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Judge gives Woodland Park district the bill for parent who sued over vague school board meeting agenda

Do not make public agendas vague or bury controversial items under generic labels, or you risk violating Colorado’s Open Meetings Law and paying attorney’s fees. That was the message to public bodies ...
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Why your Colorado property tax bill still increased this year

Homeowners across Colorado may have expected their property tax bills to go down this year — after all, their homes may be worth less. Instead, many property owners will see their bills rise again — a ...
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The mysteries of Southern Colorado’s Indigenous rock art: Why it’s there, who made it and what threatens it

Images carved or painted on rock walls in southeastern Colorado by ancient Indigenous peoples often evoke wonder about who made them and why. These petroglyphs and pictographs carved and painted on ...
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From selecting the music to handling pressure, figure skating coaches help their athletes find balance

Sometime later this week, after they’ve completed their short program or free skate, Danny O’Shea and Ellie Kam will sit on a little bench in the Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy, keeping as ...
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Here are the Coloradan skiers and snowboarders headed to the Olympics

Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn headline a list of Coloradans that will head to the Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina d’Ampezzo next month. On Wednesday, U.S. Ski and Snowboard named 97 athletes to ...
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Rural hospitals wrestle with a new landscape after federal cuts, worry they’re starting to drown financially

On Colorado's Eastern Plains, south of Interstate 70, about 100 miles southeast of Denver, is the town of Hugo, established by ranchers, later a railway town. Lincoln Community Hospital and Care ...
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Judges probe arguments over Tina Peters’ appeal

A panel of Colorado appellate judges scrutinized arguments as to what claims former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters should have been able to make at trial in 2024, and whether or not a judge’s strong ...
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Feds to reject a Colorado clean air plan because it aims to close coal-fired power plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday it will reject Colorado’s latest plan to protect air quality over wilderness areas and national parks, citing the state’s attempt to ...
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Craft beer crisis? No, say the brewers, it’s more like a needed adjustment

People are drinking less and breweries are closing in Colorado. But industry insiders believe the steady flow of bad headlines doesn’t tell the full story. Instead, the optimists see a business that’s ...
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Here’s a look at how some school board races ended up

School board races are nonpartisan and largely shaped by many local forces and issues, but one trend that stood out Tuesday night: Candidates backed by teachers’ unions performed well across Colorado.
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Interior Department aims to cut almost 200 Colorado based jobs, per court filings

As the government shutdown goes into its fourth week, court documents show almost 200 Colorado-based positions that the Interior Department wants to cut. Earlier this month, the Trump Administration ...
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His Cheyenne ancestors were pushed out of Colorado in the 1800s. Now he’s among the leaders of Colorado’s Indigenous land back movement

Rick Williams doesn’t just want your land acknowledgement. You’ve probably heard them at meetings or graduations. The idea is to take a few short minutes to acknowledge the land where you’re sitting ...