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		<title>TMJ&#8217;s Best of Food and Hospitality Winners</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bragging Rights Declared For The Real Stars of the Teller/Ute Pass High Country Rick Langenberg and Trevor Phipps Fire off the cannons, as it’s time again to party, celebrate and have fun; and yes, enjoy The Best of What the Teller and Ute Pass High Country offers. TMJ readers, online viewers, residents, gaming and history enthusiasts, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>TMJ’s Best Of 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bragging Rights Declared For The Real Stars of the Teller/Ute Pass High Country Rick Langenberg and Trevor Phipps Fire off the cannons, as it’s time again to party, celebrate and have fun; and yes, enjoy The Best of What the Teller and Ute Pass High Country offers. TMJ readers, online viewers, residents, gaming and history enthusiasts, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bed Racers Needed for Pearl DeVere Day Showdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Old Homestead House Museum Board It is time to start planning if you want to participate in the 7th annual Pearl DeVere Day Bed Races, regarded as one of Cripple Creek’s most unique events.  You don’t really want to miss out on the amazing fun.  The event will be held on June 6 and will include [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Plan to Pay Woodland Park Elected Leaders Fails Again, But Barely</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Four Council Members Elected; One Candidate Eliminated Trevor Phipps In the aftermath of the 2026 Woodland Park municipal election, the incumbent city council members emerged as both winners and losers. In a big victory for current officeholders, all of the candidates who currently sit on the dais were re-elected to their positions.  But at the same [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Time for Bragging Rights on The Mountain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rick Langenberg The Ute Pass/Teller region was often described as an absolute “desert zone” for great restaurants, quaint eateries, coffee shops, fast-foot joints and high caliber hangouts. Those days are gone, with our area now sprouting with a hefty variety of food joints, with no reason to head down the hill for a night out [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Panther Baseball Team Continues Undefeated Streak</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Girls’ Soccer Team Shows Vast Improvement Trevor Phipps Now that the high school spring break is over, the local sports season moves into high gear, with a bombardment of key games determining whether our teams will see postseason action.  Prior to spring break, the WP prep sports teams play mostly out of league squads to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Loving the Colorado Outdoors to Death!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Teller Commissioners Seek More Say in Future Recreational Projects Trevor Phipps During every state legislative session, local officials usually load their political guns and battle proposed legislation that appears harmful for Teller County and rural Colorado. But for a healthy change, the county commissioners recently spent time testifying on behalf of a new bill dealing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Statement from City Council Candidate Mary Sekowski</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I want to sincerely thank the voters of Woodland Park for participating in this important election and for taking the time to learn about the issues facing our community. While tonight’s outcome was not what we had hoped for, I am incredibly proud of the campaign we ran. This campaign was built on listening, transparency, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Woodland Park Municipal Election Unofficial Election Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Polls closed at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, for the City of Woodland Park Municipal Election. Election judges processed and counted a total of 2259 ballots. That is 36.9% of all eligible mailed ballots. Election Judges completed processing and counting the ballots at 9:02 PM on April 7, 2026. The unofficial election results [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fire Dangers Reach Critical Levels in Dryest Local Winter in Decades</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Officials Plead for Rain, Increasing Diligence From Residents and Tourists Trevor Phipps This year, fire season has arrived extremely early and a slew of significant blazes near Teller County’s doorstep prove the threats are real. Worse of all, the scenario could get worse before any relief is in sight. About a month ago, the Teller [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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