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Human-caused wildfires further fan flames of beetle-kill debate

By | 09.14.10 | 12:04 am

Wildfire season in Colorado took a while to get going but now appears to be in full swing in late summer, with a blaze near Loveland claiming two homes and spreading to 900 acres over the weekend just as firefighters gained the upper hand on Boulder’s Fourmile Canyon Fire.

Sources: King numbers on Muslim family reunification way off

By | 06.23.10 | 12:20 pm

At a pro-Arizona anti-illegal immigration rally in Loveland, Colorado, Saturday, firebrand conservative Iowa Congressman Steve King, responding to a question from the audience, said he wouldn’t be surprised if President Obama was working to bring Muslims into the country.…

Tancredo celebrates Arizona for outlawing multicultural education programs

By | 06.22.10 | 1:05 pm

At a pro-Arizona event in Loveland, Colorado, Saturday, anti-illegal immigration warrior and former Congressman Tom Tancredo rallied the crowd by talking about not just Arizona’s controversial SB 1070, but about that state’s suite of new immigration laws. One…

WATCH: Voter voices from the Republican state assembly

By | 05.23.10 | 1:46 pm

What are conservative voters thinking as 2010 election summer begins? Candidate delegates and campaign volunteers spoke to the Colorado Independent outside the state assembly in Loveland Saturday. Some liked gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes because he’s not a politician. Some liked…

Colorado Republicans rallied by state assembly siege rhetoric

By | 05.22.10 | 10:09 am

LOVELAND– U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman brought the house down Saturday at the Colorado Republican Party assembly here when he stood foursquare with Arizona over immigration. “The people of Arizona have had enough of illegal immigration, they’ve had enough of a federal government that will not secure our borders. I can tell you this: My wife and I are planning a vacation in the State of Arizona…”

Speeding Tea Party rhetoric bangs against Ref C guardrail in Loveland

By | 03.15.10 | 12:59 pm

At last week’s 4th congressional district candidate forum in Loveland, theoretical anti-tax anti-government consensus broke down briefly during discussion of Referendum C, Colorado’s 2005 voter-supported “TABOR timeout,” which has become a litmus-test topic for state Republican candidates this year.

Toned-down Sarah Palin rallies thousands in Loveland

By | 10.20.08 | 6:01 pm

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin retreated a bit from her typical attack mode at a campaign event today in Loveland, Colo.

Palin spoke to a crowd of 7,120 at the Budweiser Events Center around 1:15 p.m.; it was her second event in a three-stop swing through hotly contested Colorado today. This morning she visited Colorado Springs and she is due for Grand Junction this evening.

Beauprez Gets First Newspaper Endorsement

By | 10.22.06 | 1:30 pm

The Lehman family which publishes the Loveland Reporter-Herald and Longmont Times-Call endorsed embattled Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez today in dual editorials fueling further speculation that the northern Front Range papers are enveloped in a media blackhole.

HD-51: Dueling Primaries

By | 08.07.06 | 8:03 pm

When embattled House District 51 Representative Jim Welker announced his intention to retire from the Colorado Legislature in order to “spend more time with the grandkids”, many Loveland area residents breathed a sigh of relief. 

The Tuesday election features…