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August 16, 2021 - Statewide News

The Western Slope’s lone representative in Congress, Lauren Boebert, was joined by local and state elected officials on a coattail tour of the mud-slide damage in Glenwood Canyon following Gov. Jared Polis’ Wednesday visit and…

A mill levy override may find its way on the November Roaring Fork School District ballot, raising $6.8 million to address the district’s current staffing crisis

Regular vs social media stats A recent article from CNN.com caught my eye. It concerned the news that about 100 people who received the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccination later came down with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Mathematically, that comes out to 0.0008% of that group. That is 8 ten-thousandths of 1%.  CNN followed that statement with the statement, “It’s not clear whether those cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome resulted from the vaccine.” CNN is not alone in reporting this news this way. It’s got everbody on social media up in arms, too.  The problem? CNN goes on to repo...

  The Glenwood Springs City Council will meet in-person Thursday for the first time since March of 2020 for their regular city council meeting, according to a news release. Public meetings for other city boards and commissions will gradually return to in-person meetings as well, a news release states. “City Council, Board and Commission meetings and work sessions are public meetings and are open to the public,” the release states. “At the beginning of each regular meeting, there is a time for public comment for items not appearing on the agenda. Meeting recordings and virtual participa...