Hesperus News

An elk reserve on state-owned property in southwest Colorado is getting critics who say the Elk Research Institute is more concerned with attracting wealthy hunters than saving elk from chronic wasting disease.

With the U.S. Senate poised to begin debate on climate change legislation, representatives of Colorado's rural electric cooperatives personally delivered more than 20,000 postcards from electric cooperative consumer-members to Colorado's senators on Capitol Hill.

Colorado State University is closing its San Juan Basin Research Center in Hesperus - the old Fort Lewis site - in response to a cut in state funding and ongoing questions surrounding its research agreement with the state land board.

The swimming pool is empty. The game room silent. And the only kids at the Silver Lining Ranch smile from hundreds of photographs posted on the walls.

The swimming pool is empty. The game room silent. And the only kids at the Silver Lining Ranch smile from hundreds of photographs posted on the walls.

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The latest round of musical chairs in the Colorado Legislature found civil engineer Bruce Whitehead in the Senate District 6 seat formerly filled by Jim Isgar.

A newly-constructed, multi-million dollar luxury hotel in downtown Pagosa Springs has brought sales and Lodger's Tax dollars to the town and likely profits to the hotel's owners and the general contractors, yet county documents indicate, while some may be prospering with the project, others may be getting the shaft.

Democrats have chosen Colorado Water Conservation Board member Bruce Whitehead of Hesperus to replace Jim Isgar in the state Senate.

Democrats have chosen Colorado Water Conservation Board member Bruce Whitehead of Hesperus to replace Jim Isgar in the state Senate.

Southwestern Colorado Democrats have chosen civil engineer Bruce Whitehead to be the newest member of the Legislature.

Democrats have chosen Colorado Water Conservation Board member Bruce Whitehead of Hesperus to replace Jim Isgar in the state Senate.

Another Colorado state senator is leaving for a job with the Obama administration.

End PiA on Canyon expansion plans The United States Army is not known for accepting defeat, but there is a time and place for everything.

" Southwestern Colorado's veteran state Sen. Jim Isgar isn't being coy when he says he doesn't know if he will be back at state Legislature next year to finish out his term.

For months, rumors have been flying around the Capitol that Sen. Jim Isgar, D-Hesperus, will resign from his Senate District 6 seat after the session ends.

A bill that would have repealed the death penalty and used the savings to fund cold case investigations failed this afternoon in the Senate on a 17-18 vote.

With just a day to spare in the 2009 legislative session, the Senate gave initial approval to a bill that would eliminate a tax break on capital gains in Colorado.

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More snow is headed for the Colorado mountains this weekend. The National Weather Service says a fast-moving storm will sweep into the northern and central mountains Saturday, bringing from 4 to 8 inches of snow.