q-and-a

Mayor

Q&A with Heather Graham | Pueblo’s new mayor aims to set narrative for Colorado city | Questions and Answers

Heather Graham was sworn in as only the second mayor of Pueblo in more than a century on Feb. 1, following the first-term, at-large city council member’s nearly 25-point win in a runoff against the incumbent mayor, Nick Gradisar. A Pueblo native and registered Republican, Graham traces her political awakening to the COVID-19 pandemic in […]

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Alaska

Q&A with Mike Lynch | New House minority leader takes charge | Legislature | #alaska | #politics

Fast Facts Born: Aspen, back when Aspen had a hospital in the 1960s. Grew up: All over the place. Dad worked for the US Forest Service, which meant moving around, starting with Aspen, Dillon & Rifle in Colorado and then on to Wyoming and Alaska and back to Wyoming, where he graduated from a small high […]

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Alaska

Q&A with James Eklund | The 10,000-foot view with leading Colorado water attorney | News | #alaska | #politics

A fifth-generation Coloradan, James Eklund is one of the region’s leading water attorneys, currently with Sherman & Howard where he leads the firm’s water and natural resources practice. He also manages his family’s Centennial Ranch, dating back to 1888, in the Plateau Valley on the Western Slope. After law school, Eklund served as assistant attorney […]

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