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Endless summer: Ski resorts struggle to keep terrain open in new climate change frontier

By | 03.28.12 | 12:41 pm

ASPEN — Flowers are blooming along the sidewalks. Snow on the mountains is melting fast. Residents here aren’t sure whether to ski or golf. But most of them are certain of one thing: Climate change is for real.

Critics call for Colorado to forget Flaming Gorge pipeline after latest federal denial

By | 02.24.12 | 5:36 am

A second blow was dealt Thursday to a proposal to construct a 501-mile pipeline from Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge to Colorado’s Front Range when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) deemed the application premature. Opponents quickly questioned how Colorado leaders could take the project seriously considering the Army Corps of Engineers rejected an earlier application.

Curry courts unaffiliated voters in high-profile write-in campaign

By | 06.25.10 | 1:41 pm

Kathleen Curry, a three-term state representative from Gunnison, hopes to spark an independent revolution on Colorado’s Western Slope with her write-in candidacy for House District 61 in November.