State engineer tells neighbor-state officials Colorado has right to use South Platte River flow before it gets to Julesburg
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Fast EV chargers are coming to remote Colorado towns in an effort to ease “range anxiety”
Utilities and state grants take on “range anxiety” with a technology innovation bringing rapid charging equity to far-flung locations
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Drought and irrigation demands will drain two Eastern Plains reservoirs, killing fisheries and the local economy
It’s open season with no limit on walleye, saugeye, crappie, perch, wiper and catfish at two Eastern Plains reservoirs. Again. As severe drought spikes demand for irrigation water on the plains, Colorado Parks and Wildlife is dropping angler limits at the South Platte River-fed Jumbo Reservoir near Julesburg and the Arkansas River-fed Queens Reservoir north […]
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Controversial canal along South Platte River in Colorado now on Nebraska’s front burner after COVID aid windfall
By Grant Schulte, The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts ramped up his push Wednesday for income tax cuts, a new state prison and a $500 million canal to claim water from Colorado, arguing that the state is expected to collect more than enough revenue to pay for it all. The Republican […]
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Six RVs to help rural Colorado’s opioid addiction are coming to a parking lot near you
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The RV will hit the road for a different northwest Colorado town each day, carrying urine toxicology tests, opioid-overdose antidotes, a counselor and a nurse. Sundays at the Mercantile in Hayden. Wednesdays at the Safeway in Fraser. Thursdays at the City Market in Granby. The rig is one of six that soon […]