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State of Colorado strikes deal with Union Pacific to increase passenger rail service through Moffat Tunnel

State of Colorado strikes deal with Union Pacific to increase passenger rail service through Moffat Tunnel

The Moffat Tunnel in Winter Park (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline photo). The state of Colorado last week announced a new 25-year lease deal with Union Pacific Railroad for the state-owned Moffat…

Colorado-Utah battle over oil trains could wind up tied in U.S. Supreme Court following recusal

Colorado-Utah battle over oil trains could wind up tied in U.S. Supreme Court following recusal

With thousands of pages of briefs filed and two hours of oral argument completed on Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court declared the case known as…

Texas rail company eyeing Colorado passenger service no longer involved with Utah oil trains

Texas rail company eyeing Colorado passenger service no longer involved with Utah oil trains

An oil train near the Grand Mesa in Colorado in 2023 (David O. Williams photo). The Texas-based railroad company that holds a passenger-service lease with Union Pacific on the Tennessee…

Air quality assailed by Colorado opponents of Uinta Basin oil-drilling expansion in Utah

Air quality assailed by Colorado opponents of Uinta Basin oil-drilling expansion in Utah

An oil truck on U.S. Route 191 through the Uinta Basin in Utah in February of 2024 — the alternative to building the Uinta Basin Railway project (David O. Williams…

What happens in Las Vegas impacts Colorado River drought management for years to come

What happens in Las Vegas impacts Colorado River drought management for years to come

Glen Canyon dam on the Colorado River at Lake Powell. Nature offered the Colorado River Basin states a reprieve last winter after a heavy snowpack and generous rainfall saved the…

The delicate balancing act of filling Dillon Reservoir during spring runoff

The delicate balancing act of filling Dillon Reservoir during spring runoff

Editor’s note: This story was produced by RockyMountainPost.com with funding from Aspen Journalism and was first posted on the Summit Daily News website on May 14 and published in their print version of the…

One Colorado ski town and county’s battle with suicide, depression

One Colorado ski town and  county’s battle with suicide, depression

By now, if you’re a regular RockyMountainPost.com reader, you’ve seen social media posts of my front-page story in Sunday’s Colorado Springs Gazette on mental health issues in mountain towns – specifically Vail…

No Labels Executive Director White discusses Politics of Problem Solving

No Labels Executive Director White discusses Politics of Problem Solving

Margaret White, executive director of No Labels, a women-ed organization that calls itself as a bipartisan problem-solving organization, will hold a book talk Friday, Dec. 6, at Urban Farmer in downtown Denver. No…

Impeachment debate takes center stage on Veterans Day

Impeachment debate takes center stage on Veterans Day

This Veterans Day it’s hard for me to separate the politics from the policy of war during the ongoing House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s withholding of military aid…

Red flag law triggers talk of recalls in Colorado even in wake of another school shooting

Red flag law triggers talk of recalls in Colorado even in wake of another school shooting

Douglas County, Colo., is the epicenter of a raging debate over gun safety laws despite yet another school shooting on Tuesday – this time at the STEM School Highlands Ranch.…

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