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SEN. SCHWARTZ TALKS WITH CHAFFEE CO. ABOUT GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT

DENVER—  Thursday and Friday, January 14 and 15,  State Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass) will meet with her constituents in Chaffee County.
Thursday:
Thursday evening, Senator Schwartz will attend a meeting to discuss geothermal development in the county.   The Bureau of Land Management and Department of Natural Resources (BLM-DNR) public meeting on geothermal issues is scheduled… »

Joint Colorado Department of Natural Resources/ Colorado Bureau of Land Management Information Meeting and Open House Chaffee County Geothermal Parcel Buena Vista Community Center

January 14, 2010

7:30 p.m.  Introductions
7:40 p.m.  Overview of Geothermal Resources in Colorado and Geothermal Technologies Matt Sares, Colorado Geological Survey
8:00 p.m.  Geothermal Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Leasing of Geothermal Resources on Public Lands    Kermit Witherbee, BLM
8:20 p.m.          State Agency Roles and Responsibilities and Geothermal Permitting        Kevin Rein, Colorado Division of Water Resources
8:40… »

Cool Cities

The Sierra Club has created a unique and important program called “Cool Cities”. The program goal is to sign up every city and county in the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When a City Council, Mayor or County Commissioners sign onto Cool Cities, they are signing onto the Mayor’s Climate Action Plan, which means the city/county pledges to… »

SANGRE DE CRISTO ELECTRIC SENDS STUDENT ON THE 2010 YOUTH TOUR TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

Sangre De Cristo Electric has selected one high school junior to represent SDCEA at the 2010 Youth Tour held June 11-17 in Washington, D.C. Hayley Thompson from Salida High School was selected based on the essay and application she submitted. She will join students from around the state in Denver for a day to get… »

New Year’s Eve Outage

Sangre De Cristo Electric Association is reporting that 6,109 consumers from Centerville to Lake County, including Buena Vista, were affected by a New Year’s Eve power outage. At about 9:50 pm an apparent microburst blew down two transmission towers owned by Xcel Energy that deliver power to Sangre De Cristo Electric’s substations. Xcel Energy sectionalized… »

SEN. SCHWARTZ HELPS RURAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS

NEW LAW GO INTO EFFECT JAN. 1
DENVER—    It’s a new year, and a number of new laws spearheaded by Democratic legislators and signed by Gov. Ritter go into effect on Jan. 1, 2010.  One of them is an important piece of legislation from Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass).
On January 1, 2010 HB 1119 Rural Substance… »

When will the Recession End?

By James Franklin
With 2010 now upon us, I find myself waxing nostalgic, neither in a positive manner nor with a very optimistic outlook I’m afraid.  No dear reader, I find myself looking back through our recent history with an air of pessimism.  I just can’t seem to get past the fact that we have been… »

Colorado and the American West: Finding Place In the Histories of Your State and Region

By Michael Matson
There is a large gap between scholarly and public history. Consequently, the progressive and radical nature of many scholarly publications is rarely utilized in reorienting our conceptions of primarily white-, wealthy-centered histories. Such popularly classist, racist, sexist, and speciest historical conceptions apply to both local and global pasts, and are in large part… »

SEN. SCHWARTZ “FLIPS THE SWITCH”

Solar Energy Plant comes to the San Luis Valley
ALAMOSA— Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass) will “Flip the Switch” at ceremony to celebrate the activation of SunEdison’s new solar power plant which will power the Alamosa High School and the San Luis Valley Medical Center.  Sen. Schwartz will be the featured speaker at the event which will… »

GARNA sponsors Our Sense of Place Season Two

In August 2009, GARNA began a year long program learning about our place in respect to the Arkansas River bioregion. This program is designed to explore the natural world of the Upper Arkansas River Valley through seminars, outdoor adventures and activities to acquaint and promote a ‘rootedness’ in the place we call home. The Sense… »

Going “Off the Grid”

When thinking about our place in society, I know a few folks who would like nothing else but to go “off the grid”-and most days, this is I as well. When one makes the leap they are confronted by the true essence of what is an actual “need” in their lives. Lifestyle plays a major… »

Holiday Cooking Tips From Chaffee County Fire

By Brian Welch
Gobble Gobble. That’s right, Thanksgiving is coming up soon.  It’s a day of family, feasting, and one giant ham for all to enjoy.  That is of course, if you decide not to light your house on fire.
Thanksgiving Day has more residential structure fires than any other day of the year.  Can you guess… »

COLORADO AWARDED $2.1 MILLION TO IMPROVE BROADBAND

DENVER— Gov. Bill Ritter announced today that the Governor’s Office of Information Technology has secured nearly $2.1 million through the Recovery Act to support broadband Internet mapping and planning activities throughout Colorado.
The funding will allow Colorado to expand on broadband mapping efforts initiated by Senate Bill 08-215, which was sponsored by Sen. Gail Schwartz and… »