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Down the Line: Utah oil train route would retrace Colorado railroad history through Grand Valley
A coal train crosses the Colorado-Utah border on May 15, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) GRAND VALLEY, Colo. — Five miles due south of the point where Interstate 70 crosses the…
Down the Line: A closer look at the Colorado, local route for Utah’s planned deluge of Uinta Basin, waxy crude oil trains
A train of mostly empty tank cars derailed outside Suncor Energy’s oil refinery in Commerce City on June 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) A proposal to build a new short-line…
Vail native Johnston elected Denver mayor
Seven years after he departed the Colorado Senate, Mike Johnston’s third time seeking higher office proved to be the charm. After placing third in the 2018 Democratic primary for governor…
Billionaire donors with local ties give Vail native Johnston a big boost in Denver mayoral race
Left: Denver mayor candidate Kelly Brough receives the endorsement of the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance at an event on May 12, 2023. Right: Brough’s runoff opponent, former state Sen.…
Colorado Democrats take another stab at passing CORE Act
President Joe Biden signing the Camp Hale National Monument executive order in 2022. Colorado’s Democratic members of Congress will try again to pass the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act,…
Polis vetoes bipartisan wolf reintroduction bill
A pair of wolves (courtesy of Colorado Parks & Wildlife). Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday vetoed legislation passed by lawmakers in the General Assembly that his administration said could…
Colorado Republicans beat climate denial drum as Democrats pass bills to cut greenhouse gasses
In what’s become an annual tradition in the Colorado General Assembly, Democrats in the majority are spending the final weeks of the legislative session passing bills aimed at reducing greenhouse…
Colorado Attorney General Weiser warns feds against funding oil trains through Eagle County
The dormant Tennessee Pass rail line along the Eagle River with Vail’s Game Creek Bowl on the horizon. Eagle County officials worry oil train traffic along the nearby Colorado River…
Colorado adopts new rule to speed up production of heavy-duty electric vehicles
Colorado air quality regulators on Friday approved a pair of rules aimed at reducing pollution from truck engines and speeding up adoption of medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles — albeit…
Colorado opposition to Uinta Basin oil trains keeps chugging along at Glenwood Canyon event
From left, Glenwood Springs Mayor Jonathan Godes, state Sen. Dylan Roberts, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie participate in a press conference…