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Another Snow Storm? Buy Your Potatoes Now

By | 12.27.06 | 9:55 am

Since the weekend, many of the Western Slope City Markets (owned by Kroger) were still lagging in fresh produce stock, bread and other products because of trucking problems out of their Denver warehouses. There were no onions, lettuce, or potatoes…

Denver Blizzard Snows In West Slope Economy

By | 12.23.06 | 9:23 pm

Potatoes. Gone. Onions. Non-existent. No lettuce. No eggs. Supermarkets in some places on the Western Slope are lacking fresh vegetables, fruit and dairy products just as holiday cooking is revving up. The problem is Denver’s snow storm delayed most I-70…

Candidates Zoom Zoom West Slope

By | 10.21.06 | 11:40 am

Major Democratic candidates and elected officials are crisscrossing northwest Colorado and the mountains during the last weeks of the 2006 election. Starting today, Congressman John Salazar, gubernatorial candidate Bill Ritter and US Senator Ken Salazar are all “burning rubber” up…

Ritter’s Campaign At Breakneck Speed

By | 10.06.06 | 1:12 am

“We can’t hold him back,” a Ritter campaign worker complained. “He’s running us ragged.”

At an early Thursday breakfast fundraiser in Glenwood Springs, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Bill Ritter was socializing with at least 50 locals. He looked fresh and…

Western Slope Club 20 to Hold Candidate Debates

By | 08.23.06 | 12:47 am

UPDATED 9/7/2006: Election season on the Western Slope doesn’t officially start until the Club 20 Fall Meeting, which starts on Friday in Grand Junction. The Saturday event and debate will feature an all-star cast: Governor Owens, Senators Ken Salazar…