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Elevated independent Colorado information source curated through aggregating local media reports & digesting news about government statewide from the Front Range, Eastern Plains, & Western Slope, to the mountain valleys & peaks.
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The Colorado Monitor @coloradomonitor.bsky.social · Dec 12
The Colorado Monitor is a 14,000-foot daily digital view of what is happening with various government agencies and entities around Colorado. Each day we scan the state's media & highlight various media reports (with correct attribution, of course). We hope to soon add original reports of our own.
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Snowmass Seeks Public Input on Tourism Plan

~ Skyler Stark-Ragsdale, Aspen Times

www.aspentimes.com/news/snowmas...
Snowmass seeks community input for destination management plan
The town is halfway through their six-month process to engage with the Snowmass community while drafting a Destination Management Plan, which will serve as a road map for Snowmass tourism over the nex...
www.aspentimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Investigators Continue to Search for 180 Missing Cows on the Western Slope

~ Montrose Press

www.montrosepress.com/news/how-to-...
How to find 180 cows: Inside the investigation of Western Slope ranchers’ missing cattle
From early June to mid-October, Gayle Ware surveys 30,000 acres of remote and rocky national forest land by horseback, traveling east to west across four sprawling pastures west of Hotchkiss.
www.montrosepress.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Attorney General Phil Weiser is First Major Party Big Name to Jump in the 2026 Race for Colorado Governor
coloradosun.com The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · Jan 2
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Thursday launched a 2026 campaign for governor, becoming the first major Democratic candidate to jump into what’s expected to be a crowded contest to replace Gov. Jared Polis.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser launches 2026 campaign for governor
Weiser is the first major Democratic candidate to jump into what's expected to be a crowded contest
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January 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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NEW: Federal agents and local police were investigating a Colorado Springs residence Thursday morning connected to the explosion of a Cybertruck in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, authorities said.
Las Vegas Cybertruck driver ID’d; Colorado Springs residence investigated in connection with explosion
The man killed in Wednesday’s Cybertruck explosion was an active-duty U.S. Army soldier, federal officials told the Associated Press.
www.denverpost.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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We have an EARLY POLL for the 2026 Colorado Governor's Race:

Neguse 20%
Griswold 15%
Ken Salazar 11%
Weiser 8%
Other 8%
Undecided 37%

From Healthier Colorado using Magellan Strategies
December 4th - 9th, 2024
#copolitics #coleg
December 16, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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Reservoirs Planned to Store Water but Questions Exist Whether State Will Build Them

~ Heather Sackett, @aspentimes.bsky.social

www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-j...
Aspen Journalism: Colorado has big dreams of storing millions of acre-feet of water — but will planned reservoirs ever be built?
Nearly two hours east of Grand Junction on a remote dirt road on the Grand Mesa is a nondescript, shallow, sage-brush-covered valley where two creeks meet.  The site, at 8,200 feet in elevation, is ho...
www.aspentimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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Volunteers Prepare to Help if U.S. Forest Service Hiring Freeze Implemented in 2025

~ Hannah Harn, Chaffee County Times

www.chaffeecountytimes.com/news/volunte...
Volunteer groups prepare in the wake of USFS hiring freeze
In late September the U.S. Forest Service announced it would be initiating a hiring freeze on all non-firefighting seasonal temporary workers for the 2025 fiscal year. As they prepare for the upcoming...
www.chaffeecountytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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Colorado Supreme Court Retracts Tenant Eviction Jury-Trial Decision, Leaves it to Legislature to Fix

~ Michael Karlik, Colorado Politics
www.coloradopolitics.com/courts/color...
Colorado Supreme Court retracts decision recognizing right to jury trial in eviction cases
The Colorado Supreme Court took the extraordinary step on Monday of retracting its 2-month-old decision recognizing tenants have the right to a jury trial in certain types of eviction disputes.
www.coloradopolitics.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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Colorado Prosecutors Want to Imprison More Juvenile Offenders

~Sam Tabachnik, @denverpost.com

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December 16, 2024 at 4:25 AM
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Montrose County Commissioner Pull the Plug on Plan to Add Renewable Power Generation Provision to Zoning Code

~ Katharhynn Heidelberg, Montrose Daily Press

www.montrosepress.com/news/power-g...
Power generation code revision on hold — for now, after opponents call it discriminatory
Montrose County commissioners on Wednesday weighed whether to add a zoning amendment addressing renewable power generation facilities, but in the end, rejected the proposed changes on a 2-1 vote, upon
www.montrosepress.com
December 15, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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Lawmakers Consider Fixing State Budget Hole Partially by Delaying Spending on Wolf Reintroduction Program

