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The Man Who Lives in a Hole in Park County, Colorado

Posted on October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 by Post Contributor

He said it’s usually cheaper for the landowners to desert their property entirely, along with whatever they were trying to build out there…

Posted in News/Politics

OPINION: Biden Administration Ignores Animal Welfare Issues

Posted on October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 by Post Contributor

Animal Wellness Action and its partners have conceived a raft of new federal animal protection bills introduced in Congress…

Posted in News/Politics

Southwest Region Sees $32,500 in Non-Profit Grants from El Pomar Foundation

Posted on October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 by Post Contributor

Since 2003, El Pomar’s Regional Partnerships program has also provided invaluable support to 11 regions statewide, representing all 64 counties…

Posted in Community

Simple Ways to Save on Your Monthly Energy Bill

Posted on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 by Post Contributor

Black Hills Energy is encouraging customers to consider weatherization projects and behavioral changes that reduce wasted energy and save money on monthly energy bills…

Posted in Community

OPINION: Approval of COVID Vaccine for Young Children Will Put Millions at Serious Risk

Posted on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 by Post Contributor

“Conversely, according to Pfizer’s own study trial data, the chance of death in children from the Pfizer vaccine is 107 times higher than death due to COVID…”

Posted in Opinion/Letters

Legislation Would Prevent the Biggest Corporations from Paying Nothing in Federal Taxes

Posted on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 by Post Contributor

“For the last fifty years, our economy has worked really well for large corporations and the wealthy, while American families and workers have been left behind…”

Posted in News/Politics

Offshore Wind Energy Leaders Ask Congress to Back Long-term Plans

Posted on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 by Post Contributor

The Biden administration set an ambitious goal earlier this year to generate 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by the end of the decade…

Posted in News/Politics

Fresh Faces, Fewer Tools: Meet the New Bosses Fighting COVID

Posted on October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 by Post Contributor

At least 26 states have passed laws or regulations limiting the powers of public health officers this year, meaning these replacements have fewer tools and less authority…

Posted in Education/Health

$2.39 Million in COVID-19 Relief Potentially Paid in Error to Colorado Landlords?

Posted on October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 by Post Contributor

In total, the Division of Housing sent more than $50 million in relief payments to 1,600 landlords through the POP program, which ended in June…

Posted in News/Politics

CDHS Receives $1 Million Grant for Child Support Services

Posted on October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 by Post Contributor

“The two-gen approach encourages CDHS programs to serve children and their caregivers together, to harness the family’s full potential…”

Posted in Education/Health

States and Tribes Contemplate the Colorado River in Serious Decline

Posted on October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 by Post Contributor

“These decisions have significant psychological, sociological and economic impacts to the communities,” she said…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Hickenlooper, Bennet Join Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Military Suicide

Posted on October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 by Post Contributor

The bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to immediately address military suicide rates by evaluating the effectiveness of their suicide prevention efforts…

Posted in News/Politics

VIDEO: What To Do If You Encounter a Mountain Lion

Posted on October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 by Post Contributor

Southwest Colorado is prime mountain lion habitat, as indicated by 107 mountain lion sightings already this year across the region…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

National Suicide Prevention Phone Number to Launch Next Year, But 10-Digit Dialing Required Now

Posted on October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 by Post Contributor

Coloradans should continue to call Colorado Crisis Services as new dialing procedures take effect…

Posted in News/Politics

Camping Crunch Comes to Colorado

Posted on October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 by Post Contributor

Compared to other regions of the country, the Western United States saw the biggest increase in reservable camping activity, although the trend of increasingly full campgrounds was consistent…

Posted in News/Politics

ESSAY: Learning a New Language is Exhausting

Posted on October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 by Post Contributor

They had not yet learned to speak English, making it difficult to learn much in any of their classes…

Posted in Essays/Poetry

Colorado Supreme Court Denies Tina Peters’ Appeal Regarding Mesa County Elections

Posted on October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 by Post Contributor

Peters has been under scrutiny since she allowed an unauthorized person to attend Mesa County’s “trusted build” software update…

Posted in News/Politics

Sweetwater Lake to Become Our Newest Colorado State Park

Posted on October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 by Post Contributor

“This is the first of its kind partnership in Colorado to create a state park on U.S. Forest Service land, and we look forward to working with our partners and Coloradans…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation

LETTER: The True Purpose of Zoning and Land Use Codes

Posted on October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 by Post Contributor

Do our land use codes and building codes really protect anyone… other than real estate agents, the tax man, and the wealthy folks who are offended by looking at the poor from their deck?…

Posted in Opinion/Letters
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