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This week on Local Motion, we take a closer look at ICE activity on Colorado’s Western Slope, starting with the arrest of a local attorney’s client outside the Montrose County Courthouse.
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Your local almanac for gardening, landscaping, and much more for your home and valley living.
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The second in a 5 part series that explores a mindful approach to positive action and helping the plant.
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This week on the Regional Roundup, we look at concerns over a proposed move by the U.S. Forest Service from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, and what that could mean for public lands management in the West. We’ll also visit a conserved organic orchard in Western Colorado, and we hear about new composting efforts in Aspen aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from food waste. Plus, a longtime avalanche rescue dog in Telluride retires after years of service, and a conversation with Denis Moynihan of Democracy Now! about the new documentary Steal This Story Please! and the importance of independent journalism.
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Officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) don’t wear masks because their job is risky, writes Benjamin James Waddell. He points out that statistically, teachers have much riskier, life-threatening jobs: “ICE agents wear masks to instill fear while shielding themselves from the public they are supposedly protecting."
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