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Sen. Udall golfs with president

WASHINGTON - Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., hit the links Monday with President Barack Obama and two Republican senators. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss didn't seem fazed by a rare co...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

BLM, Forest Service endorse San Juan wilderness bill

WASHINGTON — Officials from the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service endorsed Sen. Mark Udall’s San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act in a Senate hearing Thursday, but the Fores...

DATE: Apr 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sen. Bennet sponsors bill to treat growing beetle damage

WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., has introduced a bill that would tackle insect and disease epidemics on National Forest lands nationwide. The National Forest Insect and...

DATE: Apr 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Native tuition funding measure slogs on

WASHINGTON — Fort Lewis College is only slightly closer to getting federal assistance for its Native American tuition waiver despite the efforts of lobbyists and lawmakers. Sens. ...

DATE: Apr 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos student’s robotic arm shares a handshake with Obama

WASHINGTON — When Easton LaChappelle met President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday, the Mancos High School junior offered him two handshakes. One with his real arm, and ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos junior shows science project

LaChappelle's robotic arm shakes the president's hand

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Bennet dines with Obama, Dem senators

WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., had dinner with President Barack Obama and 11 other Democratic senators Wednesday night. The nearly two-hour dinner came on the heels of...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Gang of 8’ introduces immigration reform bill

Bennet praises legislation as important to Colorado

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Forest service won’t oppose state plan to buy air tankers

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Forest Service supports a Colorado state Senate bill that would allow Colorado to buy its own firefighting air tanker fleet, according to an agency spokeswoman. ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tipton pushes wildfire-prevention bill

WASHINGTON - Two Colorado county commissioners testified in favor of U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton's Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act at a House subcommittee hearing on Thursda...

DATE: Apr 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Tipton pushes forward on wildfire prevention bill