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As federal employees grapple with layoffs, the United States Postal Service has been living with staffing shortages for years.
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Fort Collins ecologist Mark Easter talks regenerative agriculture, carbon footprints, and the role of western farmers in tackling the climate crisis in his new book The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos.
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Boulder beat out Cincinnati, Ohio, and a joint bid from Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah, where the festival has been held for four decades.
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It is estimated that outdoor recreation contributes more than a trillion dollars to the U.S. economy. A new podcast explores how this plays out in several rural communities in our region, from Moab, Utah, to Montezuma County, Colorado.
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A proposed state law could cut some tipped employees’ wages in parts of Colorado. The issue is putting restaurant owners and employees on edge.
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The Trump Administration is directing federal agencies like the Department of the Interior to ramp up mining operations on federal public lands. The order singles out copper, uranium, potash, and gold.
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Attorney General Phil Weiser is part of a coalition of attorneys general suing the federal government over some of President Trump’s executive orders, including funding freezes and efforts to dismantle the Department of Education.
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Senator Hickenlooper and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser joined a zoom call last week to discuss the legal ins and outs of the current administration. The host of the call was Indivisible, a progressive nation-wide grassroots movement that started as a way to pressure local officials to resist President Trump’s agenda.
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Freshman Representative Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) is sponsoring a bill that would require Bureau of Land Management field offices across the west to adopt plans that would open up more lands to oil and gas drilling.
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The Boulder St. Patrick's Day parade spans one city block and featured Irish wolfhounds, pipers, step dancers, and the famed Paddy O'Furniture Drill Team.