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Rocky Mountain Weekend Getaways: The Best The Region Has To Offer (PHOTOS, VOTE)

Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Jackson Hole, Grand Junction, Slidepoll, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Denver, Aspen, Estes Park, New Mexico, Wyoming, Ouray, Utah, Taos, Santa Fe, Moab, Durango, Denver News

As the days start to get shorter and the temperatures begin to drop, it's prime time for a weekend getaway to shake the fall blues. We want to know: ...

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Natural Gas Documentary Affects Garfield County Commissioners On Federal Legislation (VIDEO)

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Garfield County, Split Estate, FRAC, Natural Gas, Diana DeGette, Ken Salazar, Fracking, Halliburton, Colorado, Denver News

GLENWOOD SPRINGS -- Everyone was a film critic Monday at a somewhat tense screening of the new anti-gas-drilling documentary "Split Estate" for the Ga...

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Denver Pit Bull Policy: Are Innocent Dogs Being Killed?

Denver Daily News | Peter Marcus | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Pit Bull Policy, Denver City Ordinances, Colorado, Denver, Denver News

Pit bull advocates would like to know just how many innocent dogs have been killed by the city simply because the dogs were wrongly identified as bein...

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FasTrack Proprosal: Any Tax Increase Should Go To Unfunded Tracks

Denver Post | Jeffrey Leib | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Metro Mayors Caucus, Colorado, Aurora, Fastracks, Denver, Sales Tax, Rtd, Denver News

Some local government leaders say proceeds of any new FasTracks sales-tax increase approved by voters should be dedicated exclusively to building rail...

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Colorado Budget Cuts Have Some Preparing For Battle Between Western Slope And Front Range

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Front Range, Grand Junction, Western Slope, Colorado, Colorado Budget, Club 20, Bill Ritter, Colorado Higher Education, Denver News

Western Slope politicians and organizations are hoping that battles over the state budget don't boil down to a rural-urban divide. If that happens, r...

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Boulder's Mock Election

Alexia Parks | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Waylon Lewis, Hillary Griffith, New Era, 2009 Election, Steve Fenberg, Elephant Journal, Colorado, Boulder, Valerie Mitchell, Denver News
Alexia Parks

If University of Colorado students had their way, Valerie Mitchell, an unknown candidate running for Boulder City Council, would be the city's new mayor.

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Natural Gas Could Be A Major Bust: Analyst At Peak Oil Conference

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 10.13.2009 | Denver

Read More: Energy, Peak Oil Conference, Arthur Berman, Domestic Energy, Oil, Natural Gas, Colorado, Denver, Denver News

DENVER — The promise of enough natural gas to last the United States more than 100 years based on discoveries of vast shale formations could be the ...

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Colorado Tourism Office To Offer Free Winter In The Mountains To "Snow Virgins"

Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Tourism, Slideshow, Snowmobiling, Snow Virgins, Colorado Skiing, Snow, Colorado, Denver News

The Colorado Tourism Office is cooking up yet another scheme to boost the struggling tourism economy this winter. The AP reports: Three lucky pe...

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Colorado Solar Power Outshining State's Gas Industry

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.11.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Gas Industry, Colorado Solar Power, Solar Power, Colorado, Denver News

DURANGO, Colo. — The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric m...

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A Discussion with a Nobel Laureate: Shirin Ebadi and the Struggle for Democracy in Iran, Part I

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: People Power, Shirin Ebadi, Islam, Nonviolent Conflict, Colorado, Obama, Democracy, Nobel Peace Prize, Nonviolent Struggle, Power, Barack Obama, Peace Studies, Iran, Nonviolence, Islamic Republic of Iran, Human Rights, Muslims, Middle East, Boulder, Buddhism, Naropa, World News
Cynthia Boaz

Ebadi told me that part of her job is to help women interpret Islam "correctly" in order to assert their claim to equal rights. If she is any indication, the Iranian Women's Movement is in extremely capable hands.

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Colorado Beer Commercials (VIDEO, VOTE)

Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colt 45, Coors, Slidepoll, Budweiser, Beer Commercials, Colorado, Colorado Beer, Coors Commercial, Superbowl Beer Ad, Mountains, Busch, Denver News

Colorado has long occupied a special place in beer lovers'--and advertising executives'--hearts. Long before the state's central role in the micro-br...

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An Interview With Senate Candidate Ryan Frazier

David Thielen | Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Senate, Ryan Frazier, Colorado, Colorado Republicans, Colorado Politics, 2010 Election, Betsy Markey, Colorado Democrats, Denver News
David Thielen

I got the chance to interview Ryan Frazier yesterday. The gigantic impression I got of Ryan, both at first and throughout the conversation, is he is a...

