.

“The difference is when I was running for president, I really thought we had candidates who were competent,” Tancredo told Real Va...
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Tea party favorite Tim Leonard brings hard-core conservative history to key Colorado senate race

State Senate District 16 candidate Tim Leonard shocked the mainstream Republican Party and a lot of Democrats when he trounced moderate 5th Judicial District Attorney Mark Hurlbert at the GOP’s SD 16 assembly back in May.Portraying himself as pro-business and ant...
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Actor Wendell Pierce trumpets activism in the Big Easy

Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Gulf coast, destroying so much life, history and infrastructure that it became the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.Along with a deeper appreciation of the culture and locales that stretch from central Florida to the Texas coast, determined men and women have emerged fro...
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Vail Valley philanthropist, businessman Gerald Gallegos dies

Gerald Gallegos, entrepreneur, philanthropist and former Vail Valley Citizen of the Year, died late Wednesday night, according to a statement from the Gallegos Corporation.

Born in southern Colorado and raised in Minturn, Gallegos attended Battle Mountain High School and Mesa State College in Grand Junction before founding Gallegos Masonry in 1970. The company, based in Wolcott, started out doing masonry and stone...
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