by Jack Minor – While Congress and the media continue to vilify the NRA and similar groups calling for armed officers in public schools choosing instead to push for gun control, several states are pushing back with proposals to permit teachers to carry weapons into public schools. Following the massacre at Sandy Hook [...]
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by Peter Grady– Following a debate performance where the bipartisan consensus showed him the clear winner, crowds appearing at campaign events for Mitt Romney are surging. According to the Associated Press, as election day draws closer the crowds are getting larger as the Republican base appears to have finally warmed up to [...]
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Was the BUS DRIVER PAID OFF?by Craig Masters In politics – especially Presidential campaigns – events can happen fast. It is only August, two months until the election, and there may still be time for Romney to convince the conservatives he wasn’t the one behind the ‘Tuesday Surprise’ that has the newest and critical grassroots [...]
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Obama campaign had goal of “bankrupting” coal industry by Jack Minor A large mid-western power company has announced it will be closing five coal-powered plants and retiring units at another six, to comply with pending environmental regulations which it says are too costly to implement. In 2008, then [...]
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Story and photo by Jack Minor In what has been called by gun rights opponents a “troublesome trend” for western states, Wyoming has passed a concealed carry bill similar to a bill working its way through the Colorado legislature. The Colorado version, which would permit residents who are already authorized to own a gun [...]
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Joseph L. Gomez, 83, of Greeley died on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at his home. He was born June 9, 1927 in Peckham to Albert and Aurora (Duran) Gomez. Joseph was baptized at St. Peter’s Catholic Church and married Virginia Sanchez on June 27, 1952 at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. He enjoyed woodworking [...]
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Virginia A. (Ginger) Wiginton 91, of Windsor passed away on Sunday, August 1, 2010 at the Grey Cara Assisted Living in Evans. She was born June 17th 1919 to Emich and Mildred Solms in Saginaw, Michigan and spent her childhood there. After her marriage to Elbert Wiginton she moved with her husband to Taylor, Michigan [...]
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James Jerry Clinkinbeard July 30, 1945 ~ May 2, 2010 James Clinkinbeard of Platteville died on Sunday, May 2, 2010 in Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado at North Colorado Medical Center. He was born on July 30, 1945 in Portland, Oregon to James E. and Nellie L. (Vanderford) Clinkinbeard. He was reared and [...]
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Colorado’s largest gun rights organization, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, filed a complaint against CSU’s Gun Ban policy, asking a Larimer County District Court to overrule the Board of Governors. This filing comes on the heels of the decision by the Colorado Court of Appeals that reversed an earlier court’s ruling on the CU Gun Ban [...]
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Mary Alice Andree, 89, of Greeley, CO died Thursday, April 8, 2010 at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Mary was born August 7, 1920 in Hoyt, CO to Louis and Jessie (Cottrell) Andree. She was a dedicated employee at Mountain Bell and retired with 41 years of service. Mary enjoyed sewing, traveling and spending [...]
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by photojournalist Jerry Long, for The Greeley Gazette With the warmer weather usually come higher gas prices. This year seems to be no exception This April 2nd photo taken at the Evans U-Pump-It on the corner of 11th Ave & 37th street shows the price is up 4 cents a gallon from last week. Some [...]
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