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On Monday, an Ohio man was struck and killed by a tractor near New Castle. Sixty-year old Terry Stout and his brother were traveling to their ranch on a steep, snow-packed driveway when their vehicle went into a ditch. Stout began to walk along the driveway to the ranch while his brother stayed in the vehicle. Meanwhile, a ranch employee was driving a tractor down the driveway to help. The employee tried to stop the tractor but due to the driveway grade and snowy conditions, he could not. Stout was unable to move out of the way fast enough and was hit by the tractor. He was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
Our neighbors in Eagle County will continue the County Commissioner review of The Fields subdivision sketch tomorrow in a public hearing at 3:30 at the El Jebel Community Center. The proposed development on about 19 acres near the intersection of Highway 82 and Valley Road would include 110 residential units, including roughly two dozen affordable housing units. Even if the sketch is approved, review of a subdivision plan and zone change would be required before any development starts.
A leak from a pipeline north of Parachute, operated by Hunter Ridge Energy Services in the North Parachute Mountain area, is part of ongoing cleanup work since being discovered in June. According to the Grand Junction Sentinel, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission staff wants the energy company to be found in violation of oil and gas rules “intended to ensure pipes are in good mechanical condition and regularly inspected; to protect water from environmental impacts from oil and gas waste; to follow measures applying to proper installation, testing and operation of flowlines from oil and gas facilities; and to take reasonable measures to prevent leaks and corrosion.” The subsidiary of Encana wrote that condensate from the pipeline traveled underground about 4200 feet before surfacing in a spring and flowing on the surface more than a mile to a pond.
Close to 50 people sat in a circle in the Third Street Center's Calaway Room last night to hear updates about Oceti Sakowin camp in North Dakota and to find out how to get involved in the tenth, and perhaps most challenging, month of protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh has more. Read Reverend Shawna Foster's blog post upon her return from Standing Rock.
The state’s Planning Group on Aging is calling for a new position to coordinate services, programs, spending, and the needs of Colorado’s aging population. The group released recommendations on Tuesday. Rocky Mountain Community Radio Network reporter Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.
