by Rick Langenberg: (Related Cover Story) With catastrophic blazes raging across the Pikes Peak region and state, the Teller County Commissioners wasted little time last week in enacting a Stage One fire ban. This action is fairly consistent with burning prohibitions initiated by the U.S. Forest Service on public and private...
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by Rick Langenberg: Teller residents won’t face too many orange cone zones and construction delays this summer and fall, in the form of major paving and revamping work on county roads. Instead, the brunt of 2013 local transportation projects will deal with grappling with nearly 500 miles of gravel thoroughfares, repairing...
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by Rick Langenberg: Wild times in GMF In a wild, raucous meeting that brought several visits to the council table by the head police chief to cool tempers, the Green Mountain Falls Board of Trustees last week agreed to put a muzzle on their mayor. And in another controversial move, the...
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by Rick Langenberg: A federal lawsuit filed against two controversial gun control laws, passed by the Colorado General Assembly and expected to become official in early July, continues to gain ammunition, political support and money. The suit has been endorsed by 55 county sheriffs, including Mike Ensminger and Terry Maketa,...
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By Rick Langenberg: Teller officials a no-show at forum Eliminate the Internal Revenue Service and Obama Care, curb special interest ties and slice funding for the Department of Education, Environmental Protection Agency, Planned Parenthood and the United Nations. And when it comes to illegal immigrants, board them on a plane and...
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by Rick Langenberg: Gilpin County and VLT bills never materialize; gun bills up in the air The state legislative “session of doom” ended rather uneventfully for local elected leaders and business operators. Despite dealing with a heavily-controlled Democratic state House, Senate and governor’s office and a less than friendly attitude...
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