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Hurd hammered from left, right for OBBB vote, opposing J6 pardons by Trump

Hurd hammered from left, right for OBBB vote, opposing J6 pardons by Trump

Alex Kelloff courtesy photo. Democrats say freshman Republican Congressman Jeff Hurd, a Grand Junction lawyer, is now caught between a rock and hard-right place after his vote in favor of…

Northwest Colorado explores nuclear waste storage with rail connectivity

Northwest Colorado explores nuclear waste storage with rail connectivity

An Atlas nuclear waste railcar (U.S. Department of Energy photo). Colorado has a long, dark history of failed and still highly toxic nuclear energy and weapons projects around the state,…

Lawyers fighting Utah oil trains expect Trump to issue executive order soon

Lawyers fighting Utah oil trains expect Trump to issue executive order soon

Upper Gore Canyon of the Colorado River from Amtrak’s California Zephyr in March — a remote canyon where an oil spill or wildfire would be very hard to reach (David…

Poll finds nearly 80% of Colorado voters oppose Medicaid cuts

Poll finds nearly 80% of Colorado voters oppose Medicaid cuts

Just 21% of Colorado voters want Congress to decrease Medicaid spending, according to a poll released Tuesday. Concerns about gutted health care access come as U.S. Senate Republican leaders work…

As Senate debates, One Big Beautiful Bill could scuttle U.S. manufacturing jobs

As Senate debates, One Big Beautiful Bill could scuttle U.S. manufacturing jobs

WASHINGTON —  Clean energy manufacturers and advocates say they’re perplexed how the repeal of tax credits in President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” will keep their domestic production lines…

Vail Fire Chief Novak ‘very concerned’ as feds pull back and yet wildfire season looms

Vail Fire Chief Novak ‘very concerned’ as feds pull back and yet wildfire season looms

The massive Marshall Fire near Boulder destroyed more than 1,000 homes in 2021 (emergency services photo). Wildfire experts say the best way for Colorado to reduce the destructive power of…

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could have an ugly impact on your Colorado electric bill

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could have an ugly impact on your Colorado electric bill

Higher electricity rates? In Colorado as elsewhere, that’s the given if the U.S. Senate adopts the recent budget reconciliation bill passed by the House of Representatives that would end a…

Senate likely to rekindle GOP efforts to sell off public lands for billionaire tax cuts

Senate likely to rekindle GOP efforts to sell off public lands for billionaire tax cuts

Cattle gather around a watering hole on federal land near Monticello, Utah. Utah is among several Western states seeking to reduce federal land ownership (photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah…

Evans, Boebert defend Medicaid cuts as protesters shout them down in Denver

Evans, Boebert defend Medicaid cuts as protesters shout them down in Denver

Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans of Fort Lupton, center, spoke about the GOP’s budget bill in a press conference at the Colorado State Capitol on Thursday (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline). Speaking…

Weiser vows to stay vigilant in wake of SCOTUS ruling in favor of oil trains

Weiser vows to stay vigilant in wake of SCOTUS ruling in favor of oil trains

An oil train above the Colorado River in Eagle County last summer (David O. Williams photo). Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Thursday issued a forceful statement on the U.S.…