Author: Savannah Eller
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Researchers in Colorado using cutting-edge tech to track the continent’s most endangered mammal
LAMAR — Hours after being released into a prairie dog town on the vast Southern Plains Land Trust, a game camera picked up on one of five captive born black-footed ferrets finding a burrow for the night. So far, so good. Later, in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday, a badger came by…
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Media magnate, real estate exec team up to fund ad campaign against Buc-ee’s
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Developers and billionaire outsiders” are accused of interference in flyers that have found their way into mailboxes in Palmer Lake, where an explosive disagreement over whether to approve a location of the Texas travel chain Buc-ee’s has boiled over into lawsuits, resignations and a special…
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Sen. Michael Bennet takes a stance on Buc-ee’s in Palmer Lake
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sen. Michael Bennet has added his to the voices in opposition of a second Colorado location of Texas travel chain Buc-ee’s. The gubernatorial candidate said that the super-sized gas station and store would disrupt the Greenland Ranch conservation easement, which protects 17,700 acres in neighboring…
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Douglas County billionaire funds ad campaign against Buc-ee’s
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Developers and billionaire outsiders” are accused of interference in flyers that have found their way into mailboxes in Palmer Lake, where an explosive disagreement over whether to approve a location of the Texas travel chain Buc-ee’s has boiled over into lawsuits, resignations and a special…
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It’s Colorado’s ‘most expensive’ property insurance. Yet, demand is ‘significantly less’ than expected.
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Only 51 homeowners have signed up so far for the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan, Colorado’s newly created insurance of last resort for property owners with repeated denials from traditional insurers. The low numbers are in some ways by design. The website, which…
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Nearly 100 homes proposed for eastern El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A developer is hoping to bring a new subdivision and commercial center to rural land off of Judge Orr Road, working around a floodplain on the nearly 400-acre property. The project, called Jane Davis Ranch, is just northeast of Meadow Lake Airport. At full buildout,…
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Pikes Peak officials have adopted AI-driven software to plan wildfire evacuations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “No one should die in a disaster” reads the website tagline for Ladris, a California-based startup offering emergency evacuation modeling using artificial intelligence. The application is part of a growing field using AI to predict…
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Deadly bat disease detected in Rocky Mountain National Park
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Park officials at Rocky Mountain National Park have confirmed the first case of white-nose syndrome in a bat in Grand County, providing evidence that the fatal fungus-caused disease may be pushing into the mountain interior of the state. White-nose syndrome is a disease caused by…
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Manitou Springs adjusts budget for $3 million in estimated marijuana sales tax loss
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Manitou Springs is making cuts and shifting funds in its mid-year projected budget to offset marijuana sales tax losses, while a court case continues over its budget appropriation decisions. The city is expecting to lose about $3.2 million from its “other” sales…
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Millions of acres of Colorado public lands could be up for sale in Senate budget bill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some of Colorado’s most iconic public lands, including popular recreation areas, could be eligible for sale in the current version of Congress’s budget bill. The newest language requires the sale of 0.5% to 0.75% of U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management holdings in…