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Meet the city-guy-turned-cattle-rancher driving the $1 billion effort to preserve the National Western Center’s roots

The billion-dollar makeover is underway but how will it attract farmers, ranchers and urban dwellers from all over Colorado? Leave that to city-guy-turned-rural rancher Brad Buchanan.

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Chemical contamination from 7 Colorado coal-fired power plants found during groundwater monitoring

By Tamara Chuang Environment Primary category in which blog post is published

Opinion: America can afford a Green New Deal – here’s how

By Edward Barbier Opinion

Colorado pits big colleges against small campuses in a “zero-sum game.” Gov. Polis wants a truce.

By Brian Eason Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado’s universities are catering to out-of-state students. Is their public mission at risk?

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GMO food labels are coming. But with most products already using modified ingredients, battle lines have shifted.

By Michael Booth Business Primary category in which blog post is published

South Korea, home of Hanwoo and bulgogi, is now largest importer of Colorado beef

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Dollar stores — 18 of them — have filled in gaps as conventional grocers pulled up stakes in Pueblo

Economic developers acknowledge an uneasy relationship with deep-discounters as Pueblo's economy tries to rebound

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Love your fancy cocktail? You’ve got Prohibition to thank

On the 100th anniversary of Prohibition, we learn the fine art of mixology was pioneered by bootleggers

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Guild Education’s twist on college is working for cashiers, sales clerks and others who abandoned the idea of a college degree

Led by co-founder Rachel Carlson, Guild Education's modern approach to educating workers is fueling Denver startup’s success story

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Cory Gardner bill would let employers make up to $10,000 a year in tax-free contributions to ease workers’ student loan debt

“A significant portion of the American population has student loans, including me,” Cory Gardner told The Colorado Sun.

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Clash over wild horses heats up as herds reach highest numbers in program history

Animosity between mustang lovers and the BLM is escalating after the agency increased horse gathers, made plans to spay mares and changed rules of sale

wild horses on a hill
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Where does our poop end up? Probably spread on farmland in eastern Colorado

Some may poo-poo the business of selling treated, dried human feces to fertilize crops, but solid research backs the practice.

CSU calls off plan to help BLM sterilize wild horses in the field by removing their ovaries

University spokeswoman Dell Rae Ciaravola said CSU would not provide detailed information about what specifically caused the university to withdraw

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Federal officials plan to remove the ovaries of wild horses as part of a controversial birth-control roundup — and CSU wants to help them