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The Home Front

The Home Front: Two solar power companies to install ‘six solar sites in communities...

"Two solar power companies are partnering to install six solar sites in communities on the Western Slope — projects that will add a combined...

The Home Front: ‘Racist and nationalist graffiti’ found in Frisco and Silverthorne Your morning...

"Racist and nationalist graffiti was discovered near School Road in Frisco Thursday morning, along with a report of similar graffiti found near the Starbucks...

The Home Front: Federal and state officials are investigating a ‘potential mine discharge and...

"A potential mine discharge and fish kill in the upper portions of Boulder County's Left Hand Creek linked to an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund...

The Home Front: After ‘brutal years of rising teen suicides’ in El Paso County,...

"After several brutal years of rising teen suicides in El Paso County, the numbers have been trending downward," reports The Gazette in Colorado Spring....

The Home Front: Teachers in a second El Paso school district in Colorado ‘will...

"Teachers and other employees in a second El Paso County public school district will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on campus," reports The...

The Home Front: Hickenlooper touts ‘an improved view of Colorado across the nation as...

"Gov. John Hickenlooper touted an improved view of Colorado across the nation as his biggest accomplishment in his two terms," reports The Durango Herald....

The Home Front: A missing Crestone medium is the subject of a popular podcast...

"An Atlanta-based media firm is spinning an intriguing story in an ongoing podcast about a Crestone medium who vanished two summers ago shortly after...

The Home Front: The two summer wildfires in Routt National Forest ‘have cost millions...

"The two large fires that burned over the summer in the Routt National Forest have cost millions of dollars to fight," reports The Steamboat...

The Home Front: The free drinking water mystery well near Cripple Creek will stay...

"A free artesian well at Gillette Flats near Cripple Creek will stay open until April to give thousands of users time to find alternative...

The Home Front: Erie’s leaders want to know why so many ‘high profile town...

"At least two Erie trustees are calling for an investigation into the reasons behind a spate of high profile town staff resignations in recent...