Author: Rachael Wright
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Adams county senate challenger calls out incumbent’s absences | A LOOK BACK
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: A state senate campaign in Adams County devolved into a ham-fisted fight when Republican candidate Joan Johnson accused Sen. Brian McCauley, D-Westminster, of neglecting his duties by being absent for…
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Candidates for Colorado office squabble over codes of conduct, campaign pledges | A LOOK BACK
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: “Natalie Meyer’s code is too weak,” Democratic candidate for secretary of state Aaron Harber proclaimed in a press release. Harber was clearly making a political play to draw a distinction between himself and the incumbent he was seeking to unseat.…
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Rural Reckoning | Colorado no longer ‘an agriculture-friendly environment,’ says one rancher
Janie VanWinkle is contemplating something she never thought she’d ever consider — selling the family ranch after four generations of living and working in Colorado. “The political environment is so toxic that if we do speak up at all, it falls on deaf ears,” said VanWinkle, a Western Slope rancher. “This is no longer an…
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Colorado congress members distance themselves from S&L crisis with cash | A LOOK BACK
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Several Colorado members of the U.S. Congress announced they were sending checks to the Colorado treasury in an effort to alleviate some of the burden on taxpayers and the state…
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Rural Reckoning | Colorado rancher: ‘This is no longer an agriculture-friendly environment’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Janie VanWinkle is contemplating something she never thought she’d ever consider — selling the family ranch after four generations of living and working in Colorado. “The political environment is so toxic that if we do speak up at all, it falls on deaf ears,” said…
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Newly established Black and Jewish GOP alliance call state chairman ‘horse’s a**’ | A LOOK BACK
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Two minority coalitions had banded together, Mort Marks said, under one name in order to affect real change in the Colorado Republican Party. What had been separate entities had now…
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South Rim fire at Gunnison National Park only 14% contained
Early the morning of July 10, a dry lightning storm moved across southwestern Colorado and ignited 10 fires — three in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, near Montrose. Bureau of Land Management’s firefighters were able to swiftly contain all but one of the fires, according to Park Superintendent Stuart West who helped…
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ICE arrest of student after traffic stop spotlights Colorado’s non-cooperation policy
On June 5, a University of Utah student was pulled over by a Mesa County police officer for following a semitrailer too closely. Caroline Dias Goncalves was asked where she was born and was released with a warning. But after exiting Interstate 70 at Loma, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stopped, arrested and took her to…
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An advocate for improving health care access
Over eight thousand miles away is the small village in India where The Classical Academy High School senior Vanya Lavu’s family is from and where her extended family still lives. Access to health care is extremely limited . Between 2021-2024 three of Lavu’s grandparents died. “My life story and the adversities that my loved ones…
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Best and Brightest 2025: A passion for politics and making a difference
Saffran Stevens was confronted with many challenges at a young age. Rather than let them overwhelm her, the Pine Creek High School senior has used them as motivation. “My greatest challenge has been the people around me,” Steven said. “In fifth grade, I was told I was going to hell for not believing in Jesus,…