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The mega-drought in the west extends far beyond California, as new government data is predicting massive water shortages in the Colorado River Basin that could impact at least seven states. The shortages could threaten the water supplies for 40 million people in those states, limit water supplies to major cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas, ...

Fracking is causing earthquakes in Oklahoma and other states, scientists from the US Geological Survey (USGS), the University of Colorado, the Oklahoma Geological Laboratory and Lawrence Berkley Laboratory have determined. A new paper published in the journal Science states that ...

Aspen, Colorado, resident Gary Plumb has owned the same backwoods cabin for 30 years but is being told by the US Forest Service (USFS) that he must clear it out by June 1. Plumb’s problems began in 1985 when he ...

Federal control of lands has become an issue in this year’s election, as the man who could be Colorado’s next governor, Republican Bob Beauprez, wants the state to take control of most of the federally administered land within the state’s ...

Jim Mapes scored an important victory in the battle for gun rights, the Second Amendment, and increased his bank account by $25,000 at the same time. The city of Thornton, Colorado, paid Mapes that mount to settle a lawsuit over ...

A Colorado eminent domain case in Breckenridge is now over, and it left Ceil and Andy Barrie feeling that fighting the government is a futile endeavor. The controversial property rights case, which Off The Grid News has covered, ended in ...

A couple may lose their dream home to eminent domain because they use an ATV to reach their rustic cabin. The Summit County, Colorado, commissioners voted to seize 10 acres of land Ceil and Andy Barrie own to use as ...

Gun companies are fleeing Colorado and New York and taking their jobs and tax revenue with them. Less than a year after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the SAFE Act into law, the great firearms exodus has begun. American ...

State legislatures may pass laws tightening gun controls, but many sheriffs across the country are refusing to enforce them. Some sheriffs accuse the laws of being too vague or violating the Second Amendment. In Colorado, for example, 55 out of ...

Tough gun control legislation is proving to be far less popular than its promoters believed. Politicians in at least two states have faced recall efforts because of their support for gun control laws. The latest casualty is Colorado State Sen. ...