Tag: Rural Colorado
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Hick, much like Trump, harmed rural Colorado | Dick Wadhams
Colorado’s congressional delegation unanimously opposed President Donald Trump’s recent veto of the Arkansas Valley Conduit water project which had been passed by Congress without opposition. But Trump is not the first chief executive to unilaterally harm communities in rural southeastern Colorado. U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper was elected governor in 2010 against a discredited Tea Party-driven…
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Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper, Western Slope business leaders talk about access to capital, tariffs
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper joined a group of business leaders from the Western Slope on Friday, when they talked about the economic transformation of the region, as well as the challenges it faces, including access to financial capital and limited workforce. “Grand Junction was supposed to be dead and gone twenty years ago,” Hickenlooper told…
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On life support: Tight budgets, dwindling volunteers, bureaucracy burdens frustrate Colorado’s rural fire departments
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save East of Denver, across Colorado’s Great Plains into Kansas, Interstate 70 unspools across miles of flat, open prairie like a numbing ribbon of asphalt. Here the horizon rests on a promise — that services will come to the rescue in case of an accident or…
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Bipartisan committee aims to tackle cell phone coverage gaps in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new panel of Colorado lawmakers, officials and industry experts met for the first time on Tuesday to take a closer look at cell phone coverage across the state, with the ultimate aim of exploring strategies and legislation to fill gaps in services. The newly…
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Colorado Opioid Abatement Council announces $2 million in infrastructure grants
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Opioid Abatement Council this week approved roughly $2 million in infrastructure grants to six organizations helping combat the opioid crisis, which has killed more than 8,500 Coloradans over the past two decades. These grants are the first awarded from the statewide infrastructure share,…
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Colorado House OKs right to repair agricultural equipment
Colorado’s farmers may soon be able to access the resources needed to repair their own agricultural equipment after the state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed House Bill 1011. Modern agriculture equipment often runs on advanced computer software and, currently, some manufacturers prohibit access to these systems, or do not provide information on how they work. If approved…
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12 Colorado cities, towns lose urban status with new Census criteria
Despite Colorado’s population exploding over the last decade, a dozen cities and towns lost their status as urban areas due to revised criteria from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau released a list of places considered urban based on their new criteria Thursday, showing almost 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the U.S. being changed…
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History Colorado awards $4.5 million in grants for diverse cultural preservation
The History Colorado nonprofit awarded $4.5 million in grants this month to nearly two dozen projects focused on preserving diverse cultural heritage in rural Colorado. The History Colorado State Historical Fund awarded grants ranging from $67,000 to $250,000 to 23 projects across the state. Projects were selected for working to protect the heritage of rural…
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EDTORIAL: Hickenlooper was jet-set as rural Colorado burned
John Hickenlooper snubs rural Colorado because “backwards thinking” voters don’t matter all that much. They don’t matter in terms of getting him elected. That was his attitude as governor, so it comes as no surprise he has almost nothing to do with rural Coloradans while running for the United States Senate. Hickenlooper blew off Saturday’s…
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Candidates for governor clash on plans for rural Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton was meeting voters in Greeley, Fort Morgan and Sterling Monday as his campaign rolled out his Rural Colorado Priorities Plan. The Republican from Denver said if he’s elected governor, he’ll tackle rural broadband internet needs and connect his administration to the…