Eric Goold

Headlines:

• Sex Ed bill passes state house after vigorous debate
• Task force recommends marijuana tourism, local ownership of pot shops
• Delta County Commissioners discuss alternatives to dumping old tires in landfills
• Mesa County school safety task force meets weekly, will inform school board

Headlines:

• Regulators seek to define terms in Amendment 64
• Dems pass controversial gun control bills in state house
• Wildlife experts seeking help in restoring black-footed ferrets
• Former Interior Secretary Babbitt urges conservation

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• Capitol Coversation covers Gov. Hickenlooper's oil and gas conflict
• Environmental Impact Statement on uranium in Western Colorado due in March
• BLM collects $2.1 million in oil and gas lease sale on Feb. 14thth
• Leases on Thompson Divide set to expire; company asks for extension
• Fossils from Snowmass Village are on display in Denver
• Talking turkey on the almanac.org

Headlines:

• Lawsuit makes BLM disclose identities of lease buyers
• Lawmakers debate fracking regs, Gov. Hickenlooper under fire for political stunt
• Well near Windsor spills 84,000 gallons of fracking fluid
• Western Slope Skies
• First Grand Junction film festival starts tonight
• Paonia V-Day celebration includes protest against violence towards women

Headlines:

• Lawmakers debate concealed weapons on college campuses
• Local Sports Report
• Police report record number of DUI arrests over Super Bowl Weekend
• KVNF cub reporters interview Paonia about Valentine's Day

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• Gov. Hickenlooper says fracking is safe, testifies before Senate
• NY town bans any discussion of fracking in public meetings
• Two gun control bills pass in Judiciary Committee
• Marijuana regulators in Colorado grapple with safety issues
• State Republicans starting to favor instate tuition for illegals

A huge crowd turned out at the state capitol on Tuesday for a hearing on two key Democratic gun proposals. One measure would require universal background checks for gun purchases; the other would ban high capacity magazines. Both bills passed their first test, the house judiciary committee. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.

Headlines:

• Gov. Hickenlooper to testify before Senate Natural Resources Committee
• Pitkin County DA needs help in case defending Thompson Divide
• Community group urges park status for Colorado National  Monument
• COGCC approves new controversial setback limits between gas wells and homes
• iSeeChange Almanac records signs of whacky early Spring

Headlines:

• BLM defers leases from Mesa Verde, Dinosaur National Monument
• Poll shows residents of Rocky Mountain states strongly favor conservation
• Dems at State House face conflict from friends and foes over gun control
• Western Slope Conservation Center moves forward after merger of non-profits

Headlines:

• Washington state puts pot jobs up for bid
• Colorado NORML officials work to enact Amendment 64 regulations
• ATV users challenge BLM's new RMP draft for Mesa County  public lands
• Fatality at Winter X Games for first time in 18 years