On Tuesday, August 4, US Representative Brittany Pettersen spent the day in Custer County, touring the Aspen Acres Fire burn sites and meeting with elected officials, first responders, and citizens of Wetmore to discuss the Aspen Acres fire, resident concerns and needs, and possibilities for federal aid.
At a community meeting in Wetmore Tuesday evening, Pettersen was joined by Custer… Read more »
A bipartisan House bill introduced this week would substantially expand the federal government’s radiation compensation program, adding communities and workers exposed to nuclear testing and extending the program for another 15 years.
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2026 – introduced by Guam Delegate James Moylan (R) and co-led by Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández… Read more »
LOUISVILLE, Colo., August 18, 2026 — Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ), a global leader in quantum computing and quantum sensing powered by neutral-atom technology, is celebrating the grand opening of the Colorado Quantum Innovation Center (CQIC), its new facility in Louisville, Colorado at 1315 W. Century Drive. The grand opening coincides with growing recognition of the… Read more »
The 18th annual Early Childhood Legislative Symposium welcomed professionals from across Colorado and the nation on Thursday when they gathered at the Steeple Event Center in Canon City.
Dorothy Day, director of the local ECHO & Family Center Early Childhood Council, welcomed the numerous attendees with a friendly reminder that they were all there for a single purpose: making the… Read more »
The Buena Vista (BV) Board of Trustees (BoT) approved Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code amendments in a public hearing on Tuesday, August 11. The first reading of the code was held on Tuesday, July 14.
The ordinance amends the town’s adoption of the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code to “incorporate additional local amendments consistent with those adopted by Chaffee County” and… Read more »
Colorado’s — and the nation’s — healthcare woes have devolved into a cycle of finger‑pointing, with every sector blaming someone else for the system’s failures, while many lament that no workable solution exists and no serious plan is likely to emerge anytime soon.
Meanwhile, families are absorbing sharply higher insurance premiums and patients are being billed steep prices for even… Read more »
Multiple Colorado congressional lawmakers are speaking out after an email from a White House staffer seemed to confirm that the Trump administration was looking to retaliate against Colorado.
The email, first reported by the Denver Post, came to light during a hearing earlier this week on Colorado’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over alleged retaliation over how the state runs… Read more »
All Willow Fire evacuation zones were downgraded to pre-evacuation zones on Friday, July 30.
Evacuation Zones 21, 21A, 21C and 4 were all moved to pre-evacuation, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO). Zone 21B, north of Turquoise Lake, had all evacuation statuses lifted. Every other zone that was under pre-evacuation is lifted too.
The Leadville National Fish… Read more »
Democrats from Colorado are urging U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring a floor vote on a measure to ban members of Congress, the president and vice president from trading stocks.
The letter signed by more than 30 House Democrats follows the July passage of the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would restrict members of Congress, their spouses and close family members from… Read more »
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen was in Florence on Monday night to visit with Fremont County residents about the impact of the Aspen Acres Fire.
The fire, which ignited June 29, rapidly became one of the state’s largest fires and has since consumed more than 102,000 acres and displaced thousands in evacuation efforts. Though no homes were lost in Fremont County, the impact of the fire has… Read more »
