CPR: Serving the Western Slope & Central Mountains
Michael Elizabeth Sakas interviews Jerry Mallett, president of Colorado Headwaters, in the Homestake Creek valley between near Red Cliff in March 2021. Mallett’s group works to restore and protect areas like this one, where a proposed dam could be situated. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News)
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Here on the Western Slope and across our beloved state, Colorado Public Radio is especially proud to be the place you turn for conversations, storytelling, daily news and musical journeys that connect us all in these challenging times.
As thanks for your generous support, we’ve prepared this special community page showing you the local impact of your partnership with CPR. Please know how grateful we are to have you at our side as we continue to write more of the Western Slope’s story in 2023.
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News from the Western Slope
More stories- The fundraiser includes a Hawaiian cooking class, profit-sharing nights with businesses in Grand Junction — including Hawaiian-owned restaurants — and direct donations.
- Whitman Park was closed unexpectedly last week. Community groups say the move makes it hard to find residents who need help.
- Spoons bistro & bakery is on the campus of HopeWest Hospice, which cares for people at the end of life across five Western Slope counties.
- Lucas Bullen got an A on his project, but it took another 20 years to get the community center.
- City officials said there are still about 1,000 properties left to inspect.
- Whitman Park has been a regular congregation spot for Mesa County’s unhoused for years.
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