Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has been publicly absent during the entire Colowyo saga —- hiding behind the robes of Judge R. Brooke Jackson’s decision to rebureaucrat the mine’s existence while her minions luxuriate in a civil service process that gives them...
UPDATE: Bennet’s name has since reappeared in the article. Well, part of it. Looks as if a rush to cover one mistake simply resulted in yet another: Democratic Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.), Michael ` (Colo.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Tim Kaine (Va.), Amy Klobuchar...
The feds last night rejected the pleas of Coloradans and said they would not defend the Colowyo Mine by appealing the court order that threatens to shut down the operation and wreck havoc on the regional economy. So that sucks. Instead, bureaucrats will do what...
The community of Craig is holding its collective breath today, waiting on the feds to decide by midnight whether they will bother to challenge a court decision that threatens to shutter the Colowyo Mine. The Interior Department has gobbled up the entire period...
As victories go, this one is barely worth the effort of popping open a bottle of water or celebrating with a cupcake. The Bureau of Land Management, whose motto is: “Closing Off Land Is Management Enough,” has agreed to defer the closure of 200 miles of trails...
