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Minutes away. Plus a new twist in the mysterious Double Murder of a son and a mother from a prominent family in South Carolina. A former trooper speaking out tonight about the possible connection to a cold case he investigated years ago. And its not just parents, but now teachers and officials all at odds over Critical Race Theory. Lawmakers today feeling the heat. Were public and congressman bob good apparently called a racist during a virtual House Committee on the controversial topic today. A...

Minutes away. Plus a new twist in the mysterious Double Murder of a son and a mother from a prominent family in South Carolina. A former trooper speaking out tonight about the possible connection to a cold case he investigated years ago. And its not just parents, but now teachers and officials all at odds over Critical Race Theory. Lawmakers today feeling the heat. Were public and congressman bob good apparently called a racist during a virtual House Committee on the controversial topic today. A...

Future oil and gas development has been banned on 221,898 acres of Colorado's Thompson Divide after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a decision removing the land from eligibility.

Lands west of Carbondale withdrawn from oil and gas leasing for 20 years

A massive swath of land in western Colorado will be closed to new oil and gas leasing and new mining for 20 years after the U.S. Department of the Interior approved a mineral withdrawal in...

More than a decade of advocacy by a broad coalition of Colorado conservationists, ranchers, local governments and recreationists paid off Wednesday when federal officials decided to ban new oil and gas development on 347 square miles of public land for the next 20 years.

The 20-year ban on new drilling will protect a pristine region that local advocates say is renowned for its wildlife and recreation.

Future oil and gas development has been banned on 221,898 acres of Colorado's Thompson Divide after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a decision removing the land from eligibility.

A company with an interest in oil shale development in western Colorado is seeking to maintain its water rights associated with a proposed reservoir on Thompson Creek that would be located within an area proposed for oil and gas lease withdrawal.

Puckett Land Co.’s 23,893 acre-foot proposal dates to 1966, part of “integrated system” involving lands in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties This story is provided by Aspen Journalism, an independent, nonprofit news organization. For more,...