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  1. Young readers at Glenwood Springs Elementary School get a surprise

    Thursday Oct 9 | Glenwood Post Independent

    ... involves preschools, child-care centers, Head Starts, Even Starts and family child-care homes in 10 communities of Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties. It's a program that has swiftly grown in the five years it's been encouraging younger children to ...

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    Related Topix: Glenwood Springs, CO, Family, Kids, Parachute, CO, Aspen, CO

  2. CSU to get $1M to study oil shale land restorationRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 8 | Fort Collins Coloradoan

    ... The 100-mile long basin is northeast of Grand Junction and encompasses Moffat, Rio Blanco, Garfield, Mesa, Pitkin, Delta, Gunnison and Montrose counties. It may be one of the country's richest areas in oil shale, said Tracy Boyd, communications and ...

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    Related Topix: Colorado State University, Grand Junction Metro, Grand Junction, CO, Gunnison, CO

  3. CSU to get $1M to study oil shale land restoration

    Wednesday Oct 8 | Fort Collins Coloradoan

    ... The 100-mile long basin is northeast of Grand Junction and encompasses Moffat, Rio Blanco, Garfield, Mesa, Pitkin, Delta, Gunnison and Montrose counties. It may be one of the country's richest areas in oil shale, said Tracy Boyd, communications ...

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    Related Topix: Colorado State University, Grand Junction Metro, Grand Junction, CO, Gunnison, CO

  4. Obama house partyRead the original story

    Tuesday Oct 7 | Aspen Times Weekly

    Dear Editor: We know Colorado is a battleground state in this presidential race. What many don't know is that Pitkin County may be Ground Zero for the Colorado race. Our Pitkin votes could indeed be the crucial votes that put Barack Obama over the ...

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    Related Topix: Pitkin County, CO, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

  5. Shell Oil gives CSU grant to study revegetation on oil shale developmentsRead the original story

    Tuesday Oct 7 | Fort Collins Coloradoan

    ... The 100-mile long basin is located northeast of Grand Junction and encompasses Moffat, Rio Blanco, Garfield, Mesa, Pitkin, Delta, Gunnison and Montrose counties. 'Colorado State University's rich history of environmental research in the Piceance ...

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    Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Colorado State University, Grand Junction Metro, Grand Junction, CO, Gunnison, CO

  6. Changing futures

    Sunday Oct 5 | Glenwood Springs Post-Independent

    ... has been spent on a contract with Roaring Fork Counseling Center, Barnes said. The judicial district covers Garfield, Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties. The contract with the counseling center this year was $48,000. It pays for more specialized ...

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  7. Colorado Focus: Organizing, Progressive Candidates, Alternative Energy, Groups and EventsRead the original story

    Thursday Sep 25 | Mole's Progressive Democrat

    ... Regional Field Coordinator Clear Creek, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Lake, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Pitkin, Routt and Summit counties. kphillips (at) coloradodems (dot) org * Sal Pace Southeast Regional Field Coordinator Baca, ...

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    Related Topix: Kiowa, CO, Saguache, CO, Teller County, CO, Las Animas, CO, Blog News

  8. Colorado Focus: Blogs, Organizing, Progressive Candidates, Alternative Energy, Groups and EventsRead the original story

    Friday Sep 19 | Mole's Progressive Democrat

    ... Regional Field Coordinator Clear Creek, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Lake, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Pitkin, Routt and Summit counties. kphillips (at) coloradodems (dot) org * Sal Pace Southeast Regional Field Coordinator Baca, ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Kiowa, CO, Teller County, CO, Saguache, CO, Las Animas, CO

  9. Researchers find 'acute problems with toxic emissions'

    Friday Sep 19 | The Grand Junction Sentinel

    ... for health impact assessments to be conducted during planning of any future expansion of oil and gas activities. Pitkin and Eagle counties, along with the communities of Rifle and Carbondale, have asked the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to conduct ...

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    Related Topix: Colorado, Garfield County, CO, Rifle, CO, Carbondale, CO, Glenwood Springs, CO

  10. Vail Valley Decades: Goodman/Wallace law firm

    Wednesday Sep 17 | Vail Daily

    ... to the Colorado Constitution. With the number of metropolitan districts and network of small towns in Eagle and Pitkin Counties, I am sure public officials, and well as constituents, could debate at length the merits of such fiscal handcuffs. The ...

