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June 12, 2025 - Volume XXIV, No. 22
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Big? Definitely ...

Big? Definitely ...

but Colorado utilities see no beauty in Trump’s reconciliation budget bill
 

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Making a run

Making a run

Bayfield Republican announces bid to challenge Rep. Jeff Hurd

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Leave it to beavers

Leave it to beavers

Festival celebrates the furry critters that keep our ecosystem flowing
 

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A lethal blow

A lethal blow

Why CPW killed a wolf suspected of preying on Pitkin County livestock

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Blue Lakes blues

Blue Lakes blues

Popular destination closed for summer for resource management

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The Pole

Ear to the Ground

"I made it back into the boat. My pants didn't."
--When a man-overboard situation in the River Days parade goes horribly awry

Lofty dreams

There’s about to be another reason to pull off 1-70 in Idaho Springs other than Beau Jo’s pizza. Work began last week on a $58 million gondola that will haul people 1,300 feet up the mountain from the historic Argo Mill in town.

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Thumbin' It

Colorado Avs superstar Cale Makar won his second Norris Trophy – making him one of just six players with multiple Norris trophies and a Conn Smythe, and keeping him on the path to GOAT status. Guess if we can't win The Cup, we'll take this.

Well, looks like we're having a pretty good dress rehearsal for authoritarianism with the calling in of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to quell anti-ICE protestors in California. Maybe Trump can ship them all to Alcatraz...

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Haiku Movie Review

Mountainhead

I wish I could say
each vapid character dies
painfully and slow 
 

~Lainie Maxson
This Week's Sign of the Downfall

Yeast Affection 

According to Zhao Meng, of the Wuhan Wudong Hospital, young adults in China are facing increasing academic and economic pressure. As a result, many are turning to “static pets,” such as mango pits or paper boxes, because they require less attention than traditional pets such as cats. And recently, “pet yeast,” which is nicknamed “face worm” by enthusiasts, has risen to the top as the most popular static pet in China. There’s even an online community of “yeast parents” that has doubled in size recently. But in a somewhat morbid turn, some yeast parents admit that when they get tired of their pets, they add more flour to the mix and eat their babies in the form of steamed buns. 
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