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Madison County Fairgrounds need repairs after Helene; plans for rodeo to return July 4

Citizen Times 22 Mar 2025
MARSHALL - The Madison County fairgrounds took a big hit in Tropical Storm Helene, and the county is working to repair the grounds ... According to Honeycutt, the Helene flooding created a slope in the rodeo arena.
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Thousands rally outside Colorado Capitol to rebuke governor’s school funding proposal

Craig Daily Press 21 Mar 2025
shows most Western Slope districts — including Summit, Grand, Eagle, Pitkin, Routt and Garfield counties — would see between a roughly 1% and 5% increase in funding over the current year under McCluskie’s proposal.
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Mesa County's plan for economic stability, mental health access

The Daily Sentinel 20 Mar 2025
Mesa County boasts more medical access than most, if not all, of the Western Slope, but there’s still room for improvement in the county’s community health ... .
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Arapahoe County commissioner appointed to state aeronautical board

Colorado Politics 19 Mar 2025
Gov. Jared Polis appointed an Arapahoe County commissioner to the Colorado Aeronautical Board, making her one of two eastern slope government representatives on the board ....
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Routt County Commissioners oppose oil and gas lease sale in letter to Bureau of Land Management

Steamboat Pilot 19 Mar 2025
... have on wildlife resources within the Slater Creek area, as well as the parcels proposed in Moffat and Rio Blanco counties,” said Luke Schafer, West Slope director of Conservation Colorado.
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An inside look: Why Swiss Valley ski resort is changing hands and what may be improved

South Bend Tribune 18 Mar 2025
Even on the season’s very last day, in March 13’s balmy T-shirt weather, ample snow smothered the slopes at Swiss Valley Ski & Snowboard Area ... Patrick’s County Park in South Bend ... Patrick’s County Park, 50651 Laurel Road, South Bend.
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Hundreds of wild horses roam Colorado. Can more state involvement head off helicopter roundups?

Lamar Ledger 17 Mar 2025
Colorado could take a more proactive and permanent role in managing the wild horse herds that roam the Western Slope under a bill in the state legislature ... Combined, the areas cover 400,000 acres across the Western Slope.
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Top 5 most-read stories last week: Snowstorm, ski resort deaths and Breckenridge development

Summit Daily 16 Mar 2025
Crashes are causing intermittent highway closures and heavy traffic along Interstate 70 as spring break travelers head to ski resorts across the Western Slope ... Summit County Coroner’s Office identifies skier who died in crash at Keystone Resort.
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High wind watch for the Death Valley area for Monday and Tuesday

Daily Bulletin 16 Mar 2025
Death Valley National Park, Eastern Sierra Slopes of Inyo County, Owens Valley and White Mountains of Inyo County are the focus of a high wind watch released at 1.01 a.m. on Sunday by the National Weather Service.
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Colorado mountains brace for weekend snowstorm with strong winds, rough travel expected

Steamboat Pilot 14 Mar 2025
Colorado’s mountains are expected to see strong winds and accumulating snow starting Friday, potentially bringing poor travel conditions to the Western Slope’s high terrain and country roads.
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As Congress flirts with Medicaid cuts and Colorado’s budget crisis worsens, Western Slope health care providers brace for impact

Post Independent 13 Mar 2025
Despite the progress that’s been made, Western Slope counties continue to see the highest health care costs in the state.  Twenty-two Western Slope counties in Colorado are receiving the ...
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As Congress flirts with Medicaid cuts and Colorado’s budget crisis worsens, Western Slope health care ...

Craig Daily Press 13 Mar 2025
Twenty-two Western Slope counties in Colorado are receiving the highest percentages of state assistance in 2025 to balance the discrepancies in higher costs of health care and thus health insurance in those more rural counties.
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Bustang driver injured in crash in San Miguel County

Colorado Springs Gazette 13 Mar 2025
The driver of a Bustang passenger bus was hospitalized Wednesday after a crash in San Miguel County, on the Western Slope, according to a news release from the Colorado State Patrol ....
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