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Independence Day: Some cite Reagan, Trump, but Gardner goes way back to Adams in Twitter greetings
Rocky Mountain Voice, State

Independence Day: Some cite Reagan, Trump, but Gardner goes way back to Adams in Twitter greetings

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice While Coloradans were enjoying parades, rodeos and cookouts in celebration Thursday of Independence Day, elected Republican officials past, present and possibly future turned to Twitter. For those not binge-watching Yellowstone re-runs, Twitter was filled with their personal thoughts and quotations, as could be expected, by Presidents Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump, and unexpectedly by novelist William Faulkner. The occasion drew former U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner to get more creative, citing the country's co-drafter of the Declaration of Independence, the first vice president, first occupant of the White House and the country's only Federalist president: John Adams. Gardner encouraged Coloradans and Americans to, as Adams had said in 1776, "Ce...
Where’s the sacred white bison? ‘Wakan Gli’ hasn’t been seen in Yellowstone since June 4
DENVER7, National

Where’s the sacred white bison? ‘Wakan Gli’ hasn’t been seen in Yellowstone since June 4

By Taylor O'Bier | Denver 7 News A white bison calf, born in Yellowstone National Park at the start of June, has not been seen since, according to park officials. There haven’t been any confirmed sightings of the calf since June 4, when several visitors first took photographs of the newborn in the Lamar Valley area of the park. Park staff said they hadn’t been able to locate the calf, and it’s unclear if the calf is still alive. White bison — especially ones that aren’t a result of albinism — are extremely rare, and it is said that just 1 in 10 million exist. READ THE FULL STORY AT DENVER 7 NEWS