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Glenwood Springs citizen group sues BLM over quarry decisions

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — The Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance is suing the federal government for failing to regulate a limestone quarry north of city limits. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court, the Citizens’ Alliance claims the Bureau of Land Management violated its rules by allowing Rocky Mountain Industrials, Inc., formally known as RMR, to […]

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Glenwood Springs is spending $1.2M in tax money on a public affairs campaign to fight a mine above town

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — This riverside city spends tax dollars on police and emergency medical services. The city directs tax revenue toward wildfire mitigation efforts on its borders. It’s spending more this winter on snow removal so fire trucks and ambulances can more easily navigate narrow streets.  And now it’s paying for a public affairs campaign […]

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Interior Secretary Bernhardt came home to Colorado — and the swamp monsters were waiting for him in Vail

VAIL — Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is looking at every job in the Bureau of Land Management to determine two things: Is the role essential? And does it need to be based in Washington, D.C.? Once the newly confirmed secretary finishes answering those questions, he said, he can support the push to relocate the land […]