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Michael Bennet Swaps Chief Of Staff Jeff Lane For Political Operative Guy Cecil

Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Dick Wadhams, Colorado, Jeff Lane, 2010, Andrew Romanoff, Michael Bennet, Guy Cecil, Jane Norton, Denver News

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet has replaced his Chief of Staff, Jeff Lane, with long-time Democratic Party operative Guy Cecil, a former political di...

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Ameristar's Blackhawk Casino: The Largest Casino In Colorado Opens (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Blackhawk, Photos, Casino, Slideshow, Gaming, Ameristar, Colorado, Denver, Denver News

Boasting itself as the tallest building between Denver and Salt Lake, the Blackhawk Ameristar Resort celebrated its grand opening Thursday with Govern...

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Ritter, Scott McInnis Trade Barbs On Natural Gas Regulation

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Scott McInnis, Colorado, Hogan and Hartson, Natural Gas, Bill Ritter, Denver News

EDWARDS -- Energy attorney Scott McInnis this week continued to hammer Gov. Bill Ritter for policies McInnis says have crippled Colorado's natural gas...

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Colorado TABOR Overturn Sought For 2011 Election Cycle

The Denver Post | Tim Hoover | Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Taxpayers Bill of Rights, Kent Lambert, Colorado Reform Roundtable, Tabor, Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute, Colorado, Douglas Bruce, Referendum C, Denver News

As lawmakers struggle to balance the state budget, a wide spectrum of civic groups are quietly meeting to try to find long-term fiscal solutions -- wh...

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Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Protection Creates Controversy On Front Range (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Front Range, Slideshow, Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife Service, Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse, Colorado, Denver News

The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed on Wednesday to nearly double the size of the protected habitat of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, an endang...

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Frontier Airlines Incentive Package: "Narrow" Tools Deployed To Add Frontier Jobs

Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado, Indianapolis, Frontier Airlines, Republic Airline Holdings, Denver, Milwaukee, Denver News

Members of the Denver Economic Development Council spoke for the first time about the incentives deal being offered to Republic Airline Holdings to ke...

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Fort Carson Coping With Tragic Day In Afghanistan

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Fort Carson, Pentagon, Nuristan, Army Base Tragedy, Afghanistan, Colorado, Defense Department, Colorado Springs, Denver News

FORT CARSON, Colo. — The Pentagon announcement Wednesday confirmed their worst fears – the eight American soldiers killed in a bloody week...

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Colorado's Endangered Species (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Black-Footed Ferret, Grey Wolf, Prairie Dogs, Wolverine, Endangerd Species Act, Slideshow, Obama Administration, Colorado, Denver, Lynx, Denver News

State and federal agencies are beginning to re-evaluate a number of species in Colorado (and across the nation) to determine if they are threatened or...

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Diana DeGette The Leading Force Behind Controversial Legislation Expanding Protected Lands

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Colorado Wilderness Network, Colorado, Hidden Gems, John Salazar, Diana DeGette, Michael Bennet, Jared Polis, National Forest, Denver News

For a decade now, Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver has been fighting an uphill battle to vastly increase the acreage of Colorado's public ...

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Colorado Endangered Species List May Expand

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Lynx, Rocky Mountain National Park, George Bush, American Pika, Fish and Wildlife Service, Wolverine, Colorado, Endagrered Species, Ken Salazar, Denver News

From wolverines to black-tailed prairie dogs, dozens of species here and across the nation are being re-evaluated for possible threatened or endangere...

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Rick Reilly licks the dome

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home

Read More: RIck Reilly, Colorado, Gold Dome, Espn, Capital, Denver, Colorado Rockies, Home News

ESPN columnist Rick Reilly kept his word Tuesday and "washed" the Colorado State Capitol Dome, sort of....

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Rockies' Jorge De La Rosa's Injured Groin Will Keep Him Out Of First Round

AP | ROB MAADDI | Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Phillies, Philadelphia, Colorado, Jorge De La Rosa, Denver, First-Round Playoff Series, Colorado Rockies, Denver News

PHILADELPHIA — Sixteen-game winner Jorge De La Rosa will miss Colorado's first-round playoff series against Philadelphia because of an injured l...

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Loveland Ski Area WIll Be First To Open On October 7 (VIDEO, VOTE)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Slidepoll, Aspen Colorado, Crested Butte, Vail Resorts, Keystone Resorts, Colorado Skiing, Colorado, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland Ski Area, Denver News

Ski season is upon us. Loveland Ski Area will win the race to be the first resort to open in Colorado this season when it starts its lifts on October...

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