• COMMENTARY GUIDELINES (PDF)
• NEW!!!CHAMBER CANDIDATE FORUM SLIDESHOW WITH PHOTOS BY SEAN CAYTON
On October 5th, a one-on-one debate took
place in Cañon City between US House of Representatives' District 5 candidates
Jay Fawcett and Doug Lamborn. The event was sponsored by
the Cañon City Chamber of Commerce. KRCC's Eric Whitney was at the
event and brought back an uncut tape for KRCC listners. Click here -> [LISTEN]
UPDATE: Debate #2, 10/14/06 Click here ->
[LISTEN]
Show Summary
– Western Skies #161– Noverber 07, 2006
TWO SPRINGS SOLDIERS DIE IN IRAQ
Lt. Col. Eric Kruger, age 40, who was based at Ft. Carson, and Marine Corporal
Kyle W. Powell, 21, who was from Colorado Springs. [LISTEN]
LONG LINES, MACHINE MALFUNCTIONS SLOW DENVER VOTE
Bente Birkeland, who staffs our Denver bureau, visited polling places and
talked to voters about their frustrations. [LISTEN]
PRECINCTS AND HIJINKS: VOTING IN COLORADO SPRINGS
Republicans said there were problems with improper IDs being used at Colorado
Springs precinct 20, a Democrat poll watcher there called it “blatant intimidation
of the student vote.” Also, Jay Fawcett and the county GOP complain of vandalism
of their offices. [LISTEN]
TED HAGGARD'S INVESTIGATORS SPEAK
On Saturday, Reverend Ted Haggard was formally dismissed as head pastor
at Colorado Springs' 14,000 member New Life Church. That happened just four
days after Mike Jones, a Denver man who describes himself as a former prostitute
went public with allegations that Haggard had paid him for sex, and to get
methamphetamine for him, over a three year period. Haggard initially denied
all the claims, and the admitted to getting a massage from Jones, and buying
meth, although he says he didn't use the drug. We hear from the church panel
who investigated and fired Haggard. [LISTEN]
LOCAL AUTHOR PENS NEW GLOBAL WARMING BOOK
Scientific experts are meeting at the United Nations Climate Change Conference
in Nairobi, Kenya through next week. They warned yesterday that global warming
may threaten natural and cultural heritage sites world wide. Boulder science
writer Robert Henson has written a new book on the topic: The Rough Guide
to Climate Change. His book is written for non-scientists who want to learn
about both the science and the politics of climate change. Here, he speaks
with KGNU's Daniel Costello. [LISTEN]
COMMENTARY: LEARNING FROM FAILURE
No matter how today's elections turn out, there are going to be winners
and there are going to be losers. The losers may feel like failures. But
commentator Eva Syrovy says, failure isn't necessarily necessarily a bad
thing. [LISTEN]
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