
Tom Hesse
Western Slope Producer at Colorado Matters
Western Slope producer for @ColoradoMatters. May remember me from such jobs as @DailySentinelGJ, @TheIdahoPress, @Chronicle and @sitkasentinel.
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
coloradosun.com | Anthony Cotton |Tom Hesse |Dana Coffield
An expansive request for Colorado’s election records by the U.S. Department of Justice has leading election officials in the state wondering if the ask might be the latest chapter in the ongoing saga of a former Mesa County Clerk now incarcerated at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo. This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at cpr.org on June 13, 2025.
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1 month ago |
durangoherald.com | Tom Hesse
Brent Garber was charged in connection with the Bucktail Fire, which burned 7,000 acres A man accused of causing a wildfire last August near Nucla while attempting to cremate his dog pleaded guilty to a class four felony Wednesday. Brent Garber, 64, agreed to a plea deal in which he acknowledged guilt for a charge of attempt to commit fourth-degree arson.
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1 month ago |
ksut.org | Bente Birkeland |Tom Hesse
Updated 10:48 a.m., May 6, 2025President Donald Trump escalated the federal attempt to upend Colorado’s prosecution of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in a social media post Monday night. “Tina is an innocent Political Prisoner being horribly and unjustly punished in the form of Cruel and Unusual Punishment,” he wrote.
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1 month ago |
kunc.org | Bente Birkeland |Tom Hesse
Updated 10:48 a.m., May 6, 2025President Donald Trump escalated the federal attempt to upend Colorado’s prosecution of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in a social media post Monday night. “Tina is an innocent Political Prisoner being horribly and unjustly punished in the form of Cruel and Unusual Punishment,” he wrote.
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1 month ago |
durangoherald.com | Tom Hesse
One of the women accused of stealing and fraudulently casting more than a dozen ballots ahead of last November’s election pleaded guilty Monday. Vicki Stuart, 64, was charged with 34 counts related to the ballot theft scheme, which occurred in the lead-up to last year’s presidential election. She pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft and one count of forgery in the 21st Judicial District Court.
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