~ Ali Longwell, Steamboat Pilot & Today

www.steamboatpilot.com/news/could-p...
Could pausing wolf reintroduction help solve Colorado’s budget problem?
As Colorado looks for ways to cut nearly $1 billion from its budget, some legislators are pondering whether pausing wolf reintroduction efforts could save the state $2.1 million per year.  It was one ...
www.steamboatpilot.com
December 15, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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Pueblo City Council Approves $1 Million Plan to Install Security Cameras in City Parks

~ Paige Reynolds, KRDO (Channel 13)

krdo.com/news/2024/12...
Pueblo City Council votes 'yes' on $1 million for public park security cams
A live TV news station covering breaking news and traffic for Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Southern Colorado with a strong investigative team
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December 15, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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Denver Public Library Most Read Books of 2024

~ Alayna Alvarez, Axios Denver

www.axios.com/local/denver...
Axios - Denver
Smart, efficient news worthy of your time, attention, and trust
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December 14, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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Feds May Cut Employee Bonuses in Colorado's Federal Prisons

~ Lindsey Toomer,
@coloradonewsline.com
coloradonewsline.com Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · Dec 13
The federal Bureau of Prisons intends to cut retention bonuses by 10% for prison staff in Colorado, raising concerns for union leadership that the prisons will be unable to maintain adequate staffing levels.
Union leaders fear federal prison staff levels in Colorado could drop after proposed bonus cuts • Colorado Newsline
The Bureau of Prisons intends to cut retention bonuses by 10% for federal prison staff in Colorado, according to union leaders.
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December 13, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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Denver Shutters Migrant Shelters After Two Years & Providing Temporary Housing to as Many as 30,000 People

~ Angeline McCall, KUSA Channel 9 (Denver)

www.9news.com/article/news...
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December 12, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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CDPHE is again revising one of the permits that allow the Suncor Energy oil refinery in Commerce City to pollute, and once again environmentalists and nearby residents are accusing state regulators of doing more to protect Suncor’s finances than the health of the community.
Critics say Colorado regulators are looking out for Suncor’s interests, not the community: “This is bewildering”
Twice now, the EPA objected to portions of Suncor’s permit after environmental advocates petitioned the federal agency to force the state to reconsider it.
www.denverpost.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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The Gross Dam expansion is now 60% complete
Opponents of Gross Dam expansion ask judge to halt construction, warning of “catastrophic” impact
Opponents of Denver Water's Gross Dam expansion in Boulder County ask federal judge to halt construction, warning of “catastrophic” impact.
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December 12, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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Mesa County Commissioners Approve $250 million Budget, Prioritizing Law Enforcement & Capital Projects

~ Robbie Patla, KKCO Channel 11 (Grand Junction)

www.kkco11news.com/2024/12/12/m...
Mesa County Commissioners adopt 2025 budget
$250 million allocated to county priorities
www.kkco11news.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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Bayfield Mayor Pro Tem Faces Harassment Charge

~ Matt Hollinshead, Durango Herald

www.durangoherald.com/articles/bay...
Bayfield mayor pro tem’s recent troubles now include harassment citation
Bayfield town board member Alexis Hartz’s troubles in recent weeks have gone from dealing with calls for her resignation to a criminal complaint alleging harassment. Hartz allegedly kept persisting....
www.durangoherald.com
December 12, 2024 at 5:04 PM
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Election denier Lauren Boebert voted against certifying Biden's win. But she's open to seeing Cheney and other J6 committee members thrown in jail.
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December 11, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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The Colorado Monitor is a 14,000-foot daily digital view of what is happening with various government agencies and entities around Colorado. Each day we scan the state's media & highlight various media reports (with correct attribution, of course). We hope to soon add original reports of our own.
December 12, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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Aspen Mayoral Race Attracts Candidates

~ Westley Crouch, Aspen Times
www.aspentimes.com/news/aspenit...
Aspenite submits mayoral petition, more ponder running
The mayor serves a two-year term with a limit of three consecutive terms, while city council members serve four-year terms with a two-term limit.
www.aspentimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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Broomfield Residents Raise Stink Over New Mandated Trash Service

~ Corbett Stevenson, Broomfield Enterprise

www.broomfieldenterprise.com/2024/12/11/p...
Petition circulating online opposing Broomfield’s universal trash hauling ordinance
Ongoing concerns about Broomfield’s new universal trash hauler have sparked one resident to create a petition opposing the ordinance.
www.broomfieldenterprise.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Finalists Vying to Fill Vacant Aurora City Council Seat Address Various Issues Facing the State's Third Largest City

~ Cassandra Ballard, The Sentinel
December 11, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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Three Top Fort Collins City Officials Get Big Raises Approved by City Council

~ The Coloradoan

www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2...
How much Fort Collins' city manager, city attorney and chief judge were awarded in raises
Fort Collins City Council raised the 2025 salaries for three of the city's top employees.
www.coloradoan.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:24 PM