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Republican candidate Gerald Whited shares his background, policy priorities, and vision for Montezuma County in an interview with KSJD News. He discusses public safety, revenue stability, infrastructure, and community engagement.

Cortez City Council candidate Charles P. Borchini Jr. responds to concerns about his business name as municipal elections move forward across Montezuma County.

In recent days, Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Diana DeGette have been heckled at public appearances. Other lawmakers are worried they’re next.

Community organizer Rebecca Busic has entered the Montezuma County commissioner race, adding a Democratic candidate to a field previously made up of Republicans.

About 175 people protested on Cortez’s Main Street on Tuesday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and attack on the Capitol. And the hike-able warm weather has a down side: lower snowpacks.

“These projects did not align with President Trump’s ambitious America First agenda or were redundant,” a U.S. Department of Transportation spokesperson said in a statement

Russ Vought, President Donald Trump’s budget chief, called NCAR “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country”

Each year the cycle continues, state lawmakers will have fewer ways to address the gap without cutting state programs and services. Skyrocketing Medicaid costs are primarily to blame.

Colorado’s Republicans voted for the measure to end the longest shutdown in history, while Democrats opposed it because it did not address skyrocketing health care costs.

A Republican state senator and a Democratic state representative presented a grim picture of Colorado’s budget in Dolores Saturday morning.