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National parks are big business in Colorado, new report says

By | 02.28.12 | 3:04 pm

According to a report released Tuesday by the National Park Service, Colorado’s national parks received more than 5.6 million visits in 2010 generating just under $293 million in spending and accounting for 6366 jobs in the state.

Detractors of Bear Ranch land swap are sticking to their guns in western Colorado

By | 12.01.11 | 5:29 am

The dust-up continues over billionaire Bill Koch’s proposed land swap so he can further fortify the replica Wild West town he is erecting a dozen miles upstream from the coal his company mines.

New visitor center at Dinosaur National Monument

Salazar dedicates new facilities at Dinosaur National Monument

By | 09.28.11 | 3:06 pm

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today dedicated a new visitor center at Dinosaur National Monument. The Department of the Interior said in a release that it expects the new visitor center to increase tourism and generate economic growth and jobs in northwest Colorado and northeast Utah in conjunction with a new exhibit hall to be opened next week.

U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton.

Koch family feud finds common ground in funding for Tipton

By | 09.20.11 | 7:54 am

Billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch don’t often see eye
to eye with youngest brother Bill. On at least two things, though, they share common ground: A love for Colorado and an eagerness to fund Rep. Scott Tipton’s campaigns.