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Show Summary –
Western Skies #84 – February 2, 2006
FORT CARSON MOURNS THREE SOLDIERS KILLED IN HELICOPTER CRASH
At the same time that more than five thousand Fort Carson troops are coming home from Iraq, many soldiers and civilians gathered recently to remember three officers who were killed just a few weeks before they were scheduled to return. Eric Whitney has this remembrance of First Lieutenant Joseph deMoors and Majors Douglas Labouff and Mike Martinez. [LISTEN]
CAPITOL COVERAGE - PART 1
Colorado legislators debated a public smoking ban this week, as well as a measure to curtail the influence of money in politics. Stephen Raher has this report, with help from Dan Costello. [LISTEN]
HIGHWAY 24 PLANNING ROLLS ON
Chances are you've heard of T-REX and COSMIX, the big projects to expand Interstate 25 in Denver and Colorado Springs. Less well known is the burgeoning plan to up-size the main route out of Colorado Springs into the mountains, U.S. Highway 24. The plans have certainly gotten the attention of residents of the West Side neighborhood. Anita Miller has this report on the highway planning process. [LISTEN]
EXPANDED CONTENT--> Planning documents on the future of Highway 24 are available online at the Colorado Department of Transportation's website.
GRASSLANDS OF EASTERN COLORADO - PART 1
The Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, located in western Kansas and eastern Colorado respectively, have released the first land management plan to be promulgated under the new Forest Service planning rules. In the first of two reports, Stephen Raher explains the history of the national grasslands. [LISTEN]
EXPANDED CONTENT--> More information on the Forest Service's plans for the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands is available online at the Pike and San Isabel National Forest website.
CAPITOL COVERAGE - PART 2
One hot issue from last year that's still on the legislative agenda for 2006 is the problem of split estates - where oil and gas drillers wish to access minerals they own underneath someone else's land. Eric Whitney has this update, with help from Dan Costello. [LISTEN]
COMMENTARY: THE NEW NEW LAS VEGAS
Commentator Ian Shoales has some thoughts on the most recent marketing campaign from one of the West's largest tourist destination: Las Vegas. [LISTEN]
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