Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper didn’t mince words Tuesday on the threat to public lands in the West during a tour of the Western Slope that included stops in Breckenridge, Eagle and Glenwood Springs. In the face of federal uncertainty, Rick Ihnken, Frisco’s mayor and the Summit Fire & EMS deputy fire chief, said that fire departments are “scrambling again with public dollars to come backfill the federal shortfall” around staffing. Read more ...