Alison Borden

1 month ago | rmpbs.org | Jenny Brundin |Alison Borden |throughout Colorado |Jesse Paul

DENVER — A sea of people, many wearing red in a show of support for public education, were shoulder to shoulder in front of the Capitol on Thursday, chanting and yelling for an end to cuts, as Colorado legislators, faced with a billion-dollar shortfall, grapple with how to fully fund education and balance their budget.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Alison Borden |Sarah Mulholland

Share At their most basic, dictionary level, tariffs are simply a tax businesses have to pay on goods and materials brought in from other countries. Taxes on imported and exported goods. You are hearing about them in the news a lot more lately because the Trump administration’s stated goal is to get businesses to manufacture more of what they need in the U.S., which would theoretically lead to more jobs.

1 month ago | durangoherald.com | Alison Borden |Sarah Mulholland

Residents could feel effect on prices for everything from gas to groceries At their most basic, dictionary level, tariffs are simply a tax businesses have to pay on goods and materials brought in from other countries. Taxes on imported and exported goods. You are hearing about them in the news a lot more lately because the Trump administration’s stated goal is to get businesses to manufacture more of what they need in the U.S., which would theoretically lead to more jobs.

Nov 8, 2024 | durangoherald.com | Alison Borden

After a couple of rounds of snowfall this week and another storm on its way, the ski resorts are celebrating nature’s boost for the terrain and for the excitement. Sara Lococo, communications manager for Breckenridge and Keystone, said the snow piled up in a way that no one expected – more than 2 feet in Breck – and now, the hype is high. “Over at Keystone, we were stoked to see about a foot throughout the week. So a really great way to kick off November,” she said Thursday.

Aug 23, 2024 | denverpost.com | Alison Borden |Peter Heller

If there is a genre for Denver author Peter Heller’s books, I would call it “literary wilderness mystery” or maybe “nature and men and danger.”His newest novel, “Burn,” released Aug. 13, is just that — a slow burn of a mysterious adventure for two friends, with Maine forests as a backdrop. Jess and Storey meet up every summer in the remote woods to hunt moose — a yearly ritual between lifelong friends. No phones, no communication with the outside world for days.