Tag: Wes Mckinley
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Q&A with Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg | At the end of 16 years of public service
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, is the only one of 100 lawmakers in the 2022 session who has served for a full 16 years: four consecutive two-year terms in the House followed by two consecutive four-year terms in the Senate. First elected in 2006 to…
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NEWS | Residents in parched Baca County fight water speculation
Local residents, including former state Rep. Wes McKinley, have spent months fighting the appropriation of wells in Baca County, Colo., where water levels are steadily receding. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Residents in parched Colorado county fight water speculation
Tumbleweeds bounced along County Road 44, 20 miles south of the Colorado town of Walsh. Vast expanses of dry grassland spread in every direction in this southeast corner of the state, the occasional small herd of dusty cattle grazing at roadside. Farmhouses dotted the horizon. To most people, this would be the middle of nowhere,…
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Former Colorado legislator faces jail for being a pain in state’s neck | Joey Bunch
“He is a cowboy.” That’s the No. 2 reason why Wes McKinley won’t stop fighting over the water beneath the eastern plains, even if it doesn’t directly pick his pocket or break his leg, according to district court documents. The first reason is he’s a resident of Baca County. The third is he’s a former…