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Steve Lipsher

Republican presidential hopefuls (L-R), Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee , Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, real estate magnate Donald Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and former CEO Carly Fiorina, listen as retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson (C) speaks during the Presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on Sept. 16. (Frederic J. Brown, AFP/ Getty Images)

Lipsher: GOP debate in Boulder? No joke

April 21, 2016 at 1:54 a.m.

Lipsher: GOP debate in Boulder? No joke

Steve Lipsher writes, according to the annual Urban Mobility Scorecard released last month by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, traffic snarls are increasing, even in Colorado's smaller communities. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)

Lipsher: In Colorado, no end to traffic woes

April 21, 2016 at 12:10 p.m.

Lipsher: In Colorado, no end to traffic woes

A view of Denali, formerly known as Mount McKinley, in Denali National Park, Alaska. (Lance King, Getty Images)

Lipsher: On the former Mount McKinley, a high-peak hullabaloo

April 21, 2016 at 12:13 p.m.

Lipsher: On the former Mount McKinley, a high-peak hullabaloo

Crystina Page Steinmetz, right, and others stand guard outside an Armed Forces Career Center in Colorado Springs on July 22.

Lipsher: The ironic version of protection

April 23, 2016 at 12:30 a.m.

Lipsher: The ironic version of protection

A crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa., in 2012. (Associated Press file)

Lipsher: Oil and gas folks protest too much

April 24, 2016 at 10:43 a.m.

Lipsher: Oil and gas folks protest too much

Major agricultural producers in the West apparently want to keep the public in the dark about the conditions in which their hamburgers are produced. (Denver Post file)

Lipsher: In the dark in Wyoming

April 23, 2016 at 11:55 p.m.

Lipsher: In the dark in Wyoming

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Lipsher: How to make another losing season bearable for Colorado Rockies fans

April 3, 2015 at 5:24 a.m.

Lipsher: How to make another losing season bearable for Colorado Rockies fans

Dramas over large-scale developments are being played out in numerous Colorado resort towns and throughout the West. (Thinkstock)

Lipsher: Developers in Colorado’s mountain towns up to old tricks

April 24, 2016 at 2:04 p.m.

Lipsher: Developers in Colorado's mountain towns up to old tricks

President Obama signs documents in the Oval Office on Feb. 19 designating Colorado's Browns Canyon as a national monument. (Carolyn Kaster, The Associated Press)

Lipsher: Changing the minds of conservation antagonists

June 8, 2016 at 11:55 a.m.

Lipsher: Changing the minds of conservation antagonists

World Cup ski racer Ted Ligety stretches out over the finish line on his second run to win the Giant Slalom competition at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup at Beaver Creek on Dec. 7. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)

Lipsher: Remember, resorts, skiing is all about fun

April 25, 2016 at 11:58 p.m.

Lipsher: Remember, resorts, skiing is all about fun