Ask the Governor: Live Town Hall Tonight

Uncensored and unrehearsed — what do you want Gov. Bill Ritter to say tonight?

The Continuing Politics of the Roan Plateau

The controversy over drilling the Roan Plateau started on the local streets of Rifle, Colorado and has gone up the political ranks through the governor’s office, Congress and U.S. Senate to the top echelons of the Bush Administration. It has…

New Members Appointed to Oil and Gas Commission

Five new members to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioner were appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter on Thursday which increased the board from seven members to nine and added a greater diversity to the make up of the panel.…

Roan Plateau: Colorado Takes On the White House

Sen. Ken Salazar, Gov. Bill Ritter and Department of Natural Resources Director Harris Sherman will be flying over the Roan Plateau in Rifle on Tuesday to take an aerial view of this unique natural area. The trip is part of…

Colorado Reviving the Sagebrush Rebellion?

The “Sagebrush Rebellion” that championed state rights against the federal government was a Republican conservative faction back in the 1970′s and again in the 1980′s. However, in Colorado today, it is a movement that is crossing from the political left…

Western Slope Round-Up: What Do a Camel and Ritter Have in Common?

If your answer was: “they were both in the Rifle area,” you would be correct!

Take a trip around the West for a couple of minutes and learn about what some of your state legislators and the governor have…

Live! On the Road with Gov. Ritter

Governor Bill Ritter signed three legislative bills in Frisco this morning before a crowd of nearly 100. According to Rep. Dan Gibbs, who introduced the three bills Ritter was signing, this was probably the first time a governor had come…

BLM Mainlining Oil Shale Development

No oil company has yet invented a commercially viable way to extract oil from oil shale. Not ExxonMobil, not Shell Frontier, not Chevron USA.

Sure, there are several experiments that look promising, especially Shell’s in-situ process (simply, heating…

Ritter to Sign Oil and Gas Related Bills

Governor Ritter will be on the road on Tuesday, May 29th, making “pit-stops” along the way on I-70 to sign about a dozen bills relating to the oil and gas industry.

The Continuing Saga of Oil and Gas

The new Western soap opera still involves the traditional players: those in white hats; the villains; the law; the victims; and shoot-outs. We’re describing the oil and gas extraction story in Northwest Colorado and almost every week a new chapter…