When a landowner hurled rocks at Roger Hill for wading and fishing in the Arkansas River, the octogenarian angler sued, arguing the river was navigable when Colorado became a state in 1876 and therefore public property and open for wading and fishing. The lawsuit threatened to upend decades of tenuous agreements around public access on […]
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Posted inEnvironment
Colorado gets $5 million more from U.S. to help clean up Gold King Mine blowout
The 2015 spill damaged the Animas and San Juan rivers, and Colorado wildlands are still paying the price.
Posted inBusiness
Digging into Colorado’s top consumer complaints, from the death of robocalls to incompetent contractors
Notably absent for the second year in a row were fraudulent and unwanted telephone calls.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Nicolais: The Colorado Republican Party is dead
After losing every statewide race by eight points or more — and losing even more seats in the legislature — it is time to pronounce the Colorado GOP officially deceased
Posted inElection 2022
Democrat Phil Weiser wins reelection over Republican John Kellner in Colorado attorney general race
Weiser’s victory continues his trajectory as a rising Democratic star in Colorado
Posted inElection 2022
Where Phil Weiser and John Kellner, Colorado’s attorney general candidates, stand on the issues
Weiser, a Democrat, is seeking reelection. Kellner, a Republican, is the top prosecutor in the 18th Judicial District.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Silverman: Colorado’s attorney general race should be about more than crime fighting
Should voters blame high crime in Aurora on DA John Kellner? Or Colorado’s crime rate on Phil Weiser? Appellate skills are a higher priority
Posted inElection 2022, News, Politics and Government
Failed Republican candidates see fundraising spikes fueled by recounts, cash in other Colorado races tightens
Indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters raised $519,000 for her unsuccessful campaign for secretary of state between June 23 and July 27, enabling the Republican to cover travel expenses to Las Vegas and pay cost of a recount in the primary contest she lost by nearly 90,000 votes. The vast majority of the cash, or […]
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Will Colorado’s next attorney general defend the Reproductive Health Equity Act?
By Dani Newsum and Christina Soliz The rollback of abortion rights by the conservative U.S. Supreme Court opens a dark chapter for reproductive rights. While we know that the mere legality of abortion never equaled access for communities of color, for a half century, Roe v. Wade served as a bulwark against state legislatures undermining […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News, Politics and Government
San Luis Valley district attorney resigns amid criticism of his office’s relationship with victims, pending recall
Alonzo Payne, the Democratic district attorney in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, resigned Wednesday less than halfway through his term amid criticism of his office’s relationship with crime victims and as he faced a recall election. The 12th Judicial District, which Payne oversaw, covers Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande and Saguache counties. Gov. Jared Polis […]