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With fracking creeping toward schools, candidates drill down their positions

By | 06.15.12 | 6:19 am

As concerns mount over oil and gas rigs inching closer to several Colorado schools, legislators are looking toward 2013 to sort out whether local controls should take a backseat to state regulations.

Fracking operation in Erie begins near two elementary schools, wakes up neighborhood

By | 06.01.12 | 4:45 pm

ERIE — Flaggers in orange vests stopped traffic on the parkway as a convoy of semi-trailer trucks rumbled toward Red Hawk Elementary this week hauling sound barriers to muffle a gas extraction project in this once quiet neighborhood that has left many parents, teachers and residents vexed.