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Colorado couple turns healthy profit from healthy beef

David and Kay James are doing a good business raising "grass-finished" beef on their ranch near Durango, Colo.

Peter McBride March 21, 2005 From the print edition

Wind power is getting a second wind, especially on the "wind farms" of Wyoming.

Peter Mcbride Oct. 11, 1999 From the print edition

Mexican subculture grows beneath Colorado's mountains

The many Latino immigrants who work in Aspen, Colo., try to keep their own culture alive behind the scenes of the high-end resort town.

Peter Mcbride Essay July 6, 1998 From the print edition

Patience runs out in San Luis

After four years, the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant Commission decides to end talks with landowner Zachary Taylor over purchasing the controversial Taylor Ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley.

Peter Mcbride Nov. 24, 1997 From the print edition

The Taylor Ranch downsizes

Zachary Taylor sells a third of the controversial Taylor Ranch - locally known as La Sierra - to an undisclosed buyer.

Peter Mcbride Sept. 1, 1997 From the print edition

San Luis heats up again

As the logging of the Taylor Ranch resumes, protests flare up in the local community of San Luis, Colo.

Peter Mcbride July 7, 1997 From the print edition

The last undiscovered place in Colorado

Developer Evan Melby in his own words talks about his plans for building a subdivision in Costilla County.

Peter Mcbride June 9, 1997 From the print edition

'I saved Jack Taylor's life'

In his own words, San Luis mayor and saloon-owner Joe Espinoza talks about the community's problems with the Taylor Ranch owners.

Peter Mcbride June 9, 1997 From the print edition

Chaos comes to Costilla County

Costilla County, Colorado's attempts to rein in logging and gain access to the Taylor Ranch their Hispanic forebears used as a commons are frustrated by a wave of mostly Anglo newcomers who want no part of any planning regulations.

Peter Mcbride June 9, 1997 From the print edition

Build it, and folks will come

Building the newest addition to Colorado's hut system for skiers and hikers meant long, cold hours of work at 11,300 feet in the Gore Range.

Peter Mcbride Opinion Feb. 3, 1997 From the print edition

Amen!

The tiny Christian Church of Bethlehem in Emma, Colo., serves the spiritual - and other - needs of Mexican and Central American immigrants who work in nearby Aspen.

Peter Mcbride Dec. 23, 1996 From the print edition

Agency condemns cabin as a teardown

Forest Service plans to tear down a 63-year-old cabin some call a "historical, aesthetical and botanical treasure."

Peter Mcbride Dec. 26, 1994 From the print edition

Parental care for uranium tailings only goes so far

Atlas Minerals Co. says cleaning up uranium tailings near Moab may prove too expensive.

Peter Mcbride Oct. 3, 1994 From the print edition

House of straw

The Last Straw quarterly covers straw-bale housing construction.

Peter McBride July 25, 1994 From the print edition

Elk ranchers escape from Colorado's Division of Wildlife

Colorado Division of Wildlife says new law won't provide adequate protection against cross-breeding between domesticated and wild elk herds.

Peter McBride And Carol Busch June 27, 1994 From the print edition

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