The incumbent Garfield County commissioners led by a narrow margin as the final ballots were counted on Wednesday afternoon. The fourth round of unofficial election results showed Republican and longtime incumbent John Martin had with 14,424 votes to Democratic challenger Beatriz Soto’s 13,907 with unaffiliated Brian Bark’s 1279 in District 2, while incumbent Republican Mike […]
November 2020
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Ps&Qs: ‘Maybe it’s time to let the old ways die’
Now I’ve seen it all. Like Donald Trump’s mother. An immigrant from the slums of Scotland, Mary Anne MacLeod truly went from rags to riches, living the spectrum of wealth firsthand. Unlike her offspring, who have never known poverty. It is typical, their family’s social-climbing game of chutes and ladders; usually it takes three generations […]
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Certain and uncertain results in General Assembly races
The local races for seats in the Colorado State General Assembly have delivered results in one race and the other is too close to call. KDNK and The Sopris Sun partnered up on election night and had the chance to speak with a couple of these candidates. Colorado’s House District 57 incumbent Republican Perry Will […]
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Wolves winning by a whisker
Proposition 114, the ballot initiative mandating the reintroduction of gray wolves into Western Colorado by the end of 2023, appears to have been approved by voters by the slimmest of margins in the Nov. 3 election. The overall unofficial tally, as of press time, gave those for the proposal less than a half percent lead […]
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Gallagher repeal stabilizes special district funding
Voters hoping to repeal the Gallagher Amendment to the state’s constitution are deep breathing sighs of relief. As of Nov. 4, 85 percent of votes were in with 57.5 percent in favor of repeal. Previously, special districts like Colorado Mountain College (CMC) and Carbondale and Rural Fire Protection District, have seen their revenues slip every […]