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Large icicles hang from the ceiling of the lower ice cave, also known as the Ice Palace, dwarf a a visitor to Rifle Mountain Park last weekend north of Rifle. Kyle Mills / Citizen Telegram Looking back at 2020, the city of Rifle and western Garfield County saw their fair share of interesting stories. Here’s a trip down memory lane as as we take a look back at some of the headlines from the Citizen Telegram in 2020: BIG PLANS FOR DOWNTOWN After visiting reconstruction concepts and receiving public feedback, the city of Rifle made final plans in February to revitalize downtown with a new proj...

Pittsburgh City County Building Today, Pittsburgh City Council offered amendments to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s 2021 budget proposal. They included allocating $9.4 million dollars away from two contentious sections of the budget: police funding and the Mon-Oakland Connector autonomous vehicle/infrastructure proposal. According to TribLive, about $5.3 million will be moved from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and the Public Safety department to fund a new Stop the Violence initiative spearheaded by city councilors Ricky Burgess (D-Poi...

CP photo: Jared Wickerham Pittsburgh Police in riot gear in August Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and his administration have received criticism from some advocates for what they say is prioritizing police funding over the needs of under-served communities, especially during a pandemic that has left many residents struggling. Activists believe there is too high an allocation towards the police department in the City of Pittsburgh's $564 million op...

Print This is the Dec. 10, 2020, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. More than 111 million acres of U.S. wilderness have been designated since 1964, when the Wilderness Act was signed by President Johnson. It’s the highest level of protection the federal government offers, ensuring that wild lands remain free of permanent roads, motor vehicles, commercial enterprise and structures of any kind. The law’s definition of wilderness is the stuff of legend: “A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where...