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Boebert steps in where Colorado failed: Black sludge in Morgan County drinking water

CBS Colorado, Approved, Local / June 12, 2025 / Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Environmental Accountability, Federal funding, Morgan County, Public health, Rural Infrastructure, State Neglect, Toxic Black Sludge, Water Crisis

The plight of a tiny community in eastern Colorado will soon be the subject of a congressional hearing.

Colorado U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is coming to the aid of a small water district in Morgan County, where toxic black sludge passes for drinking water.

The Prairie View Ranch Water District is 50 miles northeast of the Denver metro area, and it has been a colossal disaster 20 years in the making. Residents say without drinkable water, their homes are worthless.

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In a shifting of chairs, Republican parties have new leadership in many Colorado counties

State, Approved, Rocky Mountain Voice / February 10, 2025 / Adams County, Colorado Republican Party, Denver County, Douglas County, El Paso county, Jefferson County, Larimer County, Morgan County, Ouray County, Washington County, Weld County

The only constant in life is said to be change. That certainly is the way it may feel for those in a number of county Republican parties around Colorado.

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Gov. Polis calls for investigation into Morgan County water district disaster

Approved, CBS Colorado, Local / January 31, 2025 / Gov. Jared Polis, Morgan County

After years of fighting for clean drinking water, a Morgan County neighborhood is finally getting help. A series of stories by CBS Colorado exposed a water district disaster 20 years in the making and got the attention of Gov. Jared Polis.

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