Author: Savannah Eller
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Supermarket chain H Mart hopes to revive mineral water bottling in Manitou Springs
A major U.S. grocer has acquired the vestiges of a historic industry in Manitou Springs with the hope of bringing it back to life. H Mart, an Asian supermarket chain based in New Jersey with nearly a hundred locations across the U.S., bought the Ute Chief Mineral Water Company building on the west end of…
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Buc-ee’s withdraws Palmer Lake application
DECK: Spokesman says company still wants to build a travel center in region The long battle in Palmer Lake over supersized travel center Buc-ee’s may be over. The town confirmed Wednesday that the contentious annexation application by Buc-ee’s developers has been withdrawn. Mark Waller, a consultant with the company, said that there “really wasn’t much…
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Buc-ee’s withdraws Palmer Lake application
DECK: Spokesman says company still wants to build a travel center in region The long battle in Palmer Lake over supersized travel center Buc-ee’s may be over. The town confirmed Wednesday that the contentious annexation application by Buc-ee’s developers has been withdrawn. Mark Waller, a consultant with the company, said that there “really wasn’t much…
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Gov. Jared Polis celebrates ouster of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro
Colorado leaders praise, criticize military operation capturing South American leader Colorado Gov. Jared Polis celebrated the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro via a military operation that captured and flew him out of the country early Saturday, even as other Democrats lambasted America’s action and expressed wariness about the U.S. embarking on “nation building.” Republicans, meanwhile,…
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Largest wildlife bridge in North America is now complete, says Colorado Department of Transportation
The Greenland Overpass is a unique solution to a unique situation, says Chuck Attardo, I-25 south corridor environmental project manager for the Colorado Department of Transportation. Few places on the continent have a similar confluence of human activity and wildness like the Interstate 25 corridor between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs. An eight-lane highway handling…
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After Colorado reintroduction, wild turkeys are a common urban encounter
Since moving into her neighborhood in 2017, Fountain resident Nicole Henderson has sighted her feathered neighbors like clockwork. She’s taken videos of them scratching at front lawns and bobbing their heads as they make meandering road crossings. “They are out every morning,” she said. After a successful reintroduction program, turkeys are now in the category…
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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…