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Celebrating 22 by celebrating you

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“It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference.” —Tom Brokaw I agree with Tom Brokaw, but would add that...

Roadless?

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In Western Colorado, just south of Somerset and east of Paonia, there is a tract of land within Gunnison National Forest that, despite the...

Colorado to consider renaming Columbus Day

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Rep. Joe Salazar will introduce a bill in the state General Assembly this session that would change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day in...

State officials say repealing Obamacare wouldn’t be beneficial

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Since Obamacare, officially known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010, Congressional conservatives have tried to repeal the health care law more...

What went wrong with the Colorado health co-op

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When Obamacare passed, I just cried. I watched the votes come in,” says Emilyn Inglis of Lyons. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 7,...

Eleven anti-fracking ballot initiatives submitted to state

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State legislators commented last week on 11 ballot initiatives filed by the advocacy group Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development (CREED) that seek to ban...

A turning point

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In a state known for its big game and wide open spaces there’s one thing that’s been conspicuously missing from Colorado’s landscape for more...

Born dead

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Alone and bleeding, Jordan MacTaggart could do little but listen to the bullets whizzing over his head or bouncing off the small pile of rocks that made up his inadequate hiding place. He tightened the tourniquet around his bloody, right upper thigh and waited, maybe...

Born dead sidebar: An abbreviated Syrian primer

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It took a few thousand years to create the autonomous by the Kurds during the Syrian uprising in current political mess that is the Middle November 2013...

Home for the holidays

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“They kicked me out, but I was happy to leave,” she says about her mom and step-dad. Her parents gave Ashley an ultimatum — obey their rules or get out. Their rules included taking care of her 10-year-old brother and “literally doing every chore in the house,” she ...

Disgraceful exit

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My mother’s the oldest person there,” says Fern Bowman. Her mother is a resident at Brookdale Boulder Creek, an assisted living facility for seniors in Boulder. “She’s happy as she can be because she just turned 100 years old. She loves it. She has no clue that ...

Will upcoming move for Mental Health Partners make access to walk-in...

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In the coming months, Mental Health Partners’ Walk-In Crisis Clinic will move from its current location at 1000 Alpine Ave., to 3180 Airport Road, just off Valmont Road...