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Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget Introduced in Colorado Senate
After receiving final approval from the Joint Budget Committee last week, the Long Bill has begun making its way through the state legislature…
LIKE I’M DROWNING: Five Stories from the Student Debt Crisis
President Joe Biden has called on Congress to cancel $10,000 in federal debt for each borrower. Some Democratic congressional leaders have pressed for $50,000…
Colorado Environmentalists Call for Investigation Following ‘Whistleblower’ Complaint
The emails show APCD air-quality modelers growing increasingly concerned about the legality of its practices…
‘Drug Take Back Day’ Scheduled for April 24
With studies indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is essential…
Governor Polis Extends Statewide Mask Order for Another 30 Days
“Right now across our state, 1 in 207 people are currently contagious with COVID-19, and only an estimated 27% of Coloradans are already immune through either vaccination or prior infection…”
Open Letter to Secretary Haaland Regarding Wild Horse Policies
Relocating wild horses from areas where they are in conflict with livestock interests via humane methods… is both economically and ecologically appropriate…
‘American Rescue Plan’ Will Support Veterans
The coronavirus economic relief package for Americans allocates $17 billion in support of the VA’s nationwide response…
New Suicide Dialing Code
On July 16, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved 988 as the three-digit abbreviated dialing code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline starting July 16, 2022. The FCC order requires all telecommunications carriers, interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers and one-way VoIP providers to make any network changes necessary to ensure that READ MORE
New Area Code Dialing Requirement Will Facilitate Suicide Dialing Code
In order for 988 to work, customers in many area codes across the country, including 719 and 970 in Colorado, must be transitioned to 10-digit local dialing…
Blood Drive Tomorrow, April 6
Our next Vitalant Blood Drive will be held at Centerpoint Church, 2750 Cornerstone Drive, from 10am to 3pm…
Free Annual Training This Month for Chimney Rock Volunteers
After training, new volunteers will receive extended training with a veteran volunteer at the site until they are comfortable in their new positions…
Colorado Aims at Expansion of Public Lands
“It sounds nice as a slogan, and that’s helpful, but if you look at all the science and the data that’s out there, you can understand the need behind it…”
Durango’s COVID ‘Cowboy’ Rounds Up Spring Break Scofflaws, Lines ’Em Up for Shots
“You can’t throw a stone around here without hitting a Texan,” explained Scott Perez, the man in the marshal get-up…
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Partners with Colorado Youth Corps Association
“As we monitor how human use and natural disasters impact our outdoor spaces, we have an obligation to work together to protect our trails so that they can be enjoyed for generations to come…”
LETTER: Considering Pagosa Wages
Last year I was working for a local businessman and when my check was handed to me, he said that the governing body that we work under stated that a certain wage was required…
OPINION: ‘American Jobs Plan’ to Include Civilian Conservation Corps Funding
“This plan will jumpstart our economy, by putting millions of Americans back to work addressing our nation’s infrastructure needs, and making needed changes to our energy grid…”
Feds Allow Reduced Testing in Colorado Schools
“The last thing students need is to have the brakes slammed on learning, to accommodate several weeks of standardized testing….”
Input Needed on Local Watershed Planning Effort, Today via Zoom
We need input from all water users on whether we have identified the issues and needs of the watersheds as you are experiencing them in your backyards and community…