BUENA VISTA — “Dude, that guy has been surfing all day long,” said Jon Donaldson as we kayaked through the Buena Vista whitewater park late Saturday afternoon. “I bet he’s tired.” The music was blaring from the town park. A beer fest was in full swing. And this guy was still shredding the wave at […]
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Voters snap purses shut for statewide tax measures, but are good with taxing tourists and sinners
Colorado voters resoundingly rejected big statewide tax spikes for education and transportation, but mountain voters again proved they rarely balk at taxes with a provable return — especially when new levies are aimed at tourists, cigarette smokers, pot smokers, developers and second-home owners. Revenue-hungry municipalities find those taxes an easy lure when they go to […]
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Colorado is due for a new state park, but officials hope it won’t take 27 years to develop like the last one
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Colorado is growing at a rapid clip, yet only two new state parks have opened in the past dozen years. The newest, Staunton State Park, opened southwest of Denver in 2013 — 27 years after about half of the park’s rugged, mountainous acreage was donated to the state. Colorado Parks and Wildlife […]