Gov. Jared Polis didn’t like the Bureau of Land Management’s long-range management plan for the Uncompahgre Plateau, saying the expansion of oil drilling in the region did not jibe with state laws and regulations protecting…
Colorado’s resort communities are teetering on the edge of increased restrictions as a potential surge in COVID-19 cases from the busy holidays looms. But public health officials in eight tourism-dependent communities have not linked any…
What impact are ski areas having on coronavirus spread?
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Health officials haven’t traced positive cases back to lift lines, chairlifts or slopes
Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 9:56 AM Updated: Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 9:15 PM A Vail ski area employee in an empty lane between lines of skiers reminds skiers to keep their masks over their nose. Jason Blevins/The Colorado Sun
What impact are ski areas having on coronavirus spread? A Vail ski area employee in an empty lane between lines of skiers reminds skiers to keep their masks over their nose.
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A Dec. 31 deal between Union Pacific Railroad and the Colorado, Midland & Pacific Railway Company is already generating opposition.
The biggest player among the opponents is the Colorado Pacific Railway, a firm that hauls grain in eastern Colorado and western Kansas. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board in March of 2020 rejected Colorado Pacific’s offer to purchase the line. At the time, the bid was rejected as incomplete.
Colorado Pacific owner Stefan Soloviev, who also has large agricultural holdings in eastern Colorado under the company name KCVN, said in a phone conversation he wants the line to haul grain more easily from eastern Colorado to western markets.
A Colorado Court of Appeals panel last week delivered the first state appellate decision affirming the use of waivers to protect ski resorts from lawsuits filed by injured skiers.