Stefanie Dazio
Position: Staff reporter

Sen. Udall golfs with president

WASHINGTON - Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., hit the links Monday with President Barack Obama and two Republican senators. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss didn't seem fazed by a rare co...

BLM, Forest Service endorse San Juan wilderness bill

WASHINGTON — Officials from the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service endorsed Sen. Mark Udall’s San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act in a Senate hearing Thursday, but the Fores...

Sen. Bennet sponsors bill to treat growing beetle damage

WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., has introduced a bill that would tackle insect and disease epidemics on National Forest lands nationwide. The National Forest Insect and...

Native tuition funding measure slogs on

WASHINGTON — Fort Lewis College is only slightly closer to getting federal assistance for its Native American tuition waiver despite the efforts of lobbyists and lawmakers. Sens. ...

Mancos student’s robotic arm shares a handshake with Obama

WASHINGTON — When Easton LaChappelle met President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday, the Mancos High School junior offered him two handshakes. One with his real arm, and ...

Mancos junior shows science project

LaChappelle's robotic arm shakes the president's hand

Bennet dines with Obama, Dem senators

WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., had dinner with President Barack Obama and 11 other Democratic senators Wednesday night. The nearly two-hour dinner came on the heels of...

‘Gang of 8’ introduces immigration reform bill

Bennet praises legislation as important to Colorado

Forest service won’t oppose state plan to buy air tankers

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Forest Service supports a Colorado state Senate bill that would allow Colorado to buy its own firefighting air tanker fleet, according to an agency spokeswoman. ...

Tipton pushes wildfire-prevention bill

WASHINGTON - Two Colorado county commissioners testified in favor of U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton's Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act at a House subcommittee hearing on Thursda...

Tipton pushes forward on wildfire prevention bill

WASHINGTON - Two Colorado county commissioners testified in favor of U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton's Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act at a House subcommittee hearing on Thursda...