Local Newscast: Regional News Headlines

Headlines:

• Capitol Conversation: Gun Control Debate Gets Weird
• BLM May Allow Bypass Of Oil Shale Development Procedures
• Bears In-Town Forays Higher Than Ever Last Year
• iSeeChange Update: Biking Season on Jumbo Mountain Extended
• Paonia Wrestlers Win Second State Title in a Row, Fourth Overall
  

Headlines:

• A second company wants Thompson Divide leases suspended
• Mesa County Commissioners want more time to examine RMP
• New House bill might require Colorado food to carry GMO labels
• Paonia Eagles soaring at state wrestling tournament
• Former Interior Sec. Babbitt urges conservation

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• Forest report reveals damage by spruce beetles
• Miners back to work at Elk Creek in Somerset
• $895 million price tag to clean uranium tailings from Arkansas River
• Controlled burns planned for some 12,000 acres on Western Slope
• Increased ozone linked to oil and gas drilling in Eastern Utah
• Playoff time for local hoops players, wrestlers go to state

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• 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

Headlines:

• 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

Headlines:

• 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

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