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• Interior Secretary Salazar to speak on energy and water conservation

  April 9, 2012 4:51 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is in Colorado to discuss energy, water and conservation in the West. Salazar is scheduled to speak tonight at Colorado College, where students have been studying how to preserve the health of the Colorado River Basin. Salazar is a graduate of Colorado... more »

• Salazar visits Vestas, lifts drilling ban

  October 12, 2010 8:32 PM

  U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is lifting the ban on deep water oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The former U.S. Senator from Colorado spoke about the issue as he kicked off a national renewable energy tour on Tuesday. His first stop was the Vestas wind tower factory in... more »

• Vestas marks official opening of Pueblo factory

  October 12, 2010 12:15 PM

  Vestas Wind Systems is officially celebrating the opening of its new Colorado factory with a visit from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Salazar's visit Tuesday at the wind tower factory in Pueblo is the first stop on his national renewable energy tour. The Danish wind turbine manufacturer's factory in Pueblo... more »

• Interior secretary to rally volunteers for Bennet

  August 30, 2010 8:18 AM

  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and about two dozen volunteers are kicking off a door-to-door campaign for Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. Salazar came to his old campaign headquarters in Denver, where Democrats now are working the phones for Bennet, his successor. Salazar told the volunteers Sunday not to despair because... more »

• First head rolls in Washington over oil spill

  May 27, 2010 12:00 PM

  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the head of the troubled agency that oversees offshore drilling has resigned. Salazar announced the news Thursday at a congressional hearing where Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum was scheduled to testify. She did not appear. Birnbaum and her agency have endured scathing... more »

• Official: Interior secretary to OK nation's first offshore wind farm

  April 28, 2010 11:27 AM

  A government official briefed on the decision confirms that the U.S. Interior Secretary has approved what would be the nation's first offshore wind farm, off Cape Cod. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because the person was not authorized to speak publicly ahead of the... more »

• Some Colorado democrats unhappy with president's visit

  February 18, 2010 11:31 AM

  President Barack Obama will be in Denver to show his support for incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. Obama's move to support the incumbent has frustrated primary challenger Andrew Romanoff and other Democrats, who say Obama should stay out of the primary to avoid weakening the party. Gov. Bill... more »

• Salazar discusses wind farm with Massachusetts tribes

  February 2, 2010 12:44 PM

  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has met with leaders of two Indian tribes opposed to a wind farm proposed for the waters off Cape Cod. Salazar says he had a "wonderful" meeting Tuesday with representatives of the Mashpee Wampanoags and the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah. Both tribes say... more »

• Hickenlooper announces he is running for governor

  January 12, 2010 2:01 PM

  Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper announced his candidacy for governor Tuesday afternoon. Saying it is a privilege to live in Colorado, Hickenlooper says he understands the difficulties facing Colorado in the midst of a recession, but says he's up to the challenge. During his announcement speech, Hickenlooper recalled his introduction... more »

• Interior chief announces oil, gas leasing reforms

  January 6, 2010 1:27 PM

  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is announcing changes he says will bring more scrutiny and greater public participation in the way oil and gas leases are handled on public lands. Salazar says the changes should ensure stricter environmental standards in oil and gas leasing while bringing more certainty for energy companies... more »

• Interior chief Salazar logs busy first year on job

  January 4, 2010 8:57 AM

  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar started on the job a year ago declaring "There's a new sheriff in town." The Colorado rancher and former U.S. senator says he will start his second year as head of the nation's biggest landowner by announcing reforms in how energy leases are issued on federal... more »

• Salazar OKs some drilling on disputed Utah lands

  October 8, 2009 4:43 PM

  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will permit oil and gas drilling on 17 of the 77 Utah land parcels that were hurriedly readied for leasing in the waning days of the Bush administration. Salazar also said at a news conference Thursday that leasing will be prohibited on eight parcels.... more »

• Interior ends troubled oil royalty program

  September 16, 2009 11:06 AM

  The Interior Department says it is ending a controversial program that allows companies to give the government in-kind payments for oil and natural gas taken from federal land and waters, instead of making cash royalty payments. The royalty-in-kind program has been criticized for lax enforcement. Critics charge it has led... more »

• Romanoff to run for Senate

  September 14, 2009 6:58 PM

  Former Colorado Speaker of the House, Andrew Romanoff, announced Monday that he will challenge Senator Michael Bennet in the 2010 Democratic primary. Romanoff said in a email sent Monday afternoon that he had filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for the Senate. Prior to Governor Bill... more »