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There are a range of important local and state elections coming up this year. In this voter guide, you’ll find up-to-date information about registering to vote, upcoming candidate forums, and what’s on the ballot in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties.
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The Interior Department is spending another $70 million to reopen habitat for native fish in many parts of the U.S., including the Mountain West.
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A bill that would reform transparency and accountability around police misconduct, especially between officers, was introduced this week with just days left in the legislative session.
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The measure to remove the statute of limitations for all sexual abuse claims failed in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday, April 17.
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Silt resident Caleb Waller announced his candidacy after State Sen. Perry Will unseated him on the GOP primary ballot in the Garfield County Commissioner race.
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Voters in Glenwood Springs have just under a week to weigh in on a measure that would change how residential development works in the city. While its proponents say it would increase public involvement and transparency, those opposed say it creates a costly, burdensome process that could slow down much needed housing.
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The Federal Aviation Administration says Pitkin County has to rebuild the runway at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport in a new location if they want to preserve funding from the agency. The agency will also require the new runway to be 150-feet wide, allowing larger planes and potentially more crowds into the Aspen area.
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Vision Zero is a European-inspired program which aims to eliminate traffic accidents by 2050. Las Vegas a few other cities in our region that are participating in the program.
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A Colorado Sun politics reporter was kicked out of the Colorado GOP Assembly which took place in Pueblo over the weekend. Sandra Fish has been covering politics since 1982. She was escorted out of the state GOP assembly on Saturday by a sheriff’s deputy, after being told that party Chair Dave Williams thinks her current reporting is “very unfair.”
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Robison, Montemayor and Kribbs earn seats on Carbondale Board of Town Trustees; Berman, Dupré-Butchart and Stevens land on Basalt Town Council; Knight runs as sole candidate for Basalt mayor.
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For the first time, the Washington County Water Conservancy District has created a Spanish version of its workshop on water-efficient landscaping.