Author: jim.trotter
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Coors Seltzer and Coca-Cola among businesses aiding key segment of drought-stressed Colorado River
A coalition of high-profile businesses, including Coors Seltzer and Coca-Cola as well as the nonprofit Colorado Water Trust have signed up to add additional water for fish, farmers and hydropower generation to a key segment of the drought-stressed Colorado River known as the 15-Mile Reach. This stream segment begins just east of Grand Junction and…
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Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count scores impact of climate change
ASPEN • On a recent morning, local naturalist Rebecca Weiss led a small group of amateur birders through the frozen cattails near the John Denver Sanctuary in Aspen. Donning binoculars and masks, they stood at the edge of the Roaring Fork River to get a closer look at an American Dipper bobbing in and out…
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Mayor John Suthers on DreamCity
“I don’t believe even the most visionary among us could have foreseen what has transpired since we emerged from the great recession. We’ve added 40,000 high paying jobs since 2015, most in high demand areas such as software engineering and cybersecurity. That in turn has caused us to have the fastest growing millennial population in…
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Today’s articles on the impact of COVID-19 on correctional facilities in Colorado and a deep look at the first COVID-19 death of a Colorado prisoner are the latest installments in The Gazette’s ongoing investigation into the state’s corrections system and criminal justice issues. The Criminal Injustice series by The Gazette’s Colorado Watch team earlier probed violence,…
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2018 fire season by the numbers
2018 fire season by the numbers By the numbers: 2018 Colorado Wildfire Season 502 wildfires More than 475,000 acres burned 108,000 acres burned in the Spring Creek fire, the third largest in Colorado history $40.1 million paid by the state for wildfire suppression $120.3 million paid by the U.S. Forest Service for Colorado wildfire suppression.…
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Forecast for Colorado governor’s race: Hotly contested, highly partisan, probably nasty
Nov. 6 will be national presidential midterm Election Day, and it will also be the day Coloradans elect their next governor. Who will replace John Hickenlooper, our governor? He serves another six months until early January. Democrats have held the governor’s office for 36 years — or nine terms — in the last 56 years.…
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PRIMARY 2018: Candidates eye open AG, treasurer seats
As a trio of Republicans and a pair of Democrats sought their party’s nomination for Colorado state treasurer in the June primary, two Democrats vied for the attorney general’s post. The winners advance to the November ballot in a contest to fill a pair of soon-to-be open positions in state government. The GOP contest for…
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PRIMARY 2018: 833,638 Coloradans voted before election day
Before “election day” dawned Tuesday, 833,638 Coloradans had already voted. And for the first time in a Colorado primary election, that total included a sizable number of unaffiliated voters. In his last report on returned ballots before votes are counted after the polls close tonight, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams — the overseer of…
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Space Force: Springs is epicenter for space
Colorado Springs and Colorado have become the epicenter for America’s military space efforts over the past 36 years. Here’s a look at some local military space units: Air Force Space Command: This four-star command at Peterson Air Force Base overseas military space efforts nationwide. With a budget topping $12 billion and 30,000 airmen and civilian…