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Eighty years ago this week, a flock of flyboys saved the world | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The flyboys were in the air as long as 17 hours on the night bombing raids from the Mariana Islands to Tokyo. Round trip was approximately 3,000 miles. Along the way the crews — average age 22 — faced Japanese Zeros, anti-aircraft fire, mechanical issues, air…
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Pikes Peak National Cemetery to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Pikes Peak National Cemetery will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday. The event marking President Harry Truman’s announcement of the unconditional surrender of Japan will feature taps, a rifle salute, a wreath dedication and military honors. Truman…
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Last of the Greatest: These five Colorado vets survived WWII. Here are their stories.
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzAvNDIvMDQyZThmNmEtMDI5MC0xMWVhLTkxNTItNWJkYzRhMjY2MDg2LzVkYzYxNjNjOGUwOWQuaW1hZ2UuanBn” alt=”VGhlIExhc3Qgb2YgdGhlIEdyZWF0ZXN0″ caption=”Q0xPQ0tXSVNFIEZST00gVE9QIExFRlQ6IE1hcmluZSB2ZXRlcmFuIEFydGh1ciBXaGlzZW5uYW5kLCA5MTsgQXJteSB2ZXRlcmFuIEZyYW5rbGluIE1vb24sIDk3OyBOYXZ5IHZldGVyYW4gSmltIFN3YW5zb24sIDkzOyBBcm15IEFpciBDb3JwcyB2ZXRlcmFuIEVhcmwgRGVwbmVyLCAxMDE7IE1hcmluZSB2ZXRlcmFuIEVkIEtyZWtvcmlhbiwgOTQuIChQaG90b3MgYnkgUGFya2VyIFNlaWJvbGQvVGhlIEdhemV0dGUp”] CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Marine veteran Arthur Whisennand, 91; Army veteran Franklin Moon, 97; Navy veteran Jim Swanson, 93; Army Air Corps veteran Earl Depner, 101; Marine veteran Ed Krekorian, 94. (Photos by Parker Seibold/The Gazette) There’s a timeless quality to…
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Poll shows Hickenlooper swamping competition in Democratic US Senate primary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save John Hickenlooper would run away with the Democratic primary for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat, with more than six times the support of other candidates, says a poll commissioned by a group that supports the former two-term governor. The Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday found…
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Touting the economy, Trump Victory kicks off Colorado campaign
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT COLLINS — About a dozen northern Colorado small business owners had lunch at a long table in Fort Collins on Friday to talk about how President Trump was helping the local economy. The ringleader was U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, who lives not far away in…
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Colorado Water Congress conference delves into Colorado River issues
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • Supply and demand on the Colorado River and challenges facing those who depend on its water were a key topic Thursday on the final day of the Colorado Water Congress’ summer conference. Earlier this year, the seven states and Mexico that are…
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Colorado legislature’s interim water resources review committee begins summer work
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • The Colorado legislature’s interim water resources review committee, a bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers, began its summer work by relaunching efforts to change the state’s instream flow program. During the 2019 session the committee sponsored two bills that would have made some…
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Colorado Water Congress looks at latest water plan, how to fund it
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • How will Colorado address its water gap in the future? That’s been the question the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and the state water plan, unveiled in 2015, have been attempting to address. One of the key underlying assumptions of the water…
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Colorado creeping back into drought, water conference told
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • The unimaginable happened on May 28. Colorado, for the first time in the 20 years that drought conditions have been tracked, was 100% out of drought, said Russ Schumacher, director of the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University. It was “eight…
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CAPITOL M | A big bite about Impossible Burgers and Colorado cattle country
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Guv sure loves to shake things up. [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzIvYzkvMmM5MDg0ODgtOTY0OS01MjljLWI3YjctODQ1YzhkZGMxMGQzLzVkNTVhNmUxYmU4ZDcuaW1hZ2UuanBnP2Nyb3A9OTU4JTJDMTA0MSUyQzAlMkMw” alt=”SU1HXzY4NTkuanBn” caption=”Q29sb3JhZG8gR292LiBKYXJlZCBQb2xpcyBlYXRzIGEgQnVyZ2VyIEtpbmcgSW1wb3NzaWJsZSBXaG9wcGVyIGluIGhpcyBvZmZpY2UgYXQgdGhlIENhcGl0b2wgb24gQXVnLiAxNS4=” credit=”KFBob3RvIGJ5IEpvZXkgQnVuY2gsIENvbG9yYWRvIFBvbGl0aWNzKQ==”] Colorado Gov. Jared Polis eats a Burger King Impossible Whopper in his office at the Capitol on Aug. 15. (Photo by Joey Bunch, Colorado Politics) What he’s eating in this picture, along with…