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gunbaNObama

"He's probably never been hunting a day in his life," according to an NRA ad.

Vote early, if not often

Now that my polling place is no longer across the street, early voting is a great way to avoid the long lines.

Why is “The Environment” not on the ballot?

There are few environmental initiatives on western ballots.

Mormons for Marriage

A growing number of Mormons are fighting back against their church's anti-gay-marriage campaign.

Is the Colorado Senate race over?

The national Republican party pulls its ads for Senate candidate Bob Schaffer.

Energy future: geothermal

Interior announces plan to make 190 million acres of Western federal land available for development.

The polls on Prop 8

Gay marriage in California hangs by a slender thread.

Crypto-Jews real?

New evidence that Jews fled to the Southwest during the Inquisition

Dove Creek Dreams

Change is coming to this corner of Colorado. It's yellow.

Unaccustomed attention

You know this is a strange year when your neighbors are being quoted in a New York Times story about the presidential election.

Winning the West

HCN has new widgets.

The wolf-go-round

District judge restores endangered status in Northern Rockies.

BLM steamrolls another protection for public lands

Proposed rule change could open door even wider for extractive industries in Bush's final days.

ABC censors clean energy ad

Saying that Big Oil buys influence is apparently not something you can do on prime-time TV.

Endangered species meltdown

Ignore climate change effects on listed species, says Bush administration.

Drill here, drill now: the music video

Country singer Aaron Tippin gives us a piece of his mind.

Plum Creek deal -- plumb wrong?

Watchdog office raises questions about secret road access deals.

Politics + water = mud