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Put a Little Love in Your Heart

March 30, 2025 Like 0 Steve Nelson

“Put a Little Love in Your Heart!” This tune by Jackie DeShannon was a hit in 1969, later reprised by Annie Lennox and Al Green. It was among the social anthems of a tumultuous era when the civic and cultural…

Oil and Gas

Draco Well Pad proposal approved 4-1

March 28, 2025 Like 0 Natalie Kerr

The ECMC voted in favor of the plan after an Alternative Location Analysis showed other sites were infeasible The Draco Well Pad proposal from Civitas Resources, Inc. was approved by the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) 4-1 during…

Oil and Gas

ECMC to terminate Phoenix Resources right to operate in Colorado

March 25, 2025 Like 0 Natalie Kerr

The Littleton-based oil and gas operator was found in violation of several orders that will likely lead to its wells being turned over to the ECMC on March 26. Aaron Harber has lived on his sprawling farm on East County…

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Dark Money in Education

March 25, 2025 5 0 Destiny Hale

Last November, Republican Yazmin Navarro defeated incumbent Democrat Rhonda Solis in the race to represent Colorado’s 8th district on the State Board of Education. Navarro’s victory marks the completion of a silent coup that threatens to undermine its public schools…

National Issues

Bernie Sanders and AOC Take Over Denver Civic Center Park

March 24, 2025 Like 0 Associate Editor

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been drawing huge crowds on their recently launched Fight Oligarchy tour. Beginning in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 21st, the tour has since stopped in several states across the Midwest, and plans to…

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Erie’s Murky Future for Affordable Housing

March 24, 2025 Like 0 Robert Davis

Town lawmakers are debating how to build more affordable housing during a trying economic time. It’s becoming more expensive to live in Erie, yet pathways to lowering the cost of buying a home in the city are proving to be…

Online News

A Public Lynching

March 21, 2025 Like 0 Steve Nelson

Back in the day – way back – I was tangentially involved in civic affairs in Cleveland, Ohio. The city had been unfairly tarred with slogans like “The Mistake on the Lake.” It didn’t help that the Mayor had caught…

Local

Colorado takes Trump to court over efforts to abolish Education Department

March 20, 2025 Like 0 Guest Contributor

by Eric Galatas at Public News Service on Today (AP Storyshare) As the Trump administration makes good on promises to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, educators and parents are raising concerns about the effects on children with disabilities and…

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Community Rallies for Immediate Release of Jeanette Vizguerra Following Unjust ICE Detention

March 20, 2025 1 0 Ray Manzari

Outrage is mounting across Colorado as community organizations and elected officials demand the immediate release of Jeanette Vizguerra, a respected immigrant rights advocate who was forcibly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday, March 17, 2025. Without warning…

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Draco Well Pad Hearing Postponed with Location Analysis Underway

March 19, 2025 Like 0 Natalie Kerr

Civitas Resources is required by ECMC ruling to consider an alternate location within the Town of Erie. The Draco Well Pad, a 26-well project that would break ground in Weld County just outside of the Town of Erie and drill…