Reuben Schafir
@reubenschafir.bsky.social
Based in Portland, ME, I cover Indigenous communities for @pressherald.com through Report For America. Always open to tips at rschafir@pressherald.com
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Penobscot Nation to reclaim 1,700 acres in rural Maine as tribe grows land holdings
Penobscot Nation to reclaim 1,700 acres in rural Maine as tribe grows land holdings
The Appalachian Mountain Club is repatriating the parcel to its former Indigenous stewards as part of a larger acquisition finalized Tuesday.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Penobscot Nation to reclaim 1,700 acres in rural Maine as tribe grows land holdings
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We, the workers of the statewide Maine Trust for Local News are excited to kick off our new campaign to bring the entire company under One Big Union. As our work grows increasingly unified, so should our representation.
It's time to bring the whole company together. Sign out petition here!
It's time to bring the whole company together. Sign out petition here!
Support One Big Union at the Maine Trust for Local News
Under nonprofit ownership, the Maine Trust for Local News is building a business model that could be a roadmap to sustainability for local news organizations across the country. We are here because we...
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August 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We, the workers of the statewide Maine Trust for Local News are excited to kick off our new campaign to bring the entire company under One Big Union. As our work grows increasingly unified, so should our representation.
It's time to bring the whole company together. Sign out petition here!
It's time to bring the whole company together. Sign out petition here!
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about that $25 million public records request. #copolitics via @coloradofoic.bsky.social
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A $25.4 million CORA request - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
The bill from the Pikes Peak Library District in El Paso County wasn’t $25,000. It was $25 million. More precisely, it was $25,377,971.43.
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March 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
about that $25 million public records request. #copolitics via @coloradofoic.bsky.social
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The Dec. 5 gasoline spill from a leaking pipeline in La Plata County was bigger than first reported—a lot bigger.
23,000 gallons of gasoline spilled into their yard; now, this Durango couple can’t go home
Heather Houk was at work one December afternoon when her husband called to say they had to evacuate their house. By the time she returned to their 3-acre property on the Florida Mesa around 5 p.m., fi...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Dec. 5 gasoline spill from a leaking pipeline in La Plata County was bigger than first reported—a lot bigger.
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"The Durango school board’s third legislative priority this year: to limit 'extreme or gratuitous' paperwork-generating records requests and legal inquiries." via @reubenschafir.bsky.social www.durangoherald.com/articles/dur...
Durango schools want to address ‘bad actors’ who wield transparency laws
The 26 requests to inspect public records received by Durango School District 9-R in the last two years – just over one per month – does not exactly sound like an onslaught, according to Jeff Roberts,...
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January 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"The Durango school board’s third legislative priority this year: to limit 'extreme or gratuitous' paperwork-generating records requests and legal inquiries." via @reubenschafir.bsky.social www.durangoherald.com/articles/dur...
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Looking back at the past 12 months, there weren’t a lot of wins for the public’s right to know. #coleg #copolitics
CFOIC’s 2024 year in review: a more opaque legislature, pricier public records, closed disciplinary records, child autopsies, police officer database and CORA ‘abuse’ - Colorado Freedom of Informat...
Coloradans in 2024 lost ground in the never-ending battle for access to government information.
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December 26, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Looking back at the past 12 months, there weren’t a lot of wins for the public’s right to know. #coleg #copolitics
From the inbox today… I don’t know how to handle such charms!
December 26, 2024 at 11:53 PM
From the inbox today… I don’t know how to handle such charms!
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Ten years after it passed, the Hermosa Creek bill continues to remind us all of what our democracy can do at its best.
Hermosa Creek federal protections turn 10
Sandwiched between the Animas River and the Dolores River divide sits a patch of dense, coniferous forest named for and defined by the exceedingly cold and clear Hermosa Creek.
Nearly all of the water...
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December 23, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Ten years after it passed, the Hermosa Creek bill continues to remind us all of what our democracy can do at its best.
“We may be having to look at what those statutory mandates are that seem to pile up year after year after year from the Legislature, with very little recognition that 64 counties in Colorado are the ones that pay,” La Plata County Commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton said.
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December 11, 2024 at 5:34 PM
“We may be having to look at what those statutory mandates are that seem to pile up year after year after year from the Legislature, with very little recognition that 64 counties in Colorado are the ones that pay,” La Plata County Commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton said.
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Some worry that if the states aren’t able to settle their differences, other water users who aren’t part of the conversation (tribes and environmentalists) could get left behind.
Colorado River states hold an uncomfortable reunion this week in Vegas
As the Colorado River Water Users Association gathers, the seven river states are like kids coming home to a family reunion. Policy watchers are frustrated with their level of disagreement.
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December 5, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Some worry that if the states aren’t able to settle their differences, other water users who aren’t part of the conversation (tribes and environmentalists) could get left behind.
“What these places all share, is, increasingly, they have a question of who belongs”
Pt. 2/2 of my series on Silverton and how the towns former mayor pursued his own development ambitions while in office out today
Pt. 2/2 of my series on Silverton and how the towns former mayor pursued his own development ambitions while in office out today
Change in Silverton was inevitable – how it happened may not have been
SILVERTON – The former mayor of Silverton came under fire soon after he stepped into office.
At a meeting in late April 2020, one of Shane Fuhrman’s first as mayor, then-Trustee Molly Barela cited his...
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December 4, 2024 at 3:45 PM
“What these places all share, is, increasingly, they have a question of who belongs”
Pt. 2/2 of my series on Silverton and how the towns former mayor pursued his own development ambitions while in office out today
Pt. 2/2 of my series on Silverton and how the towns former mayor pursued his own development ambitions while in office out today
“He was living his dream,” Katrina said of her older brother. “… Mt. Cook was one of those incredible dream-come-true mountains.
Durango alpinist Kurt Blair presumed dead on New Zealand peak
Durangoan Kurt Blair, an internationally certified mountain guide known throughout the San Juan Mountains as an affable, empathic and highly skilled professional, is missing and presumed dead on Aorak...
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December 3, 2024 at 9:23 PM
“He was living his dream,” Katrina said of her older brother. “… Mt. Cook was one of those incredible dream-come-true mountains.
In Silverton, a developer saw unmined potential. Then he was elected mayor
The product of many months of reporting, out this weekend
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The product of many months of reporting, out this weekend
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In Silverton, a developer saw unmined potential. Then he was elected mayor
SILVERTON – Shane Fuhrman’s social media presence would stoke the coals of envy in any skier who longs for snowy bliss.
His Instagram page features high-resolution footage of Fuhrman, the former mayor...
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December 2, 2024 at 3:53 PM
In Silverton, a developer saw unmined potential. Then he was elected mayor
The product of many months of reporting, out this weekend
www.durangoherald.com/articles/in-...
The product of many months of reporting, out this weekend
www.durangoherald.com/articles/in-...
Hanging out with Colorado Parks and Wildlife yesterday as wildlife officers released 3 black bear cubs back into the wild after 5 months in rehab.
November 21, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Hanging out with Colorado Parks and Wildlife yesterday as wildlife officers released 3 black bear cubs back into the wild after 5 months in rehab.