Plan to Help Vets Find Work After War
Thousands of American troops are returning home from overseas. Those whose military service is ending will be entering the civilian job market at a time when employment is tough for anyone to find.
View ArticleColorado Takes the Lead in Fracking Regulation
With a top government scientist calling for more research into the possible health effects of hydraulic fracturing, Colorado has enacted the toughest fracking disclosure rules in the country.
View ArticleGOP presidential race heads into latest contests with three more states up...
On the eve of the latest contests, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum all visited Colorado on Monday, while Ron Paul campaigned in Minnesota. Both states will hold caucuses on Tuesday, and a...
View ArticleNew Mexico town offers nation's highest minimum wage
Santa Fe New Mexico has eclipsed San Francisco as the city with the highest minimum wage in country, something that may come as a surprise to many.
View ArticleFarmers and frackers compete for water in Western US
Battles over water in the arid American West are nothing new, and demands on the limited resource are growing fast. A boom in energy drilling made possible by hydraulic fracturing has added a new...
View ArticlePresidential candidates crank up push for Hispanic support
What's shaping up to be a close election could hinge on a group of voters that hasn't always felt it had much of a voice in American politics. Many analysts now say the Hispanic voting bloc will be the...
View ArticleRomney plan for handing drill permit decisions to states stirs debate in West
One of the primary planks of Mitt Romney's energy plan is re-igniting a decades-old debate in the West about who should control access to fossil fuels on federal lands.
View ArticleColorado to Feds: Turn on the water
With the worst drought in decades still hovering over the West, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is calling on the President and the Army Corps of Engineers to speed up the permitting process on...
View ArticleDenver to hire civilians for police department jobs
Civilians in Denver will soon be joining the police department to do everything from crime-scene analysis to evidence collection.
View ArticleAmerican West running out of room for wild horses, officials weigh options
There are 10,000 more wild horses and burros in the wild than their habitat can support, according to the Bureau of Land Management. But, the agency says, there will soon be little they can do about it.
View ArticleObama administration cuts back oil shale development
Controversy is heating up over an administration plan to drastically reduce the amount of federal lands available for oil shale development in the American West.
View ArticleDomestic oil production on rise in Western states due to technology, private...
North Dakota and Texas get all the press when it comes to America's domestic oil boom, but production is increasing dramatically in several other states in the American West. According to the Energy...
View ArticleVA struggles with behind-schedule, over-budget construction projects
The Veterans Administration says it is doing its best to respond to a scathing report by the Government Accountability Office which slammed the department's oversight of construction projects around...
View ArticleTreasure trove of vintage cars to be auctioned in Nebraska
Some 500 vintage cars will hit the auction block this weekend in Nebraska, many brand new and with less than 20 miles on the odometer.
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