Widgetized Section
Go to Admin » Appearance » Widgets » and move Gabfire Widget: Social into that MastheadOverlay zone
The O. Zone: Time for local leaders to get onboard Colorado commuter, ski train
When I saw the front-page headline of the Vail Daily on March 21 — “Mountain rail gathers steam” – I got excited. Were local leaders finally fully jumping onboard an alternative to…
State lawmakers give first nod to Colorado passenger rail system
A light rail train crosses West 13th Avenue near Pecos Street in Denver on Aug. 20, 2022 (Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline). Colorado lawmakers gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill…
Speaker McCluskie, Senate President Fenberg introduce passenger rail bill
The offices of state Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, and House Speaker Julie McCluskie, D-Dillon, on Tuesday issued the following press release on a bill to impose rental-car fees to…
Proponents of Utah oil train take their case on NEPA review to U.S. Supreme Court
An oil truck on U.S. Route 191 through the Uinta Basin in Utah in February of 2024 — the alternative to building the Uinta Basin Railway project (David O. Williams…
The House District 26 Q&A: Butler, Lukens on guns, voting, abortion, trains, more
The opening salvo in the 2024 race for Colorado’s House District 26 was fired by incumbent Democrat Meghan Lukens over her Republican opponent, Craig City Council member Nathan Butler, “attending the riots in…
Union Pacific wastewater spill near Moffat Tunnel underscores rail safety debate
As Colorado lawmakers this month prepare to do something that Congress has been incapable of for more than a year – debate meaningful rail safety legislation – Union Pacific, state regulators and officials in…
Utah oil-train proposal dealt another blow with Forest Service withdrawal of permit
A United States Forest Service map shows the route, in green, of the proposed Uinta Basin Railway through a protected roadless area in the Ashley National Forest, shaded in light…
Bennet, Neguse, Roberts, Scherr cheer U.S. Forest Service withdrawal of Uinta Basin approval
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, podium, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, right, and state Sen. Dylan Roberts, middle, at an event last summer objecting to the Uinta Basin Railway. The offices of…
The great ski train debate: Will skiers, workers ever ride the rails in Colorado?
Passengers relax on Amtrak’s California Zephyr, which follows the Colorado River and passes through a remote corner of Eagle County (Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline photo). In the summer of 1960,…
Boebert opponents in Colorado vow to keep battling Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway
Candidates from both major political parties looking to unseat pro-fossil-fuel and national rising-star Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert agree Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway that would dramatically increase oil-train traffic through Colorado is a bad…