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    Related Topix: Vail, CO, Avon, CO, Edwards, CO, Eagle, CO

  11. Colorado Focus: Organizing, Progressive Candidates, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

    Sep 11, 2008 | Mole's Progressive Democrat

    ... Regional Field Coordinator Clear Creek, Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Lake, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Pitkin, Routt and Summit counties. kphillips (at) coloradodems (dot) org * Sal Pace Southeast Regional Field Coordinator Baca, ...

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    Related Topix: Kiowa, CO, Saguache, CO, Teller County, CO, Las Animas, CO, Colorado

  12. Four Boulder Valley students honored for perfect ACTs

    Sep 10, 2008 | Daily Camera

    ... District. Three juniors at south Boulder's Fairview High School -- Stephanie Jones, Benjamin Kuelthau and Julia Pitkin -- earned a perfect 36 on the college-preparatory test that's taken by juniors nationwide. One Boulder High School junior, Tye ...

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    Related Topix: Boulder, CO, Denver Metro, Education Etc., Standardized Testing, Education, Denver, CO

  13. Paul E. Anna: High Points

    Sep 5, 2008 | Aspen Times Weekly

    Pitkin Fruit and Vegetable may be the closet thing in this valley to the Garden the Eden.

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    Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Life, Food, Vegetables, Fruits

  14. Glenwood Springs City Council wants a health impact statement from BLM

    Aug 21, 2008 | Glenwood Post Independent

    ... governments in asking the Bureau of Land Management to carefully study the health impacts of oil and gas drilling. Pitkin and Eagle counties plus Rifle and Carbondale have made the same statement to the BLM. They're asking for a health impact ...

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    Related Topix: Rifle, CO, Carbondale, CO, Kremmling, CO, Colorado

  15. Welcome to Gunnison's hometown newspaper

    Aug 17, 2008 | Gunnison Country Times

    ... more miles. So he rode to the top of Old Monarch pass and back. And then he zipped over Black Sage Pass and on in to Pitkin. And back. Anne, understandably, was getting a little worried (did I mention Jarral is a diabetic?). She sent out a search ...

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    Related Topix: Colorado, Fort Morgan, CO, Gunnison, CO

  16. Week in HistoryRead the original story

    Aug 13, 2008 | Crested Butte Weekly

    ... completely different shows, encouraging people to attend each program. The Company planned to going to Ohio City and Pitkin for their next stops. (Source: Gunnison News Champion) Fifty years ago this week four jeeps made the first successful ...

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    Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Crested Butte, CO, Gunnison, CO, Gunnison County, CO

  17. A history of the Riverside Parkway

    Aug 6, 2008 | The Grand Junction Sentinel

    ... to west through lower downtown, reducing congestion on existing corridors, including I-70B toward Mesa Mall, Ute and Pitkin, and the 1st and Grand intersection, and finding an alignment that was acceptable to the community. This proved to be a ...

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    Related Topix: Grand Junction, CO, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  18. Pitkin County, feds at odds over land swap planRead the original story

    Aug 4, 2008 | The Summit County Journal

    The U.S. Forest Service and Pitkin County are fighting over the best way to preserve lands in the forests surrounding Aspen.

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    Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation

  19. County, feds at odds over land-swap plan

    Aug 4, 2008 | Aspen Times Weekly

    Courts County claims settlement between Forest Service and Aspenite could 'undermine' effort to preserve backcountry ASPEN - The U.S. Forest Service and Pitkin County are fighting over the best way to preserve ...

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    Related Topix: El Jebel, CO, Aspen, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Snowmass, CO

  20. Miami Attorney Killed In Freak Colorado AccidentRead the original story

    Jul 30, 2008 | CBS 4

    ... a vacation trip to Colorado after he apparently tried to save his wife from drowning in the Roaring Fork River. The Pitkin, Colorado sheriff's department said Chaykin hit his head on a rock after jumping into the river after his wife apparently fell ...

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    Related Topix: Miami Metro, University of Miami